Funding programme

The Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) Programme fosters transnational cooperation to make Northwestern Europe a key economic player and an attractive place to work and live, with high levels of innovation, sustainability and cohesion.

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Call overview

This call aims to allow project applications with a reduced scope, partnership size, and duration to apply to the NWE Programme.

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Call detail

Through a simpler project application and implementation process, Interreg NWE is interested in improving its accessibility to stakeholders that may be unfamiliar with our Programme or that lack capacity to apply for regular calls. Small scale projects can also support project ideas that envisage results with shorter timeframes.

Small-scale project applications may be steppingstones or follow-up actions to regular projects. They may be designed as laboratories for future regular projects, or they may complement regular NWE projects and / or reinforce their impact by making their outputs accessible to a wider group of stakeholders or to other regions.

As with regular calls, all types of target groups from the quadruple helix are welcome to participate. The Programme would specifically encourage the following ones to join small-scale project applications:

• Local, regional and national public authorities
• NGOs and interest groups such as international organisations, trade unions, foundations, charities, voluntary associations, clubs etc.

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Objectives

The call for small-scale projects will be open for all 9 Programme Specific Objectives.

For each Programme Specific Objective (SO) dedicated factsheets exist. The factsheets provide a summary of the territorial challenges and opportunities, objectives, target groups, activities, and results.

• Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention, resilience taking into account ecosystem-based approaches
  
• Enhancing nature protection, biodiversity and reducing all forms of pollution
  
• Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
  
• Promoting renewable energy
  
• Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy
  
• Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies
  
• Enhancing the effectiveness and inclusiveness of labour markets and access to quality employment through developing social infrastructure and promoting social economy
  
• Ensuring equal access to health care and fostering resilience of health systems, including primary care, and promoting the transition from institutional to family-and-community-based care
  
• Enhancing the role of culture and sustainable tourism in economic development, social inclusion and social innovation

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Outputs

Only 1 out of 3 types of project outputs addressed

• Joint strategy (ies) and action plan (s) or
• Pilot action (s) leading to solutions or
• Capacity building and awareness raising outputs

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Consortium

At least three partners from three different countries. At least two of these partners must be from a region within the NWE Programme area.

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Project duration

Maximum 18 months.

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Budget

200,000 – 800,000 € total eligible costs.

60% co-financing.

A 40% flat rate will be applied on staff costs as Simplified Cost Option (SCO). Please see partner budget option 2, Programme Manual.