Eligible activities:

Eligible subgrant activities4 will follow the provision for activities under Horizon Europe (HE) cost categories5, and will be organized along the following:

·Activities to develop regional pathways, plans and innovation portfolios towards climate

resilience building on existing assessments of trends and projections of future climate change risks.

·Activities supporting the process of developing the pathways as specified in the scope topic text including relevant stakeholder engagement and capacity building.

·Activities related to communication, dissemination and exploitation and project management activities.

Expected outcomes:

Subgrantees should contribute to all the expected outcomes of this call:

·Mobilising regional interest and progressively elevating the ambition and capability of regions;

·Development of climate resilience pathways and connected innovation agendas with the support of the regional resilience journey framework (and supporting services);

·Activating engagement of citizens and diverse stakeholders in the co-creation of the pathways;

·Increasing knowledge on transformative adaptation innovation across KCS and KEC;

·Boosting literacy and access to innovative adaptation finance; and

·Baselining and monitoring regional resilience capabilities through the Resilience Maturity Curve (RMC).

Subgrantees awarded through this call are encouraged to establish operational links and collaboration with MIP4Adapt, the Mission Implementation Platform, and its Community of Practice6.

Footnotes:

[1] https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/guidance/list-3rd-country-participation_horizon-euratom_en.pdf

[2] https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/biogeographical-regions-in-europe-2

[3] https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/smes/sme-definition_en

[4] Activities related to demonstration and deployment of climate adaptation solutions are not eligible for funding under this call.

[5] Horizon cost category guidance: https://www.climate-kic.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Cost-Category-Guidance-all-programs-FINAL.pdf

[6] https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/en/mission/