BRUSSELS, November 28, 2017 - AVA was awarded the SEAL
of Excellence within EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
2014-2020. The award was offered for the project proposal submitted by AVA under
Horizon 2020’s SME instrument phase 2.
The project 802044, HTCycle which refers to the sewage sludge reuse with
phosphate recovery and heavy metals was scored as a high-quality project
proposal in a highly competitive evaluation process.
The
evaluation was based on three criteria required to
receive funding from the EU budget Horizon 2020: excellence, impact, quality and efficiency
of implementation.
The
Seal of Excellence is the high-quality label awarded to projects submitted to
Horizon 2020 which were deemed to deserve funding but did not receive it due to
budget limits. It recognises the value of the proposal and supports the search
for alternative funding.
The
Seal of Excellence Certificate rewards unfunded proposals which are above the
quality threshold with a high-quality label and the Seal of Excellence holder
can then approach alternative regional, national, private or public funding
sources. In addition, it helps interested funding bodies willing to invest in
promising proposals (including national & regional authorities through
European Structural & Investment Funds) to identify these projects more
easily.