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Expected Impact:To effectively progress in developing and testing elements necessary for cross-border digital public services and pave the way towards seamless digital public services across the Union.Objective:The objective of the action is to allow Member States to work together, jointly identify needs and develop interoperability assets needed for cross-border digital public services, leveraging collective resources and expertise to achieve impactful results unattainable by single entities. The MCP supports the implementation of the Interoperable Europe Act by enhancing collaboration among stakeholders to contribute to the priorities of the Interoperable Europe Agenda, focusing on improving public services through seamless data exchange and addressing interoperability challenges. This effort aligns with the EU’s Digital Decade goal of ensuring full online access to public services and...

Objective:The overall objective is to improve civil protection preparedness and response to all kinds of disasters inside the Member States/Participating States of the Mechanism by providing a testing environment and a learning opportunity for all actors involved in civil protection assistance interventions: a full-scale exercise.Themes & priorities:The scenario for the exercises should build on risk assessments.Examples, but not exclusively, extreme weather, wildfires, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, industrial risk, critical infrastructure disruption, marine pollution, epidemic/health risk, CBRN, and multi-sectorial emergencies.In addition to the main theme, cross-cutting issues such as gender, age, persons with disabilities, human rights, environmental sustainability, green economic practices, digitalisation, resilience in infrastructure, the protection of cultural heritage, etc. are e...

Objective:Objective:Themes & priorities:Applicants are invited to select one or several of the following priorities:Priority 1: Increasing risk awareness and preparedness of the populationPopulation plays an important role in disaster prevention and preparedness and citizens are usually the first responders to disasters. National, sub-national and local authorities should cooperate, together with the private sector and civil society organisations, to i) increase disaster risk awareness and understanding of the population, ii) foster a culture of risk prevention and preparedness to risks, iii) create favourable conditions for individuals to actively engage in disaster risk reduction/DRM activities, iv) communicate appropriately during emergencies, v) fighting disinformation and information manipulation in the DRM domain.Evidence-based risk information and communication, as well as educati...

Scope:Calls for proposals for action grants will aim at providing financial contributions to organisations representing consumer interests in Members States or offering assistance to consumers in Member States, including in the form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and qualified entities enabled to bring representative actions under the Representative Actions Directive (EU) 2020/1828.

Expected Outcome:The overall objective of this call for proposals is to ensure around 4 000 placements for mobile jobseekers of all age groups with special focus on young people.The action targets the filling of hard-to-fill vacancies and labour shortages as identified in national/EU labour market studies or other data sources.The action, being strongly result-oriented, contributes to:a) addressing labour market needs, in particular tackling labour markets' imbalances, as well as labour and skills shortages;b) improving the conditions for jobseekers and workers to exercise their right of freedom of movement across the EU;c) filling of hard-to-fill vacancies (in the form of either jobs, traineeships or apprenticeships), notably where specific labour shortages have been identified;d) enhancing the service catalogue of the EURES organisations;e) fostering public-private partnerships within...

Objective:This call builds on the legacy of the Civil Society Empowerment Programme (CSEP) and the work of the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), while contributing to the ongoing activities of the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation. It reaffirms the Commission’s commitment to supporting civil society through sustainable, evidence-based actions that help protect individuals and communities from online radicalisation.The call aims to support actions that contribute to preventing and countering radicalisation leading to violent extremism and terrorism across the European Union. In particular, it responds to the growing challenge of online radicalisation, including the manipulation of youth and vulnerable groups through violent extremist, terrorist, and other harmful content distributed via digital platforms.The general objective is to prevent and counter the spread of vi...

Objective:Protect and promote the right to the protection of personal data.

Expected Outcome:World-class Cross-Border Cyber Hubs across the Union for pooling data on cybersecurity threats between several Member States, equipped with a highly secure infrastructures and advanced data analytics tools for detecting, gathering and storing data on cybersecurity threats, analysing this data, and sharing and reporting CTI, reviews and analyses.Sharing of Threat Intelligence between National Cyber Hubs, and information sharing agreements with competent authorities and networks, including CSIRTs. Objective:The former Cross-border SOC platforms were financed during previous calls and such collaboration is envisaged for the Cross-Border Cyber Hubs. They should provide new additional capacity building upon and complementing existing SOCs/Cyber Hubs, Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs), ISACs and other relevant actors.This action is aimed mainly at new Cross-Bo...

Expected Impact:The action is expected to strengthen the European media ecosystem by enabling pan-European, near-real-time access to professional news and public-interest information across EU languages, thereby reducing linguistic and cross-border distribution barriers, improving the reuse, contextualisation and cross-border circulation of such content across the Union, and widening audiences for content from all Member States. By providing multilingual AI-enabled processing and user-facing discovery features, it should improve the findability, accessibility and usability of trusted news content, including for audiences that do not regularly consume cross-border media, and help the sector respond to changing audience habits, including platform-mediated consumption, through more effective search, discovery, contextualisation and user-facing access to trusted content.The action should als...

Expected Outcome:World-class National Cyber Hubs across the Union, supported by state-of-the-art technology, acting as clearing houses for detecting, gathering and storing data on cybersecurity threats, analysing this data, and sharing and reporting CTI, reviews and analyses, taking into account well-established standards for sharing and automation processes.Threat intelligence and situational awareness capabilities and capacity building supporting strengthened collaboration between cybersecurity actors, including private and public actors. Targeted training courses on the basis of the ECSF to improve the capacity of cyber security roles. •Applications for automated notification of private and public actors about compromised or insecure systems Objective:Where a Member State decides to participate in the European Cybersecurity Alert System, it shall designate or, where applicable, establ...

Expected Impact:Promote European top talents, with focus on those from a disadvantaged socio-economic background, by facilitating access to innovative, multidisciplinary and compelling European higher education or tertiary VET study programmes equipping them for successful careers and tapping into their innovative potential for bolstering strategic sectors crucial for Europe’s competitiveness ; Support the development of compelling and innovative study programmes targeting the needs of the strategic sectors and advancing the Choose Europe objectives.Foster synergies with other higher education initiatives, such as the European Universities Initiative, the joint European degree label and the European degree in engineering.Reduce labour and skills gaps in strategic sectors, thereby increasing Europe’s competitiveness in alignment with the Union of Skills strategy.Contribute to the higher e...

Expected Outcome:Reflecting its overall objective, the expected impact of the project is two-fold:On one hand, it will ensure the provision of core funding for Russian, Belarusian in exile, creating the conditions for them to work, produce and distribute accurate information, and reach their audiences avoiding censorship and editorial influence.In parallel, it will also ensure the provision of core funding for Ukrainian media who – in light of the ongoing war in their home country which has brought unprecedented challenges and complexities to their working conditions – have relocated to the EU. The purpose is to support them to continue operating within a safe working environment.Furthermore, the project should result in a more effective and efficient use of the financial resources provided by different donors, including the European Union, improving the use of bridge and core funding an...

Expected Outcome:Indicative duration of the project(s) to be funded: 36 monthsQualitative and quantitative indicators: The number of collaboration activities, the scale-up achieved by SMEs in terms of volume increase and/or measurable process improvements (e.g. higher yields, lower costs), and the number of SMEs supported overall.Scope:This call will fund projects within the bioeconomy, with a special focus on biotech applied in the food sector. The projects aim at boosting collaboration between biotech clusters, creating a critical mass able to compete with global hubs. Projects will have to actively support their SMEs developing innovative products made with bio solutions, especially to scale-up from the laboratory to pilot- and commercial scale, and explore the best options to provide regulatory support to help bring those products to the market.Projects should focus on the agri-food...

Expected Impact:Individual Level:The grants should lead to a documented, significant, and measurable increase in the permitting management capacity of the beneficiary authority.Project Level:Achieve a significant acceleration of the impacted permitting processes for beneficiaries.Deploy state-of-the-art software solutions for most impacted authorities in in net- zero acceleration valleys. Scope:The call for proposals is aimed at local authorities involved in industrial permitting procedures. These procedures typically encompass a range of permits necessary for ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, and operational standards. Examples include Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for projects with potential environmental effects, Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) permits for pollution management, and various construction and operational permits. The direct award...

Expected Impact:The present call for proposals is expected to support the setting up of approximately 14 CBCP in accordance with the Regulation. Expected Outcome:Setting up of 14 Cross-Border Coordination Points, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2025/925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2025 on a “Border Regions’ instrument for development and growth (BRIDGEforEU)”, involving approximately 14 Member States of the European Union. Objective:The present call aims at supporting the operational setting up of CBCP, in the framework of BRIDGEforEU. Its main objective is to facilitate MS in the process of setting up said points, by providing financial support. The applicants to the present call should present proposals describing the process of operational setting up of CBCP. Article 4(2) of the Regulation allows for neighbouring MS to create “joint cross-border coordinat...

Expected Impact:Projects are expected to deliver results aligned with the expected results set out below and to evidence their contribution through dedicated KPIs defined in the proposal. Expected results include:• tangible capacity increases in EU-based production of the targeted energetic components, with demonstrated contribution to competitiveness;• improved resilience & geographical distribution of supply, reducing single points of failure for energetic materials and related industrial services;• strengthened availability and security of supply for priority defence product production lines, commensurate with identified risks and exposure to the risk of materialisation of conventional military threats;• and measurable lead-time reductions, establishment or availability of reserved capacity where applicable, and workforce trained to operate and sustain the reinforced production lines....

Objective:Expected results:Improvement in the trans-national distribution of recent non-national European films.Increase in the investment in the production, acquisition, promotion, theatrical and online distribution of non-national European films.Develop links between the production and distribution sector thus improving the competitive position of non-national European films.Description of the activities:There are two phases for the funded activities:1. The generation of a potential fund which will be attributed according to the performance of the company on the European market.2. The implementation of the action - the potential fund thus generated by each company must be reinvested in:-minimum guarantees or advances paid for the international sales rights on eligible non-national European films;-the promotion, marketing and advertising on the market of eligible non-national European f...

Expected Outcome:This call aims at strengthening the capacity of workers' organisations (both in Member States and candidate countries) to address, at EU/transnational level, challenges related to changes in employment and working conditions as well as challenges related to their effective participation in social dialogue. Definitions used in the context of this call: a) “Social partner organisation” is either an organisation representing workers – often also referred to as "trade union" – or an organisation representing employers. They engage in some form of "social dialogue", discussing and often negotiating such issues as wages, working conditions, training, etc. b) European-level social partner organisations (or “European-level social partners”): either organisations that are consulted in accordance with Article 154 TFEU (an up-to-date list can be found here) or other European social...

Expected Impact:The expected impact of the supported project include:• Improved quality and maturity of future EU backbone networks development, in particular CPEIs.Objective:Studies related to the deployment/significant upgrade of backbone networks that address risks, vulnerabilities and dependencies in the EU backbone infrastructure.Scope:Support will be given to studies for the deployment of backbone connectivity meeting one of the following conditions:• connect at least two Member States. In the case of terrestrial backbones, only cross-border segments necessary to connect national backbones will be funded;• connect a Member State with one or several of its islands, outermost regions, or overseas countries and territories;• connect one or several Member States and third countries, including accession and neighbourhood countries, directly, or indirectly via other cable infrastructures...

Objective:The aim of the support is to create and operate a network of cinemas with a view to:Encourage cinema operators to screen a significant proportion of non- national European films through incentives and collaborative projects;Contribute to raise and increase the interest of the audience for non-national films including through the development of activities for young cinema-goers;Help those cinemas to adapt their strategy to the changing environment including by promoting innovative approaches in terms of audience reach and engagement, as well as partnerships with other film industry operators as well as with local cultural institutions;Encourage exchange of best practices, knowledge sharing and other forms of cross border collaboration amongst members of the network Contribute to the policy dialogue on the film industry by collecting data and disseminating the outcome of the acti...

Expected Impact:The project will explore the feasibility of a roadmap based on the assessment of the situation around the preservation of born-digital heritage, the mapping of legal and non-legal frameworks and the adoption of good practices that would help further born-digital heritage preservation. It will provide information regarding challenges and barriers related to existing legal and non-legal frameworks, such as copyright, digital storage, licencing, etc., and practical solutions to contribute to wider born-digital heritage preservation.Overall, the project should contribute to stakeholders and interested parties’ understanding of the legal and policy situation and practices related to the preservation of and access to born-digital heritage, and present possible ways forward to facilitate the preservation of and access to born-digital heritage by:delivering a clear assessment of...

Expected Outcome:Key expected results include: (a) increased awareness of European social dialogue; (b) enhanced European social dialogue at the sectoral and cross-industry levels; (c) improved capacity of social partners, including in candidate countries. These results should lead to a strengthened EU level social dialogue.Scope:This call aims at contributing to the promotion of social dialogue at cross-industry and sectoral level, developing European social dialogue, and building and strengthening the capacity of social partner organisations (both in Member States and candidate countries).

Expected Impact:The projects must contribute to the realisation of additional renewable energy capacity across the EU in a cost-effective way and the timely delivery of renewable energy statistics to the participating Member States. The beneficiaries will be expected to report renewable energy production on an annual basis.Objective:The objective is to contribute to the clean energy transition and the Clean Industrial Deal objectives including the goals and objectives of the Paris Agreement, the 2030 climate and energy targets and 2050 carbon neutrality objective. The call shall also contribute to the implementation of Directive 2018/2001 as amended by Directive (EU) 2023/2413 and of the Governance Regulation which sets out an indicative trajectory from 2021 to 2030 for each Member State’s contribution to the Union’s renewables target, with three reference points to be reached in 2022, 2...

Expected Impact: Framework Partnership Agreements for non-profit making entities under the LIFE programme aim to strengthen the participation of civil society in the EU policy dialogue, as well as to support implementation and enforcement of Union environmental and climate objectives, including clean energy transition, by the beneficiaries. Objective: LIFE Framework Partnership Agreements with non-profit making entities aim to strengthen the participation of civil society in the EU policy dialogue, as well as to support implementation and enforcement of Union environmental and climate objectives by the beneficiaries. The present call for proposals targets framework partnerships aimed at achieving the objectives of the Circular Economy and Quality of Life, Nature and Biodiversity, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation and Clean Energy Transition LIFE sub-programmes.In line with Recital...

Scope:Topic scope:Promoting an enabling civic space (CERV-2026-CHAR-LITI-CIVIC)A thriving civic space requires an enabling legal, administrative and regulatory environment in which civil society organisations (CSOs) are supported and empowered, protected from threats, and able to operate freely. This call therefore aims to reinforce the conditions for such an environment by supporting actions that strengthen both the monitoring of civic space and the protection and resilience of CSOs and human rights defenders working to uphold EU values. Monitoring of civic spaceProjects should establish or enhance systematic and comprehensive monitoring systems to regularly assess the environment in which CSOs operate at national level. These should build on and align as closely as possible with existing frameworks—such as the indicators developed by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and...