Upscaling innovative payments to support farmers in the delivery of agri-environment-climate public goods
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
Payments for environmental services are financial incentives that recognise and support farmers for voluntary interventions that contribute to the provision of public goods.
Research and practical experiences from a variety of public and private sector initiatives have provided evidence and guidance on cost-effective and well-contextualized design to support practitioners.
Implementing more outcome-based, collective or spatially coordinated approaches to payment conditionality rules is among the key recommendations for achieving the best possible outcomes.
Detailed Call Description
- develop and/or improve, test, pilot and evaluate payment for environmental services schemes with result-based and/or collective and/or spatially coordinated approaches in real-life conditions considering a diversity of farming contexts;
- put a special focus on mobilising private funding (e.g., value chain approaches, market-based instruments, crowdfunding, bottom-up approaches, etc.) and assessing the social and economic implications of the schemes with the perspective of long-term implementation and financial viability under different scenarios and socio-economic contexts;
- based on an analysis of the role of agriculture and food value chains in supporting and valorising farmers’ provision of environmental services, develop and/or improve approaches supporting a just and fair remuneration of farmers for these services;
- develop and/or improve and apply robust and cost-effective monitoring of the environmental services provided by farmers;
- identify barriers and enablers for the implementation and upscaling of payment for environmental services schemes with result-based and/or collective and/or spatially coordinated approaches and propose effective solutions to address them. Special attention should be given to not repeat but build on and complement the state-of-the art;
- support capacity building, training, reskilling, and education, in particular on the technical, financial, legal and administrative implications of contractual arrangements, enabling farmers and other involved practitioners, including the private sector, to implement the proposed solutions.
Proposals should ensure complementarities with ongoing relevant Horizon Europe projects including from the Mission “A Soil Deal for Europe” and capitalise on existing relevant research findings and tools. Proposals should also ensure synergies with other relevant LIFE projects, EU-funded studies, pilot projects, and processes.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
70%
Expected EU contribution per project: €6.00 million
Thematic Categories
- Agriculture - Farming - Forestry
- Environment and Climate Change
- Public Administration
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Rural development
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
Eligibility for Participation
- Businesses
- Central Government
- Educational Institutions
- Farmers, Agriculturalists
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Producer Associations
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Services Providers
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) may participate as member of the consortium selected for funding.
The following additional eligibility criteria apply: The proposals must use the multi-actor approach. See definition of the multi-actor approach in the introduction to this Work Programme part.
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 Persons:
Marcia Trillidou
Scientific Officer A’
Email: trillidou@research.org.cy
Dr. Mary Economou
Scientific Officer
Email: meconomou@research.org.cy