Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The EMFAF supports the EU common fisheries policy (CFP), the EU maritime policy and the EU agenda for international ocean governance. It provides support for developing innovative projects ensuring that aquatic and maritime resources are used sustainably.
The fund helps achieve sustainable fisheries and conserve marine biological resources. This leads to:
- food security through the supply of seafood products
- growth of a sustainable blue economy
- healthy, safe and sustainably managed seas and oceans
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
This call topic aims:
- to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of the coastal and maritime tourism ecosystem in the Western Mediterranean;
- at preserving the marine and coastal environment and marine cultural heritage, and contributing to the attractiveness of coastal areas as a unique asset for competitiveness in the Mediterranean;
- at supporting tourism stakeholders to tap into the growing ecotourism niche tourism market;
- at boosting innovation and digitalisation in the tourism sector, thus increasing its contribution to economic growth and jobs in the Mediterranean;
- at improving the business environment for tourism SMEs, mobilising private-public investments, enhancing socio-economic and market intelligence, diversifying and increasing the visibility of the tourism offer and products.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals must address at least one of the themes shown in the call document (page 15-16).
For these themes, applicants should clearly demonstrate how the proposal will:
- Contribute to the overall resilience in the tourism sector.
- Contribute to the objectives of the sea basin approach in the Western Mediterranean.
- Build on, complement and valorise the results of relevant projects, overarching initiatives, networks and cooperation frameworks at European and Mediterranean level.
Applicants will explain clearly in their proposal how they will implement, the following activities within the project duration:
- Establishment of multi-stakeholder partnerships/hubs/networks/clusters to tackle the chosen theme(s) and priorities, as outlined above, in a coordinated and collaborative way. Participating stakeholders should include entities from at least four Western Mediterranean countries, and include both EU and non-EU Western Mediterranean countries. Stakeholders from other EU Mediterranean Member States may additionally participate.
- Development of guidelines, business models and action plans for various stakeholders in the maritime and coastal tourism communities (e.g. regions, cities, businesses across the whole value chain, etc.) focusing on the chosen theme(s) and priorities as outlined above.
- Design and testing of tools to assess and measure environmental impacts and monitor the implementation of sustainable and circular approaches and indicators/standards for sustainable tourism practices.
- Design and testing of new tourism products corresponding to the chosen theme(s) and priorities above.
- Awareness raising and capacity building activities for stakeholders in the coastal and maritime tourism sectors to support uptake of new models and approaches.
- Development of policy recommendations for the chosen theme(s), based on lessons learned during project implementation and recommendations of mechanisms to ensure future sustainability and updating of activities beyond the project duration.
- Forecasting and monitoring management plans and their targets, including upgrading skills and training public and private operators.
- Engaging tourism destination observatories.
- Aligning resource management among national, regional and local planning frameworks
All proposals should include additional, complementary activities (at least one) that support the main activities and the call topic objectives.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
80%
Thematic Categories
- Environment and Climate Change
- Fisheries/ Aquaculture and Maritime Policy
- Tourism
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- Private Bodies
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.: EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs) non-EU countries that are part of the sea basin strategies targeted in this call for proposals: Mauritania, Morocco, and Algeria, Tunisia and Libya
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least four applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:
- Minimum four entities from four different eligible countries, including at least
two EU Member States and one eligible non-EU country participating in the
Initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the Western
Mediterranean; - At least one private-sector business entity or association in the coastal and
maritime tourism sector; and - At least one local/regional/city level public authority with competence relating
to coastal and maritime tourism sector activities.
The coordinator must be established in an EU Member State participating in the Initiative for the sustainable development of the blue economy in the Western Mediterranean (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Malta).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
For more information, please contact the EU Contact Point.
EU Contact Point
Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
https://ec.europa.eu/oceans-and-fisheries/contact-form_en
European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)
https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/contact-0_en
CINEA-EMFAF-CALLS@ec.europa.eu
Telephone: +32 (0)2 299 5252