Deadline: 27-Sep-22
The European Commission (EC) has announced a call for proposals to support that the projects are to provide the regions and communities should include the following main aspects:
- To provide direct support to the regions and communities sharing relevant state-of-the-art knowledge, best practices and emerging innovations and solutions relevant to the transformation of all regional economic systems that are affected by climate change in the regional economic systems to become climate resilient.
- To undertake research and test innovative solutions, not only technically but also socially feasible, using the activities ongoing in the regions and communities as case studies to better understand their success factors and to explore and experiment with new innovative ways of preparing regional economic systems and their industries to become climate resilient and sustainable, building strengths on consumer protection and to feed this information back to all regions and communities.
- While undertaking the above, ensure synergies between the Mission and other relevant programmes and initiatives supporting transformations of economic systems to sustainability and resilience at local, national, and European level and to share relevant knowledge and experience made in the Mission more broadly.
This topic contributes to the three objective of the Mission and correspond to one of the thematic research areas described in the Mission Implementation Plan. It is to support regions and communities participating in the Mission in all steps of their transformational journey to climate resilience with finding, innovating, and testing solutions that help their economic systems to become sustainable and climate resilient. The applied research and the experimentation with innovative solutions should be at the centre of the project.
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
Projects results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
- Relevant economic sectors affected by climate change are transformed and ready to face the future anticipated climate changes risks;
- An increased and improved range of climate-resilient business models, value chains, and re-skilling opportunities (including training capabilities) are understood, socially acceptable and made available to all regions and communities;
- An increased capacity of local businesses, social partnerns and industries for sustainable coping with climate change;
- An increased capacity of national, regional and/or local governments, consumers organizations and other social partners, industries and businesses in empowering consumers to make informed choices and play active roles in transition to climate resilience;
- A better understanding of mechanisms that would drive transformation of the economic systems thanks to innovation, intended not only as technical innovation but also including social and user-driven innovation.
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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