CEI Cooperation Fund

• Eligibility Criteria
  – All public and private entities based and registered in CEI Member States (public/public equivalent bodies, NGOs/CSOs, private entities) can apply. International Organisations can also apply. Individuals cannot apply;
  – Applicants shall prove to have sufficient capacity in organisation of international activities and project management;
  – Applications shall refer and comply with one of the areas of intervention.
• Type of Funding: Programmatic
• Target Region: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia/FYROM, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine.
• Application Language: English

The Central European Initiative (CEI) is glad to announce that the annual Call for Applications of the CEI Cooperation Fund is now open!

The CEI Cooperation Fund co-finances activities aimed at strengthening cooperation among CEI Member States. Activities are organised by institutions of CEI Member States to implement the CEI strategic goals and objectives (promoting European Integration and Sustainable Development) and priorities set by the CEI Guidelines and Rules of Procedure and the CEI Thematic Agenda.

They aim at capacity building through knowledge transfer and sharing, in particular from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI Member States, and at exchanging experiences and good practices among all CEI Member States by favouring mobility and networking.

Areas of Intervention

The applications under this Call for Applications shall be submitted for contributing to the two following segments:

• CEI Thematic Agenda: The activities proposed within this segment shall be aimed at the implementation of the CEI Thematic Agenda and shall be organised in the areas of intervention outlined within the specific section of the Plan of Action.
• Focused Section: The activities proposed within this segment shall be aimed at contributing to develop forward-looking initiatives and projects for assistance to and cooperation with Ukraine, and for mitigating the current situation in the country, neighbouring countries and the entire CEI region, in line with the CEI Plan of Action 2024-2026 and the objectives of the Thematic Agenda.

Funding Information

The overall indicative budget of this Call for Proposals is 442,000 EUR (four hundred forty-two thousand Euro) and is subdivided as follows:

• CEI Thematic Agenda: Up to 252,000 EUR (two hundred fifty-two thousand Euro). An additional amount of up to 90,000 EUR (ninety thousand Euro) will be made available for co-financing proposals – within the ones submitted under this segment – that meet, over the evaluation phases, with the requirements set for CEI Flagship Events (Section 5.4. of the Call for Proposals).
• Focused Section: Up to 100,000 EUR (one hundred thousand Euro)

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