African Union – European Union Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA)

¿De qué trata esta convocatoria?

The topic funds a Coordination and Support Action that strengthens the AU-EU partnership on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture. It supports research coordination, seed funding and scale-up of innovations, including through financial support to third parties.

¿Qué financia esta convocatoria?

Scope

The topic supports a Coordination and Support Action that implements the African Union and European Union roadmap on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture. Proposals should:

• strengthen the strategic functioning and capacities of the FNSSA Working Group, with a toolkit of measures, scientific support and practical administrative help;
• operationalise the International Research Consortium as a platform for the roadmap, improving communication channels, multi-stakeholder networks and research and innovation coordination and funding;
• provide a platform for funders and seed funding to develop or scale up technical and social innovations from earlier projects funded under the EU-AU FNSSA roadmap 2016-2026;
• complement other scale-up instruments, such as the AU-EU Innovation Agenda and DeSIRA+;
• promote start-ups and innovative SMEs through mentoring and acceleration, with special attention to women, young entrepreneurs and the diaspora.

Financial support to third parties

Proposals may provide financial support to third parties, for example academic researchers, start-ups and SMEs, to develop, test or validate approaches.

Expected outcomes

• Better coordination of research and innovation policies of AU and EU members in the FNSSA Working Group.
• Better coordination of the portfolio of projects funded under the FNSSA priority across EU and AU funding instruments.

Cooperation

Proposals are encouraged to work with the Joint Research Centre through the Commission's Knowledge Centre on Global Food and Nutrition Security.

¿Cuándo termina el plazo?

23 de septiembre de 2027 (321 días)

23 September 2027 (single-stage call).