4th Call for projects

Outcomes of the 4th call

At the closure of the call, 19 eligible proposals were received through the Jems electronic monitoring system. Selection procedure First, the Joint Secretariat (JS) assessed applications based on admissibility, eligibility, and quality criteria as outlined in the Programme Manual. Then, the Regional Advisory Groups (RAGs) evaluated regional relevance, potential overlaps or synergies, and partner suitability, providing recommendations for each project application, which were subsequently incorporated into the final decision proposal to the Monitoring Committee (MC). The MC decided on the approval of applications based on unanimous consensus. Participation per country In total, 47 partners from Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden are cooperating in the newly approved projects. The majority of the partners come from Ireland (28%), followed by Finland (23%), Sweden (19%), Iceland (15%), Norway (13%) and one partner from Greenland. The Faroe Islands could not participate because the available funding has been entirely committed in previous calls. Distribution per priority The call was open for all 3 Priorities, with the exception of specific objective 1.3. Priority 3 was open for small-scale capacity building projects as well as main projects. The approved projects cover all three programme priorities. Three projects were approved under Priority 1- Innovation capacity, two under Priority 2 - Climate change and resource sufficiency, and 4 under Priority 3 Cooperation opportunities. Funding distribution In terms of funding, more than 6 million EUR were allocated, bringing the total funding commitment to all types of projects to 21.8 million eur, or 46% of the total programme budget for projects.