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Open Call for Associated Regions
Information Webinar: Monday 10th February 2025 14-15 CET
- Are you seeking new solutions to restore nature in lakes in your region?
- Do you want to build a sustainable blue economy around healthy lakes?
- Do you need to build resilience against climate extremes?
The FutureLakes call invites applications from regions who are ready to apply effective innovative solutions in lake basin management
FutureLakes aims to select three associated regions that will receive financial support up to €54,000 each in the form of a grant to develop an action plan for restoring a natural lake in their region.
We seek regions needing support in restoring their lakes and willing to engage with FutureLakes to produce a plan for upscaling lake restoration measures in their region. The purpose of this plan is to exploit the new knowledge and innovative solutions developed within the FutureLakes project.
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General Information
FutureLakes call for Associated Regions
Opening date: 31st January 2025
Deadline model: Single-stage
Deadline date: 31st March 2025 17:00 (Brussels time)
Expected duration of participation: Projects are expected to start by 30th September 2025 and last until 30th September 2027.
Total funding available: 162,000 € (54,000 € per project) open to local and regional authorities and their partners as contributors.
Submission & evaluation process
The Guidelines for Applicants and the Application Forms can be downloaded from the FutureLakes website, Associated regions
Application forms must be submitted as a pdf document by email to: futurelakes@niva.no
All applications must:
- Be submitted in English.
- Be in PDF format.
- Use all the Application Forms provided here
Proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Suitability: Regions must have one or more natural lakes that could benefit from restoration measures.
- Relevance: To FutureLakes objectives and demo sites?
- Implementation: resources and expertise available
- Impact: for the region, nationally and for the objectives of FutureLakes and the MISSION Restore our Ocean and Waters
Full details of the evaluation criteria can be found in the Guidelines for Applicants.
The evaluation will be conducted from 1st April to 31st May and applicants will be informed of the outcome by 1st June.
Who can apply
Local and regional authorities, as well as river basin organisations and authorities, from EU member states and their outermost regions and Horizon Europe associated countries.
Regions from countries already represented in the FutureLakes consortium may not apply. For this reason, regions in Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and the United Kingdom may not apply.
Local and regional authorities will act as the project beneficiary and be the Lead Applicant in case of cooperation of more entities in the form of a consortium.
More details about the FutureLakes Open Call for Associated Regions can be found in the Guidelines for Applicants. Applicants are strongly encouraged to carefully read this before preparing their application.
Questions may be submitted by email to futurelakes@niva.no up to 7 days before the submission deadline. Please add FSTP call to the subject line.
Specification for Associated Region projects
The detailed specifications of the activities expected to be carried out are described in the Guidelines for Applicants. Successful regions are expected to engage with FutureLakes meetings and workshops in order to deliver a regional action plan aimed at replicating some of the FutureLakes innovative solutions in order to progress restoration of at least one large lake in their region. Activities will include attendance at online FutureLakes work package meetings and workshops and attending two in-person annual meetings. It will also involve consultation, and co-developing your action plan, with stakeholders from your region.
Application forms
Please download the application form and Annex documents and return pdfs of completed forms by email to futurelakes@niva.no
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