3rd REINFORCING Open Call
REINFORCING supports organizations and institutions in Europe to transition to a new paradigm where responsibility and openness drive research and innovation processes. In order to make the green and digital transitions fair and inclusive, institutions and territories need to shift to more open and transparent R&I practices in which all actors share responsibility to develop services and products that are acceptable, sustainable and bring social satisfaction.
The goal of this Incubators Call is to support organisations and territories active in contributing to European Missions by engaging relevant stakeholders, including citizens, in R&I process and/or policies connected to one of the EU Missions. The five main missions are:
- Adaptation to Climate Change
- Cancer
- Restore our Ocean and Waters
- Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities
- Soil Health and Food
Specific challenges
- Lack of knowledge and experience in multi-stakeholder engagement
- Identifying, engaging and mobilising different stakeholders for EU Missions
- Ensuring inclusion and diversity in citizen engagement for EU Missions
Some examples of specific activities that can be proposed for the potential projects
to be funded are included below (non-exhaustive):
- Training and capacity building on multi-stakeholder engagement in R&I processes
- Design and implementation of co-creation processes to develop solutions/services from R&I processes
- Citizen consultations connected to the design of policies or the co-creation of solutions
- Participatory identification of policy priorities linked to the EU Missions in which R&I have a relevant role
- Twinning activities or exchanges of best practices of multi-stakeholder engagement in R&I processes
- Future scenario or visioning workshops with multi-stakeholders
- Design and execution of engagement strategies in R&I processes and/or policies in the context of the EU Missions, which are accessible and inclusive, fostering an environment where all voices are heard and valued
Elegibility criteria
- The consortium should include at least 2 entities based in EU countries.
- The main applicant should have little or no experience in multi-stakeholder engagement in EU Mission.
- Applicants should not have any potential conflicts of interest with the partners of the REINFORCING consortium, including their affiliated entities.
- Consortia applying for this open call should be able to demonstrate that they are active in one of the EU Missions.
Funding
For this Incubator call, no more than 8 consortia implementing projects lasting 12 months will be supported with grants of up to 60,000 euros for each consortium
More information
This information is disseminated through the DIGIS3 project, supported by EU. DIHBU, as a member of DIGIS3 EDIH, can help you to submit a proposal for this funding opportunity, through its specific services, free of charge for SMEs.
