Cross-border Cooperation / Good Governance, Accountable Institutions, Transparency

Key facts

Programme Operator:
Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic
Programme ID:
SK-GOVERNANCE
Programme Donors
BAR
Date of approval:
Total amount:
€8,500,000
EEA Grants fund:
€8,500,000

Currently available funding

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Programme Summary

Objective

Integrity and accountability of public administration improved

Programme summary

Programme Concerns

A maximum level of funding available from the total eligible expenditure of the programme for infrastructure (hard measures) shall be identified in the concept note.

Cross-border cooperation (CBC) with the Ukraine In addition to the pre-defined project mentioned below, measures fostering institutional cross-border co-operation shall be supported through open calls. At least € 2.5 million shall be set aside under this component for this purpose. The participation of the Barents Secretariat, as Donor Programme Partner, shall be limited to this component of the programme.

The programme shall address two main components: Good governance: Improving the efficiency and transparency of the Slovak state institutions. Projects addressing anti-corruption, a more efficient public procurement system and the efficiency of the judiciary shall be prioritised under this component. A pre-defined project, contributing to the improvement of the public procurement environment, the application of the principles of value for money and Results Based Management in Slovakia, may be considered during the concept note phase, in cooperation with the OECD.

Bilateral Ambitions

€ 75,000 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.

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.