Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Build the European food safety knowledge ecosystem, ensuring safe food as the basis for healthy diets and sustainable food systems.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
This call for proposal aims to support EFSA for outputs related to the pest surveillance activities falling within the mission of the EFSA Plant Health Monitoring team. Specifically, EFSA is requested to prepare pest survey cards for all the EU quarantine pests, the protected zone pest and provisional quarantine pests and to further develop tools and methods to assist Member States in optimizing their survey efforts. A pest survey card is a document that aims at guiding the MSs in the characterisation of the pest, its host plants and the methods for its detection and identification.
Detailed Call Description
In particular, EFSA wishes to conclude four grant agreements with partner organisations for preparing pest survey cards for Union quarantine pests not known to occur in the Union territory, as listed in the following 4 lots:
- Lot 1: Development of pest survey cards for Union quarantine pests of the group of Non-EU Acleris spp – EUBA-EFSA-PLANTS-2023-07-01;
- Lot 2: Development of pest survey cards for Union quarantine pests of the group of Non-EU cicadomorpha – EUBA-EFSA-PLANTS-2023-07-02;
- Lot 3: Development of pest survey cards for Union quarantine pests of the group of Non-EU Viruses, viroids and phytoplasmas of Cydonia, Fragaria, Malus, Prunus, Pyrus, Ribes, Rubus and Vitis – EUBA-EFSA-PLANTS-2023-07-03;
- Lot 4: Development of pest survey cards for Union quarantine pests of the group of non-EU Begomoviruses and their vector Bemisia tabaci – EUBA-EFSA-PLANTS-2023-07-04.
The organisations applying for this call must indicate precisely in their proposal for which Lot(s) they are applying. Organisations can apply for one or more Lots. In case the organisation submits proposals for more than one lot, the proposals should be submitted as independent proposal in order to allow independent evaluation of the proposal for each Lot.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
One direct grant agreement will be signed for each separate Lot.
EFSA intends to fund one proposal per Lot.
The present call comes with an innovative and simplified grant management, where the grant amounts paid to the partner are based on the pre-defined sums which are not linked to the actual costs of the action. This means there is no need for co-financing from the partner, and no need for completion of estimated budgets or timesheets to record the work.
Thematic Categories
- Agriculture - Food
- Health
- Other Thematic Category
Eligibility for Participation
- International Organisations
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Applications made by consortium in which partners are not on the Article 36 list will be excluded. In this regard, the University of Thessaly, the University of Cyprus, the Cyprus University of Technology and the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, are included in the list.
The proposals can be submitted by one eligible organisation or by a consortium of eligible organisations.