Connect New European Bauhaus Call for proposals for citizen generated solutions and initiatives to advance sustainability, beauty, and inclusivity
Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
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.
The primary focus of the Connect NEB Call for Proposals is to deploy inspirational beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive project proposals and demonstrate new solutions that boost the transformation of cities, peri-urban and rural areas.
Detailed Call Description
All proposals must comply with the following requirements to ensure the project scope is suited:
- Develop activities to improve citizens’ lives, and embed and integrate all three core New European Bauhaus values (sustainability, aesthetics, inclusion) and all three key New European Bauhaus principles (multilevel, participatory, transdisciplinary approach) into their projects.
- The activities must be tailored towards at least two specific and clearly identified target groups (can be defined by age, profession, neighbourhoods of the same city, etc.). The proposal needs to include a communication and dissemination plan to engage with target groups in the given period.
- The physical area or location where planned activities will take place must be specified.
- The proposed solution must have the potential to be implemented on a broader scale and/or replicable following a context-based approach. Proposals should aim for long-term sustainable impact.
- The proposal must provide deep understanding of the local ecosystem, including stakeholders, culture and social dynamics, as well as expertise in citizen engagement activities and innovation/action.
- The applicant must have proven expertise and hands-on experience in leading and coordinating at least one previous citizen engagement project with the target groups involved.
- The proposed solution must use existing knowledge, innovative methodologies, tools, or processes on target group behaviour with regard to the selected topic and push for/promote real behavioural change and influence policy making.
Applicants must address at least one of the four defined EIT Community NEB Challenge Areas based on the following NEB four thematic axes:
- Reconnecting with nature
- Regaining a sense of belonging
- Prioritising the places and people that need it the most
- The need for long-term, life cycle thinking in the industrial ecosystem
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The funding rate is 80%. Partners in the consortium may have different co-funding rates as long as the overall project co-fund meets the required 20% minimum.
Eight projects will be selected with the maximum funding of €15 000 per project.
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Semi-governmental organisations
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
This a mono-beneficiary Call for Proposals 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. These legal entities may be, for example, public or private legal entities, SMEs, Universities, research & technology organisations, or businesses.
Consortia are not allowed.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
George Christou
Scientific Officer
Email: gchristou@research.org.cy
Nedi Kaffa
Scientific Officer
Email: nkaffa@research.org.cy
EU Contact Point
For further details about the sub-program, go to the following page: https://eit.europa.eu/contact