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Financial Mechanism Office October 2011

Reducing disparitiesStrengthening relations

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Agreement with EU signed 28 July 2010

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EEA Grants 2009-14 Three donors:

Iceland Liechtenstein Norway

Fifteen beneficiary states: New EU members + Spain, Portugal and Greece

988.5 million Euro

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Overall objectives

Reduction of economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area

Strengthen bilateral relations between the Donor States and the Beneficiary States

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Programme approach

EEA FM 2009-14

Programmes

Projects

Reduction of economic and

social disparities in the European Economic Area

Strengthen bilateral relations between the Donor States and the Beneficiary States

finances

composed of

OVERALL OBJECTIVES

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What is a programme?

Overall plan or strategy with a budget, objectives and expected outcomes

Rules for who can apply for funds and how the projects will be selected

Predefined projects and open call for proposals

The programmes are managed by the beneficiary state The donors approve the programme, but not the

projects. Each programme has a dedicated web page

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PRIORITY SECTORS

GREEN FOCUS - 30% of the funding to environmental and climate efforts

Development of civil society (min. 10%)

Research and scholarships Health Cultural heritage and exchange Human and social development

and local and regional initiatives

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MOU – agreement with each country

MoUs entered into with each beneficiary state Programmes to be funded in each country Programme allocation Focus of the programme Donor state programme partners

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Donor partnership programmes Strategic cooperation between public entities at

programme level Advising and sharing experience with the programme

operator Opens up for wider and more long term relationships Icelandic public entities involved

1. RANNIS – scholarship2. Orkustofnun – Geothermal energy

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Role of the donor programme partner

Assist in developing the programme Advise on implementation and selection procedures Participate in cooperation committee Advise on possible donor project partners Organize study tours, seminars and exchange of experience

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Project partnership

Only entities in the beneficiary state can apply for project funds

Can have partners in Iceland – partnership projects

Seed money to develop partnership project prior to calls for proposals

Up to 85% grant rate

Respect public procurement and state aid regulation

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Bilateral funds

At national level all beneficiary states needs to set aside 0.5% of the funds for initiatives that will strengthen bilateral relations with the donor states

Every programme will set aside 1.5% of the programme costs for a bilateral fund to develop partnership projects or promote networking exchange of experience, best practise, etc

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TIMELINE2010 2011 2015 20172012 2013 2014 20162009

Agreements

Policy framework: Regulation, programme

areas, MoUs

Establishing programmes

Programmes Grants to projects

Project implementation

Final reporting

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