Deadline: 25-Apr-25
The European Commission (EU) is inviting you to submit call for concept notes for the Interreg IPA Romania-Serbia Programme.
Programme Strategy
- The Interreg IPA Romania-Serbia programme 2021-2027 provides the opportunity for both countries to continue their cross-border cooperation under the new Instrument for Preaccession Assistance.
- The programme strategy focuses on the key challenges of the border region and the responses that are available to address problems that exist, namely:
- Overcoming specific issues related to the protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity and green infrastructure.
- Tackling the reduced coordination between the educational system and the labour market, along with paving the way towards digital education and improved learning services;
- Approaching the issues of disparities in accessibility to health care services and low distribution of medical infrastructure and equipment.
- Addressing key issues of rural development which are characteristic to the regions on both sides of the border, and which would benefit from joint cross-border actions in relation to key areas such as (inter alia) health and education, rural tourism development, specific environmental challenges in rural areas.
- Dealing with the significant common challenges deriving from the climate change phenomenon and specific aspects of local/regional preparedness in relation to cross-border emergency situations.
- Overcoming the border as a perceived “division” and promoting greater cooperation and contact between regions and communities on both sides of the border.
- Reducing the vulnerability of the external borders and improving the institutional capacity of public authorities to guarantee safe, secure and well-functioning EU borders.
Programme Priorities
- Priority 1: Environmental protection and risk management
- Specific objective 1.2. “Promoting renewable energy” and
- Specific objective 1.3. “Promoting energy efficiency and reducing green-house gas emissions”
Funding Information
- The amount allocated for this call is: 8,822,677 Euro (IPA funds) to this call for proposals.
- The IPA funds requested for one project will range between 2,000,000 EURO – 4,000,000 EURO
Duration
- All projects must have the project duration between 12 – 24 months from the starting date of the project, on condition that the final reimbursement claim is submitted before March 2, 2029.
Eligibility Criteria
- The following definitions shall apply:
- Any legal entity which submits an application to be financed by the programme
- Any applicant whose application has been approved for financing
- The variability of living bodies within the land, sea, continental aquatic ecosystems and ecological complexes; this comprises the intra-specific, inter-specific and ecosystems diversity
- An organization which has the right to perform activities in the Programme area
- In order to be eligible for a grant, applicants must fulfil the following criteria:
- Be legally established according to national legislation of the state on whose territory they are located
- Be non – profit generating bodies (in the sense of art. 195, of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509)
- In addition, applicants should:
- Be directly responsible for the preparation and implementation of the action together with their partners and not acting only as an intermediary;
- Have stable and sufficient sources of finance to ensure the continuity of their organization throughout the project and to play a part in financing it;
- Be able to implement the project in the Programme area and demonstrate their financial and administrative capacity to manage their share of the project.
For more information, visit Interreg IPA Romania-Serbia.