Applications are open for "EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation" to support entities across Europe pooling their efforts to find new ways of dealing with common concerns.
Project partners may cooperate in one of two ways:
Regional cross-border cooperation between eligible countries (focusing on broader regional challenges)
Transnational cooperation between eligible countries (focusing on common European challenges)
Priority Sectors & their Focus Areas
Innovation, Research, Education and Competitiveness
Focus areas:
Business Development, Innovation and SMEs
Research
Education, Scholarships, Apprenticeships and Youth Entrepreneurship
Work-life Balance
Social Dialogue – Decent Work
Social Inclusion, Youth Employment and Poverty Reduction
Focus areas:
European Public Health Challenges
Roma Inclusion and Empowerment
Children and Youth at Risk
Youth Participation in the Labour Market
Local Development and Poverty Reduction
Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Low Carbon Economy
Focus areas:
Environment and Ecosystems
Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Culture, Civil Society, Good Governance and Fundamental Rights
Focus areas:
Cultural Entrepreneurship, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Cooperation
Civil Society
Good Governance, Accountable Institutions, Transparency
Human Rights – National Implementation
Justice and Home Affairs
Focus areas:
Asylum and Migration
Correctional Services and Pre-trial Detention
International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime
Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Judicial System, Strengthening Rule of Law
Domestic and Gender-based Violence
Disaster Prevention and Preparedness
Funding Information
The available budget under this call is EUR 15 million.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible lead partner: any eligible entity established in an EEA and Norway Grants Beneficiary State;
Eligible beneficiary partner: any eligible entity established in an EEA and Norway Grants Beneficiary State and the following countries: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine;
Expertise partners can be any eligible entity established in a Donor State, in a non-eligible EU Member State or international organisations.
Eligible project partners may be entities, public or private, commercial or non-commercial and nongovernmental organisations and academia established as legal persons, including but not limited to:
Municipalities, organisations owned or partly owned by municipalities, associations of municipalities;
Regions, organisations owned or partly owned by regions; associations of regions;
Organisational units of central government, organisations partly funded by central government units, state enterprises, state organisations;
Civil society organisations, non-profit organisations, social enterprises, interest associations of legal persons, foundations and endowment funds;
Companies;
Cooperatives (manufacturing, housing, consumer);
Social partners (trade unions, sector associations, employer associations, chambers of commerce and industry).
How to Apply
Deadline: 1 July 2018
The concept note shall be submitted electronically via the fund operator's system given on the website.
Eligible Countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
For more information, please visit EEA and Norway Grants Fund. (https://eeagrants.org/Media/Files/The-EEA-and-Norway-Grants-Fund-for-Regional-Cooperation/EEA-and-Norway-Grants-Fund-for-Regional-Cooperation-Call-for-proposals)