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Call: Ocean Monitoring

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Programme

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Acronym

EMFF

Type of Fund

Structural Fund

Description of programme
"European Maritime and Fisheries Fund"

The overall objective of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) is to promote the fundamental objective of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), which is to contribute to the improvement of the economic, environmental and social performance of the European fisheries sector. Furthermore, EMFF also aims to boost further growth in all European maritime sectors through targeted research and smart investment. In order to achieve these objectives, EMFF is divided into the following Priority Axes (PA):

PA1 - Sustainable fisheries
PA2 - Sustainable aquaculture
PA3 - Implementing the CFP
PA4 - Marketing and processing
PA5 - Employment and territorial cohesion
PA6 - Integrated maritime policy

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Call

Ocean Monitoring

Description of call
"Ocean Monitoring"

The general objectives of this call for proposals are:

To increase the amount of environmental data and improve knowledge on assessing possible impacts of ocean energy devices (wave, tidal and ocean thermal energy conversion) deployed at sea;
To contribute to reducing uncertainty in modelling potential impacts of future ocean energy devices;
To provide guidance to ocean energy developers and to public competent authorities in charge of licencing and maritime planning;
To inform stakeholders and help feed the public debate.

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Thematic Focus

Energy, Climate, Education, Natural ressources, Innovation

Funding area

EU Member States
Albania / Shqipëria
Algeria / الجزائر
Armenia / Հայաստան
Azerbaijan
Belarus / Беларусь
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Egypt / مِصر‎
Georgia / საქართველო
Iceland / Ísland
Israel / ישראל / إسرائيل
Jordan / الأردن
Lebanon / لبنان
Mauritania / موريتانيا
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора
Morocco / المَغرِب
Norway / Norge
Palestine / دولة فلسطين
Russia / Россия
Serbia / Сpбија
Tunisia / تونس
Turkey / Türkiye
Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna
Others

Origin of Applicant

Eligible applicants

Education and Training Centres, Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, Lobby Group / Professional Association / Trade Union, International Organization, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Public Services, National Government, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Association

Applicant details

Applicants may be established in non-EU countries provided their involvement is necessary in view of the nature of the action and in order to reach its objectives. The consortium coordinator has to be established in an EU Member State.
Applicants must be active at least in one of the following fields: marine biology, renewable energy, marine energy, maritime spatial planning, marine engineering, offshore activities, environmental legislation, environment monitoring and consenting, or any other field if its relevance for the project is duly justified in the proposal.

Call opens

24.09.2019

Call closes

15.01.2020

Further info

Expected project duration: 36 months (extensions may be granted)

Type of Funding

Grant

Financial details

Total budget: 2.3 million €

This budget might be increased by maximum 20%

Co-financing rate: max. 80%