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Call for proposals on health promotion and prevention of noncommunicable and communicable diseases, including vaccine-preventable and other cancers caused by infections
Funding Program
EU4Health programme 2021-2027
Call number
EU4H-2024-PJ-03-2-b
deadlines
Opening
16.09.2024
Deadline
21.01.2025 23:00
Funding rate
60-80 %
Call budget
€ 2,500,000.00
Estimated EU contribution per project
€ 833,333.00
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Call content
short description
The aim of this action is to contribute to reducing the burden caused by NCDs and communicable diseases and their risk factors, supporting Member States’ actions. Sub-topic (b) is linked to and supports the activities under DP/CR-g-24-28 Direct grants to Member States’ authorities: Cancers caused by infections, vaccine-preventable cancers and addressing communicable diseases (HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis).
Call objectives
The action targets: Vaccination and vaccine-preventable cancers (HPV and HBV) including implementation of the planned Council Recommendation on vaccine-preventable cancers and other cancers caused by infections (HPV, HBV and HCV).
Activities will aim to:
- Develop and pilot guidance on increasing the uptake on vaccination, in particular among vulnerable groups, on the basis of identification of best and promising practices in the field;
- build on the advice and momentum from the Council Recommendation on vaccine preventable cancers, supporting Member States’ priorities and actions to implement it.
Expected effects and impacts
- identification and piloting of best and promising practices through population-level interventions;
- concrete outputs to help increase the uptake of vaccination among vulnerable groups such as Roma, including vaccination sites/hubs, where those populations can easily get vaccinated, information material developed in collaboration with health professionals and health mediators, tools to address mis- and disinformation; and tools to strengthen the monitoring of vaccination uptake;
- concrete outputs to help increase the uptake of HPV and Hepatitis B vaccination among all affected population groups, including initiatives that can reduce structural barriers to vaccination, initiatives that can address vaccine hesitancy, and initiatives that can counter mis- and disinformation;
- concrete actions that can contribute to increased awareness and knowledge of infections as possible causes for cancer across relevant target groups.
These actions are expected to support the increase of the uptake of HPV vaccination for both girls and boys, better awareness of the risks amongst the target populations, an increased uptake of HBV vaccination among vulnerable groups, and an increased uptake of HBV and HCV testing and treatment as well as improved linkage to care.
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Expected results
More specific activities will include:
- a) targeted outreach activities to increase the uptake of vaccination among vulnerable populations, including displaced people from Ukraine (as beneficiaries of the access to healthcare provided by Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof (the ‘Temporary Protection Directive’), when they need special actions to be integrated in the regular national health systems) and Roma in the EU;
- b) activities to contribute to the implementation of the Council Recommendation on vaccine-preventable cancers and activities to contribute to reduction of vaccine preventable cancers and other cancers caused by infections (HPV, HBV and HCV);
- c) support for Member States in implementing actions related to the Council Recommendation on vaccine-preventable cancers, including the sharing of best practices and innovative approaches;
- d) awareness-raising and provision of information and knowledge on the impact of infections as possible causes for cancer across relevant target groups and on the importance of HPV vaccination for both girls and boys, HBV vaccination, HBV and HCV testing and treatment as well as an improved linkage to care;
- e) capacity-building for health professionals, including in terms of communication skills, and support for patient groups and vulnerable groups such as Roma, drug users, prisoners, refugees, and migrants.
Activities under sub-topic (b) should ideally complement the activities carried out under DP/CR-g-24-28 Direct grants to Member States’ authorities: cancers caused by infections, vaccine-preventable cancers and addressing communicable diseases (HIV/AIDS, TB, HBV and HVC).
All activities under this call will cover the promotion of health and the prevention and management of NCDs and communicable diseases, supporting in particular vulnerable population groups, including displaced people from Ukraine (as beneficiaries of the access to healthcare provided by the Temporary Protection Directive, when they need special actions to be integrated in the regular national health systems) and Roma in the EU. Activities should also include an equity dimension and aim at reducing health inequalities.
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Eligibility Criteria
Regions / countries for funding
Moldova (Moldova), Iceland (Ísland), Montenegro (Црна Гора), Norway (Norge), Ukraine (Україна)
eligible entities
Education and training institution, International organization, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University
Mandatory partnership
Yes
Project Partnership
Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions: minimum 3 entities from 3 different eligible countries.
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs
- eligible non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the EU4Health Programme (list of participating countries)
Other entities may participate in other consortium roles, such as associated partners, subcontractors, third parties giving in-kind contributions, etc.
Applicants should be:
- Academia and education establishments,
- research institutes,
- hospitals,
- expert networks including ERNs,
- civil society organisations: associations, foundations, NGOs and similar entities,
- international organisations,
- established networks in the field of public health,
- Member States’ authorities.
Financial support to third parties is not allowed.
other eligibility criteria
Specific cases:
Natural persons — Natural persons are NOT eligible (with the exception of self-employed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person).
International organisations — International organisations are eligible. The rules on eligible countries do not apply to them.
Entities without legal personality — Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf, and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons.
EU bodies — EU bodies (with the exception of the European Commission Joint Research Centre) can NOT be part of the consortium.
Associations and interest groupings — Entities composed of members may participate as ‘sole beneficiaries’ or ‘beneficiaries without legal personality’. Please note that if the action will be implemented by the members, they should also participate (either as beneficiaries or as affiliated entities, otherwise their costs will NOT be eligible).
European Reference Networks (ERNs) — These cover networks between healthcare providers and centres of expertise in the Member States to reinforce healthcare cooperation, in particular in the area of rare diseases, in line with the objectives set out in Article 12 of Directive 2011/24.
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (60%). You can apply for a higher project funding rate (80%) if your project is of
‘exceptional utility’, i.e. concerns:
- actions where at least 30 % of the budget is allocated to Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average or
- actions with bodies from at least 14 Member States and where at least four are from Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average.
Additional information
Topics
Relevance for EU Macro-Region
EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)
project duration
36 months
Additional Information
Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section). Paper submissions are NOT possible. Proposals (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System.
Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:
- Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
- Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed and then assembled and re-uploaded)
- mandatory annexes and supporting documents (templates available to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed, assembled and re-uploaded):
- detailed budget table/calculator
- CVs (standard) of core project team
- list of previous projects (key projects for the last 4 years) (template available in Part B)
Proposals are limited to maximum 70 pages (Part B). Evaluators will not consider any additional pages.
Call documents
Call document EU4H-2024-PJ-03Call document EU4H-2024-PJ-03(1331kB)
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