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    A microenterprise, a small or medium-sized enterprise (business) as defined in EU Recommendation 2003/361. To qualify as an SME for EU funding, an enterprise must meet certain conditions, including (a) fewer than 250 employees and (b) an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million. These ceilings apply only to the figures for individual companies.

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    Activities focussing on agricultural products, organic farming, horticulture, as well as forest management and wood products; furthermore the development of the food sector, food chains, organic food production, and seafood products and any topics related to animals and fishing.

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    Soil and air quality: Projects that deal with any topic against soil and air pollution, except water pollution, for example, reduction of soil and air contamination, pollution-management systems, but also prevention and eradication of soil erosion, new ways of improving air quality (also indoors) and soil/air knowledge in general.

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Interreg EL-BG: 1st Call for Common Project Proposals

Funding Program

Interreg Greece-Bulgaria

deadlines

Opening
12.02.2024

Deadline
27.03.2024 13:00

Funding rate

80%

Call budget

€ 32,050,467.00

Estimated EU contribution per project

between € 1,000,000.00 and € 2,500,000.00

Link to the call

www.greece-bulgaria.eu

Link to the submission

access.ops.gr

Call content

short description

Interreg Greece-Bulgaria launched its first call for proposals for projects under Priority 1 "A more resilient and greener Greece-Bulgaria Cross Border Territory" and Priority 2 "A more Inclusive Greece-Bulgaria Cross Border Territory".

Call objectives

The following priorities and specific objectives have been developed within the programme. Project applicants are invited to submit their project application under one of the specific objectives of the Programme listed above.

  • P1: A more resilient and greener Greece-Bulgaria Cross Border Territory
    • SO 1.2: Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy
    • SO 1.3: Enhancing protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity and green infrastructure, including in urban areas, and reducing all forms of pollution
  • P3: A more inclusive Greece-Bulgaria Cross Border Territory
    • SO 3.1: Improving equal access to inclusive and quality services in education, training and lifelong learning through developing accessible infrastructure, including by fostering resilience for distance and on-line education and training
    • SO 3.2: Enhancing the role of culture and sustainable tourism in economic development, social inclusion, and social innovation

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Expected results

The programme proposes the following (non exhaustive) types of measures:

P1: A more resilient and greener Greece-Bulgaria Cross Border Territory

  • SO 1.2: Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy
    • Implementation of Joint or coordinated action plans for the promotion and application of circular economy and resource efficiency 
    • Creation and support of cross-border and cross-sectoral networks and secondary / used material and product markets
    • Development and application of Circular transformation models solutions and products 
    • Awareness raising and know-how exchange
  • SO 1.3: Enhancing protection and preservation of nature, biodiversity and green infrastructure, including in urban areas, and reducing all forms of pollution
    • Development of Green infrastructure, including developing and implementing new tools, transferring solutions between stakeholders and promotion of environmentally friendly practices 
    • Installation of monitoring systems regarding the prevention and control of air pollution at multiple territorial levels

P3: A more inclusive Greece-Bulgaria Cross Border Territory

  • SO 3.1: Improving equal access to inclusive and quality services in education, training and lifelong learning through developing accessible infrastructure, including by fostering resilience for distance and on-line education and training
    • Training activities to workers, self-employed, unemployed, and would-be Entrepreneurs on priority topics, including staff exchange 
    • Information and technical exchange on educational and training practices
    • Training and support of special target groups (women, youths, disabled), focusing on cooperation and entrepreneurship
    • Growth of digital competences of enterprises and self-employed aiming to support cross-border value chains 
    • Corporate Infrastructure and equipment serving the above activities
  • SO 3.2: Enhancing the role of culture and sustainable tourism in economic development, social inclusion, and social innovation
    • Support of tourism destination and attractions networking across borders, including the creation of thematic networks and routes with the aim of seasonal and geographical expansions of sustainable tourism
    • Adaptation of tourism sector to cl. change and inclusiveness
    • Promotion of digitization of tourism resources and processes and adoption of digital and innovative tools in local tourism industry 
    • Upgrade of human resources and entrepreneur skills in tourism 
    • Link tourism with local supply chain in the context “farm to fork” EU strategy

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Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

Bulgaria (България ), Greece (Ελλάδα )

eligible entities

Education and training institution, International organization, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University, Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)

Mandatory partnership

Yes

Project Partnership

The minimum requirement is that at least one project partner from Greece and one from Bulgaria must be involved. The partnership scheme must not exceed 5 partners.

In order to be eligible, projects must contribute to at least three out of the following four cooperation criteria. 

  • Joint development (mandatory) 
  • Joint implementation (mandatory) 
  • Joint financing (mandatory) 
  • Joint staffing

Eligible applicants for the present Call for Project Proposals are the entities that fall into the above mentioned categories of potential Beneficiaries:

  • National, regional or local public bodies
  • Bodies governed by public law (as defined in Article 2(4) of Directive 2014/24/EU) meaning bodies that have all of the following characteristics:
    • they are established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character;
    • they have legal personality; and
    • they are financed, for the most part, by the State, regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law; or are subject to management supervision by those authorities or bodies; or have an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law;
  •  Bodies governed by private law, non-profit organisations founded according to private law can be eligible under the following conditions as a whole:
    • they are not established with the goal to obtain profit,
    • they do not distribute profits to the shareholders,
    • they should have at least completed one accounting year of operation before the launch of the specific call for proposals. This rule is also applicable for the local-regional subsidiary/branch offices. It should be noted that private companies, not falling under the conditions listed at point (c) are not eligible.
  • International organisations registered under the national law of the Member States of the Programme can be considered as eligible if they fulfil the criteria foreseen for the non-profit bodies governed by private law. However, international organisations operating under international law are not eligible
  • European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC). Eligible EGTC must be governed by the law of one of the participating countries where the EGTC has its registered office. EGTCs located outside the Programme area and not registered in one of the Member states participating in the cross-border Programme are not eligible for funding. An EGTC cannot be a sole beneficiary of a project proposal.

Bodies governed by public law and private organisations and EGTC should have at least completed one accounting year of operation before the launching of the Call for proposals. If a body governed by public law or a private organization is participating through a branch located at the Programme area, the branch must be operational for at least 12 months before the launching of the call for proposals.

In principle, to become a project beneficiary, the legal address/registration of the beneficiary’s organisation has to be located in the eligible area of the Programme with the exception of:

  • bodies of the central government located outside the Programme area (e.g. Ministries or other national authorities/bodies with specific competencies on national level)
  • organisations located outside the Programme area but inside the Member states participating in the cross-border Programme if their participation in the project brings added value and expertise to its implementation and benefits the Programme cooperation area
  • Organisations located outside the Programme area but having local/regional subsidiary/branch office established in the Programme area are eligible only for Greek Project partners. Bulgarian partners must have their legal registration located in the eligible Programme area.
  • Organisation located outside the Programme area not registered in one of the Member states participating in the cross-border Programme are not eligible for funding.

other eligibility criteria

The Interreg Programme Greece-Bulgaria covers the following units/regions: 

  • 7 Greek Regional Units: Evros, Xanthi, Rodopi, Drama, Kavala of the Eastern Macedonia -Thrace Region, Serres and Thessaloniki of Central Macedonia Region
  • 4 Bulgarian Regions: Blagoevgrad of South West Region, Haskovo, Smolyan, Kardzhali of South Central Region

Each beneficiary may submit up to 5 Project Proposals in the Present Call.
The above limit applies to all types of Beneficiaries (LB, PB) considered as a unique structure (not as single Units/Departments) and it is applied at Call level– not at Specific Objective level.
In case a potential Beneficiary applies to more than 5 Project Proposals, then the first 5 proposals submitted via MIS will be assessed.

Additional information

Topics

Air Quality, Biodiversity & Environment, Climate & Climate Change, Water quality & management, 
Arts & Culture, Cultural Heritage, Tourism, 
Circular Economy, Natural Resources, 
Competitiveness of Enterprises, Employment/Labour Market, SME & entrepreneurship, 
Digitalisation, Digital Society, ICT, 
Education & Training, Children & Youth, Media

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

project duration

max. 24 months

Additional Information

Stage A- Concept Note submission

The concept note is submitted via MIS with reference on present Call for Project Proposals:

  • from 12/02/2024, at 09:00am (CET+1)
  • until 27/03/2024 at 14:00pm (CET+1) the latest.

The Concept Note should be signed by the Lead Partner and attached in pdf format via MIS. Concept notes will not be accepted outside of the above deadlines. The deadline for the project submission for Stage B will be determined after evaluation of all concept notes.

Stage B- Project proposal submission

Only the approved by the Monitoring Committee Concept Notes can proceed to the next stage (Stage B – submission of full application forms with the attached mandatory documents) exclusively through the MIS.
The project proposal must be submitted no later than 30 calendar days after the date of the notification. Proposals submitted after the above deadline will not be accepted.

Access to the MIS

The application procedure in both stages, A and B, is carried out via the MIS . To access the MIS, the following requirements should be met:

Your organization is registered in MIS (body code).
The applicant has a user account valid in the programming period 2021-2027

Users who have had access to the MIS in the 2014-2020 programming period, should upgrade their account to access the system developed for the 2021-2027 programming period.

Read the manual “Guidelines for applying in MIS 2021-2027” included in the Applicant’s package and follow the instructions given per case.

  • Deadline for obtaining a “MIS Body Code”: 18/3/2024
  • Deadline for obtaining a “MIS User Account”: 20/3/2024

Concept note (Stage A) submission on MIS

The Concept Note is submitted in MIS by the Lead Beneficiary (LB) of the project, who should have rights for reading, editing, submitting, and deleting an Application Form (AF).
The rights are selected during the application procedure for a MIS user account.
When creating the Concept Note, make sure that you select the correct Operational Programme / Priority Axis and Call S/N.

For Stage A (Concept Note submission), the LB must fill in only the following sections in the MIS, following the instructions given in § 5. APPLYING FOR A CALL – CONCEPT NOTE of the manual “Guidelines for applying in MIS 2021-2027”:

  • Project Identification
  • Location
  • Partnership
  • Budget
  • Attachments

Call documents

Interreg Greece-Bulgaria Call Document First CallInterreg Greece-Bulgaria Call Document First Call(1425kB)

Contact

Interreg BG-EL Joint Secretariat
+30 2310 469 695
jts_grbg@mou.gr
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