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Grant of up to EUR 70,000: A-AAGORA Project’s 2nd Call for Associated Regions!

Deadline: 20-Mar-2024

The Atlantic-Arctic Agora (A-AAGORA) is looking for 7 “Associated Regions” to join the project and thus contribute to the achievement of the EU Mission to Rescue the Ocean and Waters.

The A-AAGORA consortium aims at supporting 4 additional ’Associated Regions’, considering the maximum financial support, ranging the 4 referential basins (Atlantic+Arctic, Baltic, Mediterranean, Danube/Black Sea). A minimum of 1 representative of each basin is expected to be selected, whereas a minimum of 2 for the Atlantic-Arctic basin shall be selected.

Applicants are expected to propose the implementation of demonstration activities in their Region. The application should focus on at least one of the restauration activities, using a Living Lab Approach, meaning that solutions are implemented, tested and monitored with the involvement of local citizens and stakeholders, and can change and evolve as the project learns what is best for the Region.

The selected ‘Associated Regions’ will actively participate in a strong result-oriented cooperation framework, facilitating bidirectional knowledge transfer, proactive engagement with local stakeholders, and technical assistance for capacity building towards implementation of restoration solutions, adapted to their territories.

‘Associated Regions’ will also become active members of A-AAGORA Community of Practice (CoP), a forum for the exchange of experiences and best practices for sake of the sustainability and extension of its objectives beyond these project’s duration. Access to innovative ideas, techniques and results shall enhance (and eventually steer) their genuine motivation to plan and implement significant activities in the near future.

Funding Information
  • The maximum amount of financial support for each third party is set to EUR 70,000.
What A-AAGORA offers?
  • A Living Lab Approach to Solve Real World Challenges
  • Knowledge Transfer
  • Engagement with Local Partners and Communities
  • Technical Assistance for Capacity Building for Ecosystem-based Management
  • Enable opportunities for matchmaking with potential funders, investors and philanthropists
What A-AAGORA Expects?
  • Participation in Workshops and Training Activities
  • Co-develop Blueprints and Business Plans for Upscaling the Nature-based Solutions
  • Engage with Local Communities for an Ecosystem-based Management approach
  • Test and give feedback on the solutions developed by the demo sites
Eligibility Criteria
  • Eligible beneficiaries for this call are local and/or regional organizations from Member States, overseas and associated countries to the Horizon Europe Programme. Project lead by local and/or regional authorities will be prioritized, and in any case, projects must include a local/regional authority. Eligible beneficiaries must provide evidence that the areas to be associated have ecosystems that can benefit from the demonstration activities in a living lab context. These activities focus on restoration of Kelp forests, Seagrass and Sand dunes, and on the protection and restoration of Coastal areas due to coastal erosion and Biodiversity in human-made hard infrastructures. Applicants can select more than one activity to implement, following a living lab approach. The financial support to third parties will be awarded to local and/or regional authorities from an ‘associated region’. ‘Associated regions’ are understood as areas with similar ecosystems (e.g. neighbouring regions and/or regions in a different river basin) and/or less-developed regions, to build capacity to implement the innovative solutions to restore freshwater ecosystems. The ‘associated regions’ may be represented by (i) individual organisations or (ii) a consortium.
  • Applicants should have a good command of English, must be eligible for participation in the EC Horizon Europe Framework Programme and must ensure the following obligations of the Grant Agreement, namely Articles 12 (conflict of interest), 13 (confidentiality and security), 14 (ethics), 17.2 (visibility), 18 (specific rules for carrying out action), 19 (information) and 20 (recordkeeping). The selected beneficiaries commit to carry out the following activities in their role as an associated region to the A-AAGORA project:
    • Participation in workshops and meetings in the scope of A-AAGORA training activities and capacity building sessions);
    • Participation in developing blueprints and business roadmaps for the nature-based solutions to be implemented at the replication sites;
    • Interact with local stakeholders, in an ecosystem-based management approach, to identify restoration needs in the replication area;
    • Pilot testing of the A-AAGORA serious game.
  • Please note: Countries that are part of the A-AAGORA consortium cannot participate: Portugal, Ireland, Norway, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Romania and Finland. Each associated region “must benefit from the Financial Support to Third Parties provided under this topic only once”.

For more information, visit A-AAGORA.