Building a Long-Term Africa Union (AU) and European Union (EU) Research and Innovation joint collaboration on Sustainable Renewable Energies
HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Up to €4.0M
02/09/2025
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution
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What is the Building a Long-Term Africa Union (AU) and European Union (EU) Research and Innovation joint collaboration on Sustainable Renewable Energies Call?
Expected Outcomes
• Researchers, industry, public authorities and citizens gain access to enhanced knowledge, assessment methods, tools and a pan-African-EU expertise network.
• Strengthened AU-EU Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Collaborative Partnership and reinforced EU science diplomacy in Africa.
• Contribution to the EU’s leadership in global and multilateral initiatives, implementation of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda and Green Deal objectives of closing Africa’s energy access gap and reducing CO₂ emissions.
Scope Requirements
• Expand and support the existing community of researchers, industry, innovators and funding organisations; create links to other relevant R&I communities.
• Embed human and institutional capacity-building to transform the partnership into a long-term collaboration platform.
• Cover thematic areas: renewable energy, energy efficiency (including clean cooking), energy access in Africa and CO₂ reduction.
• Integrate social sciences, humanities and gender studies at all stages.
• Include detailed plans for post-project financial and structural sustainability of the AU-EU R&I partnership.
• Ensure complementarity with the designated Africa-EU co-fund and climate action pillar topics.
• Proposals must articulate a 2030-2050 vision and concrete steps for its implementation.
Special Conditions
• Funding model: lump sum contributions per the 7 July 2021 Decision; no detailed budget categories.
• Admissibility: comply with page limits and layout in Annex A/E of the Horizon Europe General Annexes and Part B of the application form.
• Eligibility: per Annex B of the General Annexes; at least 40% of beneficiaries must be established in African Union member states; AU member state entities may exceptionally participate as beneficiary or affiliated entity.
• Financial and operational capacity, exclusion rules per Annex C.
• Evaluation criteria, scoring and thresholds per Annex D; submission and evaluation processes per Annex F.
• Use HE CSA application and evaluation templates; follow HE Programme Guide and lump sum Model Grant Agreement.
• Submission via Funding & Tenders Portal by 02 September 2025, 17:00 Brussels time.
• Legal entity validation, LEAR appointment and financial capacity assessment as required by EU Grants AGA.
Open from: 06/05/2025
Deadline:02/09/2025
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