Call: Seed Money Facility

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Programme	Interreg Danube Transnational Programme
Acronym	DTP
Type of Fund	Structural Fund
Description of programme "Interreg Danube Transnational Programme"	The Danube Transnational Programme (DTP) promotes economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Danube Region through policy integration in selected fields. In order to achieve a higher degree of territorial integration of the very heterogeneous Danube region, the transnational cooperation programme acts as a policy driver and pioneer to tackle common challenges and needs in specific policy fields where transnational cooperation is expected to deliver tangible results. Therefore, the Programme focuses on the following Priority Axes (PA): PA1 - Innovative and socially responsible Danube region PA2 - Environment and culture responsible Danube region PA3 - Better connected and energy responsible Danube region PA4 - Well governed Danube region
Link	Link to Programme
Call	Seed Money Facility
Description of call " Seed Money Facility"	One of the direct financial supporting schemes that the Danube Transnational Programme (DTP) offers to support the EUSDR in reaching its targets is the establishment of a seed money facility, meant to provide support for the development of comprehensive, strategic and transnational projects in some Priority Area of the EUSDR. The development phase of a project funded by the Seed Money Facility covers the analysis of the needs and challenges addressed by the main project, the preparation of the work plan for the main project, the setting up of the partnership as well as the analysis of the possible funding instruments (any other EU, national or other funding sources) for the main project.
Link	Link to Call
Thematic Focus	Employment & Labour Market, Children & Youth, Education & Training, Green Technologies & Green Deal, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Clustering, Development Cooperation, Economic Cooperation, Community Integration, European Citizenship, Shared Services, Research & Innovation, Technology Transfer & Exchange, Health, Social Affairs, Sports, Capacity Building, Cooperation Networks, Institutional Cooperation, Disaster Prevention, Resiliance, Risk Management, Art & Culture, Cultural Heritage, History, Media, Agriculture & Forestry, Fishery, Food, Rural & Peripheral Development, Equal Rights, Human Rights, People with Disabilities, Social Inclusion, Mobility & Transport/Traffic , Demographic Change, Migration, Circular Economy, Sustainability, Natural Resources, Regional Development & Regional Planning, Justice, Safety & Security, Urban development, Digitisation, ICT, Telecommunication, Tourism, Climate, Climate Change, Environment & Biodiversity, Consumer Protection, Administration & Governance, Competitiveness, SME
Funding area	Austria / Österreich Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria / България Croatia / Hrvatska Czech Republic / Česká Republika Germany / Deutschland Baden-Württemberg Germany / Deutschland Bayern Hungary / Magyarország Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора Romania / România Serbia / Сpбија Slovakia / Slovensko Slovenia / Slovenija Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna
Origin of Applicant	Austria / Österreich Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria / България Croatia / Hrvatska Czech Republic / Česká Republika Germany / Deutschland Baden-Württemberg Germany / Deutschland Bayern Hungary / Magyarország Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора Romania / România Serbia / Сpбија Slovakia / Slovensko Slovenia / Slovenija Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna
Eligible applicants	NGO / NPO, International Organization, Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Public Services, Association
Applicant details	The Lead Partner, responsible for the submission of the Application Form, has to be located on the territory of an EU Member State of the Programme area.
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	Each project has to involve at least two financing partners from two different countries of the programme area to a maximum of five financing partners.
Recurring Call	unknown
Project duration max	12 months
Further info	Applicants shall submit as well a Declaration of alignment signed by the relevant EUSDR PAC(s), stating that the proposal is in line with the restricted topics identified by the EUSDR PACs (included in the SMF Programme Manual). In order to timely receive the declaration before the submission deadline, applicants are strongly recommended to contact the related EUSDR PACs and send to them the developed proposal (through the PDF version generated by the eMS) not later than 08.11.2017.
Type of Funding	Grants
Financial details	The programme will allocate for this Call 1,53 Mio. € of EU funds (ERDF, IPA, ENI). The maximum number of proposals approved per Priority Area is 3 (for a maximum of 36 proposals). Each proposal will have an overall budget limit of 50 000 €, EU co-funding rate is 85% (42 500 €) for ERDF, IPA and ENI project partners.
Submission	through the eMS DTP monitoring system online
Contact Details	National coordination and contact points: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/contacts/national-coordination-and-contact-points