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To improve, modernize, and validate tools, skills, methodologies, and innovative training curricula for practitioners involved in humanitarian demining and Unexploded Ordnance Disposal (UXO) in civil areas.
To enhance education activities aimed at reducing risks of injuries from anti-personnel mines and other unexploded ordnance.
Target recipients are primarily not-for-profit organizations, including international and local/regional humanitarian demining organizations.
SECTOR-SPECIFIC: Focuses explicitly on humanitarian demining, UXO, and related risk education.
Geographic scope requires participation from at least three different EU Member States or Associated Countries, with mandatory involvement of an entity from Ukraine.
Key filtering criteria: Organizations active in humanitarian demining/UXO, ability to form a consortium with international and local NGOs, and willingness to involve Ukrainian entities.

Grant amount per project: Fixed at 6,000,000 EUR.
Currency: EUR.
Expected number of grants: 1.
Matching fund/co-financing: Not explicitly stated for this specific topic, but general Horizon Europe Innovation Actions typically cover up to 70% of eligible costs for for-profit entities and 100% for non-profit entities. The provided budget details indicate a fixed contribution per grant, which could imply full funding for non-profits if the consortium meets those criteria.
Eligible and ineligible costs, financial reporting, and audit requirements: Described in Annex G of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.

Organizational Type & Structure

Consortium required: Yes, active involvement as beneficiaries.
Must include at least one international humanitarian demining organisation.
Must include at least two local or regional Non-Governmental Organisations active in humanitarian demining.
Definitions:
- International humanitarian demining organisation: A governmental or non-governmental agency or another type of not-for-profit organization which operates in more than one country (i.e. internationally) to reduce risks to communities posed by explosive ordnance.
- Local or regional Non-Governmental Organisations active in humanitarian demining: Typically a non-governmental and not-for-profit agency whose mission is to reduce risks caused by explosive ordnance and address specific needs of local or regional communities.

Geographic & Partnership Requirements

Consortium must be from at least three different EU Member States or Associated Countries.
Mandatory participation of at least one entity from Ukraine in the consortium with competences in humanitarian demining/UXO.
Non-EU/non-Associated Countries can be involved if specific funding provisions exist (check Horizon Europe Programme Guide).

Technical & Capacity Requirements

Proposals must fill in the 'Information about security practitioners' annex in the application form.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation, or related timing data/services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data can additionally be used).

Exclusion Criteria

Financial and operational capacity and exclusion criteria are described in Annex C of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.

Application Process & Submission

Application Deadline: 2025-11-12 00:00:00+0000.
Submission opens: 2025-06-12.
Submission mechanism: Single-stage submission process.
Application platform: Proposals must be submitted via the Electronic Submission Service on the Funding & Tenders Portal.
Required Documentation:
- Standard application form (Part B) specific to this call, available in the Submission System.
- Annex 'Information about security practitioners' (template provided in the submission IT tool).

Post-Award & Implementation

Project Implementation: Proposals should plan and/or carry out demonstration, testing, or validation of developed tools and solutions.
Reporting Obligations: A mid-term deliverable is required, consisting of an assessment of the project's mid-term outcomes performed by the practitioners involved in the project.
Future Plans: Proposals should outline plans for possible future uptake and upscaling at national, EU, and international levels after project completion.

Application Support

Applicants can find guidance in the Online Manual, Horizon Europe Programme Guide, Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ, Research Enquiry Service, National Contact Points (NCPs), Enterprise Europe Network, IT Helpdesk, European IPR Helpdesk, CEN-CENELEC, and ETSI Research Helpdesk.
A Partner Search tool is available on the Funding & Tenders Portal to help find consortium members.

Award Criteria

Proposals will be evaluated based on criteria described in Annex D of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. These typically include:
- Excellence: Clarity of objectives, soundness of methodology, inter-disciplinary aspects, gender dimension, quality of proposed innovation, beyond state-of-the-art.
- Impact: Contribution to expected outcomes, measures for maximizing impact (communication, dissemination, exploitation), intellectual property management, policy support potential.
- Quality and efficiency of the implementation: Quality of the work plan, appropriateness of resources, competence and complementarity of the consortium members, risk management.

Specific Scoring Factors

Innovation: Expected to develop new, improved, innovative, or disruptive solutions for humanitarian demining and risk education.
Societal Impact: Expected to contribute to promoting peace, security, post-conflict reconstruction, and social/economic rehabilitation.
Relevance: Addressing both technological (humanitarian demining) and societal (explosive ordnance risk education) dimensions in a balanced way.
Synergy: Proposals should connect and create synergies and explore complementarities with other related initiatives.
Experience/Track Record: Demonstrated competence in humanitarian demining/UXO, particularly for the Ukrainian entity.
Uptake Potential: Clear plans for future uptake and upscaling at national, EU, and international levels.
Practitioner Involvement: Active involvement of and timely feedback from relevant security practitioners, including a mid-term deliverable for assessment by practitioners.

Regulatory & Ethical Compliance

Projects must adhere to all applicable legislation and fundamental rights.
Compliance with general Horizon Europe legal and financial set-up of grants is required (Annex G).

Technical & Data Standards

If using satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation, or related timing data/services, mandatory use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS is required (other data can be supplementary).

Project Specifics & Strategic Alignment

The project must address both technological (humanitarian demining) and societal (explosive ordnance risk education) dimensions in a balanced way.
Proposals are expected to build on, and not duplicate, previous research (e.g., TIRAMISU, DBOX, MUNIMAP, BASTA, ExPloTect, other related Horizon Europe, EMFAF, PPPA projects).
Strong emphasis on connecting with and creating synergies with other related initiatives.
Encouragement to create opportunities for affected persons and entities, particularly Ukrainian national mine action authorities, researchers, innovators, demining agencies/companies, and NGOs.