Africa-EU CO-FUND action on climate

Expected outcomes

• Projects should contribute to all of the expected outcomes.
• For each outcome (EO1 to EO4), name who will use or adopt your results (a specific group, not “industry” or “society”), how they get them, and the indicator that shows the change, with baseline, target and date.
• Use the topic's own words for each outcome, so the evaluator can tick it off.

What the scope asks for

Evaluators check the proposal against these sentences of the scope. Answer each one visibly, in the call's own words.

• “This requires stepping up research and innovation cooperation between Europe and Africa in this crucial domain for securing Africa’s prosperity and resilience, which also aligns with Europe’s interests.”
• “With disproportionate burden from climate change risks, high vulnerability and low adaptive capacity, Africa faces unique challenges that require tailored, context-specific solutions.”
• “The action should establish joint collaborative activities between the EU and the AU, their respective Member States and other like-minded countries implementing the Climate Action Pillar of the CCSE Partnership.”
• “For framing its activities, the action should use the CCSE Roadmap and the priorities identified by the Coordination and Support Action funded from the call “HORIZON-CL5-2025-03-D1-07: Implementing the climate action pillar of the EU-African Union Partnership on Climate Change and Sustainable Energy”.”
• “It should also consider the latest scientific and policy developments for adjusting the course of its activities.”
• “The action should address a well-balanced variety of climate issues under the Climate pillar of the CCSE Partnership, with particular emphasis on climate risk reduction and resilience.”
• “It should advance availability of climate-related data, data sharing and related information platforms, enhance climate services, and promote an integrated approach to knowledge.”
• “This should include awareness raising – in particular for the most vulnerable sectors and parts of the population – while leveraging the opportunities offered by the digital revolution to improve accessibility and impact.”
• “Co-design, co-development, and demonstration with end-users should be an integral part of the activities to increase uptake of the outcomes.”
• “The action should organise joint calls and allow sufficient time for the implementation of the co-funded projects.”
• “As a horizontal requirement, the action should promote collaborations between government, research and academia, private sector, and civil society, including for the sake of valorisation of results from the funded and other relevant activities.”
• “It should also prioritise capacity building among African scientists, practitioners and other stakeholders, including development of skills and researcher exchange.”

Conditions that shape the proposal

• Other Eligible Conditions: “Due to the scope of this topic, legal entities established in all African Union member states are exceptionally eligible for Union funding.”
• Other Eligible Conditions: “At least 30% of the beneficiaries must be legal entities established in the African Union member states[[ "African Union member states" includes countries whose membership has been temporarily suspended.]].”
• Legal and financial set-up of the grants: “The funding rate is up to 50% of the eligible costs.”
• Legal and financial set-up of the grants: “Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties (FSTP) in the form of grants.”
• Legal and financial set-up of the grants: “Financial support provided by the participants to third parties is one of the primary activities of the action in order to be able to achieve its objectives. Given the type of action and its level of ambition, the maximum amount to be granted to each third party is EUR 500 000. This is justified by the…”

Impact pathway and traps

• Users or citizens are part of the scope. Show how they take part in the design and testing, not only that they are informed.
• The scope expects pilots or demonstration. Name the sites, the partners who run them and what is measured there.
• The topic expects cooperation with other projects or initiatives. Reserve effort and budget for it in the work plan.
• Keep outputs, outcomes and impacts apart: what you deliver, what changes when others use it, and the long-term effect.
• For each destination impact you claim, show which of your outcomes feeds it. Destination impacts are long-term effects, not project deliverables.
• Name the barriers outside the project (regulation, markets, user behaviour) that could block uptake, and what you will do if they do.
• Section 2.3 (the summary canvas) is optional on this call; the old split into scientific, economic and societal impact is no longer required.