Effective environmental observing systems and associated governance
Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal
Amount not specified
24/09/2025
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the Effective environmental observing systems and associated governance Call?
Expected Outcomes
• Improved international cooperation supporting EU and global climate and environmental monitoring policies and reporting obligations.
• More sustainable and resilient environmental observing systems enabled by advanced governance models and well-informed decision-making by national, European and international actors.
Scope Requirements
• Use latest digital and scientific advances to create optimised, cost-effective, user-friendly optimisation tools combining orbital and non-orbital assets via OSEs and OSSEs.
• Identify and address technical, socio-economic, cultural, geopolitical barriers to system usability, accessibility, effectivity, interoperability and exploitation, with pragmatic solutions.
• Include Social Sciences and Humanities expertise to assess and overcome non-technical barriers.
• Develop and demonstrate innovative decision-making frameworks supporting multi-level governance, negotiations and investment planning.
• Ensure interoperability with European data spaces and existing data infrastructures.
• Demonstrate solutions in one specified use case (Area A or B) with clear data requirements for policy implementation.
• Adopt an iterative, user-engaged optimisation process targeting well-identified user groups (modellers, Copernicus, Destination Earth, authorities).
• Design flexible tools transferable to other observing systems.
• Leverage work by ESA, EUMETSAT, Copernicus and European research infrastructures.
• Promote international cooperation.
Special Conditions
• Lump sum funding rules apply (Decision of 7 July 2021).
• Admissibility: comply with page limits and layout (General Annex A/E).
• Eligibility: entities from Horizon Europe eligible countries (General Annex B); non-automatically eligible third countries subject to specific provisions.
• Satellite-based EO users must use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS.
• Financial/operational capacity and exclusion criteria (General Annex C).
• Evaluation: award based on Excellence, Impact and Quality; minimum one high-ranked project funded per Area A and Area B, subject to thresholds (General Annex D).
• Submission and evaluation follow single-stage procedures (General Annex F).
• Projects must comply with Erasmus, Data and IPR rules as per Programme Guide and MGA.
Open from: 06/05/2025
Deadline:24/09/2025
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