Saving our Seas – Reducing danger of munitions dumped in European seas
Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions
Basic Information
- Identifier
- PPPA-2024-MUNITIONS
- Programme
- Saving our Seas – Reducing danger of munitions dumped in European seas
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- June 25, 2024
- Deadline
- November 21, 2024
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €5,590,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- €5,590,000
- Expected Number of Grants
- 1
- Keywords
- PPPA-2024-MUNITIONSPPPA-2024-MUNITIONS
Description
This call for proposals aims to:
- Develop the most environmentally friendly, comprehensive and efficient technologies and methods for the removal, disposal and/or neutralisation of munitions dumped at sea including by developing new technologies and methods and/or improving existing ones, such as those developed under other EU-funded projects.
- Test the new and/or improved technologies and methods in real (non-wartime) conditions, with a focus on the areas of the Baltic Sea that have been identified as priority areas for action, taking into account the results of prioritisation exercises carried out by other projects and initiatives.
- Support increased and timely access by stakeholders to the most appropriate technologies, methods, and personnel for clean-up of submerged munitions in sea basins around the EU.
- Support the transfer of technologies and methods to other sea basins around the EU, including the Black Sea and Azov Sea.
This call for proposals aims to optimise technologies and methods to tackle submerged munitions in the Baltic Sea and other European sea basins by building on and complementing existing successful projects, and cooperating with ongoing initiatives.
It focuses on improving existing technologies and methodologies used to remove/neutralise/dispose of submerged munitions. Improvements should relate to their efficiency, effectiveness, safety and environmental impact.
It further covers improvements to the availability and accessibility of technologies, methods, support and personnel for carrying out actions on submerged munitions.
In addition, it prioritises concrete action to test and demonstrate technologies and methods in identified munitions hotspots in the Baltic Sea.
A further priority is the transfer of the solutions developed to other European sea basins, and particularly to address the consequences of Russian aggression in the Black Sea and Azov Sea.
This topic focuses on developing new technologies and methodologies and/or improving existing ones used to remove/neutralise/dispose of submerged munitions. Improvements should relate to their efficiency, effectiveness, safety and environmental impact.
It further covers improvements to the availability and accessibility of technologies, methods, support and personnel for carrying out actions on submerged munitions in sea basins around the EU.
In addition, it prioritises concrete action to test and demonstrate technologies and methods in identified munitions hotspots in the Baltic Sea, which can then be transferred to other sea basins around the EU.
A further priority is the transfer of the solutions developed to other European sea basins, and particularly to address the consequences of Russian aggression in the Black Sea and Azov Sea.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: described in section 5 of the call document
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System
2. Eligible countries: described in section 6 of of the call document
3. Other eligibility conditions: described in section 6 of the call document
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in section 7 of the call document
- Submission and evaluation processes: described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual
- Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: described in section 9 of the call document
- Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in section 4 of the call document
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in section 10 of the call document
Documents
Call documents:
Standard application form ([ToA]) — call-specific application form is available in the Submission System
Detailed budget table ([ToA])— call-specific budget table is available in the Submission System
Support & Resources
For help related to this call, please contact: [email protected]
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and submission to reporting on your on-going project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Latest Updates
In accordance with the call conditions the evaluation of the proposals was made looking at the criteria ‘Relevance’, ‘Quality’ and ‘Impact’. The threshold for each criterion was 6 points. The overall threshold (applying to the sum of the three individual scores) was set at 21 points.
The results of the evaluation are as follows:
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 5
Number of inadmissible proposals: 0
Number of ineligible proposals: 0
Number of above-threshold proposals: 4
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 21 785 796.09
Number of proposals retained for funding: 1
Number of proposals in the reserve list: 1
Ranking distribution
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 30 and higher or equal to 27: 0
Number of proposals with scores lower than 27 and higher or equal to 24: 3
Number of proposals with scores lower than 24 and higher or equal to 21: 1
Call PPPA-2024-MUNITIONS has closed on the 21st November 2024.
Five proposals have been submitted.
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in Q1 2025.
The recording is now available of the online Info Day on the call for proposals which took place on 5 July 2024. You can find the link to the recording here.
An online Info Day on the call for proposals will take place on 5 July 2024. The Info Day will include a presentation of the policy background to this call for proposals, information on the call, how to apply and tips and tricks for preparing your application.
Please register here.
You can table questions ahead of the event, as well as during the live session, via Slido using the hashtag #PPPAMUNITIONS