Call for Green Transition Projects: Shaping a ClimateResilient Mediterranean

The event aims to present in detail the Interreg NEXT MED Call for Green Transition Projects, worth €83.7 million in European Union’s contribution. This initiative aims to foster cooperation across the Mediterranean with a view to addressing critical climate challenges while promoting sustainable growth ,adaptation, resilience and just transition. During the event, participants will learnabout the call’s topics and features, rules for participation, budget issues, use of thee-application form and tips for successful project development.

More information about the call for proposals, open until 15th of April 2025 (1pmCET), can be found here.

Agenda

09.00 - 09.30 Registration of participants

09.30 - 09.50 Welcome addresses

• Mr. Pablo Broseta, Regional Secretary for the European Union and theSpanish autonomous regions
• Ms. Tamara Pavlin, Programme Manager, Directorate-General for Regionaland Urban Policy, European Commission
• Mr. Ricardo Sánchez-Blanco Codorniu, Deputy Director General RELEX andTrade Relations with the European Union
• Ms. Giovanna Medde, Director General, Managing Authority of the InterregNEXT MED Programme

09.50 - 10.00 Quiz: How much do you know about climate change?

10.00 - 10.15 Overview of Interreg NEXT MED Programme: mission and vision

10.15 – 10.40 Enabling a collective climate action: highlights of the call’sTerms of Reference

10.40 – 11.00 Questions and answers

11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 12.10 Understanding the main features of the call for proposals

• Type of projects
• Eligibility and participation rules
• Eligible costs
• Tips for budget design

12.10 – 12.30 Questions and answers

12.30 – 13.15 Designing a quality proposal

• How we evaluate
• What we evaluate and tips/feedback on key award criteria based onexperience of first call for proposals

13.15 - 13.30 National aspects and recommendations

• Ms. Elena Barrios Barcia, Interreg NEXT MED National Contact Point forSpain

13.30 Lunch break

14.30 – 15.00 Developing a sound intervention logic

• From Programme priorities to project specific objective/s and expectedresults
• Indicative actions and link with Programme indicators

15.00 – 15.20 Questions and answers

15.20 – 15.40 Submitting a proposal

• Documents to be submitted
• Most common errors from first call for proposals

15.40 – 16.00 Advice and tips on greening project implementation

16.00 – 17.00 Use of the e-application form

17.00 Questions and answers

17.30 End of the event

National Info Days on the Call for Green Transition Projects