African Union – European Union Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA)[E8]

From the notice

Call: Call 02 - single stage (2027). Type of action: HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions. Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes: the coordination of Research and Innovation Policies of AU and EU Members in the Working Group on FNSSA is improved; improved coordination of the portfolio of projects funded under the first priority on FNSSA of the African Union – European Union High-level Policy Dialogue across all funding instruments of the EU and the AU and its members, in particular the EU Research Framework Programme, Co-funding instruments, the DeSIRA programme and others. Scope: Proposals should: implement the AU-EU roadmap by strengthening the strategic functioning and capacities of the FNSSA Working Group. Develop a toolkit of measures and provide robust scientific support, as well as practical administrative help, to enable a better-structured organisation; operationalise the International Research Consortium (IRC) as a platform to implement the roadmap on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture (FNSSA) by improving the learning environment, including communication channels, to support multi stakeholder networks and to strengthen R&I coordination and funding also by the use of Financial Support to Third Parties as well as by the use of cascading funding; provide a platform for funders and seed funding to further develop and/or scale-up technical and social innovations created by a previous HLPD-FNSSA [1] projects. These projects must have been funded in support of the EU-AU FNSSA roadmap [pho…[E3]

• ConditionEU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.[E4]
• The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

• RiskBidding has not opened. Scope and dates can change before the call for competition.[E5]
• RiskThis is a grant, not a contract. Grants usually need a proposal against the funder's criteria, may need partners and often need co-funding.[E5]
• UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC

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   Source document HORIZON-CL6-2027-02-FARM2FORK-09:31094501:2026-10-07T11:37:20.537+0200

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1. E1

   The buyer is European Commission.

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2. E2

   Proposals must be submitted by 23 Sept 2027, 02:00 Central European time (UTC+2).

   “2027-09-23T00:00:00.000+0000”

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3. E3

   The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

   “Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes: the coordination of Research and Innovation Policies of AU and EU Members in the Working Group on FNSSA is improved; improved coordination of the portfolio of projects funded under t…”

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4. E4

   EU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.

   “EU call topic”

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5. E5

   This call is forthcoming: it is announced but not open yet.

   “31094501”

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6. E6

   The notice was published on 20 Apr 2027.

   “2027-04-20T00:00:00.000+0000”

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7. E7

   The Funding & Tenders Portal gives the status as forthcoming.

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8. E8

   The notice is titled "African Union – European Union Partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA)".

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9. E9

   The EU contribution per grant is up to EUR 11,000,000 (from EUR 5,000,000).

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