The call aims to
foster cooperation between Member States and eligible countries for the protection
of environment in marine regions and subregions. An application should be
submitted by at least two different legal entities from at least two different
Member States or eligible countries. The activities to be co-financed will
assist regional or subregional cooperation in the field of implementation of
the MSFD. The purpose is to finance at least 1 proposal per region or per
subregion.
Eligible Applicants:
Applicants should be non-profit organisations (private or public),
public authorities (national, regional, local), international organisations,
universities, educational institutions, research centres or profit-making
entities.
In particular, applications involving public authorities competent for
the implementation of the MSFD in the selected areas, are encouraged.
Natural persons are not eligible for the present call.
The coordinators must be entities or bodies registered in an EU Member
State, or international organisations.
The potential co-beneficiaries or partners of the grant must either be
registered in an EU Member State or be an international organisation, or fulfil
the following condition:
- Partners from non-EU countries which are a Contracting Party to one of
the four European Regional Sea Conventions can be associated to the action on a
no-cost basis or at a maximum of 10% of the total cost for the action for each
third country partner and a maximum total of 20% for all non-EU country
partners together, if this is necessary for the implementation of the action.
- Legal entities having a legal or capital link with applicants, which
is neither limited to the action nor established for the sole purpose of its
implementation (e.g. networks, federations, trade unions), may take part in the
action as affiliated entities and may declare eligible costs as specified in
section 11.1. For that purpose, applicants shall identify such affiliated
entities in the application form. These affiliated entities have to fulfil the
eligibility and exclusion criteria and therefore provide the appropriate
supporting documents.
Proposals from applicants in candidate or associated countries may be
eligible provided that, on the date of award, agreements have entered into
force setting out the arrangements for the participation of those countries in
the programme.
For more information, please visit: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/funding/msfd_2020.htm