Cross-border cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia: First Call for project proposals launched

Within the framework of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) - Component II (Cross-border Cooperation), the Delegations of the European Commission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, in cooperation with the Directorate for European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina (DEI) and Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia, as the operating structures for implementation of the IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme between these two countries, are inviting potential applicants to submit project proposals within the framework of the programme priority and measures.

Main priority areas on which this Call for Proposals will focus are the productivity and competitiveness of the economic, rural and environmental resources of the programme area, as well as the initiatives targeting the exchange of people and ideas to enhance the professional and civic society cooperation.

Under this Call for Proposals an indicative amount of €3.240.000 (€1.980.000 for Serbia and €1.260.000 for Bosnia i Herzegovina) is made available for the joint cross-border projects. All the details on this call are available on the web sites of DEI (www.dei.gov.ba), Ministry of Finance of Republic of Serbia (www.europa.gov.rs), as well as on the EuropeAid website (http://ec.europa.eu/europaid/work/funding/index_en.htm).

Source: www.dei.gov.ba; www.europa.ba;