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Innovating for Climate-neutral Rural Communities by 2050
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Location:EU 27
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Contracting authority type:Development Institution
Description
Call updates
30 January 2025
CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS
HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02
EVALUATION results
Published: 07.12.2022
Deadline: 17.09.2024
Available budget: EUR 24.00 million
Budget per topic with separate ‘call-budget-split’:
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Topic code |
Type of action |
Budget (EUR million) |
|
HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-1- two-stage |
IA |
10.00 |
The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:
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|
HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-1 |
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Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) |
8 |
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Number of inadmissible proposals |
0 |
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Number of ineligible proposals |
0 |
|
Number of above-threshold proposals |
7 |
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Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals |
34.7 |
|
Number of proposals retained for funding |
2 |
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Number of proposals in the reserve list |
2 |
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Funding threshold |
14.5 |
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Ranking distribution |
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Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14 |
2 |
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Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13 |
0 |
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Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10 |
5 |
Summary of observers’ report:
A total of 13 topics (RIA and IA) from four Horizon Europe Cluster 6 calls were evaluated: HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02 (2 topics, second stage), HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02 (7 topics, second stage), HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-02 (3 topics), and HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-03 (1 topic).
The evaluation was performed entirely online for all topics except one topic which had on-site evaluation in Brussels. All topics followed the standard REA evaluation procedure and complied with the applicable rules. The evaluation ran smoothly, and all deadlines were met. The process was transparent and fair. Individual evaluation reports were clear and complete. Overall, the quality of the consensus reports and the evaluation summary reports was excellent. All experts complied with the requirement to act with independence, impartiality, objectivity, accuracy, and consistency. All experts worked at the highest level of quality and performance. The guidance provided by REA.B2 staff through briefings, documents, and direct consultation, was excellent. The quality of this evaluation was excellent, and it should achieve its purpose of funding only proposals of the highest quality.
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We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.
17 October 2024
Flash information on proposal numbers
The second stage of HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02 call was closed on 17th September 2024.
19 proposals were submitted in response to the second stage of this call. The breakdown per topic is indicated below:
HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-1 (Innovating for climate-neutral rural communities by 2050): 8 proposals
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated between December 2024 and January 2025.
May 28, 2024 1:11:52 PM
GENERALISED FEEDBACK for successful applicants after STAGE 1
In order to best ensure equal treatment, successful stage 1 applicants do not receive the evaluation summary reports (ESRs) for their proposals, but this generalised feedback with information and tips for preparing the full proposal.
Information & tips
Main shortcomings found in the stage 1 evaluation:
- Some of the objectives of the proposal did not have clearly measurable indicators and therefore the measurability and achievability of the objectives were not well demonstrated.
- Some proposals did not sufficiently describe how the proposed actions go beyond the state-of-the-art.
- The integration of the Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines in the methodology was not always well demonstrated.
- The genuine and active involvement of all relevant end-users all along the project was not clearly demonstrated in some proposals, which is a requirement of the multi-actor approach.
- The technical robustness of the proposed AI-system was not sufficiently addressed in some proposals.
- Some proposals did not adequately describe the pathways to achieve the expected outcomes and/or expected impacts.
- In some cases, the scale and significance of the contribution of the project and its results to the expected outcomes and expected impacts were not adequately estimated and quantified and/or the estimations were not satisfactorily justified.
- The potential barriers that may determine whether the desired outcomes and impacts are achieved were not always well identified and/or the mitigation measures were not adequate.
In your stage 2 proposal, you have a chance to address or clarify these issues.
Please bear in mind that your full proposal will now be evaluated more in-depth and possibly by a new group of outside experts.
Please make sure that your full proposal is consistent with your short outline proposal. It may NOT differ substantially. The project must stay the same.
May 25, 2024 10:02:26 AM
CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS
EVALUATION results
Published: 07.12.2022
Deadline: 22.02.2024
Available budget: EUR 22.00 million
Budget per topic with separate ‘call-budget-split’:
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Topic code |
Type of action |
Budget |
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HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-1-two-stage |
IA |
10.00 |
In accordance with General Annex F of the Work Programme, the evaluation of the first-stage proposals was made looking only at the criteria ‘Excellence’ and ‘Impact’. The threshold for both criteria was 4. The overall threshold (applying to the sum of the two individual scores) was set for each topic/type of action with separate call-budget-split at a level that allowed the total requested budget of proposals admitted to stage 2 be as close as possible to 3 times the available budget (and not below 2.5 times the budget):
- HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-1-two-stage: 9.0 points
The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:
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HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-1 |
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Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) |
24 |
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Number of inadmissible proposals |
1 |
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Number of ineligible proposals |
1 |
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Number of above-threshold proposals |
8 |
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Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals (EUR million) |
39.90 |
Summary of observer report:
Call HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02 has been successful in terms of number of applications. The two-stage blinded evaluation pilot process was explained in the web-briefing to the expert evaluators, with details on the disclosed subject together with the undisclosed name of the applicants. This procedure should credibly prevent any bias in the evaluation. The analysis of the Guide for experts shows that both applicants and experts have full information about scope, rationale, procedures and goals of the HE framework.
The independent observers have access to all guides and topic-specific briefings via the secured EC repository CIRCABC, which was very useful to have all documents related to the different panels at our disposal all the time, and thus facilitated the work.
The information and guidance provided by REA staff covered every aspect of the evaluation. In all documents clear and explicit references to the general rules and laws enforced by the EU Commission were provided.
The first stage evaluation was fully remote and all the evaluation was conducted with impartiality and correctness by both Experts and REA staff.
The opinion of the different experts received equal attention during discussions, and at all times, the experts maintained actions in line with the required independence, impartiality, objectivity, accuracy, and consistency.
In comparison with other national and international evaluation procedures, the quality of the evaluation process was excellent. In fact, the scheme employed in these evaluations is followed by many national agencies.
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We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.
Feb 25, 2024 11:43:28 PM
Flash information on the CALL results
(flash call info)
The HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02 call: Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities, was closed on 22nd February 2024. 66 proposals were submitted in response to this call.
The breakdown per topic is indicated below:
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Topic code |
Topic name |
Budget |
Number of submitted proposals |
|
HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-1-two-stage |
Innovating for climate-neutral rural communities by 2050 |
10.00 |
24 |
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TOTAL |
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10.00 |
24 |
The evaluation results are expected to be communicated between May-June 2024.
Oct 17, 2023 12:00:08 AM
The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-1-two-stage(HORIZON-IA)
Innovating for climate-neutral rural communities by 2050
TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02-1-two-stage
Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities (HORIZON-CL6-2024-COMMUNITIES-02)
Type of action: HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Lump Sum Grant [HORIZON-AG-LS]
Deadline model: two-stage
Planned opening date: 17 October 2023
Deadline dates: 22 February 2024 17:00:00 Brussels time
17 September 2024 17:00:00 Brussels time
Topic description
ExpectedOutcome:
The successful proposal will contribute to fostering a sustainable, balanced, equitable and inclusive development of rural areas, supporting the implementation of the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas and its objectives (in particular contributing to stronger and resilient rural areas) and to its flagship initiative “Research and innovation for rural communities”, the European Green Deal, in particular the climate pact, the fit for 55 package, the forest and biodiversity strategies, and the new soil strategy as well as the territorial agenda 2030, the common agricultural policy (CAP) and the REPowerEU plan. In addition, proposals will complement the EU Mission Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, covering sparsely populated areas, and contribute to the objectives of the EU Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’.
Project results are expected to contribute to all of following expected outcomes:
- rural communities are empowered and engaged in the green transition and equipped with strategies and innovative solutions to contribute to EU’s climate-neutrality objectives (by 2035 and 2050) and benefit from a climate-neutral economy;
- rural communities take advantage of data, interoperable platforms and digital technologies available to help them meet climate-neutrality objectives, such as dashboards, data visualisation techniques, modelling, digital twins of entire rural communities and tools contributing to spatial planning;
- policy makers are better informed about policy and regulatory frameworks, conditions and processes that are likely to encourage rural areas’ climate-neutrality while sustaining an adequate social welfare and well-being and avoiding negative social, economic and environmental externalities;
- a stronger rural innovation ecosystem is in place bringing together public and private players and making rural areas an attractive place for innovators to work and live.
The EU aims to be climate-neutral by 2050 – an economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. This objective is in line with the EU’s commitment to global climate action under the Paris Agreement and it is reflected in the European Green Deal objectives. Considering that approximately one third of EU citizens live in rural areas, which represent 83% of the EU territory, it is key to empower rural communities to transit towards sustainability by fostering innovation in key areas such as environment and sustainable management of resources (air, soil, water), energy, transport, agriculture, industry, bioeconomy, and finance and ensure that no one is left behind.
Projects funded under this topic are expected to:
- design, prototype and test concrete innovations (technical, social, organisational) supporting climate-neutrality, zero pollution and biodiversity enhancement in rural communities, possibly including initiatives such as nature-based solutions (NBS), circularity and bioeconomy, bio-based solutions, community-energy systems, climate-neutral mobility, fire-prevention, etc. Innovations should be co-created with rural stakeholders to respond to their needs and tested for their feasibility for the territorial development opportunities or drawbacks that they bring;
- include training and capacity building for local administrations and rural stakeholders in order to create and maintain a rural innovation ecosystem and enable them to make use or benefit from the successful innovations developed and from existing funding opportunities for the green and digital transitions;
- boost networking and enhance peer-to-peer learning between communities and capitalise on lessons learnt making them available as recommendations for policy makers at various levels (European, national, regional and local);
Proposals are encouraged to fully exploit and build complementarities with the ongoing work regarding the establishment of the European Open Science Cloud and interact with relevant projects developing metadata standards and added value tools to ensure interoperability within and across fields of study.
This topic should involve the effective contribution of social sciences and humanities (SSH), (e.g., for expertise in behavioural change, etc.) and must implement the multi-actor approach by involving relevant stakeholders from an early stage (e.g. rural communities representatives, small-medium enterprises -SMEs, etc., end-users, local authorities, etc.).
Proposals should cover various biogeographical regions with a balanced coverage reflecting the various pedo-climatic zones in Europe in a representative way.
Proposals are expected to build on the preliminary results of the Horizon Europe projects GRANULAR and RUSTIK, in particular its framework and indicators on climate-neutrality of rural communities.
Proposals should also create synergies and coordinate activities with the other project funded under this topic and should allocate appropriate budget for this task. Proposals are also encouraged to build synergies with relevant projects that will be financed under this call.
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