Financial Support for Third Parties: iNNO SED Open Call for Associated Regions

Beneficiary & submission

iNNO SED aims to advance and showcase sediment assessment methodologies while demonstrating management solutions for specific sediment-related challenges. Examples of these challenges include river sections exposed to severe erosion, impoundments undergoing continuous sedimentation, or areas with polluted sediments. Such sediment issues are not confined to the Danube River Basin. Many large river systems worldwide encounter similar concerns due to human activities like river regulation, hydropower generation, and flood protection measures. The aim of this call is to provide financial support for at least 5 different local/regional authorities to fund the following type of activities: • Improvement of sediment management. • Sediment monitoring improvements. • Awareness raising on sediment flow alterations. •Understanding the role of sediments in the environment. • Sediment management in national policies. • Sediments in circular economy. • Nature-based-solutions for sediment flows. A total budget of 500.000 Euros is allocated to the iNNO SED Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) Call for funding the participation of at least 5 projects. The maximum amount of financial support to each third party will be 100,000 EUR. Applicants can only be local/regional authorities from ‘Associated regions’. The application form to be used and the link for uploading the application are provided under https://innosed.eu/associated-regions Proposals will be evaluated between November 2025 and January 2026. The assessment panel will rate all of the eligible proposals for good practices against a scorecard linked to the following criteria: Relevance: How much does the proposal relate to the iNNO SED project? Fit with principles: How well does the proposal fit with the iNNO SED project principles? Resources: What resources does the proposal have at its disposal to implement the proposed actions? Local Network: How strong is the local network of the organisation behind this proposal? Impact: What will be the estimated impact of the project to join the iNNO SED project?

Further information

The detailed call for proposals and eligibility criteria are available online at the following link: https://innosed.eu/associated-regions