Call for Green Innovation Projects to support Green Economy in Jordan

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The European Union (EU) is seeking proposals that contributes to the development of a green, environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive post COVID-19 economy through the enhanced implementation of Jordan’s green growth strategy and action plan.

Objectives

• The specific objective(s) of this call for proposals are:

  • enhanced coordination and sustainable resource management in the energy, water and agriculture sectors (nexus);

  • enhanced circular economy practices within resource efficiency and solid waste management with links to local development.

Priorities

• The priorities of this call for proposals are:

  • to demonstrate, on real cases, the technical and economic feasibility of green economy/growth projects, focusing on green innovation via efficient use of resources, with a NEXUS approach, waste management transition, and enhanced green jobs within a circular economy approach (cooperation with public, private sector, local authorities, academia and NGOs). The focus on complementarities and partnerships is essential..

  • to contribute to the implementation of full scale activities in order to induce behavioural changes and adoption of best available technologies and practices for green economy/growth.

  • to foster investments towards circular economy,while integrating regulations and standards, relying on R&D, information and public awareness, training and monitoring;

  • to promote benefits, replicability and sustainability of new green technical solutions, which can further strengthen Jordan’s drive to promote the concept of Green Economy.

Sectors or themes

• Energy (green energy, storage, hydrogen)

• Water

• Food/agriculture

• Industry

• Waste management

• Resources Efficiency (sustainable consumption and production)

• Sustainable transport

• Nature conservation and nature-based solutions

• Green Buildings

• Digitalisation

• NEXUS themes (energy-water-food/ energy-transport)

• Circular economy

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 5,000,000. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award all available funds.

• Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:

  • minimum amount: EUR 1,250,000

  • maximum amount: EUR 2,500,000

• Duration: The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 24 months nor exceed 30 months.

Location: Actions must take place in Jordan.

Eligibility

• In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:

  • be a legal person and

  • be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisation, public sector operator, municipalities, Small and Medium Size Enterprises SMEs, Academic Institutions, international (inter-governmental) organisation as defined by Article 156 of the EU Financial Regulation and

  • be established in a Member State of the European Union or in Jordan

• This obligation does not apply to international organizations and

• be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary and

• Co-applicant(s)

  • Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.

  • Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.

  • Co-applicants must sign the mandate.

  • If awarded the grant contract, the co-applicant(s) (if any) will become beneficiary(ies) in the action (together with the coordinator)

  • In addition, please note that contracts cannot be awarded to or signed with applicants included in the lists of EU restrictive measures.

• Affiliated Entities

  • The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).

  • Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s):

    • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.

  • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:

    • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:

      • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:

        • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;

        • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;

        • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).

  • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,…) as the proposed affiliated entities.

Post Date: 14-Apr-2023