European Territorial Cooperation Programme Greece- Bulgaria

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1 European Territorial Cooperation Programme Greece- Bulgaria Submission Period From 14/12/2015 to 31/03/2016 (until 16.30) The total budget available for the present Call is ,00 (of which ,00 ERDF and ,00 National co-financing) Priority Axis 2: A sustainable and climate-adaptable cross-border area. Thematic Objective 6: Preserving And Protecting The Environment And Promoting Resource Efficiency. Investment priority 6c: Conserving, protecting, promoting and developing natural and cultural heritage. Specific Objective: To valorize cross border area cultural and natural heritage for tourist purposes. Investment priority 6d: Protecting and restoring biodiversity, soil protection and restoration and promoting ecosystem services including NATURA 2000 and green infrastructures. Specific Objective: To enhance the effectiveness of biodiversity protection activities. Investment priority 6f: Promoting innovative technologies to improve environmental protection and resource efficiency in the waste sector, water sector, soil protection or to reduce air pollution. Specific Objective: To enhance water management. Priority Axis 4: A socially inclusive cross-border area. Thematic Objective 9: Promoting social inclusion, combating poverty and any discrimination. Investment priority 9a: Investing in health and social infrastructure which contribute to national, regional and local development, reducing inequalities in terms of health status, promoting social inclusion through improved access to social, cultural and recreational services and the transition from institutional to community-based services. Specific Objective: To improve access to primary and emergency health care (at isolated and deprived communities) in the cross border area. Investment priority 9c: Providing support for social enterprises. Specific Objective: To expand social entrepreneurship in the cross border area. Project proposals must include at least one beneficiary from each country participating in the INTERREG V-A Greece Bulgaria Cooperation Programme. Beneficiaries shall cooperate in the development and implementation of operations. In addition, they shall cooperate in the staffing or the financing of operations, or in both. The total number of beneficiaries must not exceed ten (10), including the Lead beneficiary. national, regional or local public authorities bodies governed by public law private organizations Each applicant can participate as Lead beneficiary or as beneficiary in no more than one project proposal per Investment Priority. If an applicant does not conform to the previous rule as explicitly stated above, all of its project applications will be rejected. In particular for Tertiary Education and Research Institutions, the previous rule applies to each Department Institutions located in regions outside the Programme area, but inside the two Programme participating countries, Greece and Bulgaria, can become project beneficiaries (co-financed by the ERDF) only in duly justified cases. Their budget cannot exceed the 20% of the support from the ERDF of the project and their proposed activities must be implemented in the eligible area.

2 INTERREG IPA CBC Programme Greece The former Yugoslav Submission Period the 31/03/2016 and 16:00 hours The total (Union and national contribution) budget available for the present Call is ,00 which consists of ,50 Union funding (85%) and ,50 national contribution (15%). PA 1: Development and Support of Local Economy Specific Objectives related to Priority a: Promoting employment, labour mobility and social and cultural inclusion across borders through, inter alia: integrating cross-border labour markets, including cross-border mobility; joint local employment initiatives; information and advisory services and joint training; gender equality; equal opportunities; integration of immigrants' communities and vulnerable groups; investment in public employment services; and supporting investment in public health and social services Specific Objective related to Priority d: Encouraging tourism and cultural and natural heritage PA 2: Protection of Environment - Transportation Specific Objective related to Priority c: Promoting sustainable transport and improving public infrastructure by, inter alia, reducing isolation through improved access to transport, information and communication networks and services and investing in cross-border water, waste and energy systems and facilities Specific Objectives related to Priority b: Protecting the environment and promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management through, inter alia: joint actions for environmental protection; promoting sustainable use of natural resources, resource efficiency, renewable energy sources and the shift towards a safe and sustainable low-carbon economy; promoting investment to address specific risks, ensuring disaster resilience and developing disaster management systems and emergency preparedness Project proposals must include: - At least two beneficiaries from each country. Beneficiaries located outside the eligible area within the two countries are eligible under the condition that their activities are in benefit of the eligible area and their budget will not exceed 20% of the total project budget. - at least one beneficiary from the core eligible Programme area of each country. The total number of beneficiaries must not exceed six (6), including the Lead Beneficiary. national, regional or local public authorities bodies governed by public law organizations under private law international organizations Lead Project Beneficiaries should be preferably located within the eligible programme area. Each potential project beneficiary cannot participate in more than three (3) proposals in this Call. Additionally, each potential project beneficiary cannot participate as Lead Beneficiary in more than one (1) proposal per Priority Axis. In case of Tertiary Education and research centers the abovementioned limitation is considered per Department in Greece and per Faculty or Institute in IPA country. If an applicant does not conform to this rule, all of its project proposals will be rejected.

3 Beneficiaries located outside the eligible area within the two countries are eligible under the condition that their activities are in benefit of the eligible area and their budget will not exceed 20% of the total project budget. INTERREG V-A ΕΛΛΑΔΑ ΚΥΠΡΟΣ interreg-v-a &catid=1:news&Itemid=4 Submission Period Από 15 Δεκεμβρίου 2015 έως 15 Μαρτίου 2016 Η συνολική δημόσια δαπάνη που διατίθεται στο πλαίσιο της παρούσας πρόκλησης ανέρχεται σε (η συνεισφορά ΕΤΠΑ ανέρχεται σε ) 1. Ενίσχυση της ανταγωνιστικότητας και της επιχειρηματικότητας στη διασυνοριακή περιοχή 1.1 Αύξηση της χρήσης των ΤΠΕ σε τομείς κοινού ενδιαφέροντος (στον τομέα της ηλεκτρονικής διακυβ έρνησης, ηλεκτρονικής επιχειρηματικότητας, ηλεκτρονικού πολιτισμού και τουρισμού) 1.2 Ενίσχυση της εξωστρέφειας των ΜΜΕ 2. Αποδοτική χρήση ενέργειας και βιώσιμες μεταφορές 2.1 Αύξηση της εξοικονόμησης της ενέργειας στα δημόσια κτίρια 2.2 Μείωση του περιβαλλοντικού αποτυπώματος από τις δημόσιες μεταφορές σε αστικές περιοχές με σημαντική αέρια ρύπανση 2.3 Ενίσχυση της διαλειτουργικότητας και της ασφάλειας στις θαλάσσιες μεταφορές 3. Διατήρηση και προστασία του περιβάλλοντος και πρόληψη κινδύνων 3.1 Βελτίωση της από κοινού διαχείρισης κινδύνων από φυσικές,τεχνολογικές και ανθρωπιστικές κατα στροφές 3.2 Βελτίωση της ελκυστικότητας των περιοχών φυσικού και πολιτιστικού ενδιαφέροντος 3.3 Βελτίωση του Θαλάσσιου Χωροταξικού Σχεδιασμού και της Διαχείρισης της Παράκτιας Ζώνης 3.4 Βελτίωση της αποδοτικότητας στη χρήση των αποβλήτων και των υδατικών πόρων Οι προτάσεις πράξεων θα πρέπει να περιλαμβάνουν δικαιούχους (εταίρους) και από τις δύο συμμετέχουσες χώρες του Προγράμματος, οι οποίοι θα πρέπει να συνεργάζονται στην ανάπτυξη και την υλοποίηση των πράξεων. Επιπλέον, θα πρέπει να συνεργάζονται για τη στελέχωση ή τη χρηματοδότηση των πράξεων ή και στους δύο τομείς. Ο συνολικός αριθμός των δικαιούχων (εταίρων) δεν πρέπει να είναι μικρότερος από δύο (2) και δεν μπορεί να ξεπερνά τους έξι (6) συμεριλαμβανομένου και του Κύριου Δικαιούχου (Επικεφαλής εταίρου) α) Εθνικές, περιφερειακές ή τοπικές δημόσιες αρχές β) Οργανισμοί δημοσίου δικαίου γ) Ιδιωτικοί οργανισμοί Εταιρικά σχήματα που αποτελούνται μόνο από φορείς της κατηγορίας (γ) δεν θα είναι επιλέξιμα

4 Περιοχή Συνεργασίας (Ελλάδα): - Περιφέρεια Βορείου Αιγαίου - Περιφέρεια Νοτίου Αιγαίου - Περιφέρεια Κρήτης Σε περίπτωση που δεν είναι εγκατεστημένοι στην περιοχή συνεργασίας θα πρέπει να ισχύουν οι παρακάτω προϋποθέσεις: - να είναι εθνική αρχή ή - να διαθέτουν τοπικά/περιφερειακά θυγατρικά/υποκαταστήματα στην περιοχή συνεργασίας The BalkanMed Programme opens its 1st Call for Project Submission Period From 16 December 2015 to 15 April 2016 The Balkan Mediterranean Programme is co financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with ,00 Euros. The total support from the Instrument for Pre Accession Assistance (IPA) fund accounts for ,00 Euros. Therefore, the total budget of the Programme, including national contribution, is ,00 Euros. PA1: Entrepreneurship & Innovation SO 1.1: Competitive territories: stimulating business performance and extroversion through transnational linkages, clusters and networks SO 1.2: Innovative territories: unleashing territorial potential to improve the transnational innovation capacity of the business sector SO 1.3: Territories of knowledge: entrepreneurial learning and knowledge transfer for more competitive SMEs PA2: Environment SO 2.1: Biodiversity: promoting ecological connectivity and transnational ecosystems integration SO 2.2: Sustainable territories: fostering transnational cooperation for resource efficiency and climate change resilience SO 2.3: Delivery on environmental legal framework: improving transnational governance capacities

5 Projects selected shall involve beneficiaries from at least three (3) participating countries, at least one (1) of which shall be from an EU Member State. An operation may be implemented in a single country, provided that transnational impacts and benefits are identified. The partnership scheme must consist of at least three (3) partners and not to exceed a maximum of eight (8) partners, including the Lead Partner. All partners must have clear roles in the development and implementation of operations. In case of observer partners, please note that their participation shall be declared in the Application Form, although they are not considered part of the partnership scheme, their relevance and involvement should be clearly defined. At each project, the participation of partners under the observer partner status is limited to two organizations. Observer partners shall follow the general criteria for eligibility of partners. The partnership scheme cannot be consisted solely of non profit bodies governed by private law Public bodies Bodies governed by Public law Non profit bodies governed by private law The participation of profit making private entities and political parties is not eligible Each partner can participate as Lead Partner, which is set to a maximum of two (2) project proposals; in case of universities and research centers the above mentioned limitation is considered per department. Non compliance with this limitation shall result to the rejection of all project proposals submitted by the same Lead Partner The TNCP Balkan Mediterranean from the list of eligible regions and areas for the transnational strands of the European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) objective covers the following areas: The EU Member States - Bulgaria: the entire country - Cyprus: the entire country - Greece: the entire country