GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The EMFAF supports the EU common fisheries policy (CFP), the EU maritime policy and the EU agenda for international ocean governance. It provides support for developing innovative projects ensuring that aquatic and maritime resources are used sustainably.

The fund helps achieve sustainable fisheries and conserve marine biological resources. This leads to:

• food security through the supply of seafood products
• growth of a sustainable blue economy
• healthy, safe and sustainably managed seas and oceans

80%

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, i.e.
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
  • non-EU countries that are part of the sea basin strategies targeted in this call for proposals:
    • Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Turkey in Topic 2 “Black Sea blue economy investment and innovation capacity building pilot”.

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least three applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following condition: Minimum three entities, including at least two eligible non-EU countries participating in the CMA for the Black Sea. The coordinator must be established in an EU Member State participating in the Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea (Bulgaria and Romania).