Ministry of Tourism and Sports announced a tender for co-financing of sports programmes for the encouragement of local sport and sports competitions in 2025 in the following programme areas:
- PP 1 Encouraging programmes for the practice of amateur sports and health-oriented physical exercise,
- PP 2 Encouraging the program of organizing competitions and participation in them in which only athletes from the Republic of Croatia participate and the departure of athletes to international competition outside the Republic of Croatia,
- PP 3 Encouraging the program of organizing international sports competitions.
The main goals of the Competition are to design and implement effective and sustainable activities that will contribute to the development of sport, and are aimed at encouraging the practice of amateur sport and health-oriented physical exercise, organizing sports competitions or participation in sports competitions.
Financial allocation
The total amount of funds available is 3.880.190,00 euro, and the intensity of the public support is up to a maximum 80 % total eligible costs. Funds shall be allocated by area in the following amounts:
- PP 1 Encouraging programmes for the practice of amateur sport and health-enhancing physical exercise and PP 2 Encouraging programmes for the organisation of and participation in competitions involving only athletes from the Republic of Croatia and the departure of athletes to international competitions outside the Republic of Croatia – the minimum amount of co-financing shall be EUR 2 000.00 and the maximum shall be EUR 15 000.00;;
- PP 3 Encouraging programmes for the organisation of international sporting competitions – the minimum amount of co-financing is EUR 10,000.00 and the maximum EUR 30,000.00.
Eligible applicants
A legal person from the sports system – an association established in accordance with the Law on Associations and the Law on Sport and fulfilling all the conditions of the Competition set out in Instructions for applicants.
Applicants may have a partner(s):
- associations from the sports system entered in the Register of legal entities in sport,
- institutions from the sports system entered in the Register of legal entities in sport,
- educational institutions (kindergartens, primary and secondary schools) registered in the Court Register.
Eligibility conditions
The applicant can only send one application the Contest for Only one programme area.
Co-financed programmes must be implemented exclusively in the territory of the Republic of Croatia, except for the programme area PP 2 Encouraging the programme of organising and participating in competitions in which only athletes from the Republic of Croatia participate and the departure of athletes to an international competition outside the Republic of Croatia, which co-finances programmes relating to athletes' departures to international sports competitions outside the Republic of Croatia.
Deadline for submission of applications
Applications will be received from April 22nd. by 22 May 2025.
All questions related to the Competition can be asked only by sending a query to natječaj-sport@mints.hr by 9 May 2025 at the latest.
More information is available here, and for the preparation of the project application, please contact us here.
