New EIT Knowledge and Innovation Community

The new EIT Knowledge and Innovation Community aims to focus on water, marine, the maritime sectors and ecosystems.

The key challenges are in the Staff Working Document, and is supported and accompanied by an independent study which overviews recent developments in scientific, technological and socio-economic trends.

The document confirms that despite efforts and progress, the key challenges identified in the EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda still persist. These challenges are:

• water scarcity, droughts, and floods
• marine and freshwater degradation
• transition to a sustainable blue economy

In this context, the European Commission confirms a new EIT Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) as the right EU instrument to make this overarching collaborative approach a success. 

In 2025, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) will publish a call for proposals for this new Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) on water, marine, and maritime sectors and ecosystems. The KIC will become active in 2026.

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