BILATERAL NATIONAL FUND – ROMANIA

Country: Romania

The programme operator’s website is the primary source of information about calls for proposals.

Call for proposals bilateral national fund – Romania

What is supported:

Entities from Romania and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway can now apply for funding from the Romanian fund for bilateral relations. The funding is available for both project related and non-project related activities.

Together with reducing social and economic disparities, strengthening bilateral relations between Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and the 15 beneficiary countries is the main objective of the Grants. To that end, 0.5% of the total allocation for each country is set aside for a bilateral national fund for activities of bilateral interest.

In Romania, the national bilateral fund amounts to approximately €1.5 million and is meant to finance initiatives such as conferences, workshops, study tours and information activities, as well as preparatory activities related to the programmes.

What is supported?

The Romanian national fund supports activities within the following areas:

• Justice and home affairs, judicial capacity building and Schengen Cooperation
• Health
• Cultural cooperation, diversity, cultural heritage and exchange
• Environment: green industry innovation, renewable energy (geothermal resources)
• Children and youth at risk

In addition, the fund also supports activities promoting knowledge and understanding of the EEA agreement, joint activities with the Council of Europe, as well as other horizontal priorities.

Who can apply for funding?

• Programme Operators; the National Focal Point and other national institutions playing important role in establishment or implementation of a particular programme included in the Memoranda of Understanding
• Donor Programme Partners and project partners
• The donor states embassies in Romania and the embassies of Romania in the donor states
• Other national or international public or non-commercial bodies responsible for particular themes of interest within the priority areas
• As the fund does not finance commercially oriented activities or larger projects, but rather events and shorter initiatives, private commercial entities are encouraged to apply through associations such as the professional or employers association.

Deadline: Applications for funding are accepted until March 31 2014 or up until fund are depleted.

Announcement for open call Fund for Bilateral Relations at National Level Initiatives within the priority areas