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This Call for Proposals is published under the 2012 Annual Action Programme of the European Union for the Industrialised Countries Instrument (ICI), budget line 19.05.01 of the European Commission. It is designed to pursue the objectives of the EU-GCC Cooperation Agreement, signed in 1988 and the implementation of the Joint Action Programme, endorsed in 2010, by the EU-GCC Joint Council and Ministerial Meeting in Luxemburg. The Joint Action Programme sets a number of key strategic areas within the scope of the Cooperation Agreement and reflects the shared ambition of the EU and the GCC to reinforce their cooperation, within a three year timeframe.
The European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments invites proposals on the topic of transporτ
Policy discussions, exchange of technical expertise and business models to promote sustainable,
energy-efficient and environmentally friendly transport co-modality, i.e. an optimal
combination of various modes of transport within the same transport chain.

Specific objectives are:
- to promote exchanges of information and dissemination of expertise between political, economic and social partners, together with other civil  society and non-state players
- to test new ideas with different players and provide feedback to the Commission. 

Deadline for submission: 1 September 2012

http://eeas.europa.eu/gulf_cooperation/callproposals/2012/index_en.htm

This Call for Proposals is designed to pursue the objectives of the EU-GCC Cooperation Agreement, signed in 1988 and the implementation of the Joint Action Programme, endorsed in 2010, by the EU-GCC Joint Council and Ministerial Meeting in Luxemburg. This Joint Action Programme sets a number of key strategic areas within the scope of the Cooperation Agreement and reflects the shared ambition of the EU and the GCC to reinforce this cooperation, within a three year timeframe.
The European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments invites proposals relating to activities that promote public awareness and understanding of the European Union among GCC citizens, and reflection and debate about EU-GCC relations.

Application Deadline: 15 September 2011
http://www.eeas.europa.eu/gulf_cooperation/callproposals/2011/

A number of energy related Calls for Proposals under FP7 are already published on 20 July 2011:

• FP7-ENERGY-2012-1: a general call focusing on research with a long-term horizon
• FP7-ENERGY-2012-2: a general call focusing on research with a short-term horizon and on demonstration
• FP7-ENERGY-SMARTCITIES-2012: a call in the framework of the SET-Plan Smart Cities and Communities Initiative
• FP7-2012-NMP-ENV-ENERGY-ICT-EeB: a cross-thematic call on Energy-efficient Buildings in the context of the EU Recovery Plan
• FP7-ERANET-2012-RTD: a joint call on ERA-NETs
• FP7-ICT-2011-8: an ICT R&D theme comprising "ICT for greening"in its challenges.
• FP7-JPROG-2012-RTD: a Cooperation Programme comprising “Environment (including climate change)” in its themes/activities.

For more information on these calls click here.

A number of energy related Calls for Proposals under FP7 are planned to be published on 20 July 2011. The Energy Research Information Day in Brussels, 7 July 2011, will address these calls and provide guidance on how to participate.
More information available here.

Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education that aims to enhance the quality of European higher education and to promote dialogue and understanding between people and cultures through cooperation with third countries. In addition, it contributes to the development of human resources and the international cooperation capacity of Higher education institutions in third countries by increasing mobility between the European Union and these countries.

Deadline for submission of applications: 29 April 2011
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/funding/2011/call_eacea_41_10_en.php