The Central Baltic Programme 2014-2020 finances result orientated cross-border cooperation projects in Estonia, Finland (incl Åland), Latvia and Sweden
The programme's first Steering Committee (SC) meeting will be held next week, on 13-14 April, in Tallinn. The SC will decide which first call small project applications are to be funded. The SC will also select the first call regular project applications to continue to the second step application phase. ... Read more
In total 187 million euros ERDF were applied for while the programme has 115 million euros to allocate during the whole programme period. ... Read more
The Programme Document, adopted by the Commission on 16 December 2014, is now published. ... Read more
The document Guide for filling in the Application form has been updated. ... Read more
The network of national Central Baltic Contact Points in the programme countries is now complete with the sixth Contact Point being set up in Tallinn at the beginning of the year. The Contact Point network has been established to support the work of the Joint Secretariat and the Managing Authority as well as to serve as an information source about the Central Baltic Programme in the programme countries. ... Read more

The first call for applications is open

Thursday, 18 December, 2014
The first call for project applications is now open. The Central Baltic Programme welcomes project applications via its eMonitoringSystem (eMS) until 9 February, 2015. All applications are to be submitted electronically to the system by 23:59 (Finnish time, CET +1) on the closing date of the call. It is strongly recommended not to leave the submission to the last moments of the call.

Two types of projects: small and regular
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The European Commission has yesterday, on 16 December 2014, adopted the Central Baltic Programme 2014-2020. This is excellent news before the opening of the first call for applications in the programme tomorrow.

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The Finnish project partners planning to apply for funding for a small project funding during the first call of the Central Baltic Programme can now apply for the Finnish national co-financing from the Regional Council of Southwest Finland.

The Regional Council coordinates the application process. The Central Baltic Programme staff is not involved in the process.

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The Launch Events of the new Central Baltic Programme gathered together over 600 participants from all over the programme area. The series of five events in Helsinki, Mariehamn, Stockholm, Riga and Tallinn provided information about the themes and setup of the programme, the many satisfying simplifications in the programme and project administration as well as detailed guidance on how to take project ideas further. ... Read more
The direct streaming will start on 12 November at 9:00 and end at 12:00 covering the presentation of the programme and all four thematic sessions of the programme priorities. ... Read more