European UnionNon-profit, Public Institution
Humanitarian demining / Unexploded Ordnance Disposal (UXO) of civil areas and unexploded ordnance risk education
Horizon Europe Civil Security for Society HORIZON-CL3-2025-01-FCT-04
Funding Amount
Up to €6.0M
Deadline
12/11/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Public Institution
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What is the Humanitarian demining / Unexploded Ordnance Disposal (UXO) of civil areas and unexploded ordnance risk education Call?
Grant Description
This call supports the development and validation of innovative tools, methodologies and training curricula for humanitarian demining and unexploded ordnance risk education in civil areas. It addresses the challenge of contaminated post-conflict land hindering civilian safety and economic recovery, with a focus on Ukraine and other heavily affected regions. Projects must include demonstration, testing or validation of solutions, plan for future uptake and avoid duplication of past research. The ...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
- Improved, modern and validated tools, skills, methodologies and innovative training curricula for civilian humanitarian demining and UXO disposal practitioners, in line with legislation and fundamental rights
• Enhanced education activities to reduce risks of injuries from anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordnance among civilian populations
• Deeper understanding of key challenges and best practices in humanitarian demining and explosive ordnance risk education, incorporating insights from Ukrainian operations
• Evidence-based support to EU policy-makers for the strategic shaping and enhancement of EU mine action policies
• Enhanced education activities to reduce risks of injuries from anti-personnel mines and unexploded ordnance among civilian populations
• Deeper understanding of key challenges and best practices in humanitarian demining and explosive ordnance risk education, incorporating insights from Ukrainian operations
• Evidence-based support to EU policy-makers for the strategic shaping and enhancement of EU mine action policies
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
- Target post-conflict civilian areas contaminated by anti-personnel mines, UXO and IEDs hindering safe return and economic activity
• Develop new, improved, innovative or disruptive solutions compliant with all applicable legislation and fundamental rights
• Accompany demining solutions with comprehensive training curricula
• Implement risk education initiatives with NGO collaboration, sustainability planning and thorough needs assessments
• Include plans for demonstration, testing and validation of all technical and educational outputs
• Outline clear strategies for uptake and upscaling at national, EU and global levels after project conclusion
• Build on, without duplicating, previous EU and international research in humanitarian demining and explosive ordnance risk education
• Establish connections and complementarities with other related initiatives and projects
• Ensure activities address both technological demining and societal risk education in balance
• Deliver a mid-term practitioner-led assessment to secure timely feedback and course correction
• Create opportunities for direct involvement of affected communities and Ukrainian stakeholders
• Develop new, improved, innovative or disruptive solutions compliant with all applicable legislation and fundamental rights
• Accompany demining solutions with comprehensive training curricula
• Implement risk education initiatives with NGO collaboration, sustainability planning and thorough needs assessments
• Include plans for demonstration, testing and validation of all technical and educational outputs
• Outline clear strategies for uptake and upscaling at national, EU and global levels after project conclusion
• Build on, without duplicating, previous EU and international research in humanitarian demining and explosive ordnance risk education
• Establish connections and complementarities with other related initiatives and projects
• Ensure activities address both technological demining and societal risk education in balance
• Deliver a mid-term practitioner-led assessment to secure timely feedback and course correction
• Create opportunities for direct involvement of affected communities and Ukrainian stakeholders
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
- Consortium must include, as beneficiaries: at least one international humanitarian demining organisation and two local or regional NGOs active in humanitarian demining, drawn from a minimum of three different EU Member States or Associated Countries (including Ukraine)
• Mandatory participation of at least one Ukrainian entity with demonstrable competence in humanitarian demining/UXO disposal
• Applicants must complete the “Information about security practitioners” annex in the prescribed template
• Projects using satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation or timing data must employ Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS services
• Adherence to general admissibility (page limits, layout), eligibility (countries, capacity, exclusion) and evaluation criteria as per Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes
• Use of the standard IA application and evaluation forms; compliance with Annex D scoring and thresholds
• Full responsibility on applicants to justify how beneficiaries meet all additional topic-specific eligibility conditions
• Mandatory participation of at least one Ukrainian entity with demonstrable competence in humanitarian demining/UXO disposal
• Applicants must complete the “Information about security practitioners” annex in the prescribed template
• Projects using satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation or timing data must employ Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS services
• Adherence to general admissibility (page limits, layout), eligibility (countries, capacity, exclusion) and evaluation criteria as per Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes
• Use of the standard IA application and evaluation forms; compliance with Annex D scoring and thresholds
• Full responsibility on applicants to justify how beneficiaries meet all additional topic-specific eligibility conditions
Important dates
Open from: 12/06/2025
Deadline:12/11/2025
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