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Financial Mechanism Office
Postal address:12-16 Rue Joseph II 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Visiting address:47-48, Boulevard du Régent 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 (0) 2 286 1701 Fax: +32 (0) 2 286 1789
Email: fmo@efta.int
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THE EEA GRANTS
The Financial Mechanisms aim to reduce social and economic disparities within the European Economic Area (EEA), and to enable all EEA countries to participate fully in the Internal Market.
Through the EEA Financial Mechanism, the three EEA-EFTA states Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway will make a total €600 million available to the 10 countries that joined the EU and the EEA in May 2004, as well as to Greece, Portugal and Spain. Through the Norwegian Financial Mechanism, Norway will make an additional €567 million available to the 10 countries that joined the EU and the EEA in 2004. Both mechanisms run over a five-year period until 2009. Norway, as the largest of the three donors, will contribute with close to €1.14 billion. The EEA Financial Mechanism will also make available €72 million to Bulgaria and Romania, which joined the EEA in 2007, over a two-year period until 2009, while Norway will contribute an additional €68 million to the two new EEA members over the same period through bilateral cooperation programmes.
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LATEST NEWS
 LITHUANIA LAUNCHES SECOND OPEN CALL FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS
On 30 April 2008, €19.2 million was made available for individual projects in Lithuania.
Lithuanian public and private sector bodies as well as non-governmental organisations can now apply for grants over €250,000 towards projects in the public benefit. Grants will be awarded to projects within the priority sectors supported by both the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism.
Cooperation between Poland and the EEA EFTA states boosted through new eductaional fund
Slovakia launches €27 million open call
Hungarian NGO Fund operational
Read more in our news archive
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IMPLEMENTATION STATUS
 Project search made easy
The searchable database contains information on all approved projects, programmes and funds under the financial mechanisms.
Open calls calendar
Some beneficiary states still have one last round to go with calls for individual projects before the end of the commitment period in April 2009. In addition, the many block grants - or funds – that have been established in the beneficiary states will launch calls for proposals this spring. For an overview of all open calls under the financial mechanisms see the open calls calendar.
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PROJECT FOCUS
 Transforming neighbourhoods in Portugal
In April, the EEA Financial Mechanism set off its €3.8 million share of a close to €100 million complex project to combat social exclusion and initiate social change in deprived urban areas in Portugal.
The investments in the neighbourhood of Cova da Moura is part of the Critical Urban Areas (CUA) programme, also covering the areas of Vale da Amoreira, and ‘Lagarteiro’ in the Oporto metropolitan area.
 Sporty time table for children in Wejherowo County, Poland
With support from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, a €1.3 million project to promote health through sports and recreational activities is now well under way for secondary schools in Wejherowo County.
Wejherowo County in Poland, counting 180,000 people, has received a €1 million grant to its comprehensive sports activities project to be implemented by local secondary schools. Ten public schools will over a three year time span develop their sports and recreational infrastructures, organise 1,200 extracurricular sports activities, and carry out more than 200 sports and recreational events for 18,000 children.
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Updated Tuesday, May 13, 2008 |
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