1. Capacity building in innovation and valorisation (Month 1 – Month 6):

• Training of trainers in the issues and appropriate skills in terms of R&I strategies and exploitation of research results (contracting process, IP, Project engineering);
• Preparation ofteaching material/tools (along with the experts) fortraining sessions, workshops and publication on the website of GEOACT
• Seminars involving the partners of the Living Labs funded and open to the public, to share experiences, skills and solutions

2. Capacity building and structuration of the Living Labs.

• Preparing training materials, and training/mentoring Living Labs partners and other stakeholders on project engineering, open innovation, R&I brokering, impact pathway, Intellectual property, contracting, writing up project proposals, and the Living Lab/open innovation approach;
• Support for funded Living Labs, in their structuring & development, implementation of training and labelling/certification, business development.
• Training of users on the innovations to foster their broad appropriation/use

3. Products/results:

• Training materials and courses for stakeholders (project engineering, open innovation, impact pathway, intellectual property, innovation brokering)
• Tools to contribute to the design of LL
• A follow-up of the structuration of the LL and of the transfer to the local authorities and other stakeholders, of LL innovative productions to address climate change issues in the region (with a positive social and economic impact)

Applicants (legal entities)from the following OACPSCaribbean Countries are eligible to apply as Lead Applicant or Partners: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Academic and research institutions/organisations; spin-off companies; VET providers; organisations representing indigenous and local communities; agencies and associations working for gender equality in research and innovation; national science, technology and innovation agencies; non-governmental organisations; innovation support organisations (technology clusters, innovation labs and technology transfer offices); incubators and start-ups; and other similar organisations.

Consortium comprising at least 3 Applicants (including the LeadApplicant) established in the eligible countries listed above and from at least 2 different OACPS Caribbean countries: at least 1 academic and research institution/organisation and at least 2 other co-applicants from 2 different types (among those types listed above).

Expertise in territory diagnosis, stakeholder mapping, knowledge of and able to analyse R&I ecosystems and to disseminate the results of the analysis + expertise/experience in the field of facilitation of multi-actor projects, networking, collective intelligence, etc.

1 project (multi-actor consortium) will be funded. The Lead Applicant should propose an offer not exceeding a requested funding of 300,000 Euro.

• Launch: 11/07/2021
• Submission Deadline: 31/08/2022
• Evaluation: 1/09/2022 – 15/09/2022
• Publication of results: 30/09/2022
• Contract Signature: 15/10/2022
• Project Start: 01/11/2022
• Project End: by 31/12/2024

To access all the administrative and financials rules and requirements, please read and follow the GEOACT Grants Operations Manual (Annex 4 of this document)

Proposals must be written in English and must use the following templates (Annexes
attached to these Guidelines):

• Annex 1. Project proposal Template
• Annex 2. Project proposal Logical Framework & Schedule
• Annex 3. Project proposal Budget Template

Proposals must be accompanied by supporting documents (as listed in these Guidelines):

• Official letter of support from the head of the applying institution (Lead Applicant) and from each Co-applicant, stating the project title, the activities carried out by each Applicant, the funding requested by each Applicant, and the overall Project budget.
• Official documents certifying the creation, registration and status of the Lead Applicant and Co- applicants (among others, it should indicate the date of creation and address of the organisations).
• For the Lead Applicant, activity and financial reports, demonstrating experience and responsibility in the preparation and management of funded activities (evidence of having managed at least two grants for research and innovation projects, of at least €75,000 each between 2018 and2021).
• CV of the Project coordinator (Lead Applicant) and evidence of his/her position in the Lead Organisation.
• CVs of the Co-applicants’ coordinators and evidence of his/her position in the LeadOrganisation