Eligible beneficiaries for this call are:

• Local and/or regional authorities from Member States and associated countries to the Horizon Europe Programme (n.b. Western Balkans are eligible but already included partner countries (of which Serbia is one) are excluded explicitly.)

• Applicants should have a good command of English

• Applicants must be eligible for participation in the EC Horizon Europe Framework Programme and must ensure the following obligations of the Grant Agreement, namely Articles 12 (conflict of interest), 13 (confidentiality and security), 14 (ethics), 17.2 (visibility), 18 (specific rules for carrying out action), 19 (information) and 20 (record-keeping)[1].

​The selected beneficiaries commit to carry out the following activities in their role as associated regions to the DANUBE4all project:

• Contribute to three workshops to be held in their region (in 2024-2026) to develop restoration solutions in cooperation with other stakeholders.

• Develop a roadmap by December 2027 of restoration actions for their region to support the replication of DANUBE4all solutions and tools. The development of this roadmap will be technically assisted by DANUBE4all partners via capacity building, trainings and guidance on structure and content.

Please note: Countries that are already part of the DANUBE4all consortium can not participate: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine, United Kingdom.