The open calls will be targeted at Ccommunities of actors within EU Member States or Associated Countries.

Applicants must be entities established in the EU or Associated Countries and active in the Mediterranean basin. Activities must take place in the Mediterranean basin.

Eligible applicants include: regional and local authorities, NGOs, associations, research and education institutions, and companies (including SMEs) active in the eligible geographical areas.

Each organisation may submit only one proposal per call.
All applications must be submitted in English.
Applicants must comply with all EU sanctions and restrictive measures.

Number of required Beneficiaries per project: 1 or 2 Ben  Individual legal entities or consortia of maximum 2 legal entities, representing a Mission community.

Target TAD beneficiaries are typically entities focused on policy, governance, and stakeholder coordination: Regional and local authorities, NGOs focused on policy advocacy, Research Performing Organisations conducting legal harmonisation studies, and Associations developing multi-stakeholder dialogue frameworks among others.

All projects must be implemented in the Mediterranean Basin, with at least one partner from a Mediterranean country.

Detailed eligibility criteria are listed in the Annex 1 – Guide for Applicants.

Applicants are required to select a single primary Pillar for their project's focus. The entire proposal—including the project's challenge, objectives, methodology, and expected outcomes—must be explicitly designed to achieve the goals of this chosen Pillar:

• Pillar #1: Protecting and Restoring Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems and Biodiversity
• Pillar #2: Prevent and eliminate pollution of our ocean, seas, and waters
• Pillar #3: Ensuring a Sustainable, Carbon-Neutral, and Circular Blue Economy

Further a list of inspired topics per Pillar is available here and applicants are expected to select a topic or propose one of their choice and commit to the targets aligned with their choice.

Transition Agenda (TA) will support the creation of local and regional roadmaps for sustainable transformation in the Mediterranean.
 Projects should:

• Develop or adapt legislation to support Mission Ocean-related solutions;
• Identify regulatory gaps and promote policy innovation to enable emerging technologies;
• Engage stakeholders (local authorities, citizens, industries) in co-designing and testing governance models.

The TAD project are expected to:

• analyse policy gaps (including both restricting legislation and entirely missing frameworks) that impact marine environment,
• create a detailed legislative roadmap to address these issues, and
• develop a governance strategy for effective, harmonized implementation.

Selected projects will receive technical assistance, capacity-building, and access to TASC-RestoreMed’s expert network and facilities.
 Support services may include:

• Technical and scientific advisory services;
• Partnership facilitation and clustering with other Mission projects;
• Business plan development and funding guidance;
• Impact assessment support and alignment with SDGs;
• Access to relevant data, knowledge, and infrastructures;
• Coaching and mentoring sessions.

Transition Agenda projects will receive guidance on stakeholder engagement, governance design, and policy alignment within the Mission Ocean Mediterranean Lighthouse framework.

Grants will be awarded as lump sums covering personnel and direct costs (e.g., goods and services, equipment, travel, subcontracting, and dissemination activities).
 Payments will be made in instalments linked to project milestones and deliverables.

Transition Agenda Development (TA):

• Total funding available: €1 million
• Funding support: up to €100,000 per project
• Maximum amount per Third Party: €100,000
• Minimum 10 projects funded
• Project duration: up to 12 months
• 40% pre-financing, 40% interim, 20% final payment upon final report approval.

Applications will be evaluated by independent experts following the principles of transparency, equal treatment, and non-discrimination.

Each proposal will be assessed by at least two (2) external evaluators for the Transition Agenda Call.

Evaluation criteria will include:

• Excellence:
  • Relevance and Clarity of the Objectives
  • Soundness of the Analytical Basis
  • Innovative and Systemic Approach
  • Integration of Cross-Cutting Dimensions
• Impact:
  • Contribution to Mission Ocean and Waters Objectives
  • Impact in the Mediterranean Sea
  • Wider and long-term impacts
  • Quality of the dissemination, exploitation and communication plan
• Implementation:
  • Quality of the Work plan, its work packages, deliverables and milestones
  • Justification and coherence of the requested FSTP funding
  • Quality and completion of the consortium

For Transition Agendas, emphasis will be placed on governance innovation, stakeholder participation, and policy applicability.

Ranking will be based on consensus scoring.  Then interviews will be conducted with the highest-scoring proposals selected from every Pillar of application. The final list of selected projects will be approved by the consortium and communicated to applicants.
Projects will sign a Sub-grant Agreement with  F6S - the TASC-RestoreMed partner handling the FSTP budget.

For more details regarding the evaluation and contracting process, refer to Annex 1 Guide for applicants.

All personal data will be processed in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Projects must adhere to the highest ethical standards and comply with EU and national legislation in all areas relevant to their proposed activities.

More details about the data protection and ethics aspects can be found in the Annex 1 – Guide for Applicants as well as in the respective Sub-grant agreement template.

The Open Calls will be launched and managed according to the TASC-RestoreMed project implementation plan.
 Each call will remain open for approximately six (6) months.
 Evaluation and contracting will follow the internal roadmap of the project.

Opening date: November 27, 2025
 1 Info Webinar: pending
 2 Info Webinar: pending
 Helpdesk: pending
 Closing date: 27/05/2026 (17h00 CET)

Eligibility & Technical check: by mid June 2026
Application evaluation: until the end of July 2026

Online interviews and announcement of the results: by the end of September 2026
 Expected start of funded projects: from October 2026

Transition Agenda projects will have a maximum duration of 12 months.