{"id":8921,"date":"2026-09-18T13:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/?p=8921"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:42:56","slug":"sustainable-blue-economy-partnership-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/2026\/09\/18\/sustainable-blue-economy-partnership-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership 2026 Transnational Call<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cBuilding a sustainable Blue Economy: mastering digital opportunities and unlocking resilience\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership is a Horizon Europe co-funded partnership. It constitutes a network of 30 countries and the European Commission that enables an unprecedented effort to pool research and innovation investments and align national programmes at pan-European scale.<\/p>\n<p>Xjenza Malta, as one of the Research Funding Organisations launching this Joint Transnational Co-Funded Call for Malta based entities conducting R&amp;I projects addressing challenges on the following priority areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transitioning blue economy sectors for sustainability and strategic autonomy;<\/li>\n<li>Managing sea uses through digital and ecosystem-based approaches;<\/li>\n<li>Promoting sustainable blue bioresources;<\/li>\n<li>Building resilience in coastal communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Malta-Based Entities are eligible for funding, with the option of requesting up to \u20ac500,000 to participate in a SBEP proposal consortium*.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pre-proposal submission deadline \u2013 <strong>16 November 2025, 15:00 CET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apart from the pre-proposal submission by the Project Coordinator on the EPSS, each National applicant shall be required to submit a National Application Form to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by <strong>16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0November 2026\u00a0at 23:59 CET.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please access find the call related documents here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluepartnership.eu\/funding-opportunity\/sustainable-blue-economy-partnerships-fourth-joint-transnational-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for the Call Text<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The national regulations will be available soon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluepartnership.eu\/funding-opportunity\/sustainable-blue-economy-partnerships-fourth-joint-transnational-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here for more information about the call<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An online information session will be held on the 7 October.\u00a0Register <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdRBFGRAYGD80z1Vq7hMYKiLWnK6feGn0eHtC39lMOk-zQ5Gg\/viewform?usp=header\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to register<\/a><\/strong>. The session will be recorded for future reference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We are more than pleased to arrange one-on-one meetings to explore and discuss this funding opportunity in greater detail, kindly contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eusubmissions.xjenzamalta@gov.mt<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>* If more than one National partner is present in one consortium, the total amount of funding for the participating National partners cannot exceed the \u20ac500,000 capping.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-8922 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27820%27%20height%3D%27547%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20820%20547%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27820%27%20height%3D%27547%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SBEP-4th-JTC-Launch_WEBSITE.jpg 1562w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership 2026 Transnational Call \u201cBuilding a sustainable Blue Economy: mastering digital opportunities and unlocking resilience\u201d The Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership is a Horizon Europe co-funded partnership. 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