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Key areas of support

  • Improving mental health services and reducing health inequalities
  • Strengthening research cooperation between Norway and the Czech Republic
  • Protecting biodiversity and reducing vulnerability to climate change
  • Tackling organised crime and strengthening the justice system
  • Improving the situation for vulnerable groups, including Roma
  • Revitalising cultural heritage and improving access to heritage sites
2009-14 2004-09
Total allocation: €131.8 M Total allocation: €110.9 M
EEA Grants: €61.4 M EEA Grants: €48.5 M
Norway Grants: €70.4 M Norway Grants: €62.4 M

Get involved

Are you interested in funding and partnership opportunities in the Czech Republic? Project partnerships between entities in the Czech Republic and in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are encouraged.

View overview of the process to apply for grant support

View step-by-step how to find or become a project partner

See how you may participate under the bilateral fund

Check eligibility and activities that may be supported under Czech programmes

Map and facts

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  Czech Republic EU-27
GDP per capita in PPS (EU=100) 80 100
Economic growth (% change on previous year) 1.7 1.5
Unemployment rate 6.7 9.7
Youth unemployment 18 21.4
Public debt (% of GDP) 41.2 82.5
Human development index 14 (EU-27 ranking)
Corruption perception index 21 (EU-27 ranking)
Inequality of income distribution* 3.5 5

Sources: Eurostat, UNDP, Transparency International. All data is from 2011 except where * indicates 2010

Distribution of funding 2009-14

Distribution of funding in the Czech Republic

News, results and projects

 

Cooperation in education and research

The Icelandic Centre for Research (Rannis) is a donor programme partner in scholarship programmes in nine beneficiary countries and in one research programme. “Cooperation is the key concept,” says Viðar Helgason, explaining the organisation’s role in fostering partnerships and innovation.

World Heritage Day 18 April: celebrating heritage

Around the globe people are celebrating World Heritage Day today. The EEA Grants support cultural heritage programmes in fourteen beneficiary countries which aim at conserving and revitalising cultural and natural heritage and improving public accessibility.