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Horizon Europe calls open: EUR 37 m available for rural, coastal and urban communities
Explore the funding opportunities available under Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6: ‘Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment’! A set of the calls seeks to fund research in resilient, inclusive, healthy, and green rural, coastal and urban communities.
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LIFE programme calls open: EUR 600 m available for a sustainable European future
The newly announced LIFE programme calls for proposals seek to fund projects aimed at conserving nature, protecting the environment, addressing climate change, or supporting Europe's transition to clean energy. Join the Info days on 13-15 May and submit your proposal by 23 September 2025.
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Funding opportunities for circular, bio-based projects: open call for proposals
A total of EUR 172 million will be dedicated to advancing competitive, circular bio-based industries in Europe across 13 topics. Apply to the Circular bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) call for project proposals by 18 September 2025.
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Highlights Report | Policy Action Lab 'Territorial development for the green transition: Harnessing the potential of rural communities'
This highlights report outlines the outputs of the Policy Action Lab of 19 September 2024, hosted by the Rural Pact Support Office.
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform
Latest good practice
Revitalising river basins: empowering coastal communities in rural Basilicata, Italy
- Rural Pact
- Rural Revitalisation Platform
The 'Green Circles Bee Landscape' project increases biodiversity in South Holland, the Netherlands
- Rural Pact
The social enterprise Milka creates employment for women in Duga Resa, Croatia
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- Rural Revitalisation Platform