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The proposals should focus on demonstration activities for the restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems through nature-based solutions that boost coastal resilience, such as oyster reefs, kelp forests, wetlands and salt marshes. The proposals are also expected to explore different pressures and climate change adaptation needs in a systemic way, such as the soil erosion and its impact on coastal areas resulting in marine ecosystem pressures.

Combination of nature-based restoration measures with sustainable and circular technological solutions, as well as sustainable aquaculture practices may be considered. Proposals may involve coastal communities particularly vulnerable to the risks of extreme weather events and sea level rise, including islands and the EU Outermost Regions that urgently need restoration measures to adapt to climate change thus ensuring their population safety and climate proof and weather resilient infrastructure.

Proposals must:

• Carry out demonstration activities in 3 different countries of the Atlantic and Arctic basin, involving and including in the consortium partners from these three countries;
• Identify areas and locations where the solutions are replicable and draw up an action plan and roadmap to replicate and scale up the ecosystem and biodiversity restoration solutions and actions.

An “associated region” must benefit from the Financial Support to Third Parties provided under this topic only once. The maximum amount of Financial Support to Third Parties is  €100,000 per ’associated region’ for the entire duration of the action.

Projects funded under this topic will address a variety of issues (work programme page 83)