HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-DEMOCRACY-09
Citizenship Education as Part of Lifelong Learning (Socio-Technical Transition Dynamics: AI, Semiconductors, and WEF Nexus Supply Chains)
Programme
Citizenship Education as Part of Lifelong Learning (Socio-Technical Transition Dynamics: AI, Semiconductors, and WEF Nexus Supply Chains)
| Field | Details | Field | Details | Field | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Open For Submission |
Opening Date | 2026-05-12 |
Closing Date | 2026-09-23 |
| Target Audience | Adult Learning & VET Networks | Type Action | HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions |
Type Grant | HORIZON Lump Sum Grant [HORIZON-AG-LS] |
| Submission Model | Single-stage | Geographic Target | Pan-European Lifelong Learning Networks |
Note: The deadline closes strictly at 17:00:00 Brussels time. This topic relies on a unified Part A electronic budget web form (no separate Excel sheets allowed). It officially targets the Action Plan on Basic Skills, recognizing citizenship—including economic literacy and crisis preparedness—as a baseline skill for modern democracy.
🎁 Expected Outcome by the EU
- 🛠️ Civic Infrastructure Delivery: Provide policymakers, educators, and community actors with validated tools and actionable recommendations to implement continuous civic and citizenship learning.
- 🏛️ Inclusive Democratic Preservation: Lower institutional, economic, and socio-technical barriers to political and civic participation across all demographic layers and marginalized groups.
- 🤝 Ecosystem Resilience: Build robust operational synergies alongside the European Partnership on Social Transformations and Resilience.
🗺️ Re-Centering the Scope: The Socio-Technical & SSbD Angle
While the standard call text targets generic citizenship education, a healthy democracy cannot survive in a vacuum divorced from its physical and technological foundation. Rapid geopolitical, economic, and technological changes present immediate threats to social cohesion.
Our consortium targets Adult Education and Vocational Education and Training (VET) through a high-level Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework. We reposition “citizenship awareness” as the capacity for the European workforce and public to comprehend, audit, and navigate the complex global supply chains feeding their digital and physical infrastructure.
We structure our curriculum interventions around the systemic, five-fold nexus undercutting modern European autonomy: