SECTOR Project Support - SECTOR Regional Grants

The regional grants programme is designed to support regional cooperative environmental projects. Grants will be from EUR 35,000 to EUR 50,000 per project, with a total of EUR 200,000 available for each call. Projects must involve NGOs from different countries working together on cross-border or regional environmental issues. Two regional calls are envisaged during the period of the framework programme. The grants announcement and the grants guidelines provide complete information about each call. This programme is run by staff at the REC’s head office with support from its country office network in seven target territories, as well as external experts. Target Registered civil society organisations (CSOs) promoting environmental protection and the sustainable use of natural resources from seven SEE territories: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia (including UN administered Kosovo). Scope Promoting regional cooperation to: Improve the sustainability of the urban environment by addressing regional priorities on land use and urban planning, transport, health, energy and climate change, or waste management and water; and Support sustainable development in regional policy and through regional practical demonstration projects. Approach Regional/networking focus; Involvement of local stakeholders; Collaboration with central and local governments. Timing Regional grants will be distrbuted in two rounds within the following timelines:   Selection process Grant implementation First round Sept. 2006 - March 2007 May 2007 - Dec. 2008 Second round February 2008– July 2008 July 2008 – Jan. 2010

Grants types: National Grants Round one Round two Round three Regional Grants Round one Round two Selected grants of the first round Selected grants of the second round Selected grants of the third round National Granting Process Flowchart