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| # | Program | Source | Status | Relevance | Updated | Last Change |
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| 144 | European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform (EATIP) (144) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:34Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (industry platform homepage — EATIP is a stakeholder platform, not a grant program)
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| 137 | EU Launches Projects for Sustainable Algae Farming and Blue Innovation Hubs (137) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:34Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article about EU aquaculture project launches)
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| 138 | EU Allocates EUR 5.7 Million for Four Aquaculture Projects (138) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:34Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article about EU aquaculture funding allocation)
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| 139 | Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership - UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Projects (139) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:34Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article about UN Ocean Decade project endorsements)
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| 152 | European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) (152) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:33Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (EIT organization homepage, not a specific grant call)
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| 147 | JPI Oceans - Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (147) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:33Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (organization homepage); all listed calls are past/closed with no open calls
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| 143 | COST Actions - European Cooperation in Science and Technology (Marine Topics) (143) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:33Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (organization homepage, cookie-walled)
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| 146 | Euro Access - EU Funding Database for Regional Development (146) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:33Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (EU funding search database portal, not a specific grant call)
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| 168 | EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) (168) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:28Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding programme — EUSBSR is an EU macro-regional coordination strategy and policy platform, not a grant-making body. It does not issue calls for proposals or disburse funds directly. Projects in the Baltic Sea region apply to Interreg BSR, EMFAF, LIFE, and other programmes separately.
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| 169 | CPMR Baltic Sea Commission (169) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:28Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding programme — CPMR Baltic Sea Commission is a political lobbying and advocacy organisation for Baltic Sea regions, not a grant-making body. It coordinates regional positions on EU maritime policy but does not issue calls for proposals or disburse project funding.
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| 170 | keep.eu - Interreg Project Database (170) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 08:13Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (Interreg project database/search tool — organization homepage, no open call)
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| 478 | Malta Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF Co-Financed) (478) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:31Irrelevant |
irrelevant
PDF returned 404 error - document no longer exists at this URL (Malta Aquaculture Fund guidelines PDF removed from server)
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| 442 | European Native Oyster Restoration Alliance (NORA) (442) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:29Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program - NORA is a scientific alliance/organization homepage for oyster restoration with no open calls or grants
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| 479 | Horizon Europe - Mission Ocean and Waters Service Portal (479) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:28Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Portal/service hub for EU Mission Ocean and Waters — aggregates funding info but is not a specific funding call or program with application details
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| 489 | BIM Ireland - Seaweed Development Services (489) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:28Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Past project completion report (BIM EMFAF 2023 project report PDF) — not an open funding call
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| 487 | Blue Action BANOS - Funding Inspiration Portal (487) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:27Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Funding inspiration/resource page (not an open call) — actual open calls are at separate URLs not registered here
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| 526 | Biodiversa+ Program - EU Water Quality Research Funding (526) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:23Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Page returned 404 error — URL no longer exists
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| 546 | Horizon Europe Mission: Drops of Change - Multi-use Marine Space for Energy, Aquaculture & Biodiversity (546) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:15Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program - news/spotlight article about existing Mission Charter projects (AquaWind, ULTFARMS, Bjorkskar, SUNBIO), no open call or application process
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| 576 | EMFAF Denmark - Danish Agency for Fisheries (LFST) (576) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:10Irrelevant |
irrelevant
LFST.dk website is behind a Cookiebot consent wall; no program content accessible via Jina. This is a Danish EMFAF programme overview page, not a specific open call. Specific grant calls should be found at lfst.dk/tilskud/soeg-tilskud
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| 583 | Interreg North Sea Region - Calls for Projects Portal (583) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:09Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Duplicate of program 582 (Interreg North Sea Call 6); this is the calls portal page pointing to the same Call 6 being enriched via ID 582
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| 587 | EEA Grants Active Citizens Fund - Green Transition & Marine (587) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:09Irrelevant |
irrelevant
URL redirects to generic FMO Areas of Work page; Active Citizens Fund programme (2014-2021) no longer listed as active area of work; no open call found
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| 588 | EU CERV Programme - Citizens Engagement for Environmental Policy (588) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:09Irrelevant |
irrelevant
URL leads to EU Funding Portal landing page (no program-specific content); CERV programme portal page has no open call details for environmental/marine topics
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| 575 | EMFAF Germany - Portal Fischerei Information Hub (575) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:08Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program; this is an information/hub portal page for German EMFAF 2021-2027, with links to federal state managing authorities - no direct open call
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| 577 | EMFAF Sweden - Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HaV) (577) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:08Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Organization homepage (Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management); no open call or specific funding program found at this URL
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| 578 | EMFAF Poland - CLLD Fisheries Local Action Groups (578) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:08Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program; this is a published factsheet/PDF document describing Poland EMFAF CLLD budget allocation - no open call or application process
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| 574 | EMFAF Germany - Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food (BLE) (574) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 06:08Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not an open call for external applicants; German federal EMFAF funds fully committed, only BLE/Thünen Institute (public bodies) eligible at federal level; organization information page
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| 1603 | Interreg South Baltic Programme 2021-2027 - Circular Ocean-bound Plastic (1603) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 03:34Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (project success story page listing funded COP project partners, not a grant call)
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| 1774 | EIT Climate-KIC Circular Economy Catalytic Grant Facility (1774) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 03:09Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Past grant round — Catalytic Grant Facility Bengaluru already awarded 8 ventures in March 2025 with no next open call announced; news article about closed round
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| 1820 | OSPAR Second Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (RAP ML 2) (1820) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:56Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — this is OSPAR policy framework (2nd Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter). No grants or calls for proposals.
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| 1866 | FAMENET Report on Marine Litter under EMFAF (1866) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:54Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (EU FAMENET research report on marine litter actions under EMFF/EMFAF)
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| 1924 | EIT RawMaterials - Circular Economy Investment Calls (1924) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 02:37Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Page returned 404 error - URL /invest no longer exists on eitrawmaterials.eu. EIT RawMaterials focuses on raw materials extraction/processing innovation; plastic recycling is tangential, no clear OPF fit.
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| 2098 | Interreg Atlantic Area — No Open Call (Next Call Pending) (2098) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 01:27Irrelevant |
irrelevant
All current calls closed; geographic scope (France, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, UK) does not overlap with OPF core regions; no open call
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| 2097 | Interreg Europe: Call for Pilot Actions (Second Call Projects Only) (2097) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-05-07 01:27Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Exclusively for 78 pre-approved second call projects; not open to new applicants — deadline passed April 2026
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| 2212 | COST Actions Open Call 2026 (2212) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-04-21 05:55Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Below relevance threshold (all profiles < 0.2) — COST Actions funds pan-European research networking collaborations (not project implementation grants); primarily targets academics and research institutions; no marine/plastic/circular economy thematic focus; OPF as a Danish NGO would be eligible to participate but the mechanism does not fund the type of work OPF does
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| 2201 | Denmark EPR for Packaging + EU Single-Use Plastics Directive (2201) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-04-21 05:51Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — ERP Recycling is an industry compliance information service about Extended Producer Responsibility regulations, not a grant or funding mechanism
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| 2247 | EIT RawMaterials KAVA Call 13 — Upscaling Recycling Technologies (2247) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-04-21 04:25Irrelevant |
irrelevant
EIT RawMaterials KAVA Call 13 is now closed (marked Closed on website) and focused on raw materials sector (mining, materials processing, recycling of minerals) in Europe — not relevant to plastic waste, marine litter, or ocean conservation. Targeted at companies and consortia in European mining/materials industry, not NGOs.
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| 167 | CPMR North Sea Commission Projects (167) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 14:29Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — CPMR North Sea Commission is a membership-based political organisation for regional authorities that participates as a partner in EU-funded projects but does not offer grants or funding calls to NGOs or external organisations.
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| 166 | Interreg Euro-MED Programme 2021-2027 (166) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 14:29Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Below relevance threshold (all themes < 0.2) — Interreg Euro-MED covers only the Mediterranean coast; programme region (southern Europe/Mediterranean) is geographically irrelevant to the target audience focused on North Sea, Baltic Sea, Denmark, and international plastic circular economy operations.
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| 161 | URBACT IV Programme 2021-2027 (161) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 14:25Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Below relevance threshold — URBACT exclusively funds city/local authority networks, not NGOs. Marine conservation and plastic circular economy NGOs are not eligible applicants.
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| 160 | ESPON 2030 - European Territorial Observatory Network (160) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 14:25Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program for NGOs — ESPON is an EU territorial research observatory that commissions studies via procurement contracts, not grants for project implementers
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| 106 | PHAROS - EU Marine Habitat Restoration Project (106) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 14:21Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (news article/blog post about the PHAROS Horizon Europe project — describes an ongoing consortium project, not an open call for external applicants)
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| 105 | EIT Food - Aquaculture and Diversified Production Systems Funding (105) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 14:21Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (call for expression of interest for external proposal evaluators/reviewers — EIT Food is recruiting expert evaluators, not offering grants)
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| 103 | EU Ocean Pact - Integrated Ocean and Water Governance (103) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 14:20Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program (press release/Q&A article about LIFE Strategic Projects short descriptions, not an open call for applications)
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| 445 | EU LIFE NatuReef Programme (445) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 14:08Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a grant program — event announcement for LIFE NatuReef project participating in NORA 2025 conference; describes a conference, not a grant opportunity
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| 498 | IMPAQT - EU Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Project (498) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 14:03Irrelevant |
irrelevant
Not a funding program — completed Horizon 2020 research project (2018-2021) listed on CORDIS; not an open call for applications
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| 570 | HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group (570) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 13:37Irrelevant | irrelevant |
| 571 | IOC-UNESCO MSPglobal Initiative - Marine Spatial Planning (571) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 13:37Irrelevant | irrelevant |
| 572 | EU MSP Platform - Maritime Spatial Planning Assistance Mechanism (572) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 13:37Irrelevant | irrelevant |
| 573 | EU Ocean Pact & Global Ocean Programme (573) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 13:37Irrelevant | irrelevant |
| 551 | LIFE Standard Action Projects - Nature & Biodiversity (2026) (551) | EU | Irrelevant | – | 2026-03-15 13:34Irrelevant | irrelevant |