RFCS-2026-01-AM Coal Accompanying measures
RFCS-2026-01-AM funds accompanying measures to support knowledge sharing and stakeholder engagement for coal regions' just transition.
This call supports activities that promote knowledge sharing and organize workshops or conferences related to coal projects. It aims to involve academia, industry, and just transition actors to help coal regions transition sustainably. Proposals should align with RFCS coal objectives and contribute to the European Green Deal goals.
Likely relevant for
- Research centres in coal transition
- Industry associations in coal sector
- Policy makers in coal regions
- Academia focused on coal and environment
- Just transition stakeholders
Project signals
What it funds
- Accompanying measures linked to RFCS coal projects
- Workshops, conferences, and knowledge dissemination activities
- Stakeholder engagement including academia, industry, and just transition actors
- Policy initiative suggestions for digital, green, and circular transformation of coal communities
Expected outcomes
- Balanced consortium representation of relevant actors
- Enhanced knowledge sharing and stakeholder collaboration
- Support for just transition in coal regions
- Contributions to European Green Deal objectives
Who can apply / participate
- Research centres
- Industry entities
- Industry associations
- Academic institutions
- Just transition actors
- Consortium should include balanced representation of academia, research centres, industry, and just transition stakeholders
- Eligible countries as per section 6 of the call document
- Proposals must align with RFCS coal objectives per Council Decision 2008/376/EC
- Refer to call document section 6 for detailed eligibility conditions
- Specific consortium size requirements
- Exact eligible countries list
Must check before shortlisting
- Eligibility criteria in call document section 6
- Consortium composition requirements
- Specific RFCS coal objectives alignment
Money
The budget for this call in 2026 is approximately EUR 1,000,000.
- Total budget for RFCS-2026-01-AM — 1000000EURBudget for accompanying measures under RFCS coal topic
Application notes
- Single-stage submission model.
- Proposal page limits and layout as per section 5 of call document and Part B of Application Form
- Eligibility conditions detailed in section 6 of call document
- Financial and operational capacity requirements in section 7
- Evaluation and award criteria and process in sections 8 and 9
- Legal and financial setup described in section 10
- Call document and annexes available including RFCS Decision 2008/376/EC and EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
- Prepare proposal following call document and application form templates
- Submit proposal via Funding & Tenders Portal before deadline
- Ensure compliance with eligibility and admissibility conditions
- Contact REA-RFCS@ec.europa.eu for support if needed
- Check detailed eligibility and consortium requirements before applying
- Ensure alignment with RFCS coal objectives
- Follow page limits and formatting rules strictly
Derived from official EU Funding portal source · updated 22 Jun 2026, 17:20 UTC. Use this as a shortlisting aid; the official call text remains authoritative.
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Topic description
Expected Impact: Accompanying measures are expected to ensure a balanced representation, within the consortium, of relevant academia, research centres, industry and/or industry associations, including just transition actors. They should also involve stakeholders required for the just transition of coal regions. In addition, accompanying measures may provide suggestions for policy initiatives that contribute to the digital, green and circular transformation of the coal communities, in line with the European Green Deal. Objective: Proposals submitted under this topic should relate to one or more of the RFCS objectives for coal, as set out in Council Decision 2008/376/EC . Scope: Accompanying measures aim to promote the use of knowledge gained or the organisation of dedicated workshops or conferences in connection with projects or priorities of the RFCS.
Conditions and documents
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in section 5 of the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible countries
described in section 6 of the call document.
3. Other eligibility conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 4 of the call document.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (RFCS) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
Support information
For help related to this call, please contact REA-RFCS@ec.europa.eu Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals . IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
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