Programmed biodegradation capability of bio-based materials and products, validated in specific environments

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Code: 30579 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-5 Grant | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Biodegradability of materials and products for targeted applications may offer viable end-of-life solutions in case of safe and sustainable biodegradation either in open environments or under controlled conditions, i.e., in composting plants and anaerobic digestors.

This topic is focused on the programmed biodegradation capability of bio-based materials and products, validated in specific environments.

Demonstrating the fair and just transition from GHG-intensive economies facing challenges towards circular bioeconomy model regions

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Code: 30577 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-7 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

This topic is focused on the demonstration of the fair and just transition from GHG-intensive economies facing challenges towards circular bioeconomy model regions.

Targeting aquatic extremophiles for sourcing novel enzymes, drugs, metabolites and chemicals

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Code: 30574 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CircBio-01-10 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Extreme environments with huge bio-resources still present enormous challenges for exploration and sampling operations. Challenges are often due to the depth, pH, salinity, temperature and pressure conditions, which make exploration technically difficult, risky and expensive.

This topic is foucused on the targeting aquatic extremophiles for sourcing novel enzymes, drugs, metabolites and chemicals.

Developing EU advisory networks on forestry

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Code: 30572 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-12 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

This specific topic focuses on the important role advisors can play related to more sustainable forestry in the future.

Biodiversity thematic networks to compile and share knowledge ready for practice

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Code: 30570 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-11 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

This topic is focused on biodiversity thematic networks.

Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Support the implementation of the cross-cutting objective of modernising the sector by fostering and sharing of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas, and encouraging their uptake.
• Collection and distribution of easily accessible practice-oriented knowledge on the thematic area chosen, in particular the existing best practices and research findings that are ready to be put into practice.
• Maintenance of the practical knowledge for the long-term – beyond the project period – in particular by using the main trusted dissemination channels that farmers/foresters most often consult.
• Increased flow of practical information between farmers/foresters in the EU in a geographically balanced way, creating spill-overs and taking account of the differences between territories.

Customisation/pre-operationalisation of prototypes end-user services in the area Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

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Code: 30568 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-GOVERNANCE-01-5 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 28/02/2024

PCP: a joint procurement of research and development services – is launched to reinforce public demand driven innovation in end-user services in the area of climate adaptation and mitigation. PCP has the potential to be an effective demand side innovation action and a useful tool to close the gap between supply and demand for innovative solutions.

The PCP should deliver successful innovative and fully tested product(s) and/or service(s) that meet the common needs of a buyers’ group (consortium of procurers) to procure research, develop innovative marketable solutions, speed up the time-to-market and provide best value for money.

Transformative action of policy mixes, governance and digitalisation addressing biodiversity loss

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Code: 30566 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-5 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

This topic is focused on the transformative action of policy mixes, governance and digitalisation addressing biodiversity loss.

Participation and empowerment of Arctic coastal, local, and indigenous communities in environmental decision-making

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Code: 30540 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-01-3 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Addressing ongoing Arctic environmental and societal changes requires that all relevant knowledge, indigenous/traditional and scientific knowledge alike, is mobilised to respond and govern the challenges posed by those changes, and communities empowered to take part in environmental decision-making.

Proposals are expected to contribute to sustainable and inclusive development, incorporating a better understanding of the environmental, socio-economic, cultural and demographic drivers of change.

This topic is focused on the participation and empowerment of Arctic coastal, local, and indigenous communities in environmental decision-making.

Biodiversity, economics and finance: Understanding macro-financial risks associated with biodiversity loss

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Code: 30537 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-4 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

The successful proposal(s) will help unlock financial flows needed for reversing biodiversity loss, and contribute to mainstreaming biodiversity, ecosystem services and natural capital in the society and economy.

This topic is focused on understanding macro-financial risks associated with biodiversity loss.

Reintroduction of landscape features in intensive agricultural areas

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Code: 30535 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-01-7 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

Successful proposals will contribute to develop and improve practices in agriculture to support and make sustainable use of biodiversity and a wide range of ecosystems services.

There is a need to reintroduce nature to improve the state of the environment by delivering ecosystem services and as a contribution to climate mitigation and adaptation. In particular it is needed to achieve ecological corridors, in conjunction with other multifunctional Nature-based Solutions.

This topic is focused on reintroduction of landscape features in intensive agricultural areas.

European Partnership on Innovative SMEs/Eurostars: joint transnational call for proposals (CALL 5 of Eurostars-3)

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Code: 30531 | Identifier Code: CALL 5 | Programme name: 20613 | Start submission calls: 14/07/2023 | End submission calls: 14/09/2023

The present call aims to encourage innovative SMEs to participate in transnational research activities and to enhance their competitiveness through the development of new products / services / production methods of high added value or the development of significantly improved existing products / services / production methods which are expected to be commercially exploited by the participating organisations. Furthermore, the Programme aims to promote the networking and collaboration between Cypriot and foreign organisations through the participation in transnational industrial research and development projects.

Socio-economic, climate and environmental aspects of paludiculture

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Code: 30529 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01-2 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (Cluster 6)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 17/10/2023 | End submission calls: 22/02/2024

This topic is focused on socio-economic, climate and environmental aspects of paludiculture.

The interrelation between social, cultural and political identities, as well as the sense of belonging, and democracies

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Code: 30517 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-04 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

It can be argued that the involvement of certain communities in democratic processes of decision-making (through quotas, but also through other participatory processes at different levels such as participants sortition) can contribute to further foster the sense of belonging to a democratic society, and further increase their participation in democratic life.

This topic is focused on the interrelation between social, cultural and political identities, as well as the sense of belonging, and democracies.

The role and functioning of public administrations in democratic systems

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Code: 30514 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-09 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Governments are excessively under pressure today to adapt and respond to rapidly changing global economic, social, political, ecological and technological trends, to develop better public policy outcomes and high-quality public services that respond to the needs of their citizens, and to transform their internal operations on the go, creating modern and innovative public administrations. This area of research intends to investigate how European Union governments are approaching public administration and governance reform i.e. what areas they strategically invest in, what challenges they encounter, what (national, European or international) support (expertise, finance) they capitalise on, and how they generally approach transforming their government administrations (through e.g. systems approaches, open government approaches, innovation portfolio approach, organisational framework conditions enabling innovation, etc.) as they face the challenges of today.

Future scenarios and young visions for European democracy 2040

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Code: 30511 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-11 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Projects should contribute to the following expected results:

Future scenario work streams, roadmap and strategy for achieving the most preferred scenarios for democracy in the European Union in 2040, researched, discussed and jointly developed through iterative, large-scale engagement processes with various stakeholder groups, e.g. young European citizens, political and institutional actors and organized civil society.

Strategies to strengthen the European linguistic capital in a globalised world

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Code: 30509 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-05 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

European languages are vehicles of our identity, behaviour and cultural perception. Communicating in their native languages, EU citizens connect with their cultural heritage, build their collective and individual identity and better understand the contribution of their national or regional culture to the European culture as a whole. However, in the globalisation era, some languages are dominating, leading gradually to a ‘language oligopoly’.

Therefore, research should address tensions between globalisation and the preservation of European identities as expressed by languages, paying attention to policies and practices regarding the use of national and ‘international’ languages and their place in each country’s cultural, scientific, academic, social, political and economic life.

Strengthen economic fairness and resilience of active labour market policies and address high unemployment

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Code: 30507 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-02 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Active labour market policies are widely used by European countries to improve the functioning of their labour markets by addressing skill mismatches, labour market segmentation, and by promoting the integration in the labour market of those facing difficulties in accessing it. Policies aimed at skill development could be effective in periods of low economic activity at the macroeconomic level, given that the opportunity cost of training programmes is lower in times of recession.

More research is needed to survey the different types of active labour market policies enacted by the Member States, especially in the area of skills development during economic downturns, and their effects on people facing economic challenges, e.g. people at risk of poverty or workers whose job is at risk of automation or at risk of transformation due to transition to a decarbonised economy.

Protest politics and cultures of opposition in democracy

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Code: 30505 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-01 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Citizens increasingly disengage from traditional party politics and voting as a way to express political views, values and beliefs.

Research proposals under this topic should analyse further the shift towards politics of collective action, and their impact on European democracies, including their role in resisting the rise of authoritarian tendencies and in taking down authoritarian regimes.

This topic is focused on protests politics and cultures of opposition in democracy.

What is the long-term impact of rule of law and other European values on socio-economic outcomes?

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Code: 30502 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-03 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Recent insights into the role of networks for the creation of value have yet to be transferred in an important manner to areas of study dealing with important public/common goods such as rule of law and the various human and fundamental rights and freedoms established by European Union law.

It is well understood that networks can amplify asset values in an important manner.

How do structural features and metrics of societal networks impact that value of common/public goods?
Is it possible to identify similar magnifying effects?
And how can they be measured, in which unit can they be expressed?
On the other hand value created within one particular network may not be transferable to another network without significant losses.
What factors will determine the importance of such losses?

Computational Social Science approaches in research on democracy

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Code: 30500 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-06 | Programme name: 2939 | Sub-program: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Societies (Cluster 2)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 04/10/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Social sciences have not yet fully embraced the breakthrough of computational science that took place in past years with costs for data transport and data storage ceasing to be a limiting factor for data-driven social science. Developing new crosscutting tools of social and computational science will indeed contribute to better understanding how the EU society acts.

This topic is focused on computational Social Science approaches in research on democracy.