The Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme 2007-2013 has the ambition of having two calls for proposals per year. The calls will be announced on the web site and to the Central Baltic mailing list. At the latest when a call is announced open, the application package for that call can be found on the website. In 2010 the dates for the calls are May 1-31 (4th call) and November 1-30 (5th call).

Find the Application Package for the 5th call here.

Consulting the Joint Technical Secretariat

Take the advantage of booking a consultation and of calling the Joint Technical Secretariat (JTS) if you have questions while filling in the application form. Private face-to-face 1-hour consultation times can be booked at all JTS locations. The appointments are booked by contacting the respective JTS location corresponding to the (sub-)programme the project will apply for. In case you are not yet sure of which (sub)programme to apply for you can call the JTS to discuss the matter. Before the consultation, the project is asked to provide the JTS a project plan. This is best done by filling in the Project Idea Form online at the latest on the Monday preceeding the consultation (2 days before). Projects containing investment should fill in a special form (see below)

JTS contacts

Project Idea Form

 Project Idea Form for INVESTMENT projects (288.5 kB)

Finding co-financing

The Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme 2007-2013 can co-finance your project up to 75% for partners in Finland (including Åland) and Sweden and up to 85% for partners located in Estonia and Latvia. This means that each partner needs to have co-funding consisting of public funds. Start the process of finding co-financing early in your project application process.

In mainland Finland and on Åland there is a national process to apply for national state co-financing. However, as the amount of this funding is limited it is important to also investigate others sources of co-financing.

Finland:

The Regional Council of Southwest Finland (in Swedish)

The Regional Council of Southwest Finland (in Finnish)

Centres for Economic Development, Transport and Environment (in Finnish)

Åland:

The Åland Government (in Swedish)

You can also contact:  

Kenneth Åkergård

Tel: +358 (0)18 25 000

E-mail: kenneth.akergard[at]regeringen.ax

In Latvia project partners of the already approved projects have the possibility to apply for national state co-financing. However, during the project application process also the Latvian project partners have to provide the co-financing statements for the full amount of co-financing needed as the partner's own contribution to generate the ERDF funds. More information can be found behind the following link.

The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia

In Estonia and Sweden there are various sources to apply for co-financing but there is not one general national process as in Finland. Contact your potential co-financiers in a very early phase of planning your project to discuss their possibilities of co-funding and how you can apply.

Filling in the Application Form (files available when call approaching / open)

By reading the Programme manual (and the Practical guide for filling in the application form available with the published Application form) you will be more equipped to describe your project in the application form. You can also sign up for a project development seminar which will be arranged in each country during an open call. At the seminar the application form and its annexes will be explained. Remember also to check the selection criteria which are the basis used for evaluating your project application. On basis of these criteria you can check if you have annexed all documents needed and filled in sections of the application form so that they will be possible to evaluate.

 Programme Manual 5.0 (1.39 MB)

Upcoming events (check the dates of project development seminars for lead applicants)

Sending the application

Once you have completed the project application with all the required annexes, the Lead Partner sends the Application Form by email (electronic version in Microsoft Excel 93-2007 format) to the Joint Technical Secretariat in the following address:

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In addition to the application form, the lead partner must fill in, sign and send a confirmation letter by post to the following address:

Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme 2007-2013

Joint Technical Secretariat

Regional Council of Southwest Finland

P.O. Box 273

20101 Turku, FINLAND

The project application needs to be submitted earliest on the first day of the call and latest on the last day of the call.

Selecting projects for funding

The JTS will first carry out a technical admissibility check. If technical deficiencies are detected the JTS will request the lead applicant by e-mail to complement the application with the missing information, documents and/or clarifications within a given short deadline of 5 working days. If all technical issues are solved a content assessment will be done of your project application based on the selection criteria. The JTS will then prepare proposal for decision to the steering committee of the respective programmes (the Central Baltic Programme, the Archipelago and Islands Sub-programme and the Southern Finland - Estonia Sub-programme). The three steering committees will discuss separately the project applications which have passed the admissibility check and especially their strategic relevance before selecting the projects to receive ERDF co-financing from the Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme 2007- 2013. The proposal prepared by the JTS is in no way binding for the steering committees, but the steering committees are totally free to choose the projects to be co-financed (including the total budget and the duration of the project).

Steering committees

FAQ section on Application

 Selection Criteria 5.0 (124 kB)

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