2nd Workshop on Phasing-out Strategies: Slides & Recording available
To support the partnerships throughout their process of creating their phasing-out strategies, the European Commission organised a feedback workshop on 11 February 2026, designed as another peer-learning and cross-fertilisation forum. The workshop included general feedback on the drafts received and aimed to trigger further reflections for the finalisation of the strategies.
The workshop is a follow-up webinar to the September 2025 workshop. In line with the legal requirements of the Horizon Europe Regulation, all European Partnerships are expected to prepare an “exit strategy and measures for phasing out from the programme” as part of their lifecycle, intended as an ex-ante selection criterion. The deadline to submit the final phasing-out strategies is Friday 20 March 2026.
Following this, the European Commission will provide its approval for adoption by 31 March. Once the approval is received, it is then the responsibility of each partnership to immediately initiate the formal adoption of the strategy within its own governance structure.