Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
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
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The objective of this call for proposals is to promote dialogue and cooperation with local Arctic communities, including Indigenous Peoples, in order to foster a more integrated maritime and coastal governance. Specifically, the action will aim to increase the visibility and raise awareness of the challenges facing these communities as a result of the rapidly changing Arctic environment and to enable policymakers to take into account the perspectives of Arctic inhabitants regarding maritime and coastal affairs.
To this end, the project to be funded is expected to:
- support the sustainable and inclusive economic development of Arctic communities, including Indigenous communities, with a strong focus on blue economy activities; and
- enhance synergies with existing related projects.
Detailed Call Description
This project follows the political priorities of the Commission, namely, Boosting Europe’s sustainable prosperity and competitiveness.
The project shall address both themes below:
- Competitiveness and entrepreneurship for sustainable development and circular economy In the Arctic, focusing on small and Indigenous businesses, entrepreneurship, youth economic initiatives, the impact of climate change in sustainable economic development activities, all with a strong focus on blue economy, to foster a more integrated maritime, coastal and ocean governance;
- Promote the value of local and Indigenous knowledge in advancing innovation, circular economy practices, and sustainable development across the Arctic, with a strong focus on the blue economy, to foster a more integrated maritime, coastal and ocean governance.
These activities must be clearly linked to the topic of the call, and must have a strong blue economy component. Activities that can be funded include (non-exhaustive list):
- Promoting competitiveness and entrepreneurship (business support services e.g. coaching, investment planning etc.), in particular of young and Indigenous people;
- Increasing awareness regarding funding opportunities from municipal, regional, national and European levels;
- Supporting the development of tailored and targeted proposals for funding at regional and local levels to promote sustainable economic development in the Arctic;
- Promoting, advocating, and voicing indigenous and youth perspectives regarding sustainable economic development, circular economy and blue economy in the Arctic (e.g. fairs, exhibitions, social media activities etc.);
- Policy-oriented research covering gaps and factors limiting the sustainable development in Arctic municipalities and production of policy-relevant outputs, including policy briefs, recommendations and knowledge products, summarising the main results of the project and providing actionable insights for EU and national policymakers;
- Supporting and promoting peer learning and awareness raising on the way of life of Indigenous Peoples regarding sustainable blue economy economic activities, and to facilitate the integration of their knowledge and practices into evidence-based policymaking;
- Structured dialogues, workshops, etc. to enhance exchange of information and best practices with stakeholders, policy-makers, to identify shared challenges and envision common solutions; including examples of successful community led initiatives and approaches, to support knowledge transfer, replication and scalability across Arctic regions.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
80%
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Fisheries/ Aquaculture and Maritime Policy
- Public Administration
- Regional Development
- Shipping - Marine Transports
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
- Youth
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Businesses
- Chambers
- Legal Entities
- Legal Entities under Public Law
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
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))
- Arctic EEA, non-EU countries: Norway and Iceland
- Be Arctic-related organisations, including: Organisations representing Arctic municipalities; Arctic youth organisations; Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ organisations; Arctic economic organisations; Arctic political organisations; Arctic civil society organisations.
Exceptional funding — Entities from countries mentioned in the work programme (if any) are only exceptionally eligible, if the granting authority considers their participation essential for the implementation of the action.
Natural persons — Natural persons are NOT eligible (with the exception of self employed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person).
International organisations — International organisations are eligible. The rules on eligible countries do not apply to them.
Entities without legal personality — Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf, and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons.
EU bodies — EU bodies (with the exception of the European Commission Joint Research Centre) can NOT be part of the consortium.