Deadline: 07-Oct-21
Applications are now open for European Commission’s Politics and Governance in a Post-Pandemic World programme.
The implementation of the research activities of the destination will assist in the re-invigoration and modernization of democratic governance.
The aim is to develop evidence-based innovations, policies and policy recommendations, as well as institutional frameworks that expand political participation, social dialogue, civic engagement, gender equality and inclusiveness.
Activities will also contribute to enhancing the transparency, effectiveness, accountability and legitimacy of public policy-making.
They will help improving trust in democratic institutions, safeguarding liberties and the rule of law and protecting democracy from multidimensional threats.
Scope
- The COVID-19 crisis affects their societies in profound and multifaceted ways.
- Far beyond the public health threat, the crisis causes economic dislocations, social disruptions and information disorder that test political processes and institutions.
- In particular, certain measures taken by national governments in the context of states of emergency to contain the virus as fast and effectively as possible represent fundamental challenges to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, including women’s rights.
- In addition, the crisis also opens opportunities for positive change and innovative new solutions that research actions will help to identify and grasp.
Funding Information
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
Projects should contribute to both of the following expected outcomes:
- Comparative and historical analysis of the multilevel political impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, including governance responses.
- Recommendations, based on normative and empirical approaches, to enhance the capacity of the EU and other democratic institutions, governments and intergovernmental bodies to build responses to global catastrophes based on international collaboration, solidarity, the rule of law and respect of fundamental values and human rights.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any legal entity, regardless of its place of establishment, including legal entities from non-associated third countries or international organisations (including international European research organisations) is eligible to participate (whether it is eligible for funding or not), provided that the conditions laid down in the Horizon Europe Regulation have been met, along with any other conditions laid down in the specific call topic.
- A ‘legal entity’ means any natural or legal person created and recognised as such under national law, EU law or international law, which has legal personality and which may, acting in its own name, exercise rights and be subject to obligations, or an entity without legal personality.
- 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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