Deadline: 1-Feb-22
The European Commission (EC) is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the Innovation Investments Strand 1-GREEN.
Objective: Turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities is the ambition of the green transition. The European Green Deal has the goal to make Europe a resource-efficient and competitive economy. In this framework, the EU sets its targets to reach climate-neutrality by 2050, therefore this will require substantial investments. I3 intends to support innovative value chain investments, to boost the economy through green technology and to create sustainable industry / transport. It also intends to provide support to interregional investments in sustainable food systems, sustainable agriculture, clean and efficient energy, sustainable industry, building and renovating, sustainable mobility, eliminating pollution and climate action.
Themes and priorities
The present call for proposals under this topic encourages applications in one or more or a combination of the following investment areas (a non-exclusive list):
- Innovative investments in decarbonization, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and contributing to improve air quality, health and wellbeing;
- Innovative investments in SMART cities;
- Innovative business investments related to smart, sustainable / efficient transport solutions and / or alternative fuels;
- Investments in climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials;
- Investments in the management of natural resources, including the use of recycled materials, especially construction materials, plastics, and textiles, to stimulate demand for secondary markets raw materials;
- Business investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency to make industry more sustainable;
- Business investments related to energy efficiency in buildings;
- Business investments related to a sustainable blue economy, contributing to the coastal protection;
- Business investments in circular economy to replicate and scale up successful circular economy solutions, which can generate EU added value;
- Investments in bioeconomy, efficient and sustainable agriculture and forestry, innovation in marine / maritime and inland water sustainable solutions.
Funding information
The available call budget is EUR 39,795,300 for 2021 and EUR 36,763,277 for 2022.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, ie:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- non-EU countries:
- Listed EEA countries and countries associated to the I3 Instrument or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature
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