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.
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Call
Summary
Tackling ocean and coastal challenges for the long term requires creating new knowledge, community acceptance and engagement, difficult decisions and strategic investments. This requires cooperation across generations, cultures, geographies and sectors.
Building on past cooperative efforts under the Galway and Belém Statements, the AAORIA Declaration, and the related actions from successive EU Framework Programmes, proposals should contribute to upscaling collaboration across the Atlantic Ocean and promote its sustainable management, including its northern and southern parts and links to polar areas. This includes connecting scientists, stakeholders from public and private sectors, indigenous communities, civil society, and various generations, sectors, and disciplines with data, knowledge, expertise, and resources for the benefit All-Atlantic community. This also requires that proposals develop an All-Atlantic Intergenerational Programme to open access to knowledge, effective knowledge transfer, and stakeholder engagement in an intergenerational context.
Detailed Call Description
In particular, the proposals should:
- consolidate and support existing and new AAORIA initiatives in the priority areas identified in the 2022 AAORIA Declaration, ensuring their long-term self-sustainability;
- contribute with professional support to the coordination, monitoring, communication, and outreach activities of the Alliance, as well as to organisation of the annual AAORIA Forums;
- foresee actions to incorporate new Partners and supporters in AAORIA;
- support an overarching All-Atlantic Intergenerational Cooperation Programme with an integrated platform and network by implementing key actions such as:
- strengthening research and training capacity in ocean science diplomacy, governance and international cooperation; engagement and cooperation with relevant private initiatives, etc. through activities such as summer schools, an annual intergenerational event for knowledge transfer between generations and hosting of the Atlantic Ocean Decade network of the Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP);
- creating and supporting an Atlantic network complementing the Our Shared Ocean Initiative and benefiting Small Island Developing States (SIDS); it should engage coastal communities through the Coastal Resilience Beacon Sites Network and explore innovative cooperation models, such as the Floating Universities Network. To support the network, the proposals should develop an open access platform;
- establishing and supporting an annual high-level event to promote intergenerational dialogue and a healthy and peaceful Atlantic region; maximising visibility and policy impact through global forums such as the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the G20;
- creating an independent fund through building partnerships with the private sector and philanthropic organisations to ensure financial support to Atlantic intergenerational cooperation, with a particular focus on providing financial support for ECOPs from Low and Middle Income Countries, as well as the Atlantic and the Caribbean SIDS.
Proposals should link with relevant international bodies such as IOC-UNESCO supporting the All-Atlantic contributions to the UN Decade of Ocean Science, and facilitate dialogue and synergies with EU Missions and Partnerships relevant for the All-Atlantic work, as well as relevant EU projects, such as those resulting from topic HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-COMMUNITIES-03.
Proposals should ensure broad participation across generations, disciplines, and geographical regions through a strong involvement of citizens/civil society, academia/research, industry/SMEs and government/public authorities, as well as cooperation with philanthropists. In order to achieve the expected outcomes, international cooperation is mandatory. Consortia submitting proposals to this topic are encouraged to include in particular participants from AAORIA Partner countries and other Atlantic coastal nations.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Expected EU contribution per project: €4.50 million.
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Fisheries/ Aquaculture and Maritime Policy
- Industry
- Land Development
- Public Administration
- Regional Development
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Shipping - Marine Transports
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
- Space
- Transport
- Urban Development
- Water - Management of Water Resources
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Businesses
- Central Government
- Chambers
- Educational Institutions
- Employees
- Employers
- Fishermen, Aquaculturists, Owners of Vessels
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- National Contact Points - NCPs
- Natual person / Citizen / Individual
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Parliamentary Bodies
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Services Providers
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Due to the scope of this topic, legal entities established in Brazil are exceptionally eligible for Union funding.
The following additional eligibility criteria apply:
If eligible for funding, legal entities established in non-associated third countries may exceptionally participate in this Coordination and support action as beneficiary or affiliated entity.
In order to achieve the expected outcomes of the action, namely contribution to the implementation of the All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance (AAORIA) Declaration, participation, as a beneficiary or associated partner, of at least three legal entities established in at least three of the AAORIA Partner countries[[AAORIA Partner countries: Home – All Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance]]. is required.
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.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
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:
Marcia Trillidou
Scientific Officer A’
Email: trillidou@research.org.cy