The ministry is expecting project proposals for priority 1 – improving the competitiveness of the border region’s economy; priority 2 – the environment and training for emergencies; priority 3 – promoting people-to-people activities.
Q&A sessions for this application stage will be held starting November 28 in the three participant states. The deadline for applications is January 30, 2012.
The program receives EUR127 million from the European Union, through the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument.
“The program’s goal is, given secure borders, to stimulate the border regions’ development potential by encouraging contact between partners on both sides of the border, to improve the economic-social and environment conditions,” says a press release by the ministry.
The eligible area in Romania includes the counties Botosani, Galati, Iasi, Suceava, Tulcea and Vaslui, the oblasts Odessa and Chernivtsi (Ukraine) and the entire territory of Moldova.