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1. The Metrology Partnership shall support a wide range of research and innovation activities by means of:

(a) indirect actions within the meaning of Article 2, point (43), of Regulation (EU) 2021/695 funded by EURAMET in accordance with Article 7 of this Decision, mainly in the form of grants following transnational open, transparent and competitive calls for proposals organised by EURAMET, including:

(i) scientific and technical actions supporting fundamental scientific metrology laying the basis for all successive steps, including applied metrology research and development and metrology-related services;

(ii) metrology research to provide solutions for societal, economic and environmental challenges focusing on contributions to sustainable technologies and innovations in the energy, digital and health sectors, as well as with regard to the environment and the climate, and to develop projects in specific European metrology networks addressing those challenges;

(iii) research to develop novel measurement instrumentation aiming to enhance the European industrial and commercial take-up of metrological technologies to stimulate innovation in industry;

(iv) pre-normative and co-normative metrology research and development in support of policy implementation, regulations and acceleration of the market introduction and societal uptake of sustainable innovative products and services;

(v) exchange of best practices on metrology research carried out at national level;

(b) activities funded by the Participating States without the Union’s financial contribution consisting of the metrology capacity-building activities at different technological levels to achieve the widest possible, balanced and integrated metrology system in the Participating States enabling them to develop their scientific and technical capabilities in metrology, and which include activities not selected from the calls for proposals referred to in point (a), of this Article, as outlined in the annual work programmes, as well as any of the following:

(i) activities under the national programmes of the Participating States such as transnational projects contributing to the priorities laid out in a European metrology network and EURAMET technical committees;

(ii) actions for the dissemination and exploitation of results, including in industry and by SMEs, of metrology research as widely as possible in Europe, with a view to increasing the visibility of EURAMET activities to the public in a user-friendly manner;

(iii) activities to raise awareness and promote educational and dissemination activities and campaigns and to provide appropriate information on EURAMET’s website, and the publication of relevant documentation;

(iv) actions specifically addressing metrology institutes which have no or limited scientific capabilities by supporting them in using other Union, national or regional programmes for training and mobility, cross-border cooperation or investment in metrology infrastructure;

(v) the organisation of external dissemination and knowledge-transfer activities to promote the Metrology Partnership as widely as possible in the Union and beyond, in order to maximise its impact.

2. Before identifying the topics of each call for proposals referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), EURAMET shall publicly invite individuals or organisations, including SMEs, and the general metrology value chain to suggest potential research topics in a transparent manner.