Broaden EIP Operational Group outcomes across borders by means of thematic networks, compiling and sharing knowledge ready for practice

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

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.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-23

Call

Broaden EIP Operational Group outcomes across borders by means of thematic networks, compiling and sharing knowledge ready for practice

Summary

Proposal will focus on knowledge sharing in a language that is easy to understand and is targeted to farmers and foresters. 

Detailed Call Description

Proposals should address the following activities:

  • Tackling the most urgent needs of farmers and foresters by building on the experience and outcomes of at least 5 EIP-AGRI Operational Groups of at least 3 Member States, scaling it up at European level choosing a related common theme on which to collect, summarise, share and translate the existing knowledge from science and practice in an easy-to-understand way for practitioners.
  • Proposals must pay attention to the cost/benefit aspects of the practices collected and summarised, and clarify how the project avoids duplication with ongoing or completed projects and networks.
  • Delivering an extensive range of useful, applicable and appealing end-user material for farmers and foresters. This info should be easy to access and understand, and feed into the existing dissemination channels most consulted by farmers and foresters in the countries.
  • All materials should also be provided in the common EIP-AGRI format to the EIP-AGRI as ‘practice abstracts’, as well as to the national/regional/local AKIS channels and to the EU-wide interactive knowledge reservoir in the requested formats.
  • Provide details on how further synergies shall be built with running and future EIP-AGRI Operational Groups and interactive innovation groups operating in the context of the EIP-AGRI.
  • Proposals must implement the ‘multi-actor approach’, with a consortium based on a balanced mix of actors with complementary knowledge in particular activating farmers/foresters, farmers’ groups and advisors and run for minimum three years.

Call Total Budget

€4,00 million

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

100%

EU contribution per project: €2,00 million

Thematic Categories

  • Agriculture - Farming - Forestry
  • Land Development
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
  • Rural development

Eligibility for Participation

  • Associations
  • Chambers
  • Farmers Unions
  • Farmers, Agriculturalists
  • Producer Associations
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • State-owned Enterprises

Call Opening Date

22/06/2021

Call Closing Date

06/10/2021

National Contact Point(s)

Research and Innovation Foundation
Strovolos Avenue 123, 2042 Nicosia, Cyprus, P.O.Box 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/

Dr Angelos Ntantos
Scientific Officer
Telephone: 35722205033
Email: antantos@research.org.cy

Dr Ioannis Theodorou

Scientific Officer
Telephone: 35722205038
Email: itheodorou@research.org.cy

(Publish Date: 06/09/2021-for internal use only)