Norway is supporting the fund with €425 000, with the fund Intermediary, the Association of Local Governments of Euroregion BUG, providing the remaining 15% of the fund.
The overall aim of the fund is to enhance capacity for cross-border cooperation of public Polish entities in the Euroregion Bug, covering the border-sharing areas of Belarus, Poland and Ukraine. Through one open call, grants were awarded to 26 projects within the following areas:
•u0009transfer of knowledge from the developed regions to underdeveloped regions;
•u0009publicity of regional and local development in the area;
•u0009support for development of communication and information exchange systems; and
•u0009cross-border ecological tourism-based cooperation