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This call focuses on upscaling payment schemes for environmental services, specifically those based on result-based, collective, or spatially coordinated approaches to support farmers in delivering agri-environment-climate public goods. These payment schemes aim to address challenges in designing cost-effective, flexible solutions that promote long-term sustainable farming practices, encourage environmental services like climate change mitigation, soil functionality, and biodiversity, and mobilize private sector involvement in the green transition. The proposals should focus on practical, real-world applications of these payment schemes, supporting farmers with long-term financing and offering tools for governance, monitoring, and implementation. Proposals should also emphasize collaboration, with a multi-actor approach involving various stakeholders, including policymakers, farmers, and SMEs. Key objectives include the development of effective governance models, sustainable financing mechanisms, and knowledge sharing between diverse stakeholders.
Opening: 06-05-2025
Deadline(s): 24-09-2025
Data provided by Ghent University
This funding opportunity represents a pre-agreed draft that has not yet been officially approved by the European Commission. The final, approved version is expected to be published in the first quarter of 2025. This draft is provided for informational purposes and may be used to preliminarily form consortia and develop project ideas, but it is offered without any guarantees or warranties.
Expected Outcome
• Widespread long-term participation by farmers in innovative payment schemes, involving private funding.
• Improved knowledge and tools for policymakers, businesses, farmers, and other stakeholders to implement and upscale payment schemes for environmental services.
• Positive social, economic, and environmental outcomes through targeted support for agri-environment-climate public goods delivery.
Scope
• Develop, improve, and test innovative payment schemes for environmental services with result-based, collective, or spatially coordinated approaches in diverse farming contexts.
• Mobilize private funding, such as value chain approaches, crowdfunding, and market-based instruments, while assessing social and economic implications for long-term financial viability.
• Focus on the fair remuneration of farmers for their environmental services and create effective monitoring tools to track these services.
• Identify and address barriers to scaling up these schemes, ensuring long-term implementation.
• Support capacity building for farmers and other stakeholders on financial, legal, and administrative aspects of these schemes.