By fishers, for fishers: co-management of marine and freshwaters ecosystems and resources
Supporting the implementation of the Restore our Ocean and Waters Mission · HORIZON-IA · TRL 6–8 · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds projects that help fishers co-manage marine and freshwater ecosystems sustainably, testing real-world solutions in specific sea or river basins. It supports habitat restoration, sustainable fishing practices, and stronger local governance while creating jobs and economic benefits for coastal communities. Projects must directly involve fishers from the start and demonstrate results in multiple countries within one chosen basin.
ocean marine · biodiversity · environmental monitoring · climate adaptation · water management · aquaculture fisheries
Who wins this
A consortium involving research organisations, public bodies, and fisher/community organisations working together to pilot science-based co-management solutions across at least 5 demonstration sites in 3 countries within a single marine or river basin.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €7M–€7.8M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON Innovation Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — from 3 countries.
- Also required
- Demonstration activities must be carried out in at least 5 sites across 3 different Member States or Associated Countries within one selected basin (Atlantic and Arctic, Mediterranean, Baltic and North Sea, or Danube River including Black Sea), with beneficiaries established in those countries; projects using satellite earth observation must use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS; in-situ marine data must be shared openly via EMODnet under FAIR principles.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 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. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used). The following additional eligibility criteria apply: in addition to the standard eligibility conditions, the consortium must carry out demonstration activities in at least 5 sites in 3 different Member States or Associated Countries of the basin addressed by the proposal (i.e.: 1. Atlantic and Arctic basin or 2. Mediterranean Sea basin or 3. Baltic and North Sea basin or 4. Danube River basin, including Black Sea), and include, as beneficiaries, legal entities established in these respective countries. described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds To ensure a balanced portfolio covering the 4 different Mission basins[[For the purposes of Mission Ocean and waters, Member States/Associated Countries, are considered to be part of a given sea/river basin if they have a coast/riverbank on the relevant sea/river or contain river basins flowing into the relevant sea]] (1. Atlantic and Arctic sea basin, 2. Mediterranean Sea basin, 3. Baltic and North Sea basin, 4. Danube River basin, including Black Sea), grants will be awarded to applications not only in order of ranking but at least also to one proposal that is the highest ranked within each sea basin, provided that the applications attain all thresholds. are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants Beneficiaries will be subject to the following additional obligations regarding open science practices: if projects collect in-situ data and marine observation, beneficiaries must make them openly available through the European Marine Observation and Data network (EMODnet), based on the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles. described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions
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