Alliance for Language Technologies

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Code: 34542 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-AI-B-06-LANGUAGE | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 01/08/2024 | End submission calls: 26/09/2024

This action will directly contribute to preserving the linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe while effectively implementing the European Common Data Infrastructure and Service MCP’s objectives in the area of language technologies. By providing the necessary data and model adaptation capacities, the action will have a strong impact on the deployment of large language foundation models and their applications such as generative AI. This federated effort will be established around two work strands.

Common Operational Partnerships to prevent and fight against migrant smuggling with competent authorities of third countries

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Code: 34538 | Identifier Code: ISF-2024-TF2-AG-COP | Programme name: 14688 | Start submission calls: 07/05/2024 | End submission calls: 08/10/2024

The present call for proposals aims to support projects that enhance the prevention of and fight against migrant smuggling by establishing Common Operational Partnership projects (COPs) that support structured operational cooperation between law enforcement, judicial authorities and other relevant services of the participating EU Member States and third countries, with the potential involvement of relevant international organisations and Justice and Home Affairs agencies.

Sport Supports – emergency sport actions for youth

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Code: 34536 | Identifier Code: PPPA-SPORT-2024-EMERGENCY-YOUTH | Programme name: 2280 | Start submission calls: 24/07/2024 | End submission calls: 17/10/2024

The objectives of this project are to:

• promote community integration of children and young people affected by humanitarian crisis such as war in the hosting communities;
• improve mental well-being and help overcoming trauma of such children and young people through sport;
• facilitate adaptation and create bonds with the hosting communities;
• inspire other sport clubs to set up support programmes by publishing and promoting experiences and good practices.

The Galileo PRS service for governmental authorised use cases

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Code: 34534 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EUSPA-2023-SPACE-01-44 | Programme name: 3476 | Start submission calls: 09/07/2024 | End submission calls: 05/09/2024

Over the years a cross-border cooperation between Member States (MS) Competent PRS Authorities (CPA) has been fostered through a number of activities related to the implementation of the PRS regulatory framework. These activities (e.g. the Joint Test Activity (JTA) and the market consultation for PRS conducted under FRAME SC2 grant in 2023), and the recent coordination among MS CPA have led to the identification of gaps related to the ongoing market development of PRS civilian applications.

The PRS technology aiming at supporting one or several use cases, the related technical specifications have been selected in such a way so as to be ambitious, but at the same time realistic, so that the market will be able to deliver PRS solutions that meet the operational needs of the authorities responsible for the implementation of the PRS user segment.

Specialised Education Programmes in Key Capacity Areas

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Code: 34532 | Identifier Code: DIGITAL-2024-ADVANCED-DIGITAL-07-KEYCAPACITY | Programme name: 15593 | Start submission calls: 04/07/2024 | End submission calls: 21/11/2024

The objective of the call for this topic is to support excellence in higher education institutions, making them world leaders in training the digital specialists of the future and to increase the capacity of the educational offer in the area of advanced digital skills. This should lead to the development of dynamic digital educational ecosystems where higher education institutions as well as innovative partners from industry and research work together to attract and retain the best talents worldwide.

Saving our Seas – Reducing danger of munitions dumped in European seas

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Code: 34528 | Identifier Code: PPPA-2024-MUNITIONS | Programme name: 2280 | Start submission calls: 25/06/2024 | End submission calls: 21/11/2024

A large quantity of chemical and explosive munitions is currently dumped in EU sea basins. This situation raises environmental concerns as, the corrosion of munition casings due to mechanical and chemical processes results in the release of chemicals contained in the munitions.

This topic focuses on developing new technologies and methodologies and/or improving existing ones used to remove/neutralise/dispose of submerged munitions. Improvements should relate to their efficiency, effectiveness, safety and environmental impact.

Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 1

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Code: 34514 | Identifier Code: I3-2024-INV1 | Programme name: 16401 | Start submission calls: 06/06/2024 | End submission calls: 05/12/2024

Strand 1 of the I3 instrument seeks to increase the competitiveness and the resilience of EU value chains on the basis of interregional cooperation and shared smart specialisation areas.

The objective of the I3 Instrument Strand 1 call for proposals is to support interregional innovation investments by offering consortia of innovation actors from the quadruple helix ecosystems the necessary financial and advisory support to bring their innovations to a mature level, ready for commercialisation and scale-up, while bridging and reducing the innovation divide in Europe with a strong cohesion policy focus of integrating all regions and in particular the less developed regions into European value chains.

Supporting the CBE JU Deployment Group on Primary Producers

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Code: 34512 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2024-CSA-03 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Primary producers are at the beginning of the circular bio-based value chains as biomass suppliers. They also play an important role as producers and end-users of bio-based products and innovations. As such, they have a critical role in the deployment of circular and bio-based innovations. However, do not always fully benefit from the opportunities that this can offer to them and are often not entirely integrated into the bio-based value chains together with other actors. The long-term economic viability of novel bio-based business models, from which the primary producers can benefit, is sometimes uncertain and affected by associated technical barriers but also by policy, regulatory & legal barriers as well as for other unpredictable climatic or global circumstances.

The CBE JU Deployment Groups are established in accordance with articles 22 and 56 of the Council regulation establishing the Joint Undertakings, taking also into consideration the CBE Impact Assessment and the CBE JU Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda.

Under this framework, a specific Deployment Group of primary producers will be established to provide advice to CBE JU on critical issues encountered by primary producers with an impact on the deployment of circular bio-based solutions and innovations. In particular, the Deployment Group on primary producers will address opportunities and challenges faced by the primary sector which constitutes critical issues for the deployment of circular bio-based solutions and innovations and to ensure that primary producers benefit from their involvement in new and innovative circular and bio-based value chains.

The Deployment Group will be composed by a flexible and balanced group of stakeholders representing the primary sector, including the agricultural; forestry; and fisheries & aquaculture primary sectors. The proposal should engage primary producers from different regions and pedo-climatic zones in Europe.

Mobilize inclusive participation in bio-based systems and supporting the CBE JU widening strategy and its action plan

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Code: 34510 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2024-CSA-02 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Stimulating research activities in countries and regions with underdeveloped R&I capacity for bio-based systems is a stated priority of the CBE JU Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) and is monitored by a specific KPI 10 ‘Improving the participation of regions and countries with high unexploited potential and strategic interest to develop it’.

In this context, a dedicated Widening Participation strategy for the CBE JU was endorsed by the CBE JU Governing Board together with its first Action Plan for the period 2023-2024, which includes a list of concrete actions to step up the participation of under-represented countries in the CBE JU programme.

This CSA is one of the measures aiming at supporting the practical implementation of the CBE JU Widening Participation and its action plans.

New forms of cooperation in agriculture and the forest-based sector

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Code: 34500 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2024-CSA-01 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

The circular use of waste, by-products and residues from agriculture, forestry, and the agri-food industry can lead to the creation of new economic opportunities in rural areas. However, primary producers are often not fully integrated in bio-based value chains, and thus, benefits are not sufficiently distributed among value chain actors. In addition, actors in the bio-based economy need a specific understanding on processes optimisation and high degree of investments in innovation and technologies.

This topic addresses diverse forms of cooperation among primary producers and beyond in wider value networks as well as suitable business models to create high-value bio-based products in vertically integrated value chains via advanced biorefineries. A more efficient collaboration poses several opportunities for primary producers: a significant bargaining power as a consequence of higher production volumes, economies of scales, stronger competitiveness and better access to market, portfolio diversification in production while reducing risks and creating new economic benefits, better investment capacity due to pooling resources and control over the whole production, facilitated access to information and to new knowledge.

SSbD bio-based coating materials for applications under demanding and/or extreme conditions

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Code: 34496 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2024-RIA-04 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Coating materials are used in a wide range of industries (such as transport, construction, processing industry, textiles, energy, electronics, telecommunications, water and waste management). They protect the product, communicate information to the user, increase its lifetime, and confer performance and functionality (e.g. anticorrosion, antimicrobial, antifouling). At present, coatings are mostly fossil- based or of mineral origin. Some paints and synthetic coatings are under scrutiny or have been banned altogether for their health & safety and environmental impacts. Safer and more environmentally friendly alternatives are needed. The main technical challenges in developing bio-based coatings are obtaining stable and homogenous formulations meeting market requirements in term of performance while showing potential cost-effectiveness in the perspective of further scale-up.

Valorisation of polluted/contaminated wood from industrial and post-consumer waste streams

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Code: 34494 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-JU-CBE-2024-RIA-01 | Programme name: 23015 | Start submission calls: 24/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Post-consumer and post-industrial wood waste is an abundant secondary feedstock mainly coming from construction and furniture, but also secondary packaging. Policies around Europe are prompting separate collection and recycling of wood waste. Despite the great potential of urban and industrial wood waste to be exploited through a circular bioeconomy approach, this complex waste stream is difficult to be recycled/reprocessed, as it often features contaminants in the form of additives (glues, varnishes, paints, additives, etc..), pollutants (wood treatment products and heavy metals), and contaminating materials (glass, plastics, metals, etc.).