Mission Lighthouses coordination and support activities
Funds regional 'lighthouse' coordination hubs that help replicate ocean-restoration solutions, connect investors, and support public procurement across Europe's four sea and river basins.
This is a Coordination and Support Action, paid as a lump sum. Four grants are expected from a combined EUR 14.2 million budget, each worth EUR 3-3.55 million, one per basin lighthouse, and proposals should bring together both public and private organisations. To keep all four basins covered, the evaluation guarantees funding for the top-ranked proposal in each of the four basins, provided it clea…
The funder wants each of the four existing basin 'lighthouses' — Atlantic-Arctic, Mediterranean, Baltic-North Sea, and Danube-Black Sea — supported to replicate and scale up innovative solutions, mobilise investors, and coordinate national and EU funding. It wants stronger basin-level governance, procurement support, and citizen awareness of the Mission.
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