Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The EMFAF supports the EU common fisheries policy (CFP), the EU maritime policy and the EU agenda for international ocean governance. It provides support for developing innovative projects ensuring that aquatic and maritime resources are used sustainably.
The fund helps achieve sustainable fisheries and conserve marine biological resources. This leads to:
- food security through the supply of seafood products
- growth of a sustainable blue economy
- healthy, safe and sustainably managed seas and oceans
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The specific objectives of this Call are:
- Strengthening the capacity of blue economy SMEs and start-ups to identify and tap into potential public/private investors.
- Improving the visibility of investment opportunities in the Black Sea blue economy and capacity of public/private investors to identify SMEs and start-ups.
- Develop stakeholder capacity to establish/enhance concrete cooperation and networking approaches and methods to improve the business environment and strengthen value chains.
- Contributing to the development of a networked, multi-stakeholder blue investment and innovation ecosystem in the Black Sea.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals will bring together blue economy stakeholders in EU and eligible non-EU Black Sea countries to identify and tackle local capacity building needs to boost innovation, digitalisation and investment in the Black Sea blue economy. Proposals will seek to create a bridge between local stakeholders and activities developed at the level of the Black Sea CMA. In their proposals, applicants will clearly identify the local areas of the Black Sea on which the project will focus.
The scope of the call encompasses traditional and emerging blue economy sectors with high potential for the development of the sustainable blue economy in the Black Sea. Proposals should primarily focus on the following sectors identified as priorities by the CMA Steering Group: coastal and maritime tourism, fisheries and aquaculture and maritime transport.
Proposals may also consider other blue economy traditional sectors, such as shipbuilding, as well as emerging ones such as blue biotechnology, marine renewable energies, etc. Proposals may also explore the potential for SMEs/start-ups in the development of ports as blue economy accelerators.
The submitted proposals must take into due consideration the activities of those projects that already support the implementation of the CMA and that specifically focus on facilitating access to investments for Blue economy SMEs and start-ups.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
80%
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Fisheries/ Aquaculture and Maritime Policy
Eligibility for Participation
- Investment Funds
- Large Enterprises
- Private Bodies
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- non-EU countries that are part of the sea basin strategies targeted in this
call for proposals:- Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Turkey in Topic 2 “Black
Sea blue economy investment and innovation capacity
building pilot”.
- Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Turkey in Topic 2 “Black
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least three applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following condition: Minimum three entities, including at least two eligible non-EU countries participating in the CMA for the Black Sea.
The coordinator must be established in an EU Member State participating in the Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea (Bulgaria and Romania).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
For more information, please contact the EU Contact Point.
EU Contact Point
Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
https://ec.europa.eu/oceans-and-fisheries/contact-form_en
European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)
https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/contact-0_en
CINEA-EMFAF-CALLS@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 (0)2 299 5252