Where the money is committed
The agreement splits this allocation across several programme areas. Because it spans more than one, its projects cannot be attributed to any single area.
Programme· HR-LOCALDEV · 2014–2021
Local Development and Poverty Reduction
Strengthened social and economic cohesion
Programme objective, as agreed.
Allocation
€27m
Allocation by financial mechanism: EEA Grants 90%, Norway Grants 10%.
- EEA Grants €25m
- Norway Grants €2.8m
Funded by Both
€31m 113% of allocation
Contracted in signed projects
34
Projects signed
1
Donor programme partners
1
Documents published
| Programme area | Allocation | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Local Development and Poverty Reduction PA10 | €27m | 96.6% |
| Good Governance, Accountable Institutions, Transparency PA16 | €920k | 3.4% |
Who runs it
Responsible bodies
- Programme operator
- Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds
- National focal point
- Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds
- Short name
- HR-LOCALDEV
- Type
- Programme Agreement
Donor programme partners
Institutions from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway working on this programme.
Bilateral ambitions
| 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. The programme will be implemented in conjunction with the programme Local Development and Poverty Reduction implemented under the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.
Conditions in the programme agreement
4 concerns were recorded against this programme when it was agreed.
- No more than 60% of the total eligible expenditure of the programme shall be available for infrastructure (hard measures).
- Special concern shall be given to support equal opportunities for education of the elementary school pupils contributing to their future increased job prospects including measure(s) in a) natural sciences and mathematics b) ICT in education, c) inclusive education, d) entrepreneurship in skills development and increased job prospects and e) inclusive citizenship. Measures within other areas of support may be further explored when developing the concept note. Special attention shall be given to vulnerable groups and less developed areas.
- The involvement of the European Wergeland Centre shall be explored when developing the concept note.
- The programme will be implemented in conjunction with the programme Local Development and Poverty Reduction implemented under the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.
The 34 projects
€31m of awarded grant.
Signed per year
- 1 2021
- 32 2022
- 1 2023
- Smallest grant
- €68k
- Median
- €535k
- Largest
- €4.2m
Implementation status is not published for this funding period, so projects are shown by awarded grant and signature date rather than by progress.
Documents and calls
Published against this programme.
| Type | Document | Version date | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Programme Agreement | Programme agreement HR-LOCALDEV | 25 November 2024 | 12.0 |