We would like to inform you that we have published the list of the most common mistakes detected in the frame of the first deadline for the submission of project proposals.
List of most common mistakes can be found here.
Minister Maja Makovec Brencic, and European Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
The Representation of the European Commission in Slovenia, in cooperation with the Municipality of Lendava and Europe Direct Murska Sobota, has the pleasure of inviting you to a CITIZENS’ DIALOGUE with the European Commissioner for education, culture, youth and sport Tibor NAVRACSICS and the Minister for education, science and sport Maja MAKOVEC BRENČIČ, on Friday, 23 September 2016, at 13.15 in the Theatre and Concert Hall of Lendava, Trg Györgya Zale 1.
The main topic of the dialogue will be education.
Admission is free. You are kindly asked to register online at: http://www.europedirect.si/sl/dogodek/dialog-z-drzavljani-v-lendavi (fill out the form “SPLETNA PRIJAVNICA” at the bottom of the page)
The Cooperation Programme Interreg V-A Slovenia-Croatia operates on the basis of the Open Call system. This means that as applicants you can submit project applications continuously after the Open Call has been launched as long as funds are available.
The second deadline for the submission of project proposals in the frame of the programme will close on 14 Novemner 2016 at 12.00 (CET).
We would also like to inform you that we have published minor changes of the Open Call documentation with corrigendum where the changes are presented and described.
Regarding the changes of the Open Call documentation we would like to point out that these are smaller changes and corrections (not changing the content) by which better understanding of the Programme rules is provided and to ease the applicants the process of preparation and submission of the projects.
The Open Call and the application pack are available on the programme’s website.
In the frame of the 3rd meeting of the Monitoring Committee (MC), which took place on 30 and 31 August 2016 in Portorož, the members of the MC approved the first projects that were submitted within the 1st deadline for the submission of project proposals.
We are informing you that a new version of Implementation Manual for Beneficiaries in Croatian language has been published.
In the new version of Implementation Manual the Croatian translation has been improved but the content of documents has not been altered.
On 11 March 2016 the first deadline for the submission of project applications in the frame of the Open Call for Proposals ended. Until the closure of the deadline 91 project applications were submitted. The results of the administrative check are 27 project applications that comply with the administrative and eligibility criteria. Those 27 projects are now subject of the quality assessment.
Projects that did not pass the administrative and eligibility check will receive the Letter of notification with the main reasons for rejection. Projects rejected in this faze have the possibility to submit the revised application in one of the next deadlines. Next deadline for the submission of project applications is foreseen in the end of October 2016.
The first subsidy contract in the frame of cross-border Cooperation Programme Slovenia-Croatia for programming period 2014-2020 was signed on May 20, 2016 in Podčetrtek for strategic project aiming to reduce flood risk, FRISCO1. The contract was signed by Nina Seljak MSc, head of European Territorial Cooperation Office at Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy of the Republic of Slovenia and Zoran Đuroković, general director of Hrvatske vode Company. The assembly was addressed also by mayor of Podčetrtek, Peter Misja.
Ceremonial signing of the first contract in the frame of cross-border Cooperation Programme Slovenia-Croatia represents a symbolic seal on continuation of successful cross-border cooperation in the programming period 2014-2020, thorough which different applicants can successfully realise their ideas and together with their cross-border partners carry out sustainable solutions. For the cooperation programme between Slovenia and Croatia covering the programme area comprising 9 regions in Slovenia and 8 regions in Croatia, more than 43 million euros is available from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), out of that approximately 10 million euros for strategic projects aimed at flood risk reduction measures.
The goal of flood risk reduction in the river basins of Kolpa/Kupa, Sotla/Sutla, Drava, Mura, Dragonja and Bregana, covering the joint transboundary territory between Slovenia and Croatia, is also followed by FRISCO1 project selected in the frame of special invitation for application submission. Eight partners cooperate in the project worth 4.070.950 euros (3.460.307,50 euros comes from ERDF), these are: lead partner Hrvatske vode, Ministry of the Republic Slovenia for the Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenian Environment Agency, Slovenian Water Agency, National Protection and Rescue Directorate of the Republic of Croatia, Meteorological and Hydrological Service of the Republic of Croatia, Institute for Hydraulic Research and Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief. The project worth almost 10 percent of all programme funds deals with a typical cross-border topic. Clearly, managing flood protection only on one side of the border would not lead to the desired effects. The inhabitants of joint transboundary space can expect concrete benefits from the project. The expected improved flood protection will be accompanied with improved conditions for sustainable tourism development and biodiversity conservation in the transboundary area; moreover the project also contributes to the objectives of the EU Danube Region.
Today the Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy has started a campaign “EU project, my project 2016” in the frame of which voting for projects that will be presented to the public is taking place.
Among the proposed projects are also projects of the cross-border Programme Slovenia – Croatia, therefore we invite you to vote for one of the projects till the 13th May 2016 on the link below and share the information on your promotional channels!
The Programme operates on the basis of the Open Call system. This means that applicants can submit project applications continuously after the Open Call is launched as long as funds are available.
Applications received in the frame of the respective deadline before each Monitoring Committee Meeting and fulfilling all requirements will be subject to Monitoring Committee decision. The first deadline for the submission of project proposals was 11 March 2016.
The second deadline for the submission of project proposals is planned for the end of October 2016. The date of the second deadline will be published 2 months prior to the deadline. We propose that you do not hurry with the submission of project applications because of some minor changes of the documentation that could be made.
For general questions on the Open Call please contact Tadej Baškovič (+386 1 400 3685). For detailed information on the eMS, please contact +386 1 400 3409.
The second Monitoring Committee Meeting of the Cooperation Programme Interreg V-A SI-HR took place on 11 April 2016 in Lovran, Croatia. The decisions are available in the attached document.
OP SI-HR 2007-2013
