Driving Urban Transitions Partnership (DUT)

Drie landen vereist Consortium uit min 3 deelnemende landen

Steden betrokken Stad of stadsorganisatie als partner

Past in pathway 15-minute City, CUE of PED

Nationale eligibility Per partner volgens financier-regels

Projects should contribute to one or more of the three Transition Pathways: the 15-minute City (15mC), Circular Urban Economies (CUE), and Positive Energy Districts (PED).

Transnational eligibility rule 1: Each proposal must be submitted by a consortium consisting of at least three eligible Applicants from at least three different participating countries (see Annex A).

Only Applicants eligible for funding by the participating Funding Agencies7 from the following countries are eligible to apply as Main Applicant or Co-applicant: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Tunisia and Türkiye.

In addition, at least two of the eligible Applicants must be from different EU Member States (MS) or Associated Countries (AC) to the Horizon Europe eligible for EC co-funding in this Call: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and Türkiye

All legal entities must be independent from each other to be considered as different applicants8.

Transnational eligibility rule 2: The Main Applicant (project coordinator) must be eligible to be funded and request funding by its national/regional participating Funding Agency.

Transnational eligibility rule 3: A Principal Investigator (PI) must only participate in a maximum of two proposals9, and only once as the PI of a Main Applicant.

Transnational eligibility rule 4: Consortia must include at least one urban government authority10 (city, municipality or entity providing key urban services11, so long as this entity is owned by a local government (confirmation of this by the local government may be requested by the Call Secretariat)) either as a Main Applicant, Co-applicant, or Cooperation Partner depending on the national/regional eligibility criteria.

Transnational eligibility rule 5: Project duration: Projects may be funded for a maximum of 36 months.

Both transnational and Funding Agencies’ eligibility criteria must be met for a proposal to be declared eligible at either stage.