Impact Funding Resources
AEBR and MOT, in cooperation with the European Commission, open the present call for proposals to finance pilot actions to prepare a joint cross-border crisis management plan (lot 1) or joint cross-border spatial planning measures (lot 2). The Context: Crises like the COVID-19 pandemics or the many meteorological events like floods, and geohazards such as forest fires, have had a particularly devastating effect on cross-border territories. For border regions, it is key to respond in a coordinated manner to such events. To combat pandemics, wildfires or floods, border regions need: • joint cross-border spatial planning • a coordinated response to crises situations. Overall objective The call for proposals is launched in the context of the innovative project ‘Resilient borders – Cross-Border Spatial Planning and Crisis Management Pilot Actions’ with the aim of developing resilient border regions. Beneficiaries will receive support to initiate the implementation of pilot actions to prepare a joint cross-border plan in fields that will help border regions become more resilient to future challenges: cross-border crisis management and cross-border spatial planning.
Start Date04 Oct 2024 End Date30 Nov 2024 Funding AmountUpto EUR 40k Funding ProviderResilient Borders
Resilient Borders
The Context:
Crises like the COVID-19 pandemics or the many meteorological events like floods, and geohazards such as forest fires, have had a particularly devastating effect on cross-border territories.
For border regions, it is key to respond in a coordinated manner to such events.
To combat pandemics, wildfires or floods, border regions need:
• joint cross-border spatial planning
• a coordinated response to crises situations.
Overall objective
The call for proposals is launched in the context of the innovative project ‘Resilient borders – Cross-Border Spatial Planning and Crisis Management Pilot Actions’ with the aim of developing resilient border regions.
Beneficiaries will receive support to initiate the implementation of pilot actions to prepare a joint cross-border plan in fields that will help border regions become more resilient to future challenges: cross-border crisis management and cross-border spatial planning.
Who is eligible to apply?
• Public bodies (national, regional, local) from border regions of the 27 EU countries and EFTA countries
• Cross-border structures with legal personality (EGTCs, Euroregions, etc)
• There must be a minimum of two applicants for every pilot action proposed by public bodies, one for each side of the border. For cross-border entities, one applicant is sufficient.
How are the beneficiaries selected?
• A panel of independent experts will carry out a quality assessment of the applications.
• The experts will examine the proposals’ relevance, and quality, its cross-border added value and impact.
• 10 cases are expected to be selected for each lot.
• The European Commission will validate the selection proposed by the experts.
