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EEA AND NORWAY GRANTS2014-2021
14 February 2019Árni Páll Árnason Financial Mechanism Office
BrusselsDeputy Director
EEA Agreement
Article 115
…With a view to promoting a continuous and balanced strengthening of trade and economic relations between the Contracting Parties agree on the need to reduce the economic and social disparities between their regions…
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (“the EFTA States”) shall contribute to the reduction of economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area and to the strengthening of their relations with the Beneficiary States, through financial contributions in the priority sectors listed in Article 3.
Protocol 38(c), Article 1.1.
15 Beneficiary Countries
€2.8 bn:
Beneficiaries: EU cohesion countries (GNI lower than 90 % of the EU average)
Biggest beneficiaries: Poland and Romania
€1.3 bn
€1.5 bn
Together for a green, competetive and inclusive Europe
€578m
€411m
€409m
€373m
€340m
€93m
PS1 - Innovation and Research
PS4 - Culture, Civil Society, GoodGovernance
PS3 - Environment and Energy
PS2 - Social Inclusion
PS5 - Justice and Home Affairs
Regional Funds
5 Priority sectors
23 Programme areas
2 new funds: Youth Employment and Regional Cooperation
Expected resultsFrom 95 programme concept notes developed so far, we expect:
750,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions saved every year
65,000 professionals trained
400,000 people benefiting from new or improved services
18,200 Roma reached by empowerment measures
3,800 Civil Society organisations supported
Expected resultsFrom 95 programme concept notes developed so far, we expect:
Over 1665 projects implemented with a donor project partner
3,600 staff and students from beneficiary states taking partin exchanges
1250 staff and students from donor states taking part inexchanges
390 joint articles submitted to peer-reviewed publications
The Fund for Youth EmploymentStatus
26 projects in implementation
195 partners from all beneficiary states + Ireland, Italy, Spain.
Involvement from 13 Norwegian and 4 Icelandic partners
Focus on young people between 15 and 29, particularly 25-29 year olds NEET.
Expected resultsIncreased employability of over 19,000 young people3,000 jobs created
Status
700 project applications submitted
Lead partners from all 15 Beneficiary States
884 partners from the 10 neighbouring countries
40 project consortia submitted full proposal
The Fund for Regional Cooperation
Lead partnerExpertise partner Partner from EEA and Norway Grants Beneficiary country Partner from a third (non-EEA) country
Status of Bilateral Funds (2014 - 2021)Status
Total allocation: €50.3m – 40% to programmes, calls and initiatives (€20m)
Bilateral Fund Agreements signed with 14 Beneficiary States
Joint Committees in each beneficiary country
First activities and calls launched since mid-2018
What have we achieved?
Green industry innovation
1100 Permanentgreen jobs
31technologies
commercialised
200technologies
developed
A bus ticket in 10 seconds
Energy
169Enterprises developed technology
benefitting the environment
525 000tonnes/year reduced
or avoided
108,666 Mwh/year
Renewable energy production (from solar,
hydro, geo and biomass)
Research & scholarships
1 230internationally
refereed scientific publications
1 050PhD students and
postdocs supported
384Institutions cooperating across the donors and beneficiary countries
Justice
90 000Professionals
received training
267 000Have received
assistance or legal advice
15 750victims of domestic and gender-based violence
benefitting from support
More knowledgeable judgesStronger judicial system
Health
2 millionbenefitting from improved health
services
14 000students and professionals
trained
70targeted interventions to reduce inequalities
in health
Civil society
330laws, policies and
practices improved or changed
25 000citizens
benefitted from human rights
support
430NGO coalitions and networks developed
Thank you!www.eeagrants.orgFacebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, InstagramYouTube: EEANorwayGrantsMail: [email protected]
What the FMO can bring to the EFTA family…
Increasing local transparency.
Lower carbon emissions Better lives
Strengthening TB treatmentSaving lives
Improving carbon capture.
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