EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation

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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.