- Sector
- Public
- Level of governance
- EU
- Country
- EstoniaLatvia
- Lighthouse
- Baltic and North Sea basin
- Funding mechanisms
- Grants
- Managing institutions
- State Shared Service Center
- Mission Objectives
- 1. Ecosystems and Biodiversity2. Pollution prevention and elimination
Description of the funding initiative
The mission of this Programme is to support sustainable and innovative ideas that help border regions in Estonia and Latvia to grow through neighbourly cooperation.
The Programme has four priorities of increased cooperation within cross-border regions and development of services, jointly and smartly growing businesses, sustainability and resilience, and more accessible and sustainable cross-border tourism experience. Priority 3 of sustainability and resilience has the objective of enhancing protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity, and green infrastructure, including in urban areas, and reducing all forms of pollution. This focuses on enhancing nature protection and biodiversity, as well as green infrastructure, in particular in the urban environment; reducing pollution, also on developing innovative and sustainable strategies aimed at waste prevention and management in border areas.
Overview of eligibility requirements for applicants
The projects supported by the Programme must involve at least one Estonian and one Latvian partner and the project activities must bring benefit for the Programme area. The monitoring committee may in duly justified cases approve projects with Estonian or Latvian partners from outside the programme area in case their participation is necessary for the successful implementation of the project and their activities are targeted to the benefit of the programme area.
Eligible areas are:
- Estonia: Hiiu, Jõgeva, Lääne, Põlva, Pärnu, Saare, Tartu, Valga, Viljandi, and Võru
- Latvia: Kurzeme, Pierīga, Rīga, and Vidzeme
Rules on co-financing
Co-financing from the Programme can be up to 80% of the total eligible costs for all types of partners.
Procedures to submit proposal
The application is submitted by the Lead Partner. It can be national, regional or local public authority, public equivalent body, small and medium size and large enterprises, and non-governmental organizations.
The Programme uses mainly open calls, call for applications are opened for predefined time. Detailed information on the opening and closing times (date and time) is available on the Programme website https://estlat.eu/en/for-applicants/calls.
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