Deadline: 21-Sep-22
The European Commission (EC) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the European Social Innovation Catalyst Fund to ensure adequate financial support for replicating existing, demonstrably successful social innovations.
- The creation of the Fund should take no more than six months to a year;
- put forward open calls for proposals for the replication of existing social innovations demonstrated as successful based on quantitative and qualitative data that combine:
- a high potential to help each of the Missions achieve a selected number of their key objectives and
- a high potential for replication as documented by a replication plan.
Scope: This coordination and support action serves the Missions, namely, “Adaptation to Climate Change: Support at least 150 European regions and communities to become climate resilient by 2030”, “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”, “Cancer: Improving the lives of more than 3 million people by 2030 through prevention, cure and for those affected by cancer including their families, to live longer and better”, “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030”, and “A Soil Deal for Europe: 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition towards healthy soils by 2030”, by replicating and enhancing existing, demonstrably successful product, services, business model, organizational, governance, and other social innovations capable of addressing objectives appropriate for the Missions at European scale.
The call targets:
- for the consortium that will manage the project, a diverse assemblages of actors of social innovation, i.e., public authorities, academia, business, citizens and citizens’ organizations;
- for the creation of the fund, national research and innovation funding agencies, philanthropists, and other public or private investors; and
- for the replication of social innovations, as beneficiaries of third party financing through open calls, social innovators, social enterprises, companies working for reaching social impact and/or with a specific consideration of social impact, etc.
Funding Information
The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500 000, except for:
- public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
- cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60 000 (lowvalue grant).
Expected Outcome
The Project is expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Leveraging social innovation to achieve the objectives of the five EU Missions, namely, “Adaptation to Climate Change: Support at least 150 European regions and communities to become climate resilient by 2030”, “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”, “Cancer: Improving the lives of more than 3 million people by 2030 through prevention, cure and for those affected by cancer including their families, to live longer and better”, “100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030”, and “A Soil Deal for Europe: 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition towards healthy soils by 2030”.
- Empowering citizens, local communities, and social innovators and entrepreneurs by offering them the possibility to become champions of the transition
- Securing significant impact with a high probability of success by replicating existing, demonstrably successful social innovations.
- Capitalizing on the underutilized stock of existing, demonstrably successful social innovations and helping local or regional projects achieve impact at continental scale.
- Increasing the impact of EU funding by attracting additional public and private contributions by setting up a European Social Innovation Catalyst Fund for the replication of existing, demonstrably successful social innovations.
- Combining quantitative and qualitative support to the Missions and to social innovation, respectively through funding and mentoring.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
- eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated to Horizon Europe
- low- and middle-income countries.
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