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Summary
The Transition Agenda Development call offers the opportunity to deliver a concrete contribution to EU, national, regional and local authorities in fulfilling environmental and regulatory objectives linked to the Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”. This open call will identify and support a high potential cohort of projects to receive comprehensive support spanning design, implementation and impact over 12-24 months. The type B: Transition Agenda Development (TAD) are projects dedicated to creating strategic regional and local Agendas and Governance Roadmaps for the Mediterranean basin that will pave the way for a future deployment of solutions.
Detailed Call Description
The core objective of the Transition Agenda Development type is to provide a concrete contribution to supportnational, regional and local authorities in Member States/ Associated countriesin fulfilling EU legislation and regulatory objectives. This involves identifying governance gaps and creating the political and legal environment necessary for the long-term sustainability and scaling of the solutions to support the achievement of the Mission Ocean objectives and targets including those developed in the CLA track.
All selected projects, regardless of type, must contribute to the overarching TASC-RestoreMed and Mission Ocean goals:
- Blue Doughnut Integration: Ensure the project concept balances ecological requirements (planetary boundaries) with societal needs (social foundation).
- Mobilisation and Engagement: Actively engage Communities of actors through effective support to accelerate progress towards Mission targets.
- Leveraging Investment: Position themselves to attract external and follow-up funding, leveraging FSTP grants to drive long-term investment.
The primary objective of the Community-Led Actions type is scale-up and deployment of innovative solutions that yield measurable results for ocean and water restoration. These projects are designed to demonstrate effective, on-the-ground interventions through active community engagement and local leadership. The ambition is to move solutions beyond the piloting stage (TRL 5) to become functional and replicable prototypes in an operational environment (targeting TRL 6-7 or higher).
Key objectives for TAD projects:
- Roadmap Development: at least 1 local or regional roadmap must be developed per funded project that outline the strategy for supporting scale-up, deployment, and legislative adaptation.
- Policy Recommendation: Deliver formal policy recommendations to EU and local authorities for the adaptation or development of legislation to streamline the uptake of Mission-aligned solutions.
- Governance Innovation: Promote regulatory innovation to accommodate emerging technologies and facilitate cross-sectoral collaboration in governance models.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The maximum funding per project is €100.000.
The maximum funding per beneficiary is €100.000.
The number of required beneficiaries per project is between 1- 2 beneficiaries.
Thematic Categories
- Fisheries/ Aquaculture and Maritime Policy
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Businesses
- Chambers
- 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
The open calls will be targeted at Communities of actors within EU Member States or Associated Countries. Eligible applicants include: regional and local authorities, NGOs, associations, research and education institutions, and companies (including SMEs) active in the eligible geographical areas.
Applicants must be entities established in the EU or Associated Countries and active in the Mediterranean basin.
Each organisation may submit only one proposal per call.
All projects must be implemented in the Mediterranean Basin, with at least one partner from a Mediterranean country.
Consortium-type applications (maximum 2 entities), the partners must appoint one partner as a Consortium Leader (by signing Consortium Declaration of Honour – Annex 4.1B Consortium Declaration of Honour (template)_Type B_TAD_v1.0). Actual submission is only required if your proposal is selected for funding.