Altogether 48 applications were received in the Programme's second call for applications which was open from March 9 until April 15, applying for 35.8 MEUR of ERDF funds.

The average budget for a single project in the second call is 948.000 EUR of which the applied ERDF portion is, on average, 745.000 EUR. The Central Baltic Programme received 19, Southern Finland-Estonia Sub-programme 23 and Archipelago and Islands Sub-programme 6 applications.

More detailed statistics on the division to different (Sub-)programmes, priorities etc. can be found in the following document.

  2nd call statistics of received applications (127.08 kB 2009-04-23)

The Joint Technical Secretariat has started the assessment process of the applications. The final funding decisions will be taken by the Programme's three Steering Committees in their meetings according to the following schedule:

Archipelago and Islands Sub-programme:  June 16-17, 2009

Southern Finland-Estonia Sub-programme: August 25-26, 2009

Central Baltic Programme: September 1-2, 2009