Funding provided under previews programmes.

The Pathways2Resilience (P2R) project aims to increase the resilience of European regions and communities in the face of climate change. P2R is a five-year project implemented by a consortium of 14 organisations, coordinated by EIT Climate-KIC. As part of its work, P2R will support at least 100 regions/communities within EU Member States or Associated Countries that are within Europe’s biogeographical regions, over the course of two calls, to co-design visions of a climate resilient future and corresponding transformative adaptation pathways and innovation agendas that ensure long-term impact. Particular attention is needed for less developed regions/communities that are vulnerable to climate impacts and have low adaptive capacity. As such the selection process will prioritise regions/communities with heightened vulnerability.

P2R’s goal is to put together a diverse and inclusive portfolio of regions, ensuring a comprehensive validation of the Regional Resilience Journey (RRJ) and Adaptation Investment Cycle (AIC) frameworks.

Financial support will be provided through subgrant agreements based on and reimbursed against actual eligible incurred costs.

The maximum grant amount per subgrantee is €210.000 for subgrants.

For all call related questions, please use the following email.

• Environment and Climate Change
• Research, Technological Development and Innovation
• Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness

• Associations
• Local Authorities
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
• Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
• State-owned Enterprises

Applicants must meet all the following requirements:

• Applicants must be regions/communities that are part of EU Member States or Associated Countries that are within Europe’s biogeographical regions.
• Applicants must also be legal entities defined as:
  • Public authorities at Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) 1, 2 and 3 level, as well as and Local Administrative Units (LAU); or
  • Bodies governed by public law in accordance compliance with Article 2.4 of the Directive 2014/24/EU.
• Applications must define a clear geographical scope (where possible, framed within the NUTS and LAU systems) for the implementation of the P2R frameworks (see P2R Frameworks)

Examples of potential applicants are Regional Development Agencies, Research Centres, Community Associations.

Consortia applications, also referred to as multi-beneficiary applications, among regions/communities are encouraged and eligible to apply but must have a single designated Coordinator.

Private non-profit bodies and Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) following the EU definition by the Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC and in the SME user guide may be part of a consortium.

Current subgrantees (part of P2R’s first cohort) are not eligible to participate in the second call, in order to maximize coverage of the P2R support.

The Joint Research Centre’s (JRC) INFORM Climate Change Risk Index will be employed to assess a country’s impacts of climate change on the future risk of humanitarian crises and disasters (using the specific parameters: 2050, RCP 8.5, Constant Population). Following this assessment, the maximum number of slots in the pool of 120 applications will be determined for each participating country. Priority in pool construction will be given to countries with the highest vulnerability, indicated by the highest INFORM Climate Change Risk Index values.

For all call related questions, please use the following email: pathways2resilience@climate-kic.org

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