Open Call for People-to-People Initiatives in the Slovak-Ukrainian Border Region

Open Call for People-to-People Initiatives in the Slovak-Ukrainian Border Region

Deadline: 30-Dec-22

The Ministry of Investments has launched the applications for People-to-People Initiatives in the Slovak-Ukrainian Border Region.

The Fund for Bilateral Relations within the programme Good Governance and Cross-border Cooperation (hereinafter referred to as “the Bilateral fund GGC”) was established to enhance cooperation and improve mutual knowledge and understanding between Slovakia and the Donor States – Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway in the area of cross-border cooperation with Ukraine, transparency, good governance and accountable institutions.

Funding Information
Amount: EUR 25,000

Eligible Activities
The range of activities eligible for support under the Bilateral fund GGC is broad, including any peopleto-people initiatives benefiting in the Slovak-Ukrainian border region, leading to the strengthening of trilateral relations, enhancing cooperation and improving mutual knowledge and understanding among Slovakia, Ukraine and the Donor states, provided that both the beneficiary and the partners are actively involved in planning of the initiative and its implementation.
The Bilateral fund GGC generally supports well-balanced partnerships (multilateral) where all parties benefit from the cooperation. The initiatives shall have a clear trilateral profile and serve the purpose of strengthening trilateral relations between Slovakia, Ukraine and Donor states in the Area of Support.
Eligibility Criteria
All legal entities established in Slovakia or in one of the Donor States are eligible to apply.
Each Slovak applicant must have at least one partner from a Donor State and at least one partner from Ukraine and each applicant from Donor states must have at least one partner from Slovakia and at least one partner from Ukraine. No more than two partners may participate in the implementation of an initiative.
The implementation of the initiative shall not be planned to last more than 12 months and should be finished until 29th February 2024.
The Slovak-Ukrainian border regions must benefit from the bilateral initiative.
Signed Partnership Statement, Letter of Intent or other similar document proving the interest of the applicant and its partnersto jointly implement the initiative is mandatory.
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