Call for co-financing of the system for the use of renewable energy sources soon

Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund will 30 March publish Public call which will legal persons co-finance systems for the use of renewable energy sources.

“The call we are publishing is worth HRK 100 million and will be available to a wide range of users, many of whom have increased operating costs to raise energy prices. By using such systems, they can ensure a more rational use of energy, but also lower costs.’

Siniša Kukić, Director of the Fund

Who can apply?

Regional and local self-government units, state administration bodies, other budgetary and extra-budgetary users, institutions, cooperatives, companies, craftsmen, family farms, private renters, as well as independent activities and other legal entities (except associations) will be able to apply. This includes, for the first time, managers of multi-apartment buildings, who will be able to apply on behalf of co-owners, and religious communities.

What can I get funds for?

Funds can be obtained for heat pumps, solar thermal collectors, wood chip/pellet or pyrolytic boilers and for integrated photovoltaic power plants for self-consumption in an off-grid or grid facility.
In addition to equipment, the preparation of the main project, one of the mandatory application documents, is also co-financed. 

What is the amount of co-financing?

Applications for this call are available 40, 60 or 80% co-financing, depending on the location where the project is implemented. For the project it is possible to get up to 40% justified cost of production, i.e. up to a maximum of HRK 70,000 per location, and it is possible to retroactively co-finance it, if it is not older than September 24, 2020, from when the Technical Regulation on rational use of energy and thermal protection in buildings started to apply. In order to ensure the quality of the implementation of the planned project, a reasonable cost is also professional supervision, co-financed with up to 40% a reasonable implementation cost, i.e. a maximum of HRK 56,000.00 per location. An individual application may involve the installation of different RES systems in several locations.

How to apply?

Applicants can send their application for co-financing from 31.03.00 to 9.00, either by registered post or in person at the Fund’s reception office at Radnička cesta 80, Zagreb.
Applications will be processed in the order of receipt, until the funds are used up.

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Grants for the use of renewable energy sources in family houses will also be available citizens, for which a similar call is expected autumn.

15 tenders from the Rural Development Programme with a total value of HRK 1.3 billion published

Fifteen contests have been announced. the Rural Development Programme total values $1.3 billion, insured for investments in sectors of strategic importance for Croatian agriculture, offering a wide range of investment opportunities, inter alia, for the particularly sensitive livestock sector.

In this way, funds are provided for:

  • pig fattening – $200 million
  • construction/reconstruction and equipping of slaughterhouse animal establishments in the dairy cattle sector – 150 million
  • Livestock sector – 67 million for the disposal, handling and use of livestock manure
  • Strategically significant investments in storage capacities for cereals and oilseeds: $250 million
  • investments in basic public irrigation infrastructure – 150 million
  • Seed and nursery production – $70 million
  • investments in the deployment of renewable energy sources (from the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI)) – 141 million

These tenders are particularly important in the light of market disturbances caused by rising prices of agricultural inputs, the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, which can further strengthen Croatia's food security.

For farmers in the earthquake-stricken area Three fast-track competitions were created Action 5, the last tender is still ongoing and is worth $100 million.  In addition, a contest worthy of $20 million restoring agricultural potential damaged by natural and natural disasters other than earthquakes. These tenders are open with the aim of ensuring the continuation and sustainability of agricultural production in the area.

In addition, in order to increase efficiency in pre-industrial wood processing, a tender worthy of $147 million, to support local action groups, three tenders with a total value of more than 23 million, as well as the Contest worth 3 million This will support farmers to participate in quality schemes. A tender was also opened for the Measure relating to the conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources in agriculture in order to conserve genetic resources and preserve traditional plant and animal species at risk of extinction, for which funds were provided in the amount of $10 million.

There is also an overview of all tenders.

Call for international collaborative projects in 2022 from the EUREKA programme

Croatian Agency for Small Business, Innovation and Investment (HAMAG-BICRO) Call for International Collaborative Projects in 2022 the Programme EUREKA encouraging small, medium-sized and large enterprises to cooperate with international partners in launching research and development activities. Partners from Croatia can exercise the right to the most HRK 1.5 million in grants for cooperation projects with international partners.

The objectives of the programme are to:

  • encourage companies to invest in R&D activities and thus strengthen their innovation capacity;
  • encourage international cooperation between entrepreneurs and scientific research organisations; and
  • create the basis for international market placement.

You can apply:

  • small, medium-sized and large companies for the development of new products, services or processes
  • scientific research institutions (public higher education institutions and public research institutes) may be involved in the project as external contractors, but Cannot participate in the project on their own.
  • NOTE: crafts and natural persons are not justified applicants!

The call is open for submission of project applications with partners from all EUREKA countries. 

Hodogram

Opening of the competition01.03.2022.
Deadline for submission of full project applications30.06.2022.
Indicative date for evaluation of project applications and ranking list30.09.2022.
Indicative date of contractingDecember 2022

The deadline for submitting applications is 30.06.2022. and the indicative date of contracting depends on the assessments of other countries. Applications shall be submitted in the manner described in page.

ZEVinnovation – open call for innovative ideas

Center for Technology Transfer Ltd. (CTT) in cooperation with  the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture i “ZEVinnovationPartners calls on interested companies and individuals to report their innovative ideas in the field of zero-emission ships (drive, batteries, electronics, systems, navigation, construction, material, etc.).

The application of ideas will take place in several cycles, and the first cycle is open to 4.4.2022. of the year. After closing the call, the selection phase begins, which runs until 8.4.2022.

Ideas are reported digitally ZEVinnovation platform and each idea will go through the selection process, and after the selection, the best ideas receive mentors and move to the stage of mentoring and education.

More information about the services themselves, the project and the deadlines can be found in the document:

In order to present the services offered by the ZEVinnovation project to innovators and users of digital the ZEVinnovation Platform, CTT in cooperation with the Rijeka Development Agency PORIN organizes a free workshop:

Free workshop program: