Category: Public Calls

Deadline for applications: 15.04.2016.

Applicants: Local and regional self-government units
Partners: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Associations, Cooperatives, Faculties, Informal Associations and Initiatives, Development Agencies, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Institutions

In 2016, the Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds continues to invest in the islands through Island Development Programme encouraging local and regional self-government units to make a meaningful investment in the development of island infrastructure and economy.

Objective of the Programme 

• creating preconditions for sustainable economic and social development by increasing the quality of life on the islands through encouraging the development of island specifics.

Beneficiaries of the Programme 

• local and regional self-government units which, within their administrative boundaries, include Croatian inhabited islands and their occasional inhabited and uninhabited islands and islets and the Pelješac peninsula.

Coverage of the Programme

• refers to the inhabited islands of the Republic of Croatia located in the territory of six regional self-government units, i.e. six coastal and island counties (Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Lika-Senj, Zadar, Šibenik-Knin, Split-Dalmatia and Dubrovnik-Neretva) to which the islands belong territorially and administratively.

 

Eligible partners Applicants may be:
– local and regional self-government units;
– enterprises owned by the State, regional governments or local authorities; public bodies and equivalent bodies (funds, agencies, etc.);
– public institutions established by the State, regional (regional) or local self-government units (public institutions for education, science, culture, information, sport, health, social welfare, care for the disabled and other activities);
– cooperatives and civil society organisations – associations.

Partnership on the project includes:
– financial assistance in the implementation of the project (additional source of co-financing to the applicant);
– operational support in project implementation (support through provision of human and material resources for project implementation, etc.).

Projects are eligible related to the following areas:
– development infrastructure;
– municipal infrastructure;
– social/social infrastructure;
– public infrastructure;
– environmental protection, energy efficiency and renewable energy sources;
– basic entrepreneurial infrastructure to or within existing entrepreneurial zones;
– infrastructure for the purpose of improving the tourist offer.

 Eligible activities are:
– the execution of works;
– the construction/reconstruction/rehabilitation/adaptation and modernisation of existing buildings;
– works on the modification of facades, windows and doors, the improvement of lighting, heating and cooling systems, the installation of boiler rooms, the installation of solar systems, hot water heating systems, etc. (activities achieving at least 20% energy savings and incentivising energy efficiency);
– works for the construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of basic entrepreneurial infrastructure, to or within existing entrepreneurial zones, where the lack of such infrastructure constitutes an obstacle to the development of small and medium-sized enterprises;
– works on the construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure facilities for the purpose of improving the tourist offer (extension of the tourist season, diversity of the tourist offer).

Total value of the co-financing amount maximum amount per applicant 2.000.000,00 HRK. The minimum amount of funds that the Ministry can approve for a single project is HRK 100,000.00. A project whose total value is less than HRK 110,000,00 or HRK 140,000,00 (depending on the level of development of the local and regional self-government unit of the place of implementation of the project), will not be co-financed.

Deadline the filing of the application is up to April 15, 2016.

Full documentation can be downloaded here

Adriatic-Ionian Transnational Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 (Interreg ADRION) is conceived as a new transnational programme that should contribute to the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic Region (EUSAIR) and serve as a driver for policy development and innovation that will accelerate European integration between member and non-member countries using the rich natural, cultural and human resources of the territories surrounding the Adriatic and Ionian Seas. The Programme shall take into account the experience of the 2007 Operational Programmes. 2013-2013, in particular SEE and IPA Adriatic, the areas of which overlap with those covered by Interreg ADRION. The programme covers 8 countries;

4 members of the European Union (Croatia, Italy, Greece, Slovenia) and 4 non-members (BiH, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro)

The Interreg ADRION thematic priorities are:

a) 1. Research – An innovative and smart region – promotes business investment in R&D, the development of links and synergies between businesses, research and development centres and the higher education sector;

b) 6. Environment – A sustainable region – encourages the conservation, protection, promotion, valorisation and development of natural and cultural heritage, biodiversity, water, soil, green and ecosystem services;

c) 7. Transport – Connected Region – promotes the development and improvement of environmentally friendly and low-carbon transport systems, including the development and improvement of inland waterways, maritime transport, ports, multimodal connections and airport infrastructure in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility;

d) 11. Governance - Support to the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR).

The overall objective of the Interreg Adrion Transnational Cooperation Programme is to strengthen European integration among partner countries through innovative policies and management processes and to increase the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Programme area by using rich natural, cultural and human resources in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas.

The Programming Document (Interreg V-B Adriatic-Ionian Cooperation Programme) adopted by the European Commission on 20 October 2015 is the legal basis for this call for proposals.

The new programme will contribute €83.5 million from the ERDF and €15.7 million from the IPA.

The program requires at least 3 partners from 3 countries with the applicant being from an EU member country, and the following beneficiaries are eligible:

– State, regional and local government

– All public authorities and organisations

– Private organisations operating for at least 2 years

– International organisations operating under the law of the Programme State for at least 2 years;

Projects may be submitted in the field of:

Innovation and Development

– Preservation of cultural and natural heritage

– Preservation of the environment

– Enhancing integrated and multimodal transport

The co-financing rate is up to 85% eligible project costs from min 800.000 € to max 1.500.000 €

Public call and further information are published on the official website the Interreg ADRION Programme.

The Slovenia-Croatia Cross-Border Cooperation Programme involves nine regions from Slovenia (the Pomurje Region, the Podravina Region, the Sava Region, the Zasavina Region, the Posavina Region, the Jugovzhodna Slovenia Region, the Osrednjeslovenska Region, the Primorje-Gorski Kotar Region and the Coastal-Kraška Region) and eight counties from the Republic of Croatia (the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, the Istrian County, the City of Zagreb, the Zagreb County, the Krapina-Zagorje County, the Varaždin County, the Međimurje County and the Karlovac County). The European Regional Development Fund provides an amount of EUR 33 087 636.00 for co-financing of projects. The Programme may only co-finance eligible costs, with the Union co-financing ERDF maximum 85 % of the total eligible costs; at least 15 % must be secured from other sources.

Subject this Open Call for Proposals is the co-financing of projects from the European Regional Development Fund that are in line with the following priority axes/investment priorities and related specific objectives:
Priority axis 2: Conservation and sustainable use of natural and cultural resources
– Investment priority 6c: Conservation, protection, promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage
Specific objective: Active heritage conservation through sustainable tourism
– Investment priority 6d: Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem-related services, including through Natura 2000 and green infrastructure
Specific objective: Protecting and restoring biodiversity and promoting ecosystem services
Priority axis 3: Healthy, safe and accessible border areas
– Specific objective: Developing partnerships between public authorities and stakeholders for healthy, safe and accessible border areas

Eligible applicants are:

• Local, regional or national public authorities (e.g. municipality, county…);
• Non-profit organisations (private or public legal entities) active in the field of cultural or natural heritage, sustainable tourism development or related services (e.g. museums, Natura 2000 and managing bodies for protected areas, regional development agencies, tourist destination management organisations, NGOs, … associations);
• Small and medium-sized enterprises.

Attached are the whole call i program Cross-border cooperation Slovenia-Croatia