EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

The general objective of the call is to explore whether and if so, under which conditions, there is a need for a scheme for a short term cross border labour mobility experience for employees of one company to work for a period of 1-6 month in another company abroad

Submission deadline: 16 October 2015.

The priority of this call is to prevent and combat sexual harassment and/or sexual violence against women and girls, in particular in one or more of the following contexts: the workplace, in schools and universities and through new technologies and social media.

Projects on sexual harassment or sexual violence in the workplace may focus on specific work sectors. Projects targeted in particular at vulnerable groups and/or at engaging men in combating sexual harassment and sexual violence are welcome.

The deadline for this call for proposals is 13/10/2015 12:00 (noon) CET.

This €1 million prize addresses the issue of the unnecessary use of antibiotics, which is contributing to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. The challenge is to develop a rapid test that will allow healthcare providers to distinguish at the point of care between patients with upper respiratory tract infections that require antibiotics and those that can be treated safely without antibiotics.

The contest has been launched and will run until the end of 2016. Contestants can submit their entries until 17 August 2016.

Specific Challenge:

The goal of this contest is to improve the quality of citizens' health and well-being by helping them to better monitor their food intake with the use of a food scanner.

Expected Impact:

This Horizon 2020 Inducement Prize will thus be awarded to the most significant development towards a portable solution that, alone or in combination with other devices (e.g. smartphones), will enable the European citizens to detect nutrition facts and allergens in several types of food in a precise, efficient and timely manner, using a non-invasive and non-destructive approach, with the goal to help them make optimal informed choices and to improve their health and well-being.

Scope:

The Food Scanner Horizon Prize is a €1 000 000 challenge prize which will be awarded to the technological solution(s) that will best provide citizens with relevant information about their food consumption.

The winning entries should take a step forward from current technologies and solutions in terms of food intake measurement and will have to prove economic viability. In addition, they will have to be demonstrated through clear experimental results.

Deadline Date09-03-2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)

Overall objective

The pilot project aims at providing a platform for exchange of knowledge on low-impact offshore fishing techniques among fishermen from the outermost regions with a view to developing and optimising these techniques and with the principal objective of alleviating fishing pressure on the coastal fish resources. Specific objectives

• Raising awareness of the opportunities to develop innovative fishing techniques allowing to divert fishing effort away from the coastal resources
• Developing and testing low impact fishing techniques adapted to the biogeographical conditions of each OR.
• Creating alternative sustainable fishing opportunities that will help to consolidate jobs in the fishing industry and ensure a steady supply of fisheries products to local markets.
• Exchanging of best practice on low-impact offshore fishing techniques between ORs, which will also do good to overseas countries and territories (OCTs) and third countries.

The residency is designed to offer an opportunity to familiarise oneself with the Austrian art scene and cultural environment and to make contact with Austrian artists. Residents are expected to complete a project during their stay.
During their stay, the artists in residence will be made familiar with the art scene and cultural environment. Activities on offer include visits at galleries, studios and museums, contacts to the literature and publishing sector, as well as access to Vienna’s or Salzburg’s music life. Whenever possible, the residents will receive free tickets for art and book fairs, performances at the Tanzquartier Wien, the international ImPuls Tanz dance festival and other events.
During their stay in Salzburg, the artists in residence will be taken care of by Kunstverein Salzburg.

Deadline: 15/09/2015

The European Commission is organising an Information Day to present the 2016 work programme of Horizon 2020's Societal Challenge "Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials" as well as related call topics in the “Blue Growth - Demonstrating an Ocean of Opportunities”, “Industry 2020 in the Circular Economy” and "Smart and Sustainable Cities" focus areas.

Information Day on Monday, 21 September 2015 in the Albert Borschette Conference Centre, rue Froissart 36, Brussels

Objective

The objective is to support the creation of a Card that will imply mutual recognition of the disability status in the participating Member States. Such a Card will allow persons with disabilities from participating Member States travelling to other EU Member States also participating in the project to show they have a certified disability status in their home Member State. The Card will not change national eligibility criteria or rules. Member States will retain their discretion to decide who is eligible to receive the Card, using the national definition of disability, and to determine the issuing procedure

Deadline: to be published

This pilot project aims at creating a Platform that will gather existing networks of young entrepreneurs active in the cultural and creative sectors in the EU and in third countries and that will facilitate the creation of new ones. The Platform will enable connections/exchanges between professionals from Europe and third countries and help a new generation of creative professionals to accelerate their professional development.

The Platform would be sub-divided by sectors of activities and will include services such as coaching, peer-learning activities, conferences on specific topics, study visits and participation in match-making events with representatives of cultural and creative sectors around the world.

Deadline:15/09/2015

OBJECTIVES

1. To better inform/engage Youth Guarantee provision and governance Stakeholders by promoting two-way communication and cooperation mechanisms within a Member State and enhancing the role they can play. 

2. To better inform young people about the Youth Guarantee, engage with and reach out to them, with the aim of bringing them into the Youth Guarantee service.

Eligible Proposals

To be eligible for funding under this call, project proposals must: – comply with the European Union's rules for co-financing and guarantee a cash cofinancing of at least 20% of the total eligible costs; Project proposals, which do not comply with the above criteria, are not eligible and will be rejected

Deadline:18/08/2015

The objective of this action is to support and encourage increased and more effective market surveillance across borders within the EU.

The adoption and the publication of the work programme by the Commission are expected in mid-October 2015.

The objectives are:

•           To tackle the expected capacity crunch of wireless networks faced with booming traffic and usages;

•           To provide innovative yet implementable solutions enabling a significant efficiency improvement in the usage of scarce spectrum resources;

•           To reward excellence in demonstrating one or several innovative methods focusing on the provision of empowerment of local user communities with decentralised spectrum management capabilities;

•           To address the lack of demonstrated system capabilities of disruptive spectrum access and sharing methods, which go beyond the traditional cellular evolution and database, based sharing methods;

•           To foster experimental R&D and early proof-of-concept development to encourage innovation, business, and regulation in the domain of collaborative sharing of spectrum

Funding is now available to support networking, skill sharing and knowledge exchange between Slovak entities and entities from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway in selected programme areas.

The programme areas are the following:

• PA7 – Adaptation to Climate Change
• PA16 & PA17 – Conservation and Revitalisation of Cultural and Natural Heritage & Promotion of Diversity in Culture and Arts within European Cultural Heritage
• PA21 – Green Industry Innovation
• PA28 – Cross-border Cooperation
• PA29 – Domestic and gender-based violence

The Digital Single Market Strategy will provide businesses and entrepreneurs with new opportunities to scale up across Europe and grow global. As a driver for growth, digital should also be embraced by SMEs and microenterprises to enable them to innovate and remain competitive.

ICT innovation vouchers are one of the tools regions can implement to support microenterprises and SMEs to maximise the potential offered by the digital economy. ICT innovation vouchers are an effective incentive for SMEs and microenterprises to innovate by investing in digital technologies and online services.

Expected results:

Contribute to reduce the costs of making European works available by stimulating the development of cost effective solutions for subtitling, and - Increase the supply and the visibility of European audiovisual works online and increase their proportion in catalogues of VOD services available in the EU. The results of the experimentation will be shared with stakeholders and policy makers notably through the organisation of a public workshop.

Potential applicants may refer to projects dealing with languages and technologies having been supported by the Commission.

Deadline: 25/09/2015

The projects eligible for co-financing are covered under the outcome of the Programme ‘Reducing waste production and emission to air, water and ground’ consisting in modernisation or replacement of the existing heat sources along with modernisation of the combustion process or the use of a different energy medium (e.g. combustion of gas, oil or biomass by elimination of coal combustion).

Deadline:14.09.2015

The Financial Mechanism Office is seeking a team of communications experts to conduct a review of the implementation of all existing communication strategies and a sample of publicity plans.  What are the results and reach of the current communication strategies and plans?  Which  countries or sectors are examples of good practice?  Some case studies will be required.  In addition, the review should examine the relevant provisions of the current Regulation and whether these could be improved.

• Deadline for submission of bids is 4 September 2015 at 12 (noon) CET.

Main activities which can be supported under the operating grant 2016 in relation to the priorities defined in the FPA. The activities listed in this section serve as example and should not prevent the applicant from presenting others in line with the priorities and the quadrennial strategic plan linked to the Framework Partnership Agreement.

Area 1: European level networks active in promoting social inclusion and poverty reduction

Area 2: European level networks active in the promotion of access to finance (microfinance or social enterprise finance)

Deadline:24/08/2015

Objective

The general aim of this Call for Proposals is to fund initiatives in order to enhance the implementation, application and enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the transnational provision of services.

The general objectives are to

1) further improve transnational administrative cooperation between national competent bodies and social partners involved in the monitoring and correct application of the Posting of Workers Directive and its Enforcement Directive 

2) increase mutual trust among stakeholders, including promoting exchanges of relevant officials and training

3) developing, facilitating and promoting best practice initiatives in the area of posting of workers in the framework of temporary provision of services.

The deadline for the submission of applications is as follows: • 18 September 2015 for actions commencing no earlier than 16 November 2015 and no later than 31 December 2015