Programme Category
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.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Climate mitigation and circularity are key building blocks for achieving industrial and urban futures that are climate-neutral and sustainable. While mitigation and circularity performance are typically modelled at the global or national level, a gap persists in action plans and practice at local level where the coupling of decarbonisation and circularity against the background of industrial-urban symbiosis and of the sharing economy (energy and materials) could yield significant ecological, economic and social benefits. There is therefore a pressing need to overcome the lack of coordination among industrial, circularity and urban activities and actors that yields sub-optimal outcomes in terms of climate mitigation, energy efficiency, resource use (including water), environmental pollution, material valorisation and waste reduction.
Proposals must involve at least three different demonstration sites and at least three replication sites. The consortia should involve key circular economy and mitigation actors from both local public authorities and industries in a certain region. Demonstration sites are expected to cover at least two different economic sectors, value chains and/or services.
Detailed Call Description
Proposed projects should:
- Set up and deploy innovative governance and business models as well as ‘joint actions’ on climate mitigation and circularity (such as circular supply models, collaborative consumption models, service system models, hire or leasing models, joint public procurements etc.) in the 3 demonstration sites as defined above.
- Assess and quantify the climate and other benefits of proposed joint mitigation and circularity actions including but not limited to: reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, pollution and water use; reduction of costs for secondary raw materials and waste management; new revenues generated from end-of-life and by-products, waste diversion from landfill and incineration; performance of mitigation infrastructure; industrial-urban symbiosis; creation of new business opportunities; development of green skills and strengthening of environmental profiles.
- Quantify and assess the co-benefits, constraints and trade-offs of coupling circularity and climate mitigation, considering social, economic and environmental aspects, as well as links with key sectors such as energy, buildings and transport. Complementary actions in terms of spatial planning (e.g. more sustainable and efficient uses of land and building stock), digitalisation and data enhancement should also be considered as appropriate.
- Define for each demonstration and replication site the strategies, processes and actions needed to underpin the climate-neutral and circular transition through a systemic, multi-sectoral multi-stakeholder approach. This should include the engagement of relevant stakeholders such as policymakers, research bodies and academia, the civil society and the private sector (industry, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs etc).
- Based on the lessons learned, deliver guidelines and recommended approaches (including innovative methods) to integrate circularity in the cities’ mitigation strategies and vice versa.
- Implement activities to develop and secure long-term support from the national and regional public authorities, which may include the establishment of inter-institutional multi-level governance partnerships, the introduction of binding rules, regulations, subsidies and/or other economic incentives.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
Expected EU contribution per project: €8.50 million.
Thematic Categories
- Energy
- Environment and Climate Change
- Industry
- Regional Development
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Urban Development
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Businesses
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects.
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:
Activities must be deployed in at least three different ‘demonstration sites’ and at least three different ‘replication sites’. Each of the demonstration and replication sites must be located in different Member States or Associated Countries. Related to each demonstration and replication site, beneficiaries must include the cities that host or are in the proximity of these sites, including at least one of the 112 cities selected for the EU Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities. In addition, beneficiaries must also comprise at least another CCRI city, region or territorial cluster.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Person:
Mr. Christakis Theocharous
Scientific Officer A’
Email: ctheocharous@research.org.cy