Call: ICT& Electronic Devices Sustainability - Expiry:18/04/2024

ESA: A NEW NOTICE FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ICT AND ELECTRONICS SECTOR HAS BEEN PUBLISHED 

THE DEADLINE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NOTICE IS SET FOR 18 APRIL 2024

THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY (ESA): has published the “ICT & ELECTRONIC DEVICES SUSTAINABILITY” tender

THE NOTICE AIMS TO CO-FINANCE AND GIVE SUPPORT TO COMPANIES THAT INTEND TO DEVELOP THE BUSINESS CASE OF A PROJECT AND DEVELOP SPACE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS RELATED BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING RELEVANT TOPICS:

STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY: disposal and recycling of batteries

EXPORT AND MANAGEMENT OF  ELECTRONIC WASTE: (e-waste)

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF DATA CENTERS AND BASED SOLUTIONS: on the blockchain

THE PURPOSE IS TO IMPROVE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ICT AND ELECTRONIC SECTOR (ELECTRIC MOBILITY - BATTERIES - ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS - ELECTRONIC WASTE) THROUGH > SOLUTIONS - SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS THAT WORK AT ANY MOMENT OF THE LIFE CYCLE OF A PRODUCT OR ON THE CONSUMPTION OF SOURCES ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES DRAW FROM SPACE TECHNOLOGIES TOOLS SUCH AS:

GLOBAL SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS: (GNSS)

SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS: (Satcom)

SATELLITE EARTH OBSERVATION (EO)

PROPOSALS MUST OFFER:

MARKET OPPORTUNITIES: ATTRACTIVE

 IDENTIFIED NEEDS: Customers and customer engagement

COMMERCIALLY SERVICE CONCEPTS: Valid

SOLUTIONS TECHNICALLY: feasible

ADDED VALUE: OF DATA OR OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY

MOTIVATED TEAMS:​​with business skills

 technical and financial

COMPANIES AND TEAMS WITH HEADQUARTERS IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES CAN APPLY: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

ESA will: Co-finance 80% of the acceptable cost, up to 200,000 Euros, for each awarded proposal and will offer technical and commercial guidance, access to ESA's network and partners, and use of the brand.

EXPIRY: 04/18/2024

BENEFICIARIES: Other Subjects

TYPE OF FINANCING: Contribution

ALLOCATION: Up to €200,000 per Project

AREA: European Union

LINK:https://business.esa.int/funding/open-competition/ict-electronic-devices-sustainability

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Call: Clean and Competitive Solutions for all Transport Modes - Expiry:18/04/2024

HORIZON EUROPE: has published the 2024 Clean and Competitive Solutions for all Transport Modes Call

THE NOTICE OF THE CLIMATE WORK PROGRAM > ENERGY AND MOBILITY OF HORIZON EUROPE CONTAINS: 18 Topics for a total budget of 202.5 million Euros

FONTE: FUNDING & TENDERS PORTAL

 THE 2024 CALL FOR CLEAN AND COMPETITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR ALL TRANSPORT MODES (HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01): contained in the 2023-2024 work program of the “Climate, Energy and Mobility” Cluster.

THE NOTICE CONTAINS 18 TOPICS FOR AN INDICATIVE TOTAL BUDGET OF €202.5 MILLION, ALL WITH A DEADLINE OF 18 APRIL 2024:  

• Smart, low-cost pervasive stationary slow charging and bi-directional solutions synergic with the grid for EV mass deployment (2ZERO Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-01

• Advanced battery system integration for next generation vehicles (2ZERO Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-03

• Towards a flying testbed for European leadership in aviation - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-10

• Combining state-of-the-art emission reduction and efficiency improvement technologies in ship design and retrofitting for contributing to the "Fit for 55" package objective by 2030 (ZEWT Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-12

• Accelerating climate neutral aviation, minimising non-CO2 emissions - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-07

○ Impact monitoring of EU Aviation R&I - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-09

• Advanced digital development tools to accelerate the development of software defined vehicles that enable zero-emission mobility (2ZERO Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-05

• Competitiveness and digital transformation in aviation – advancing further composite aerostructures - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-08

• Coordinating and supporting the combined activities of member and associated states towards the objectives of the Zero Emission Waterborne Transport partnership so as to increase synergies and impact (ZEWT Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-17

• Assessment of air pollutant emissions from low-carbon fuels in the heavy-duty, aviation, and maritime sectors - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-18

○ Demonstration of Technologies to minimise underwater noise generated by waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-13

• Demonstrating efficient fully DC electric grids within waterborne transport for large ship applications (ZEWT Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-14

• Structuring the Waterborne transport sector, including through changed business and industrial models in order to achieve commercial zero-emission waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-16

• Advanced digitalisation and modelling utilizing operational and other data to support zero emission waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-15

• Achieving high voltage, low weight, efficient electric powertrains for sustainable waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-11

• Integrated flexible multipoint megawatt charging systems for electric truck mass deployment (2ZERO Partnership) (2024) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-04

• Integration and testing of next generation post-800V electric powertrains (2ZERO Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-02

• New designs, shapes, functionalities of Light Commercial Vehicles (2ZERO Partnership) - HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01-06

THE NOTICE FALLS WITHIN THE DESTINATION CLEAN AND COMPETITIVE SOLUTIONS ALL

 TRANSPORT MODES: aims to finance activities aimed at improving the competitiveness and climate and environmental impacts of the different types of transport.

THE GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF THE CLUSTER: is to accelerate the dual green and digital transition of the European economy, industry and society in order to achieve climate neutrality in Europe by 2050. 

EXPIRY:18/04/2024

ID:

HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01

BENEFICIARIES:

Other Subjects

Research Institutions

Local authorities and public administration

Big business

Small and Small Businesses 

Startup

TYPE OF FINANCING: Contribution

APPROPRIATION: €202.05 Million

AREA: European Union

LINK:https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/calls-for-proposals?status=31094501,31094502&frameworkProgramme=31072773&callIdentifier=HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01&order=DESC&pageNumber=2&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate

LINK:https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2023-2024/wp-8-climate-energy-and-mobility_horizon-2023-2024_en.pdf

LINK:https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/horizon-europe-over-eur-310-million-available-fund-new-energy-and-mobility-research-projects-2023-12-07_en

LINK:https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe/cluster-5-climate-energy-and-mobility_en

LINK:https://www.era-learn.eu/network-information/networks/ai-data-robotics

LINK:https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/strategy-2020-2024/our-digital-future/european-research-area_en

LINK:https://www.2zeroemission.eu/who-we-are/2zero/

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Call: Experts in Monitoring The CCAM Partnership - Expiry:25/04/2024

THE CALL FOR EXPERTS IN MONITORING THE CCAM PARTNERSHIP IS ONLINE

THE CALL IS OPEN TO CONSULTANTS: who will monitor the quality and impact of the Projects

UNTIL 25 APRIL 2024 IT IS POSSIBLE TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AS: Consultant within the CCAM Partnership.

THE PURPOSE OF THE NOTICE IS TO SELECT EXPERTS: to evaluate the level of achievement of the operational, specific and general objectives of the CCAM partnership and to ensure that the means to achieve these objectives are coerent.

MONITORING WILL HELP THE PROJECTS FINANCED BY CCAM: to review and improve their quality and therefore to maximize their impacts through better collaboration, cross-fertilization and valorisation of results.

CONSULTANTS WHO DEMONSTRATE RELEVANT EXPERIENCE MAY PARTICIPATE:

A SOLID KNOWLEDGE OF THE HORIZON EUROPE FRAMEWORK PROGRAM AND EUROPEAN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS:

• OF THE EU AND GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE MARKET

• OF ROAD MOBILITY: connected, cooperative and automated

• OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

• IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT: of European Projects

• IN THE EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS: R&I Financing,

• IN STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT: for road transport research.

THE TOTAL BUDGET IS €170,000.

EXPIRY: 04/25/2024

BENEFICIARIES:

Other Subjects

Natural Persons

TYPE OF FINANCING: Contribution

APPROPRIATION: €170,000

AREA: European Union

LINK:https://www.ccam.eu/ccam-association-call-for-tender-to-monitor-quality-and-impact-of-funded-projects/

LINK:https://www.ccam.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CCAM-projects-monitoring-call-for-tender-2024.pdf

LINK:https://www.ccam.eu/what-is-ccam/ccam-association/

LINK:https://www.ccam.eu/

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Call: Smart Network and Services Joint Undertaking - Expiry:18/04/2024

SMART NETWORK AND SERVICES JOINT UNDERTAKING: The third call for tenders of the European Partnership has officially opened

THE INTELLIGENT NETWORKS AND SERVICES JOINT UNDERTAKING (SNS JU): has launched its third call for proposals for 2024 on the Funding & Tenders Portal.

The OBJECTIVE is to advance 6G research in Europe and develop test and pilot infrastructure capabilities.

THE CALL CONTAINS A TOTAL OF 11 TOPICS (INCLUDING 9 RIAs, 1 IA and 1 CSA):

• RESEARCH AND INNOVATION ACTIONS (RIA)

• SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - Standardisation and Follow-up/PoCs (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-B-01-01)

• WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND SIGNAL PROCESSING – Standardisation and Follow-up/PoCs (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-B-01-02)

• COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVICES – Standardisation and Follow-up/PoCs (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-B-01-03)

• RELIABLE SERVICES AND SMART SECURITY –Standardisation and Follow-up/PoCs (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-B-01-04)

• INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION – EU-JP (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-B-01-05)

• INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION – EU-ROK (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-B-01-06)

• SUSTAINABILITY LIGHTHOUSE (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-B-01-07)

• RELIABLE AI FOR 6G COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AND SERVICES (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-B-01-08)

• SNS MICROELECTRONICS LIGHTHOUSE (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-C-01-01)

• COORDINATION AND SUPPORT ACTIONS (CSA)

• SNS Operations and Output optimisation (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-CSA-01)

• INNOVATION ACTIONS (IA)

• SNS Large Scale Trials and Pilots (LST&Ps) with Verticals (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2024-STREAM-D-01-01)

THE DEADLINE FOR ALL TOPICS IS APRIL 18, 2024.

EXPIRY: 04/18/2024

ID:

HORIZON-YU-SNS-2024

BENEFICIARIES:

Other Subjects

Research Institutions

Big business

Startup

TYPE OF FINANCING: Contribution

AREA: European Union

LINK:https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/calls-for-proposals?status=31094501,31094502&frameworkProgramme=31072773&order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate

LINK:https://smart-networks.europa.eu/sns-ju-ri-work-programme-2024/

LINK:https://6g-ia.eu/

LINK:https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/smart-networks-and-services-joint-undertaking

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Call: Information and Training Measures for Workes Organizations

INFORMATION AND TRAINING MEASURES FOR WORKERS' ORGANIZATIONS 

A NOTICE TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF WORKERS' ORGANIZATIONS: to face new employment and social challenges 

FONTE: FUNDING & TENDERS PORTAL

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS LAUNCHED A NEW CALL FOR PROJECTS RELATING TO INFORMATION AND TRAINING MEASURES FOR: workers' organisations, with a deadline of 16 April 2024 

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CALL: is to strengthen the capacity of workers' organizations to face, at EU/transnational level, new challenges related to changes in the world of work and social dialogue.

PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WILL BE PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED:

IMPLEMENTATION AT COMMUNITY OR NATIONAL LEVEL: of autonomous social partner agreements concluded at EU level;

IMPLEMENTATION OF WORK PROGRAMS: of existing European Social Dialogue Committees.

OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES ARE THE FOLLOWING:

MEASURES THAT HELP TO ADDRESS THE: employment, social and economic CHALLENGES identified in the European Pillar of Social Rights;

MODERNIZATION OF THE LABOR MARKET: job creation and youth employment, employment in small and medium-sized enterprises;

NEW FORMS OF WORK: including Digital Work Platforms;

QUALITY OF WORK: including fair working conditions, anticipation, preparation and management of change and restructuring processes;

DIGITALIZATION OF THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY: (including artificial intelligence);

TRANSITION TOWARDS AN ECONOMY: climate neutral;

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT: including reskilling and upskilling;

PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY WITHIN THE EU: migration, youth employment, health and safety at work;

MODERNIZATION OF SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS: including access to social protection for atypical workers;

CONCILIATION BETWEEN WORK AND FAMILY LIFE: gender equality, fight against discrimination, active inclusion and decent work, healthier and longer working life;

RESPONSE TO THE EMPLOYMENT: social and economic CONSEQUENCES of crisis situations

THE CALL WILL FUND ACTIVITIES SUCH AS: conferences, seminars, round tables, studies, surveys, publications, training courses, development of training tools, networking, development and exchange of best practices.

PROJECTS CAN BE SUBMITTED: individually or in consortium.

IN THE FIRST CASE: single applicant can only be an organization of the social partners representing workers at European level established in one of the EU member states.

IN THE SECOND CASE > THE CONSORTIUM MUST BE MADE UP OF A COORDINATOR AND AT LEAST ONE CO-BENEFICIARIES: coordinator must be an organization of the social partners representing workers at European, national or regional level established in one of the EU member states. If the coordinator is not a representative workers' organization at European level, the consortium must involve at least one organization from an eligible country other than that of the coordinator and one social partner organization at European level. Co-beneficiaries can be established in EU states or candidate countries.

SOCIAL PARTIES: non-profit organisations, universities and research institutes, public authorities and international organizations can participate in the projects as co-beneficiaries, affiliated entities or associated organisations.

THE PROPOSED PROJECTS: must have a duration of between 12 and 36 months.

THE EU CONTRIBUTION: can cover up to 90% of the total eligible costs of the project. The requested grant is expected to be between €150,000 and €700,000.

THE OVERALL BUDGET: available for the Call is equal to €6,450,000. The EU Commission intends to finance 15-20 projects 

EXPIRY: 04/16/2024

ID:

SOCPL-2024-INFO-WK

BENEFICIARIES: Other Subjects

TYPE OF FINANCING: Contribution

APPROPRIATION: €6,450,000

AREA: European Union

LINK:https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/socpl/wp-call/2024/call-fiche_socpl-2024-info-wk_en.pdf

DISCOVER ALL THE DETAILS OF THE NOTICE 

LINK:https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/socpl-2024-info-wk?closed=true&programmePeriod=2021%20-%202027&frameworkProgramme=43252517

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