New Projects Coming Soon

The results of the first Call for Proposals are in! More than 50 joint Hungarian-Croatian development projects were awarded 23.4 M EUR for investments into sustainable tourism development, inter-institutional cooperation and improvement of educational facilities within the first Call for Proposals in the new financial perspective.

Out of three Priority Axes (PA) open to applicants within the First Call for Proposals: PA2 ‘Sustainable Use of Natural and Cultural Assets’, PA3 ‘Cooperation’ and PA4 ‘Education’; the potential beneficiaries showed the biggest interest for tourism projects eligible within Priority 2 (Bicycle paths, Tourism attractions), which resulted in the majority of the 23.4 mEUR of EU contribution being allocated to projects investing in bicycle paths and tourism attraction development (14.4 mEUR). 

The largest number of projects in the First Call for Proposals of the Interreg V-A Hungary-Croatia Co-operation Programme (15) was selected within Component 2 of Priority Axis 4 ‘Co-operation in preschool, primary and secondary education and adult education’, targeted also by the majority of the proposals submitted in May last year; followed by the 12 projects within Component 3.1.1 ‘Thematic co-operation’. 

The selected projects, involving as many as 176 beneficiary organisations, show a clear balance in the total financing allocated on each side of the border, with just over 11.5 million EUR to be invested on each side. The projects are to be implemented by diverse partnerships, including experienced beneficiaries, but a significant number of new ones as well, with 34 led by Croatian Lead Beneficiaries and Hungarian organisations assuming this role in case of 20 projects. Most of the Lead Beneficiaries are from Virovitičko-podravska County (11), with Baranya (10), Osječko-baranjska (9) and Koprivničko-križevačka (8) following closely behind. 

First projects are starting with implementation as soon as May 2017, and most of them plan to last between 12 and 16 months.