The EIT Community invites applicants to develop and submit applications aligned with the New European Bauhaus initiative (NEB) focused on developing long-term solutions in collaboration with citizens to deliver transformation that match the needs and demand of a wider community.
Under this call, the EIT NEB Community aims to support activities where cities and peri-urban and rural areas can act to deliver on their commitments and public realm development plans laid out in their strategic plans and empowered to create together potential solutions embedding the New European Bauhaus approach in an ideation process aligned with the initiative.
It is expected to co-create new solutions, products and services with citizens, empowering them to implement innovations in their communities and trigger change by actively influencing local policies.
Applicants must address at least one of the four defined EIT Community NEB Challenge Areas based on the following NEB four thematic axes:
A detailed description of the challenges can be found on pages 12-15 of the call manual.
To help applicants with the preparation and submission of their proposals, the EIT Community NEB will host an online information session on 31 July 2023. This online information event will be focused on the call content, the challenges, and requirements, as well as on the general procedures, such as the submission and evaluation process, the financial aspects and the monitoring and reporting activities. To register for the webinar, please fill in the registration form: https://forms.office.com/e/Pv5AAtaBy2.
The EIT Community NEB will also host an online matchmaking event on 08 September 2023. To register, please fill in the registration form: https://forms.office.com/e/nWuFesitmf.
The funding rate is 75%.
Partners in the consortium may have different co-funding rates as long as the overall project co-fund meets the required 25% minimum.
Eight projects will be selected with the maximum funding of €45 000 per project.
The call is open to legal entities (private or public, KIC partners or not) established in Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU), and/or in Third countries associated to Horizon Europe.
Applications must be consortia of a minimum 2 partners and a maximum of 4 partners. One of these partners must be a City, region or an affiliated entity to a City or region located in an EU Member State or a Third Country associated to Horizon Europe.
At least 2 of the partners must be independent from each other.
THE EU ECO-TANDEM CONSORTIUM: info@eu-ecotandem.eu