New opportunities for promoting gender equality in Central and Southern Europe will be made available through increased funding from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the EEA and Norway Grants.
Marking the 100th International Women’s Day, twice Latvian president Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga shares her views on how women’s participation in decision-making are not only a matter of economic return, but...
The gender equality debate is no longer exclusively focused on fairness, but increasingly on the societal and economic value of promoting equality. Mark Smith, a leading academic in gender issues and...
Domestic violence is a human rights violation that also impacts a country's social and economic development. The Norway Grants will finance programmes aimed at tackling violence against women in...
Reconciling work and family life is a challenge for most European households. The EEA Grants have financed three parallel projects seeking to ensure a better work-life balance in the Czech Republic...
An important EEA and Norway Grants event will take place on 8 March, marking the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Stakeholders from donor states, beneficiary states and EU-level bodies...
A number of agreements on national priorities for the EEA Grants and Norway Grants 2009-14 are expected to be signed during spring 2011.
A new feature of the EEA Grants and Norway Grants 2009-14 is the introduction of a ‘programme approach’. Representing a move away from funding project-by-project to funding through multi-annual...
Who can apply for grant support? What will be supported in my country? When are the next open calls for projects? Find out answers to the most frequently asked questions about the EEA and Norway...
The implementation and follow-up of the grants are based on close cooperation between the EEA EFTA States and the 15 beneficiary states.
In the shaping of the new programmes for civil society, this autumn’s NGO consultation proved a useful tool for reaching out to civil society in the beneficiary states and ensuring a bottom-up...
Strengthening bilateral relations between Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and the 15 beneficiary states is an overarching objective of the EEA and Norway Grants. To encourage strategic and long-term...
