Call for proposals

Call for proposals 2020 - BlueInvest Grants: Investing in Blue Innovation EMFF-BEW-2020 Open!

The objectives of this call for proposals are to:

Bring to market new products, services, processes, and business models in blue economy value chains and help advance their market-readiness;
develop sustainable and innovative blue economy in Europe's sea basins;
de-risk investment in these projects to facilitate their access to other financing schemes for the next stages of their activities.

A non-exhaustive list of relevant areas for the blue economy includes:

the blue bioeconomy — the cultivation, husbandry or capture of living material from fresh or saltwater and activities based on the use or processing of this material
digital transformation of ocean and coastal activities
renewable energy — including energy from wind, sun (floating), tide, wave and thermal gradients; logistic or supporting activities in that area are covered
enabling technologies such as sensors, corrosion or biofouling resistant materials or coating, digitisation, electricity transmission equipment, multi-purpose platforms
production of new products from living or non-living resources that would otherwise be wasted
cleaner shipping
pollution monitoring, clean-up or management
new facilities that support the diversification or energy efficiency of ports
sustainable tourism aiming at reducing its carbon footprint or enhancing biodiversity, or efficiently managing resources (e.g. water, food and waste) or tourist flows (e.g. diversifying offer, addressing seasonality and safety)

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

Opened to the following bodies or institutes with legal status established in the covered areas:

Bodies or institutes must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme which are:

Directorate-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs