Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership’s first joint transnational call (2023): “The way forward: a thriving sustainable blue economy for a brighter future”
Summary
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Call
Detailed Call Description
This first co-funded call is entitled “The way forward: a thriving sustainable blue economy for a brighter future” encompasses all the five Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership Intervention Areas (IAs) declined for this call in five priority areas as follows:
- Planning and managing sea-uses at the regional level.
- Development of offshore marine multi-use infrastructures to support the blue economy.
- Climate neutral, environmentally sustainable, and resource-efficient blue food and feed.
- Green transition of Blue Food production.
- Digital Twins of the Ocean (DTOs) test use cases at EU sea-basins and the Atlantic Ocean.
Projects in this call must be impact-driven contributions to the transformation into a blue economy for a more resilient future and towards carbon neutrality targets, following an impact pathway approach. The projects will be developed at a pan-European level and in the different European Sea basins: the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. At regional level, complementarities and synergies with the lighthouses of the Mission “Restore our Oceans and waters” will be requested mainly on the valorisation of the outcomes of the projects.
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
A total of 36 Funding Organisations (FOs) from 23 countries (19 Member-States and 4 Associated Countries) have agreed to launch the first Joint Call for R&I proposals. The list of countries are as follows: Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, and Türkiye.
Each partner involved in the project will be funded by its national/regional funding organisations. The consortium must therefore also comply with all the relevant national/regional eligibility rules.
Eligibility For Participation Notes
To be eligible, research consortia must include partners from a minimum of three independent legal entities from three different countries participating in the call. Self-funded partners including partners from countries (and/or regions) not participating in this Co-funded call are allowed but do not contribute to the minimum eligible consortium size.
Programme Category
EU Competitive ProgrammesTotal Budget
€50,000,000. The indicative budget contributed by the Cyprus Research Innovation Foundation is €2,000,000.Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- New Entrepreneurship
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Investment Funds
- Large Enterprises
- National Contact Points - NCPs
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Call Opening Date
13/02/2023Call Closing Date
13/09/2023EU Contact Point
Coordinator:
Ministry of University and Research (Italy) – sbep@mur.gov.it