Background Max.Grant Amount: EUR 1.000.000
Croatia applied to become an EU Member State in March 2003. In June 2004, Croatia officially received a candidate country status. The EU accession negotiations with Croatia started in October 2005 while chapter 22 of the acquis communautaire concerning Regional Policy and Coordination of Structural Instruments was formally opened at the Accession Conference held on 2 October 2009. Croatia finished accession negotiations on 30th June 2011 and on 9th December 2011 signed the Treaty of Accession to become the 28th EU member state. The ratification process, by the Parliaments of all 27 EU member states, is expected to be concluded by the end of June 2013. Therefore, entry into force and accession of Croatia to the EU is expected to take place on 1 July 2013.
Size of grants
Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
- minimum amount: € 325.000,00
- maximum amount: € 1.000.000,00
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
- be legal persons
- be non-profit-making with the exception of public institutions/ organizations/ agencies registered as Ltd. Company (d.o.o.) whose surplus
income is used for financing own activities of the institution/ organization/ agency and not distributed to the shareholders or directors as
profit/ income
- be regional or local self-government units; or regional/local5 owned public institutions or associations; or public companies owned by
regional/local self-government units; or regional/local tourism boards
- be established in a Member State of the European Union or a Member State of the European Economic Area, Croatia, Republic of
Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, including Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99 as well as
of other countries eligible under the Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 31 July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession
Assistance (IPA).
Deadline: 13 June 2013