# Strengthening skills and capacity for the deployment of EU Missions
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**topic id:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-01
**call id:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-01
**title:** Strengthening skills and capacity for the deployment of EU Missions
**programme:** Horizon Europe
**cluster:** MISS
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2026-03-31T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2025-12-09T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-01
**description:** Expected Outcome:
 
• Local authorities, including those not directly participating in the action, have a better understanding of required skill sets and expertise to more effectively participate in EU Missions and accelerating the deployment of solutions.
• Increased uptake and scaling of innovations, fostering a culture of experimentation and impact-driven action.
• Enhanced collaboration and knowledge exchange across regions, strengthening the overall implementation of the EU Missions.
 Scope: This call aims to strengthen research-driven capacity-building and institutional readiness to accelerate the deployment of innovative solutions in support of the five EU Missions. By identifying skills gaps, enhancing capacity within local authorities, and fostering experimentation and innovation at the local level, this action will empower key actors to fully leverage the Missions’ potential.
Proposals should address the following key areas:
• Skills inventory and gap analysis: conduct a comprehensive assessment of required and desirable skills and capacities relevant to the implementation of the EU Missions. Develop and promote methods to identify gaps, barriers and training needs across sectors and stakeholders, ensuring alignment with the specific challenges of diverse missions.
• Specific capacity building activities with local authorities should be undertaken to co-create and validate the methods and materials to be developed related to skills mapping and skills gap analysis for the deployment of innovative solutions. Such capacity building activities may take the form of targeted training programmes, peer-learning networks, and mentoring schemes for local authorities to build up skills and knowledge necessary to deploy innovative solutions, engage stakeholders, and mobilize funding for Mission-related activities.
**conditions:** General conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
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2. Eligible Countries
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.

3. Other Eligible Conditions
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).

described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.

5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.

5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.

Specific conditions
 described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme]

Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):
 Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE CSA) 
Guidance
HE Programme Guide 
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
HE MGA 

Additional documents:
 HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 12. Missions
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 14. General Annexes
HE Programme Guide
HE Framework Programme 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment 
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement 
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual 
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
**action type:** HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
**budget:** 
  **budget Years Columns:** 
    - 2025
  **budget Topic Action Map:** 
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      -         **action:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-01 - HORIZON-CSA HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2025:** 1000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-03-31
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 1
        **max Contribution:** 1000000
        **min Contribution:** 1000000
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-12-09
    **110722:** 
      -         **action:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-02 - HORIZON-RIA HORIZON  Research and Innovation Actions
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2025:** 2000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-03-31
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 1
        **max Contribution:** 2000000
        **min Contribution:** 2000000
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-12-09
    **110723:** 
      -         **action:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-03 - HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2025:** 8000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-03-31
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 2
        **max Contribution:** 4000000
        **min Contribution:** 4000000
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-12-09
**keywords:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-01, HORIZON-MISS-2026-01, Innovation strategies, Innovation support services, Innovation systems, Related to SME and start-up support, Related to industrial policy, Related to regional development
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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