Call: Building a water-smart economy and society

Programme	Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges
Type of Fund	Action programme
Description of programme "Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenges "	A challenge-based approach will bring together resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and disciplines, including social sciences and the humanities. This will cover activities from research to market with a new focus on innovation-related activities, such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, and support for public procurement and market uptake. Funding focuses on the following challenges: Health, demographic change and wellbeing; Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research, and the Bioeconomy; Secure, clean and efficient energy; Smart, green and integrated transport; Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials; Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies; Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens.
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Description of programme "Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials"	This Subprogramme aims to achieve a resource- and water-efficient economoy and society that is also resilient to climate change. Furthermore, it seeks to promote the protection and sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems. Lastly, the Programme also supports the sustainable supply and use of raw materials, in order to meet the needs of a growing global population within the sustainable limits of the planet's natural resources and eco-systems.
Call	Building a water-smart economy and society
Description of call "Building a water-smart economy and society"	Since the demand for water in our society is increasing, there is a need to make alternative water resources available for different functions and multiple users. So far, innovations in this domain have been only carried out on a small scale. Therefore, actions under this call should demonstrate the feasibility of a 'water smart' economy and society in which all available water resources are managed in such a way as to avoid water scarcity and pollution, increase resilience to climate change, appropriately manage water-related risks, and ensure that all valuable substances that could be obtained from waste water treatment processes, or are embedded in used water streams, are recovered. Proposals should focus only on one of the following sub-topics: a) Symbiosis between industry and water utilities b) Large scale applications with multiple water users at various relevant scales
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Thematic Focus	Circular Economy, Sustainability, Natural Resources, Climate, Climate Change, Environment & Biodiversity
Funding area	EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna Others
Origin of Applicant	EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna Others
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, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Association, National Government, Public Services, Other, Start Up Company
Applicant details	All legal entities located in the EU or in Third Countries can participate in Horizon 2020.
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	As a principle all projects (except coordination and support activities) must comprise at least 3 partners from at least 3 EU Member States or other eligible countries.
Further info	This call follows a two-stage submission procedure. For the first stage, a short proposal of max. 10 pages needs to be submitted. Maximum 3 months after the submission, the applicants selected will be notified and invited to submit their full proposal until 04.09.2019
Type of Funding	Grants
Financial details	Total call-budget: 72 million € Indicative budget per project: 10-15 million € Co-financing rate: max. 70%
Submission	Online via Participant Portal
Contact Details	Link to the National Contact Point Finder.