EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

This Work Programme will achieve its objectives through four calls, addressing all the bioeconomy sectors from the sustainable exploration of the oceans and seas and the development of a blue economy, to climate-smart agriculture, new models for development in rural areas, new biobased goods and services:

1. Sustainable Food Security – Resilient and resource-efficient value chains: this call addresses the issues of resilience and efficiency in the food value chain. It will support research and innovation all along the food chain, from primary production, food processing to healthy and safe foods and diets.

2. Blue Growth – Demonstrating an ocean of opportunities: this call will test, demonstrate, scale-up and bring to the market innovative marine and maritime technologies, products and services, as well as exploring the interactions between the oceans and human health, and strengthening the European capability to observe and map oceans and seas basins and improving the professional skills and competences for those working and being trained to work within the blue economy.

3. Rural Renaissance – Fostering innovation and business opportunities: this call will focus on innovation as driver for rural development, with a particular emphasis on developing framework conditions for innovation and new business models adapted to the rural context, and support for skills development in rural communities.

4. Bio-based innovation for sustainable goods and services – Supporting the development of a European Bioeconomy: this call will help to securing sustainable biomass supply for biobased goods and services and will support the future development of bio-based markets, for example by promoting stakeholder engagement