Funding programme

PEACEPLUS is a new funding programme designed to support peace and prosperity across Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland. PEACEPLUS is the successor programme to both PEACE IV and INTERREG VA.

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Call overview

Thienable and empower PEACEPLUS partnerships to self-determine and deliver priority projects on a cross-community basis.

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Objective        

This Investment Area will enable and empower PEACEPLUS partnerships to self-determine and deliver priority projects on a cross-community basis. These will result in improved, shared and inclusive local services, facilities and spaces; and make a significant and lasting contribution to peace and reconciliation.

It will result in development of PEACEPLUS Action Plans which benefit the Programme Area as follows:

• The creation of sustainable, inclusive and cross-community partnerships, which will make a significant contribution to the community planning process and peacebuilding in the Programme Area;
• Community ownership of the PEACEPLUS Action Plans and ongoing engagement throughout their delivery;
• The management of significant and sustained cross-community collaboration at the local level to deliver established development priorities; and
• The inclusion of all local areas across the Programme Area, including those who may not previously have participated within PEACE Programme activities.

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Eligibility

Local authorities in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland. The 17 local authorities included in this Investment area are:

Northern Ireland

• Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
• Ards and North Down Borough Council
• Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
• Belfast City Council
• Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
• Derry City and Strabane District Council
• Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
• Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
• Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
• Mid Ulster District Council
• Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

Border Counties

• Cavan County Council;
• Donegal County Council;
• Leitrim County Council;
• Louth County Council;
• Monaghan County Council
• Sligo County Council

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Budget

€110m is available in this call. This will be a closed call for applications for local authorities applying to PEACEPLUS.  This will be on a rolling call basis and applications must be received no later than 5pm on Thursday 14th December 2023.