Background Max. Grant Amount: EUR 300.000
These Guidelines are intended for grants under the 3rd Call for Proposals (CfP) for the Cross-Border Programme Croatia-Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007-2013 (CBC Programme HR-BiH). The CBC Programme HR-BIH analyses the socio-economic situation of the Croatian-Bosnian and Herzegovina border region, sets out a common strategy for remedying problems identified and formulates joint priorities and measures for development. The result of 3rd Call for Proposals will be a selection of cross-border cooperation projects that will contribute to the strategy's objectives and fall into identified priorities and measures. A cross-border cooperation project is defined as a project involving final beneficiaries from both countries, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, cooperating in at least one of the following ways: joint development, joint implementation, joint staffing and joint financing.
Size of grants
Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts (table below). Each action will consist of two grants: one awarded in Croatia and one awarded in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Measure 1.1: Joint development of tourism offer
- minimum amount: EUR 100.000
- maximum amount: EUR 300.000
Measure 1.2: Promotion of entrepreneurship
- minimum amount: EUR 100.000
- maximum amount: EUR 300.000
Measure 2.1: Protection of nature and environment
- minimum amount: EUR 100.000
- maximum amount: EUR 300.000
Measure 2.2: Improved accessibility of community- based services in the border area
- minimum amount: EUR 65.000
- maximum amount: EUR 100.000
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for a grant, the applicants must:
- be non-profit legal persons established by public or private law for the purposes of public interest or specific purpose of meeting needs of
general interest, which is proven by statute or articles of association/decision on establishment, of the respective institution in accordance
with relevant law
- be established in respecting beneficiary Country (Croatia and/or Bosnia and Herzegovina) - according to the meaning of the provisions of
Article 96(3) of the IPA Regulation (EC) No 718/2007 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 80/2010 which specifies that the lead
beneficiaries (applicants) shall be established in the respective participating beneficiary country: in Croatia when applying for the
allocation assigned to Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina when applying for the allocation assigned to BiH
- belong to the one of the following categories: Priority 1: Creation of a Joint Economic Space: regional and local public authorities; public
bodies (funds, institutions, agencies) established by the state or a regional/local self-government such as: research and development
institutions, education and training institutions, health care institutions, institutions for protecting natural and cultural heritage, local and
regional development agencies, tourist associations (including tourist boards), etc.; private institutes established by private law for
meeting needs of general interest (such as educational or research institutes) as long as they operate on non-profit basis;
non-governmental organizations such as associations and foundations; chambers of commerce, agriculture, crafts and industry, clusters
registered as non-profit legal persons; agricultural associations and cooperatives established as non-profit legal entities. Priority 2:
Improved Quality of Life and Social Cohesion: regional and local public authorities; public bodies (funds, institutions, agencies)
established by the state or a regional/local self-government such as: research and development institutions, education and training
institutions, health care institutions, institutions for protecting natural and cultural heritage, local and regional development agencies,
tourist associations (including tourist boards), etc.; private institutes established by private law for meeting needs of general interest (such
as educational or research institutes)as long as they operate on non-profit basis; non-governmental organisations such as associations and
foundations; chambers of commerce, agriculture, crafts and industry, clusters registered as non-profit legal persons; agricultural
associations and cooperatives established as non-profit legal entities;
national and regional parks, landscape parks.
Deadline: 04 November 2013