The Fourth Round of Calls Concludes with 43 Projects Approved for Funding

After receiving 72 project proposals for the final round of the Fourth Call, the Monitoring Committee approved 43 for funding.

Of these 43 approved projects, 29 are regular and 14 are small. Below is the list of project acronyms approved for funding, sorted by the corresponding call (regular, targeted, and small) and Programme Objectives.

List of projects approved (click to open below):

The Joint Secretariat will contact the approved projects in the coming weeks. All these approved projects listed above will proceed to fulfil any conditions set for contracting. They will then address key challenges and opportunities in participating countries (Estonia, Finland, including Åland, Latvia, and Sweden) in areas such as business development, environment and resource use, employment opportunities, and public services.

Information about the rejected projects

All other submitted project applications not listed above have been rejected. Projects not approved by the Monitoring Committee will receive an Administrative Decision on Rejecting the Project Proposal from the Managing Authority by early April. This document will include the reasons for rejection (protocol note from the Monitoring Committee meeting) and information about the option to appeal this decision.

Summary of the Fourth Round of Calls for Project Proposals

The Programme received a total of 111 project proposals for the Fourth Round of Calls. Among these, 79 were regular project applications submitted to the first step application phase, and 32 were small project applications which only have single step application procedure.

Following the initial decisions, 40 regular projects were selected to advance to the second-step application phase. Ultimately, 29 regular projects and 14 small project proposals were approved for funding. On average, 39% of all submitted proposals, encompassing both regular and small projects, were approved for funding by the Monitoring Committee in the Fourth Round of Calls for Project Proposals.

The Programme will allocate approximately 47 million euros to approved projects in the Fourth Round of Calls for Project Proposals.

Statistics

For a more detailed overview and statistics on the Fourth Round of Calls for Project Proposals, please refer to this file.

Background

The Fourth Round of Calls for Project Proposals officially closed on October 31, 2024, at noon (EET).

The decisions were made during the meeting of the Monitoring Committee in Riga on February 26-27, 2025. The committee consists of national, regional, local, and social representatives from the participating countries/Åland.

Next opportunity for funding:  Fifth Call for Project Proposals

Funding will remain available for all Programme Objectives in the Fifth Call for Project Proposals. Read more below.