Greece
Beneficiary state since 2004 · EEA Grants · Capital: Athens · Population 10.4m
Headline figures for Greece
Donor programme partners
Bilateral initiatives
89 recorded, showing the 12 largest by grant
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The Transmissions project brings together two partners from the opposite ends of Europe (Greece & Norway) in a series of actions that involve an extended ecosystem of large and small institutions. Through a three year program of residencies, educational programs and cultural events, the project will enable artists and cultural professionals in the field of contemporary music and sound art from Norway and Greece to learn from their counterparts and present their work in a new context. The project is coordinated by Onassis Stegi (Greece) in partnership with Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival (Norway) with the support of the EEA Grants and the Norwegian Financial Mechanisms 2014-2021.
€284k awarded
Preventing and combating hate crimes
The activity includes mutual study visits and organization of workshops with a view to exchange best practices, provide a framework for cooperation between all stakeholders involved (prosecution authorities, state organisastions, NGOs) and emphasize in related topics such as guidelines and manuals, victims support etc. Topics may include, inter alia, policing online hate crimes, legal definitions and prosecution challenges, the limitations of freedom of speech, mainstreaming hate crime awareness in the police force, combating hate crimes against Roma, LGBTQ, religious and ethnic minorities.
€261k awarded
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The bilateral action "Vulnerable asylum seekers -in a broad sense/ approach to identify relevant areas for cooperation and support" aims to strengthen the bilateral relations between Norway as a donor country and Greece. In particular the intention is to strengthen strategic cooperation, networking, knowledge exchange, and building on existing cooperation in the field of European Economic Area Financial Mechanism (EEA Financial Mechanism) between services of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum (Appeals Authority, Greek Asylum Service, General Secretariat for Reception of Asylum Seekers (NGO’s and Members of NGO’s Registry Unit, Unit for the cooperation with NGO’s, European and International Organizations and Services) , Reception and Identification Service (RIS), General Secretariat for Vulnerable Citizens and Institutional Protection) and The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI). The main goal is to explore gaps and identify real needs for future cooperation.
€188k awarded
Innovation Norway - Bilateral Activities
According to MOU, Innovation Norway has been appointed as FO for programme area - Business Development, Innovation and SMEs. The FO will establish measures to facilitate partnerships for projects which will be submitted under the calls for proposals. This project aims to encoourage partnerships for future projects under the programme. Budget of the project is set as per the MoU allocation. The following activities are foreseen: 1. Travel Support Scheme, initial budget allocated EUR 50,000 The travel support is an important incentive for enterprises to meet potential partners and discuss about future partnerships in projects that could be submitted under the programme. 2. Bilateral Networking Activities budget allocated EUR 100,000. The bilateral networking activities can be used for activities such as: - matchmaking evens for Donor States and Beneficiary State entities - business visits for Donor States entities - practical seminars and workshops; - conferences/exhibitions/fairs; - 1 event related to Blue Growth - 1 pre-defined bilateral activity entitled "Gender equality in the corporate world: What can we learn from Norway and Iceland about empowering women in business", - other activities which will strengthen cooperation between Donor states and Greece
€150k awarded
Care for displaced persons from Ukraine seeking protection in Greece.
The scope of the action involves the planning, organization and provision of health care and psychosocial support to displaced persons and citizens from Ukraine seeking International Protection in Greece or are beneficiaries of the Temporary Protection status in accordance with the Council of the European Union's Executive Decision (EU) 2022/382 of 4 March 2022, which establishes the existence of a mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine within the terms of Article 5 of Directive 2001/55/EC, resulting in the provision of temporary protection. Doctors of the World - Greece organizes and operates on a daily basis a comprehensive cross-sectoral case management system, including the individual electronic file of each beneficiary, with the objective of providing relief and care to displaced persons from Ukraine in Greece. A team of experienced and trained staff including Social Workers, Psychologists, Doctors, Nurses and Mediators play a key role in the implementation of the cross-sectoral case management model, enhancing the beneficiaries' direct access to quality health and psychosocial support services. The aim of the action is to serve and cover at least 800 unique beneficiaries living in the wider areas of Attica and Central Macedonia,, a population segregated by: 35% children and 65% adults, of which 70% are of female sex and 30% are of male sex..
€150k awarded
Direct and holistic support of refugee families’ from Ukraine
a. Psychosocial support from the Social Service Department of the Organization. Given the extremely vulnerable situation of the families and the circumstances under which they left their country, it is essential that they receive psychosocial support from competent professionals. 3 social workers of the Organization, under the supervision of the Coordinator of the Social Service Department, will be dedicated part time (50%) in the project, in order to ensure that the families receive all the necessary support, guidance on and resolution of procedural issues (e.g. guidance on welfare benefits, access to education, etc.) 24/7. b. Interpretation services and cultural mediation services. Communication is crucial, especially at the beginning of their stay in Greece, in order for them to feel more confident and secure. The 2 interpreters that will be recruited will play a very important role, since they won’t act only as interpreters, but they also try to bridge the gap between the families and the staff members, which is caused to the different mentalities and cultures. c. Provision of food and hygiene items on a monthly basis. The provision of food and other essential supplies to the families will be implemented through the Support Centers for Children and Families of the Organization throughout Greece, depending on the city that each family will stay. Infant powder milk and diapers are also foreseen for an approximate number of infants.
€150k awarded
PROGRAMME II: ASYLUM & MIGRATION CALL FOR PROPOSALS, BILATERAL INITIATIVES
The projects aims to Use music & media training to build community&understanding for issues of cultural difference, gender-based violence, prejudice & discrimination via a 7-day music &media workshop in Athens/ identify gaps &foster new operational methodologies, while exchange the implemented experience per country & focus on the food insecurity, Mental Health&COVID-19 consequences via 2 study trips&a workshop/ improve partners outreach to people benefiting from the centers activities&services & advocating towards local, national &international stakeholders via needs assessment, communications &advocacy training, strategy & planning/ deepen partners networking in psychosocial support & provision of quality reception conditions regarding refugee populations via working visits, including thematic workshops, meetings with key stakeholders/ establish bilateral networks between entities on local &international level for knowledge sharing & practice development improving inclusive kindergarten services for asylum-seeking/refugee children/ enhance the capacity of the Norwegian authorities &stakeholders in organizing the voluntary return of migrants to their CoOs with focus on the specialized needs of vulnerable migrants/ strengthen the existing partnership to support displaced people especially vulnerable women&children with study visits&focus group discussion/ transfer knowledge between the partners in Asylum and Migration via a working visit to Oslo and field trips to centers
€146k awarded
ProGender: A Digital Hub on Gender, the COVID-19 crisis and its Aftermath
ProGender aims to promote bilateral activities between Iceland, Greece and Norway by creating a digital hub devoted to gender perspectives of COVID-19 and its aftermath. The activities that will be carried out within the hub will be online and will promote gender perspectives, analyses and policy responses of the COVID-19 crisis through a set of actions and initiatives that enhance cooperation and exchange between Greek, Icelandic and Norwegian institutions. Globally, while the mortality rate of the Covid-19 illness seems to be more severe among the male population,5 the socio-economic impacts of the coronavirus crisis have serious consequences for the female population: women represent 70% of global health care personnel6 and are hereby extremely exposed to the risk of the virus.7 Women, who are also highly exposed to domestic violence and work-life imbalances, are expected to be affected more severely by unemployment and the loss of livelihoods.
€135k awarded
Youth Employment and Gender Equality: Mobilizing human capital for sustainable growth in Greece.
The difficulties that young people and women experience in accessing the labour market in Greece deprive the country’s economy of the labour potential of some of the most dynamic segments of Greek society. Mobilization and investment in Greece’s human capital is of paramount importance for Greece’s economic future. The objectives of the first stage of the ‘Youth Employment and Gender Equality’ project are: To document and analyse the conditions of the Greek labour market and examine the main barriers that constrain access for young people, placing an emphasis on gender aspects of such barriers. To attain this objective, the project is designed to map and analyse available statistical data on the Greek labour market with an emphasis on the participation of the young; review and analyse labour and welfare policies targeting the population groups of interest; examine the role of the educational system and its contribution to the skills-mismatch problem. The project deliverables prepare two papers that map the labour market and related policies in Greece, two papers on the role of the Greek education, training and skills development in enabling youth and early career women to access to the labour market, a report on the Scandinavian experience of integrating the youth and women into the labour market, a Youth Survey is designed to analyse the resulting data on the survey findings and a paper on the impact of the pandemic on the Greek labour market
€119k awarded
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“Energy Governance for Sustainable Development” (ENERGO) aims at the advancement of scientific evidence-based mutual knowledge development. The project fosters bilateral relationships, research cooperation and long-term strategic partnership between partners from the donor and the beneficiary states. ENERGO further supports capacity building and continuous collaboration by bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of experts, from Norway and Greece, to systematically analyze common challenges and solutions.The project addresses challenges at national and transnational level in an inter-disciplinary approach and it extracts useful policy recommendations with regards to sustainable and inclusive energy policies in Greece and Norway through:✓ Knowledge sharing and transfer of experiences from Norwegian to Greek actors and vice versa✓ Increased contact between professionals in the two countries, with focus on supporting female experts and early—career researchers✓ Discussion and joint working out of strategies to solve common challenges✓ Capacity building✓ Understanding and bridging of the priorities and incentives of different stakeholders (local communities, investors, policy makers)
€110k awarded
Bilateral Cooperation Actions by Appeals Authority
Appeals Authority in Greece examines the administrative (quasi judicial) appeals against the negative first degree verdicts issued by the Asylum Service on the international protection claims of migrants. The Norwegian Appeals Authority (UNE) having the same jurisdictions in Norway serves as the Donor Project Partner for a bilateral initiative which aims at participation of both the project partners in capacity building events and knowhow exchange sessions. This will a) enhance the effective and efficient cooperation of relevant Authorities as well as b) adopt / exchange best practices of Authorities in other countries in terms of appeals of migrants. The project plans to fund study visits of both parties in relevant authorities in Malta, Germany, Sweden and Belgium to have knowledge transfer and continuation of strategic networking.
€95k awarded
Local Authorities and Climate Change Adaptation: Capacity Building and Best practices
The project aims to promote bilateral relations between Norway and Greece through actions between municipalities to enhance knowledge from climate transformation actions, as well as the necessary institutional strengthening in local administrations and ultimately the strengthening of environmental democracy at the sub-national level. The 18-month project foresees the cooperation, through the Climate Change Hub (cchub), of the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece with the Norwegian Union of Municipalities as well as with organizations and bodies active in the field of climate transformation with the final aim of institutional strengthening of the of subnational authorities for the implementation of green development actions. Using the interactive platform of the Climate Change Hub (cchub.eu) 4 webinars and 2 bilateral workshops will be held with the indicative topics: the international and Norwegian experience in urban resilience and the SDG's criteria on green investments; emblematic projects of green transformation; mapping of the actions of Greek municipalities; best practices to improve the image of green investments and the future of bilateral cooperation between local governments in Greece and Norway. Additionally, a working visit to Norway and an open day in Athens with representatives of Municipalities and other actors from Norway will be carried out, to examine options for further activities, visibility and sustainability of the participants' networking.
€80k awarded