Deadline Date: May 27, 2026
The European Union is offering a significant funding opportunity through Community-Led Actions (CLA), providing grants to support projects focused on environmental protection, sustainable development, and innovation in the Mediterranean basin.
Grants will be awarded as lump sums to cover personnel and direct costs such as goods and services, equipment, travel, subcontracting, and dissemination activities. Payments will be linked to project milestones, ensuring accountability and progress throughout the project duration.
Applicants are required to select a single primary Pillar for their project’s focus. Pillar #1 focuses on protecting and restoring marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity. Pillar #2 aims to prevent and eliminate pollution of oceans, seas, and waters. Pillar #3 targets the creation of a sustainable, carbon-neutral, and circular blue economy. Each proposal must clearly outline the project’s challenge, objectives, methodology, and expected outcomes to achieve the goals of the chosen Pillar.
A total of €7 million is available under this initiative, with individual project funding ranging from €200,000 to €1.4 million and a maximum of €500,000 allocated per third party. At least five projects will be funded, each running for up to 24 months. Payment installments will be distributed as 40% pre-financing, 45% interim, and 15% upon acceptance of the final report, providing financial stability while incentivising project completion.
The open calls are designed for communities of actors within EU Member States or Associated Countries. Eligible applicants include regional and local authorities, NGOs, associations, research and educational institutions, and companies, including SMEs, operating in the Mediterranean basin. All activities must take place in this region, and each organisation may submit only one proposal per call. Applications must be submitted in English, and all applicants must comply with EU sanctions and restrictive measures.
Projects must be submitted by consortia of at least two legal entities representing a Mission community. Targeted beneficiaries include ports and marinas piloting zero-discharge solutions, technology developers, municipalities and regional authorities demonstrating pollution-prevention technologies, aquaculture and aquafeed producers developing climate-smart solutions, conservation organisations and scientists deploying biodiversity monitoring and restoration tools, locally based companies and startups developing circular economy solutions, as well as research and educational institutions.
This initiative provides a valuable opportunity for Mediterranean-based organisations to collaborate, implement innovative solutions, and make a measurable impact on the region’s environmental sustainability and blue economy development.
For more information, visit TASC RestoreMed.
