Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership 2026 Transnational Call

“Building a sustainable Blue Economy: mastering digital opportunities and unlocking resilience”

The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership is a Horizon Europe co-funded partnership. It constitutes a network of 30 countries and the European Commission that enables an unprecedented effort to pool research and innovation investments and align national programmes at pan-European scale.

Xjenza Malta, as one of the Research Funding Organisations launching this Joint Transnational Co-Funded Call for Malta based entities conducting R&I projects addressing challenges on the following priority areas:

• Transitioning blue economy sectors for sustainability and strategic autonomy;

• Managing sea uses through digital and ecosystem-based approaches;

• Promoting sustainable blue bioresources;

• Building resilience in coastal communities.

Malta-Based Entities are eligible for funding, with the option of requesting up to €500,000 to participate in a SBEP proposal consortium*.

Online Information Session

An online information session will be held on the 7 October. Click here to register. The session will be recorded for future reference.

We are more than pleased to arrange one-on-one meetings to explore and discuss this funding opportunity in greater detail, kindly contact eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt.

* If more than one National partner is present in one consortium, the total amount of funding for the participating National partners cannot exceed the €500,000 capping.

Visit the below link to download call documents and guidelines.

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