Open Call 2: Freshwater Ecosystems - Innovative sediment management framework for a SUstainNable DANube black SEa system
European Commission · Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) · cascade funding under HORIZON-MISS-2023-OCEAN-01-02
Posted 8 Jul 2026 · Closes today
In plain terms
This European Commission call funds third-party organisations to replicate and test sustainable sediment management solutions in freshwater ecosystems across the Danube-Black Sea region over nine months. Applicants must be based in EU or associated countries, deliver monitoring and stakeholder engagement activities, and produce a strategic action plan for scaling up solutions, with applications in English due by 30 September 2026.
A generated summary of the donor's text; the original wording is below.
Summary
The objective of each third-party replication project is to deploy, test, and engage developed sustainable sediment solutions within a new regional freshwater ecosystem type (lotic, lentic, transitional/coastal, or anthropogenic). Every selected project must execute a mandatory work plan divided into specific tasks over three programmatic phases: Project Definition (Months 1–2), Project Implementation (Months 3–6), and Project Evaluation (Months 7–9).
Core tasks across these phases include:
Developing a localised baseline assessment, regional water basin characterisation, and local stakeholder mapping database.
Executing targeted regional monitoring activities from the designated catalogue, focusing on flow monitoring, sediment quantity monitoring, and/or rapid ecotoxicological sediment quality assessments.
Conducting active community stakeholder engagement, multi-actor feedback sessions, and environmental awareness campaigns to co-design future measure protocols.
Formulating a comprehensive Regional Strategic Action Plan and Implementation Roadmap with indicative budgets and local timelines to upscale and replicate sustainable practices across other EU basins.
Technical Mentoring…
Excerpt from the donor's page. The full text, annexes and forms are on the original call.
Eligible regions
- eu_only