Smart Social Economy Model in Tourism (Long Distance Trails)
Smart Social Economy Model in Tourism (Long Distance Trails) · PPPA-PJG · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds pilot projects that test new ways of running sustainable tourism along long-distance trails using social economy principles, like cooperatives and social enterprises. It supports transnational teams of local authorities, tourism organisations and social economy groups working together to design, test and scale community-led tourism models, especially in rural areas. The goal is to boost local economies, cultural heritage and social inclusion while creating replicable examples for other EU regions.
social innovation · regional development · sustainable materials · circular economy
Who wins this
A transnational partnership of local authorities, destination management organisations and social economy entities wanting to pilot and scale a community-led sustainable tourism model along a long-distance trail.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €200k–€1.5M
- Funding model
- PPPA-AG
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- PPPA Project Grants
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Eligible applicants
- public body, non-profit
- Also required
- Detailed eligibility, admissibility, financial capacity and evaluation conditions are deferred to the official call document sections and not specified in this text.
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in section 5 of the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/pppa/wp-call/2026/call-fiche_pppa-2026-social-economy-tourism_en.pdf
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