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European Economic Area (EEA) = EU + Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein
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EEA Grants: For whom?
Project financing – funded by Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein– for new EU/EEA members
from 2004: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Rep., Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Cyprus, Malta
from 2007: Bulgaria, Romania
– and for Spain, Greece, Portugal
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Two mechanisms; function as one
• Norwegian Fin. Mechanism:Donor: Norway
• EEA Fin. Mechanism:Donors: Norway (95%), Iceland, Liechtenstein
• Total 2004-2009(2011): € 1.3 billion
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Distribution
Romania 94
Bulgaria 39.5
€ mill. € mill.
Poland 533.5 Greece 32.5
Hungary 129 Estonia 31
Czech Rep. 106 Portugal 30
Slovakia 67 Slovenia 18
Lithuania 64 Cyprus 4.5
Latvia 51.5 Malta 3.5
Spain 44
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Objectives
• Help reduce social and economic disparities in Europe
• Support new EU member states in their efforts to become fully integrated in the enlarged EU/EEA
• Strengthen bilateral ties
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General framework
• Beneficiary states set priorities
• Applicants from beneficiary states propose and implement projects
• May involve project partners from other countries
• Required co-financing if from public-sector budget: ≥15 per cent
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LATVIA: Ind. Projects priorities
• Environment – €4.4m• Sustainable development – €4.6m• Cultural heritage – €2.8m• Human resources development incl.
education, civil society, society integration – €12.9m
• Health; children with special needs – €5.6m• Justice & home affairs incl. prisons, courts –
€9m• Regional policy, devpt. of economic activity –
€6.2m• Cross-border co-operation – €2.3m• Academic research – €450th • Technical ass’ce for acquis implementation –
€470th
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Alternative formats
• Individual Project: grant ≥ € 250,000
• Programme (group of projects): co-ordinated portfolio of separate projects, common objective
• Fund: for smaller grants
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LATVIA: programmes and block grants
• Environmental Policy Integration Programme
• Promotion of Development of PPP in Latvia
• Cross-border Cooperation Programme
• NGO Fund • Society Integration Block Grant• Short Term Expert Fund • Academic Research Block Grant• Scholarship Block Grant
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Post 2009 - ?
• 2nd round for EEA/ Norway Grants 2009-2014
• Ongoing negotiations between Norway and EC
• Negotiations to be concluded during autumn 2009
• Bilateral negotiations to follow
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Achieving objectives
• Greater proportion of programmes in certain priorities with a clearly defined objective
• Lesser proportion of Individual Projects
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Allotment 2009-2014
• There will be an increase compared to the existing financial mechanisms
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Priorities 2009-2014
• Less priorities• Norway suggests:
environmentclimateresearchhealthcultural heritagecivil societyjusticehuman resources
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Application processingIndividual Projects
Financial Mechanism Office, Brussels
Steering Cttee
Project applicant
National Focal Point(Min. of Finance)
European Commission
N. MFA / Fin. Mech. Cttee
Experts
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Application processingwithin a Fund
Experts
Applicant
Fund Manager
Steering Committee
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Information:
• Ministry of Finance: www.eeagrants.lv
• Financial Mechanism Office, Brussels:www.eeagrants.org
• Embassy of Norway: www.norway.info Linda Ozola: [email protected].: +371 – 67 81 41 00 (dir.: 06)
