Proposals under this topic should:

• Accompany the first stage of the NEB Academy’s development by designing the structure (including governance and model for quality assurance) of its network, as well as the procedures to ensure a progressive growth of the network, assurance for its long-term sustainability and formalization, and a balanced geographical coverage of its work.
• Facilitate the development of a structured, tailored, and high-quality co-created offer of training services, curricula, and programmes, notably on bio-based solutions, by the NEB Academy network in alignment with the New European Bauhaus Initiative and the activities funded by the CBE JU. To do so, the proposal will:
  • Set-up a framework for the creation of NEB Academy Hubs, including selection criteria according to EU Rules and the values and objectives of the New European Bauhaus.
  • Establish an on-line collaborative space that will remain active after the end of the project and will ensure availability of coherent and accessible (including in terms of diversity of languages) learning materials on sustainable construction in the long term. The platform should facilitate exchange of scientific expertise between academia, research centres, and companies (especially innovative SMEs) active in sustainable construction, notably from the bio-based industry sector.
• Identify and map possible relations and synergies with relevant networks, projects, initiatives and policy, as well as funding instruments at regional, national and European level that could help build, disseminate, and exploit knowledge and results.
• Foster networking and collaborations among relevant stakeholders and initiatives in sustainable construction, notably in the bio-based sector and between academia and industrial actors, by actively engaging with ongoing or recently concluded CBE JU funded projects and other relevant projects. Put in place mechanisms ensuring the future sustainability of the community of practice.

Proposals may involve financial support to third parties to provide direct support (e.g. in the form of cascading grants) for preparatory work that hubs may need to carry out to join the network. A maximum of €30 000 per third party might be granted. Conditions for third parties support are set out in Part B of the General Annexes. Consortia need to define the selection process of organisations, for which financial support will be granted. Maximum €150 000 of the EU funding can be allocated to this purpose. The financial support to third parties can only be provided in the form of grants.