Monday, December 17, 2007
The Civil Society Development Foundation (NROS), managing the NGO fund supported by the EEA Grants in the Czech Republic, launched its €4.5 million second call for NGO projects on 17 December 2007.
Friday, December 14, 2007
On 14 December 2007 the first of a total two open calls under the Slovak scholarship fund was launched, making €725,000 available to Slovak students, lectures and teachers.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
A
Lithuanian-Norwegian seminar in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 13 November
brought together municipalities eager to explore possibilities for
developing bilateral projects ahead of Lithuania’s €17 million call in
early 2008 and the launch of two regional funds.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
On 4 December €1.1 million in green NGO Funding was made available in Hungary to enable environmental NGOs to actively participate in public life and environmental decision-making processes.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Pre-Christmas package to Slovak NGOs with three simultaneously launched NGO Funds in end-November.
Monday, November 26, 2007
In November Cyprus concluded both its national level selection of projects and agreed with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on a framework for the coming €1.5 million NGO Fund.
Monday, November 26, 2007
On 26 November the Czech Republic launched its third and final call for individual project proposals under the EEA Grants.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
A €2.3 million NGO fund was launched at a conference in Tallinn on 22 November, along with the fund’s first call for project proposals from NGOs and social partners.
Monday, November 19, 2007
A €10 million open call for project proposals from the Slovak private sector was launched today.
Monday, November 19, 2007
An innovative knowledge park shared by universities and regional businesses will be set up in the Prešov region in Slovakia with support from the EEA Grants, based on a model originally developed by and for the Møre and Romsdal County in Norway.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
More than €480,000 was made available on 15 November to Estonian researchers under the ‘Transfer of Knowledge Fund’ to support cooperation between research teams from Estonia and Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway, and fund projects within the priority sectors of the EEA Grants.
Friday, November 09, 2007
On 5 November the spotlight was put on a €2.8 million Norwegian Financial Mechanism project between the regional associations of Poland and Norway, when 12 Polish local governments won awards for innovative projects within social services.
Friday, November 09, 2007
November will see the establishment of two NGO funds supported by the EEA Grants: a €1 million NGO Fund in Portugal that aims to promote gender equality and help the young to become active citizens, and a €2.3 million Estonian NGO Fund supporting democracy and civil society, environment and sustainable development, and social integration and local development.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
A conference on the priority sector regional policy in Malbork and Gdañsk on 18 and 19 October put the shotlight on the important role of both the EU structural funds and the the EEA Grants in promoting regional growth in Poland.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
A €350,000 call for seed money in Slovakia closed in late September and the national Focal Point is now busy assessing the 314 received applications.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
On 24 October the Zlín region launched its call for proposals for local projects within cultural heritage.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
The €1.2 million Polish HOMING Programme, set up to avoid Polish brain-drain, concluded its second award round on 9 October with a ceremony at Warsaw University that saw 16 young scholars living and working abroad receiving grants that will enable them to return to Poland.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) today (25 October 2007) on the use of funds to be made available to Bulgaria and Romania under the EEA Financial Mechanism, following their entry into the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA) earlier this year.
Monday, October 15, 2007
A joint Norwegian-Czech seminar held in Prague on 9 October put the spotlight on bilateral cooperation opportunities within the cultural heritage sector ahead of the upcoming €19.4 million final call for proposals in the Czech Republic under the EEA Grants.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
A €15.3 million research fund earmarked to partnership projects between Poland and Norway was launched on 26 September, creating a new platform for extensive academic cooperation between the two countries.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
With the first of 38 project agreements signed on 20 September 2007 for the approved projects under the Latvian NGO Fund, the fund's manager is now busy concluding the remaining agreements from the first call for proposals and preparing a second call for NGO projects.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Over the next two years, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway will provide €140 million to projects contributing to social and economic development in Romania and Bulgaria through the EEA Financial Mechanism and bilateral Norwegian cooperation programmes which are due to be launched in November 2007.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
A €1.2 million fund aimed at supporting international cooperation and partnerships between Hungary and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway was launched on 7 September.
Friday, August 03, 2007
As part of European Commissioner Danuta Hubner’s three-day visit to Norway in late June, high-level representatives from the European Commission, Poland and Norway met on June 29 for policy discussions on regional development aboard the M/S Polarlys on its scenic route through the fjords of the Lofoten archipelago in Northern Norway.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Three regions in the Czech Republic launched calls for proposals this month for local projects within cultural heritage, health and childcare and human resources development.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Close to €350,000 in seed money was made available on 17 July to Slovak public administrations and non-governmental organisations , with small grants due to be awarded this autumn to applicants aiming to submit individual project applications in the €32.5 million call for proposals planned in Slovakia during spring 2008.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Portugal launched a call for scholarships within biological, ocean, environment and health sciences on 23 April.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Over the last few months Hungary has re-worked its application process, and a €45 million open call with simplified procedures was launched on 1 June 2007.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
As the EEA Grants seek to increase cooperation between beneficiary states and donor states, the recent call results from Latvia hold promising prospects. Among 218 submitted individual project proposals, 71 involve a project partner from one of the donor states. The figures are especially encouraging for Norway, as in all cases but one the partners are from the main donor state.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
The Polish Focal Point received more than 1200 applications for the €177 million available in grants in the second open call for individual project proposals. The call was open from 2 January 2007 until 16 April, and made available close to 40% of the amount available for individual projects in Poland.
Friday, April 20, 2007
On 29 March an agreement was reached on including Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area, and the two countries will benefit from the existing EEA Financial Mechanism. A total €72 million will be channelled under this mechanism to Romanian and Bulgarian projects over the next two years.
Friday, April 20, 2007
On 16 March a total of €566,000 was made available to potential Lithuanian applicants eager to develop promising ideas into fully-fledged project applications for the next ordinary call for individual project proposals, scheduled for the first quarter of 2008.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Seed Money totalling €560,000 was made available on 26 March 2007 to support Czech applicants in developing projects for the third open call, tentatively set for late summer 2007.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Latvia made available €2.9 million to a limited pool of applicants within the Schengen priority sector in a call for proposals launched on 20 March 2007.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Portugal launched its second and last open call on 19 March 2007, making €5.2 million available for individual projects within the priority sectors promotion of sustainable development and conservation of European cultural heritage.
Friday, March 02, 2007
A €15 million research fund earmarked to partnership projects between Poland and Norway was approved on 20 February, giving a big boost to academic cooperation between the two countries.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
School cooperation receives another boost with the launch of the third call for project proposals on 1 March under the Czech school and scholarship fund. The call is also open for Czech students and teachers eager to study or teach for a period abroad.
Monday, February 19, 2007
The block grant “International Mobility Programmes - Placements, study visits, partnerships” was launched at the conference “Proposal for International Mobility Programmes in the non-EU members EEA countries" in Budapest 19 February 2007.
Friday, February 09, 2007
The EEA Grants donors Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and Poland formally approved the establishment of a €41.5 million fund for Non-Governmental Organisations on 8 February 2007, giving a significant boost to civil society development in Poland.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
The Czech €10 million NGO Fund launched it first call for proposals on 27 December 2006, making an indicative amount of €3.1 million available to Czech non-governmental organisations.
Friday, January 05, 2007
Poland announced an open call for proposals on 21 December 2006 making almost €177 million available for individual project applications under the financial mechanisms, established by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The applications can be submitted from 2 January 2007 and deadline for submission is 16 April 2007.
