Local Development and Poverty Reduction

Key facts

Programme Operator:
Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds - Croatia
Programme ID:
HR-LOCALDEV
Programme Donors
HK-DIR
Date of approval:
Total amount:
€27,800,000
EEA Grants fund:
€25,000,000
Norway Grants fund:
€ 2,800,000

Currently available funding

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Programme Summary

Objective

Strengthened social and economic cohesion

Programme summary

Programme Concerns

No more than 60% of the total eligible expenditure of the programme shall be available for infrastructure (hard measures).

Special concern shall be given to support equal opportunities for education of the elementary school pupils contributing to their future increased job prospects including measure(s) in a) natural sciences and mathematics b) ICT in education, c) inclusive education, d) entrepreneurship in skills development and increased job prospects and e) inclusive citizenship. Measures within other areas of support may be further explored when developing the concept note. Special attention shall be given to vulnerable groups and less developed areas.

The involvement of the European Wergeland Centre shall be explored when developing the concept note.

The programme will be implemented in conjunction with the programme Local Development and Poverty Reduction implemented under the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.

Bilateral Ambitions

| € 100,000 shall be allocated to the programme from the fund for bilateral relations. This does not prevent the Joint Committee for Bilateral Funds from allocating additional funds to the programme. The programme will be implemented in conjunction with the programme Local Development and Poverty Reduction implemented under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.

Information on the projects funded by the EEA and Norway Grants is provided by the Programme and Fund Operators in the Beneficiary States, who are responsible for the completeness and accuracy of this information.