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Women in the Blue Economy

Last update: Jul 13, 2023 Last update: 13 Jul, 2023

Details

Location:EU 27EU 27
Contracting Authority Type:Development Institution
Status:Awarded
Budget:EUR 2,500,000
Award ceiling:N/A
Award floor:N/A
Sector:Gender, SME & Private Sector, Fisheries & Aquaculture
Languages:English
Eligible applicants:Unrestricted / Unspecified
Eligible nationalities:EU 27, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, ... See moreEU 27, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern Territory, Greenland, Montserrat, New Caledonia, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Turks and Caicos, Wallis and Futuna
Date posted:17 May, 2022

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Description

Call Updates

Jan 31, 2023 5:08:54 PM

EVALUATION RESULTS

Published: 17.05.2022

Deadline: 22.09.2022

Available budget: EUR 2 500 000

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 20

Number of inadmissible proposals: 0

Number of ineligible proposals: 2

Number of above-threshold proposals: 11

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 13 745 030,79

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

For questions, please contact CINEA-EMFAF-CALLS@ec.europa.eu


 

Sep 23, 2022 1:57:24 PM

 Call EMFAF-2022-PIA-WBE has closed on the 22/09/2022

  • 20 proposals have been submitted.

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in January 2023.


May 17, 2022 12:20:01 AM

The submission session is now available for: EMFAF-2022-PIA-WBE(EMFAF-PJG)


Women in the Blue Economy

TOPIC ID: EMFAF-2022-PIA-WBE

Programme: European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF)
Call: Women in the Blue Economy (EMFAF-2022-PIA-WBE)
Type of action: EMFAF-PJG EMFAF Project Grants
Type of MGA: EMFAF Action Grant Budget-Based [EMFAF-AG]
Deadline model: single-stage
Opening date: 17 May 2022
Deadline date: 22 September 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time

Topic description
 
Objective:

This call for proposals has the following main objectives:

  • to increase the participation and representation of women in the different sectors of the sustainable blue economy;
  • to increase knowledge and collect data on women’s contribution to the sustainable blue economy so as to efficiently foster and mainstream gender equality;
  • to promote and advance gender equality in the sustainable blue economy (e.g., countering gender stereotypes, conscious and unconscious bias, promoting equal pay, addressing poor working conditions, etc.) including through promoting blue career opportunities to girls from early education;
  • to promote women’s leadership, entrepreneurship and participation in governance structures and decision-making mechanisms of public and/or private organisations of the sustainable blue economy;

The actions funded under this call will help sustainable blue economy sectors e.g; fisheries, aquaculture, shipbuilding, maritime transport, offshore renewable energy, blue bioeconomy, inland and offshore aquaculture, etc., to embrace a deep and structural change to facilitate and promote the inclusion of women in the wider maritime economy.

Scope:

The call for proposals is open to all sustainable blue economy sectors.[1]

Each project should however focus on at least three sectors so as to mainstream and expand good practices and activities, from sectors where data is already available and actions have already been taken in terms of gender equality (e.g., shipping, fishing etc.) to sectors where data availability and actions are still limited (e.g., offshore renewable energies, blue bioeconomy, robotics, etc.).

Proposals should ensure the widest possible geographical scope and involve partners across different sea basins [2]

[1] Blue economy sectors are listed in the recently adopted Communication on a Sustainable Blue Economy: COM(2021) 240 final https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52021DC0240&from=EN “It encompasses all industries and sectors related to oceans, seas and coasts, whether they are based in the marine environment (e.g. shipping, fisheries, energy generation) or on land (e.g. ports, shipyards, land-based aquaculture and algae production, coastal tourism)”

[2] For sea basins strategies and other relevant sea basin information for the Atlantic, Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean or North Sea, please see: https://ec.europa.eu/oceans-and-fisheries/ocean/sea-basins/eu-sea-basins_fr

Expected Impact:

The projects are expected to contribute to:

  • Increased understanding, quantitative and qualitative evidence about gender data across sustainable blue economy in the EU including, if possible, data on education and training (e.g. enrolment data by gender in relevant education and training profiles/levels);
  • Dissemination of good practices across sectors of the sustainable blue economy and across European regions to advance gender equality in maritime sectors;
  • Increased visibility, awareness and recognition of women’s role and participation across sustainable blue economy sectors and enhanced gender diversity in society as a whole;
  • Increased awareness of work and career opportunities for women in the sustainable blue economy;
  • Availability of networking opportunities, to support women in the sustainable blue economy;
  • Increased women’s participation and representation in governance structures of public and/or private organisations across the sustainable blue economy.

The list of impacts is non-exhaustive and applicants can include others if appropriate for their proposal.

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