Deadline: 20-Apr-23
The European Commission (EC) is accepting proposals for its implementation of the inland navigation action programme with a focus on Green and Connected Inland Waterway Transport.
Scope
The European Green Deal and NAIADES III challenges require a breakthrough Action Plan for the innovative system change from a holistic perspective to achieve drastic emission reduction and modal shift targets.
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 Outcomes
Project outputs and results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Development of inland waterway transport policies to ensure the implementation of green and digital, water protection and environmentally sound solutions.
- Identification of best practices and increase their take up and faster modernisation of the inland fleet.
- Building of a viable financial engineering instruments to support investments in zero emission, digitalised and connected vessels.
- Proposal of a European labelling system for EU waterways.
- Estimation of the potential modal shift to inland waterways transport with Impact of each Naiades III actions on modal shift.
- Provision of a knowledge exchange, discussion and promotion platform for implementing Naiades III innovative actions
- Working together with the Waterborne Technology Platform and the inland waterway transport sector; strengthen the coordination between national, EU and industrial research across the waterborne transport sector, the wider logistics chain in cooperation with relevant international organisations so as to increase the deployment of the solutions developed and provide input towards EU R&I and deployment programmes.
- With the direct involvement of end users’ improvement of the environmental performance of inland waterways and contribute to future-proof; workforce, infrastructure, digital and automation developments which are compatible with a changing climate.
Eligibility Criteria
- To become a beneficiary, legal entities must be eligible for funding.
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To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the following countries:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions,
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States,
- countries associated to Horizon Europe;
- the following low- and middle-income countries.
For more information, visit European Commission.