Thursday, May 14, 2009

Additional funding for NGO

An additional €16 million have been distributed to ten funds under the EEA and Norway Grants, enabling them to support a wider variety of project activities.In end-April 2009, NGO funds, scholarship funds and regional development funds across Southern and Central Europe received additional funding from the EEA and Norway Grants.

"It is a great advantage for us to get this extra funding, making it possible to finance a larger number of projects," says Anna Samarüütel who is in charge of the Estonian fund ‘Strengthening local and regional development`. The fund already supports 22 projects to strengthen administrative capacity in local government and promote regional and local cooperation in Estonia. In end-April, the fund received an additional allocation of nearly €0.9 million. The fund`s second and last open call closed on 1 April, and Samarüütel is now looking forward to allocating the additional support to another set of regional development projects.

Spurring more bilateral cooperation

Two Polish funds, both supporting projects with partners from the donor states, also received a considerable allocation. The Polish-Norwegian research fund received the biggest boost with more than €8 million in extra funding. The research fund provides support for to joint Polish-Norwegian research projects as well as supporting workshops and seminars facilitating research cooperation between the two countries. The Cultural Exchange Fund, supporting projects with partners from Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway, also received a €5.5 million grant addition. This will enable the fund to support additional projects in fields such as performance art, cultural heritage, music and dance.
Additional support to civil society

The EEA and Norway Grant have also increased the funding available to the civil society sector. The NGO funds in Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia and Romania will all be receiving a substantial top-up, enabling them to increase their support to civil society organisations in the four countries. In total, the EEA and Norway Grants have now committed more than €85 million to NGO funds in 12 beneficiary states, contributing to capacity building, human rights activities, promotion of freedom of speech and much more.
The EEA and Norway Grants support 69 funds and programmes in 15 beneficiary states, often providing smaller and more easily-accessible grants to specific groups.

Source European Economic Area

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