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Share of the EEA Grants and The Norway Grants: € 41.5 million
Priority sectors: Enviroment, sustainable development, human resource development, health and childcare, conservation of European cultural heritage.
The NGO Fund: € 2 million
The Bulgarian NGO Fund was launched in July 2008, and has the folllowing priority areas:
- Environmental protection and sustainable development
- Provision and development of social services
- Development of civil society
- Protection of human rights
NGO Fund homepage
Finding Norwegian partners:
Norwegian institutions and NGOs are pleased to invite Bulgarian organisations to engage in co-operation and partnerships.
We strongly recommend that you try to seek Norwegian partners through our database of registered organisations and institutions:
Finding partners
National focal point:
More information:
Official Norwegian website on the EEA grants (Norwegian)
Official Norwegian website on the EEA grants (English)
General information on the NGO funds
You can also contact the Norwegian Embassy in your country:
Norway’s official site in Bulgaria
or address the Norwegian Helsinki Committee that has a coordinating role in the NGO funds projects: www.nhc.no
Cohesion funding for Bulgaria
The agreement to include Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area (EEA) were signed on 25 July this year. Norway will make available a total of € 20.2 million to projects contributing to social and economic development in the two new member states. Half of the sum will be channeled through the EEA Financial Mechanism, the other half through a newly established bilateral cooperation programme between Norway, Romania and Bulgaria. The Norwegian Cooperation Programmes are administered by Innovation Norway.
Click here for more information about Innovation Norway
Partnership projects
The bilateral cooperation programme will be based on partnership projects between actors from Norway and the two beneficiary states. Prioritised sectors include energy, environment and climate, and sustainable business processes.
More information:
Official Norwegian website for the Norway grants (English)
Official Norwegian website on the Cohesion funding for Bulgaria (Norsk)
More about the Cooperation Programmes
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