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Towards community-driven business models: coastal and freshwaters sustainable tourism

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Innovative business models for the development of entrepreneurship and successful local community-driven marine, coastal and freshwater sustainable tourism initiatives; Scalable and economically viable initiatives with the potential to be replicated across multiple sea basins; Enhanced capacity-building and increased engagement of…

Deadline 21 Sep 2027Opens 9 Feb 2027Budget €6MIndicative grants 4EU contribution per project €1M–€1.5MSingle stageHORIZON Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 4grants expected (official)
  • €1M–€1.5MEU contribution per project
  • €7.8Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
  • 92projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line

Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.

Organisations with a track record in this topic

Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Norsk Institutt For Vannforskning Sti
Oslo
NorwayResearch organisation122BlueActionAA, BlueMissionAA, AQUARIUS
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation131AQUARIUS, BlueMissionMed, DANUBElifelines
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation111BlueMissionAA, AQUARIUS, BlueMissionMed
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Kongens Lyngby
DenmarkUniversity121BlueMissionBANOS, MarineGuardian, MARCO-BOLO
Universitaet Fuer Bodenkultur Wien
Wien
AustriaUniversity92SoS2LearnDBS, DANUBElifelines, DANUBE4all
Institutul National De Cercetare-Dezvoltare Delta Dunarii
Tulcea
RomaniaResearch organisation91SoS2LearnDBS, DANUBElifelines, SWIM
Tartu Ulikool
Tartu
EstoniaUniversity101BlueMissionBANOS, BlueGreen Governance, COOL BLUE
Institutul National De Cercetare Dezvoltare Pentru Geologie Si Geoecologie Marina - Geoecomar
Bucuresti
RomaniaResearch organisation81SoS2LearnDBS, AQUARIUS, DANUBE4all
Consorcio Para El Diseno, Construccion, Equipamiento Y Explotacion De La Plataforma Oceanica De Canarias
Telde
SpainPublic body72BlueActionAA, BlueMissionAA, AQUARIUS
Marine Institute
Galway
IrelandResearch organisation53BlueActionAA, BlueMissionAA, AQUARIUS
Submariner Network For Blue Growth Ewiv
Berlin
GermanyOther84BlueMissionBANOS, MUSES, BioProtect
Sveuciliste U Zagrebu, Fakultet Strojarstva I Brodogradnje
Zagreb
CroatiaUniversity71SoS2LearnDBS, SWIM, MEDCONNECT
Hellenic Centre For Marine Research
Attikia Anavissos
GreeceResearch organisation81AQUARIUS, BlueMissionMed, TASC-RestoreMed
Inova+ - Innovation Services, Sa
Matosinhos
PortugalCompany · SME71SoS2LearnDBS, SWIM, BlueMissionDBS2030
Sintef Ocean As
Trondheim
NorwayResearch organisation71BlueActionAA, BMAA2030, BlueMissionBANOS

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas
Madrid
SpainResearch organisation131AQUARIUS, BlueMissionMed, DANUBElifelines
Consorcio Para El Diseno, Construccion, Equipamiento Y Explotacion De La Plataforma Oceanica De Canarias
Telde
SpainPublic body72BlueActionAA, BlueMissionAA, AQUARIUS
Asociacion Centro Tecnologico Naval Y Del Mar
Fuente Alamo Murcia
SpainResearch organisation32TASC-RestoreMed, TRANSEATION, EFFECTIVE
E-Science European Infrastructure For Biodiversity And Ecosystem Research
Sevilla
SpainResearch organisation30MEDCONNECT, MARCO-BOLO, ROWER
Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya
Barcelona
SpainUniversity30AQUARIUS, VERNE
Fundacion Azti - Azti Fundazioa
Sukarrieta
SpainResearch organisation30MarineGuardian, TRANSEATION, C-BLUES
Ecorys Espana Sl
Madrid
SpainCompany20BlueMissionMed, BMAA2030
Universidad De Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
SpainUniversity30BlueGreen Governance, OCEAN CITIZEN, PHAROS

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 17partners (median)
  • 9countries (median)
  • 13%of partners are SMEs
Research organisation 32%University 22%Public body 16%Company 15%Other 15%

Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.

Most similar funded projects

Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.

  • C-FAARER – Community-driven Farming for the Atlantic and Arctic sea basins through REgeneRative aquaculture (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01-10)
  • BlueActionAA – Empowering Community-Led Action in the Atlantic & Arctic (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-02-01)
  • BlueMissionAA – Building a coordination hub to support the mission implementation in the atlantic and arctic basin (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-02-05)
  • SoS2LearnDBS – Source to Sea: Leveraging community knowledge and action for restoring the Danube River basin and the Black Sea region (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-MISS-2024-OCEAN-02-01)
  • AQUARIUS – Aqua Research Infrastructure Services for the health and protection of our unique, oceans, seas and freshwater ecosystems (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-INFRA-2023-SERV-01-01)
  • BlueMissionMed – BlueMissionMed - Supporting the Mediterranean Sea Basin for the implementation of the EU Mission Restore Our Ocean and Waters (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-03-02)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.