Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities (Horizon Europe)

R&I under destination “Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities” will contribute to the implementation of the Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2025-2027. In particular, it will deliver under the Key Strategic Orientation (KSO) 3: a more resilient, competitive, inclusive and democratic Europe and to a lesser extent to KSO 1: the green transition, and KSO 2: the digital transition.

Places and people, as well as their culture, matter to the achievement of a more sustainable Europe. The European Green Deal's ecological and digital transitions, along with the resulting spatial, socio-economic, behavioural, and cultural implications present unique challenges and opportunities for different regions and populations. Rural (including mountains) and coastal areas play a key role in managing and protecting the environment, as well as natural and cultural heritage. The provision of both private and public goods from these territories depends on the resilience and attractiveness of rural and coastal areas and the capacity of people who live and work there to attain an adequate level of well-being.

This destination will make a key contribution to the action plan flagship initiative “R&I for rural communities” and to the four areas of work of the long-term vision for EU’s rural areas (LTVRA): stronger, connected, resilient, and prosperous.

This destination will as well contribute to sustaining our quality of life, achieve a circular and resilient economy, support people to access affordable housing, the EU territorial agenda for 2030 promoting a future for all places, the ambitions of the food 2030 R&I initiative as well as the EU bioeconomy strategy.

Calls for 2025, one stage:

Submission: 16.09.2025; Budget: 37 Mio. €

• HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-COMMUNITIES-01: Adapting to and mitigating demographic trends in rural areas through evidence-based planning and innovative solutions
• HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-COMMUNITIES-02: Exploring and improving access to housing in rural areas and developing the houses and villages of the future
• HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-COMMUNITIES-03: Innovative solutions for resilient and climate-adapted coastal communities in the Atlantic
• HORIZON-CL6-2025-02-COMMUNITIES-04: Creating urban co-creation spaces for driving sustainable food system transformation

Links:

Work Programm: Work Programme 2025: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment.

All Horizon Europe work programmes: here