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
