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Summary
The NEBA Alliance is a project consortium funded by the European Commission. The goal of the Alliance is to codesign the foundation of a long-lasting European network of NEB Academy Hubs, which can reach workers and stakeholders across all EU countries and offer meaningful trainings and knowledge transfer and form the NEB Academy. NEB Academy’s long-term mission is to train, upskill, and reskill the construction ecosystem to achieve a carbon neutral building sectorand a beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive transformation of the built environment.
Detailed Call Description
The objective of the present open call is to expand the regional and topical coverage of the NEBA Alliance. The call accepts applications for 3 types of cascade grants to achieve this objective:
- Regional hub grants. These grants will provide funding to consortia to form a hub in a region with low or no coverage from the present NEBA Alliance consortia.
- Partnering with existing NEBA hubs grants. These grants will fund institutions in regions already covered by an existing NEBA Alliance hub to provide training in topics otherwise left uncovered.
- Training course and material grants. These smaller grants will fund the development of courses and materials to grow the portfolio of trainings provide by the NEBA Alliance.
Activities to be performed with allocated funding are:
Regional hub grants:
- Establishment of its own governance structure that is tailored to its regional/national/international context, that includes identifying a responsible entity to chair the organisation, administration, and management of the NEBA Hub.
- It is important that the governance structure plans for expansion through the addition of new members – NEBA Hubs should be mindful of the inclusiveness NEB value. Additionally, as new training needs emerge, partnering with trainers outside the network may be the most effective way to address them.
- Define the mission and measurable key performance indicators of the NEBA Hub through co-creation activities of relevant stakeholders.
- Preparation and signing of the Multilateral Association Agreement with NEBA
- Development and implementation of at least 2 lifelong training courses and collect feedback from training participants
- Development of at least 3 online courses for the NEBA Alliance digital platform
Partnering with existing NEBA hubs grants: one legal entity as single beneficiary
- Preparation and signing of the MoU agreement with selected NEBA Hub
- Development and implementation of at least 1 lifelong training course and collect feedback from training participants
- Development of at least 2 online courses for the NEBA Alliance digital platform
Training course and material grants:
- Content creation
- Adjustments of the course based on the NEBA quality criteria
- Adjusting the training material to visual identity of the NEBA
- Translations
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Applicants can apply for one of the following grants:
- Regional hub grants (up to 3 grants will be funded)
- Partnering with existing NEBA hubs grants (up to 3 grants will be funded)
- Training course and material grants (up to 10 grants will be funded)
Selected beneficiaries will receive a maximum amount defined for the grant (fixed lump sum). The maximum amounts per grant are:
- Regional hub grants: up to €15.000.
- Partnering with existing NEBA hubs grants: up to €10.000.
- Training course and material grants: up to €2.000.
The Open Call is implemented in the form of “lump sum funding”.
The duration of the action will be maximum 3 months as of 1st of July 2025 (fix starting date of the action).
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Legal Entities
- Other Beneficiaries
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Applicants registered as a legal entity before the start date of the NEBA Alliance Open Call (before February 28, 2025) in the following countries:
- EU Member States and its Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT), or
- Horizon Europe Associated Countries
For sections of the Open Call the following applicants are expected:
• Regional hub grants: consortium of at least 3 legal entities
• Partnering with existing NEBA hubs grants: one legal entity as single beneficiary
• Training course and material grants: one legal entity as single beneficiary. If a course is implemented as a joint course between 2 or more entities, a consortium can apply.
Applicants can apply only to one of the grant. However, if submitting a proposal for training course and material grants, multiple applications can be submitted by one legal entity.
The grant will fund formation of the NEBA Hubs in regions with low or no coverage from the NEBA Alliance consortia. Consortium of at least 3 institutions can apply.
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For further information on the Open Call, please contact: nebap.hub@upr.si