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Call for Proposals: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund "Sustainable Blue Economy" - EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12

Call for proposals

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund "Sustainable Blue Economy" - EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12

 

Objective and description


The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of the European Commission is launching a call for proposals titled "Sustainable Blue Economy" EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12.

 

The general objective of this call for proposals is to accelerate the implementation of the Integrated Maritime Policy and the deployment of the blue economy across Europe and in the Mediterranean as well as to contribute to the implementation of the Joint Communication on international ocean governance.

 

The funds will be allocated in four strands:

1.     Strand 1: Demonstration projects making blue technologies market and investor ready:
This strand aims to support demonstration projects based on innovative technologies testing/deploying/scaling-up of new industrial or service applications and solutions for the blue economy. Going beyond research/applied research, applicants must explain how their proposals will help innovative technologies and/or maritime services improve their market-readiness and advance towards the commercial phase demonstrating the benefit of a new product, service, process, and system to potential clients in a real environment.

The action needs to have a sea basin(s) focus and a specific blue growth related technology, domain or value chain. The geographical are covered by this strand includes the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea basins as well as the EU Outermost regions marine areas.

Technology Readiness Level 6-9 is required. Priority will be given to proposals that are based on the outcome of EU-funded research or applied research projects and/or that are aligned with the objectives of the relevant sea basin strategy or initiative.

2.     Strand 2: Marine Litter:
This strand aims to
support the reduction, monitoring and quantification, removal and recycling of marine litter, in line with Action 9 of the Joint Communication on International Ocean Governance. It will build on the results of relevant projects whilst specifically focusing on tackling marine litter from sea-based sources.

Specifically, it aims at supporting projects that develop methodologies and technologies to:

·         Reduce the amount and harmfulness of marine litter from sea-based sources;

·         Monitor and quantify the contribution of sea-based sources of marine litter;

·         Remove and recycle, in an environmentally sound and resource-efficient way, marine litter found in seas and oceans in the European sea basins/areas.

The geographical area covered by this strand includes the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea basins as well as the EU Outermost regions marine areas. Proposals must concern one or more of the above sea basins/areas. Activities can be extended into neighbouring waters outside the territory of the EU under specific conditions.

3.     Strand 3: Blue networks in the Mediterranean:
This strand  aims to
accelerate the development of the blue economy in the Mediterranean through closer cooperation between public and private maritime stakeholders such as education and training institutes, maritime clusters and fisheries local communities from the EU and its partner countries in the Mediterranean. It will support skills, innovation, entrepreneurship as well as job diversification and local communities' empowerment.

Applicants must select only one of the following specific objectives per proposal:

a)     Specific Objective a: Promote networking and collaboration between marine and/or maritime, port and logisticsrelated education and training institutes in the Mediterranean to develop relevant skills and promote maritime professions in cooperation with business and public authorities;

b)    Specific Objective b: Promote networking between maritime clusters in the Mediterranean to produce concrete results in terms of maritime innovation and maritime technologies, business development and innovation (including boosters, business angels and start-ups) and skills development;

c)     Specific Objective c: Pilot twinning of fisheries local coastal communities in the western Mediterranean based on the Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) approach to produce concrete results in areas such as diversification of fishing activities, both within and outside commercial fisheries and including tourism, pesca-tourism, sustainable aquaculture development and skills development, with a particular emphasis on women and youth.


The geographic area covered by the call concerns the Mediterranean Sea basin.

 

4.     Strand 4: Restoring marine ecosystems in the MED
The strand aims at funding a project that will focus on the restoration of damaged or degraded Mediterranean coastal and marine ecosystems in zones with a particularly high potential to provide a wide range of marine ecosystem services. A project that also addresses the development of (existing or new) blue-green infrastructures will be given priority as part of the evaluation process.

Applicants must undertake the following core activities as part of the project implementation:

·         identify and select at least one damaged or degraded coastal and marine natural ecosystem in the Mediterranean Sea or along its coast;

·         Identify and implement concrete activities to restore the selected area(s) and their capacity to provide goods and services;

·         Establish a partnership or develop an existing partnership, for example including public authorities, NGOs, businesses, research bodies, local communities and integrating local knowledge;

·         Develop a robust method for evaluating the results of the project;

·         Prepare a detailed roadmap for a follow-up project that would be able to continue the implementation and extend the activities piloted by this project to significantly larger areas of restoration, as well as building a more diverse partnership, that could also include further forms of investment and donors.


This strand will support projects in the Mediterranean Sea or along its coast, which are based on a partnership between entities based in the EU and in third countries in the Mediterranean.

 

Eligible applicants


Strand Specific Eligibility Criteria

1.     Strand 1: Demonstration projects making blue technologies market and investor ready:
Applicants must be legal entities. They can be public or private bodies. Applicants must be active in the field of research and innovation, and/or in the blue economy and related sectors (such as marine renewable energies, blue biotechnology, coastal tourism, aquaculture, maritime transport, shipbuilding and ship repair, shipping, offshore oil and gas, fisheries or aquaculture etc.).

2.     Strand 2: Marine Litter:
Applicants must be legal entities. They can be public or private bodies. Applicants must be active in the field of research and innovation, in the blue economy and related sectors, environmental management or any other field if their relevance for the project is duly justified in the proposal.

3.     Strand 3: Blue networks in the Mediterranean:
Applicants must be legal entities. They can be public or private bodies. Applicants must be active in the field of blue economy and related sectors (such as marine renewable energies, blue biotechnology, coastal tourism, aquaculture, maritime transport, shipbuilding and ship repair, shipping, offshore oil and gas, fisheries or aquaculture etc.).

4.     Strand 4: Restoring marine ecosystems in the MED
Applicants must be legal entities. They can be public or private bodies. Applicants must be active in the field of blue economy and related sectors (such as marine renewable energies, blue biotechnology, coastal tourism, aquaculture, maritime transport, shipbuilding and ship repair, shipping, offshore oil and gas, fisheries or aquaculture etc.).

Eligibility conditions for consortia

5.     Strand 1: Demonstration projects making blue technologies market and investor ready:
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium (partnership) of minimum 2 legal entities established in a different eligible country, one of which must be an EU Member State. The consortium coordinator must be established in an EU Member State. The consortium must comprise at least one business partner in the sense of a profit-making legal entity.

6.     Strand 2: Marine Litter:
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium (partnership) of minimum 2 legal entities established in a different eligible country, one of which must be an EU Member State. One of these must act as the consortium coordinator, while the other(s) will act as partner(s).

7.     Strand 3: Blue networks in the Mediterranean:
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of minimum two legal entities from two different countries. The coordinating entity (lead partner) must be established in an EU Member State.
In addition, specific eligibility criteria apply for each of the specific objectives under this strand:

a.     For specific objective a) of this strand, proposals must include a transnational partnership of applicants from at least 3 different eligible countries. Of these, at least two must be from different EU Member States and at least one must be from an eligible Mediterranean partner country.

b.    For specific objective b) of this strand, proposals must include a transnational partnership of applicants, which must be private or public legal entities, from at least 3 different eligible countries. Of these, at least two must be legal entities qualifying as maritime clusters, whether from an EU Member State or from an eligible third country.

c.     For specific objective c) of this strand, the coordinating entity (lead partner) must be a Fisheries Local Action Group established according to Article 32(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and art. 61 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014. The proposals must include a transnational partnership of applicants from countries adhering to the WestMED Initiative. It shall include participants from at least one of the following EU Member States (France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain) and one eligible Mediterranean partner Country (Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Morocco).

8.     Strand 4: Restoring marine ecosystems in the MED
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of minimum two legal entities from at least two different eligible countries, of which at least one must be based in an EU Member State and at least one in a non-EU country, both of which shall be bordering the Mediterranean Sea basin/area, excluding volatile regions. The coordinating entity (lead partner) must be established in an EU Member State.

For the specific geographical restrictions of eligible applicants of each strand you can find more information here: https://ec.europa.eu/easme/sites/easme-site/files/call_blue.pdf .

 

Budget and duration


The indicative total budget for this call for proposals is EUR 14.500.000 divided as such:

 

Strand 1: Demonstration projects making blue technologies market and investor ready:

The total budget for this strand is 8.000.000 EUR. Normally up to EUR 1.000.000, with an absolute maximum of EUR 1.500.000 per project. The maximum co-funding rate is 65%. EASME expects to fund approximately eight proposals.

Strand 2: Marine Litter:
The total budget for this strand is 2.000.000 EUR. Between EUR 200.000 and EUR 500.000 per project. The maximum co-funding rate is 80%. EASME expects to fund approximately six proposals.

 

Strand 3: Blue networks in the Mediterranean:

The total budget for this strand is 3.000.000 EUR. For specific objective a): between EUR 400.000 and EUR 500.000 For specific objective b): EUR 500.000 and EUR 700.000 For specific objective c): between EUR 300.000 and EUR 400.000.. The maximum co-funding rate is 80%. EASME expects to fund at least one proposal per objective.

 

Strand 4: Restoring marine ecosystems in the MED:
The total budget for this strand is 1.500.000 EUR. The maximum co-funding rate is 80%. EASME expects to fund one proposal.

 

This budget might be increased by maximum 20%.

 

The duration of the projects is expected as such:

Sustainable Blue Economy

 

Strand 1: Demonstration projects making blue technologies market and investor ready

24 or 36 months

Strand 2: Marine Litter

12 or 24 months

Strand 3: Blue networks in the Mediterranean:

24 or 36 months

Strand 4: Restoring marine ecosystems in the MED

36 months

 

Projects are expected to start January 2019.

 

Deadline for proposals’ submission


All deadlines for submission of applications specified below:

Sustainable Blue Economy

 

Strand 1: Demonstration projects making blue technologies market and investor ready

28 February 2018

Strand 2: Marine Litter

8 February 2018

Strand 3: Blue networks in the Mediterranean:

28 February 2018

Strand 4: Restoring marine ecosystems in the MED

8 February 2018

 

 

Proposals must be submitted:

·  Either by Registered Post. In this case the postmark or the date on the deposit slip will be proof of compliance with the deadline.

·  Or by Courier. In this case the deposit slip of the courier office will constitute proof of compliance with the deadline.

·  Or by Hand Delivery. In this case Proof of receipt, signed and dated by the official in the central mail department who takes delivery will constitute proof of compliance with the deadline.

 

Registered Post:

 

European Commission

EASME

Unit A3 – EMFF

 

Ref:

EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12-S2 MARINE LITTER

or

EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12-S4 RESTORING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS IN THE MED

or

EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12-S1 DEMO PROJECTS

or

EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12-S3 BLUE NETWORKS IN THE MED

 

Place Charles Rogier, 16

B-1049 Brussels

BELGIUM

Courier services or Hand delivery:

 

European Commission

EASME

Mail Service

 

Ref. EASME/EMFF/2017.1.2.1.12/[include strand reference code] :

EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12-S2 MARINE LITTER or

EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12-S4 RESTORING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS IN THE MED

or

EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12-S1 DEMO PROJECTS

or

EASME/EMFF/2017/1.2.1.12-S3 BLUE NETWORKS IN THE MED

 

Avenue du Bourget 1

B-1140 Brussels

 

In addition to the submission on paper, the applicant is requested to submit an electronic copy of the proposal and all its annexes on a CD-ROM or USB-stick in the same envelope as the paper version.

 

Further information


Please find attached the corresponding call documents.

 

More information can be found here:

https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/sustainable-blue-economy

 

Kind regards,

Flora

 

Flora Stavropoulou
Junior Officer

European Office of Cyprus

Rue du Luxembourg 3, 2nd floor

B-1000, Brussels

Tel/Fax: +32 (0) 2 280 22 85

E-mail: eoc.brussels2@ucy.ac.cy

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE GREEK TRANSLATION IS PROVIDED AT REQUEST OF ANY INTERESTED MEMBER (based on the decision of 22.12.2016 of the EOC Administrative Council).



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