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  1. An institution, body, office or agency established by or based on the Treaty on European Union and the Treaties establishing the European Communities.

    All education and training facilities for people of different age groups.

    An intergovernmental organization having legal personality under public international law or a specialized agency established by such an international organization. An international organization, the majority of whose members are Member States or Associated Countries and whose main objective is to promote scientific and technological cooperation in Europe, is an International Organization of European Interest.

    A person with legal rights and obligations. Unlike a legal entity, a natural person does not have a legal act (e.g. association, limited liability company, etc.).

    An NPO is an institution or organization which, by virtue of its legal form, is not profit-oriented or which is required by law not to distribute profits to its shareholders or individual members. An NGO is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that does not represent business interests. Pursues a common purpose for the benefit of society.

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    A research institution is a legal entity established as a non-profit organization whose main objective is to conduct research or technological development. A college/university is a legal entity recognized by its national education system as a university or college or secondary school. It may be a public or private institution.

    A microenterprise, a small or medium-sized enterprise (business) as defined in EU Recommendation 2003/361. To qualify as an SME for EU funding, an enterprise must meet certain conditions, including (a) fewer than 250 employees and (b) an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 million and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 million. These ceilings apply only to the figures for individual companies.

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  1. Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation 

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    Institutional cooperation and network-building play a crucial role, supporting long-term partnerships to improve administrative processes, share regional knowledge, and promote intercultural understanding. This also includes cooperation between universities, healthcare facilities, schools, sports organizations, and efforts in management and capacity building. 

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    Innovation capacity and awareness are also key, with actions aimed at increasing the ability of individuals and organizations to adopt and apply innovative practices. This involves empowering innovation networks and stimulating innovation across different sectors. 

    Institutional cooperation and network-building play a crucial role, supporting long-term partnerships to improve administrative processes, share regional knowledge, and promote intercultural understanding. This also includes cooperation between universities, healthcare facilities, schools, sports organizations, and efforts in management and capacity building. 

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    It also covers improving soil and air quality by reducing pollution, managing contamination, preventing soil erosion, and enhancing air quality both outdoors and indoors. Water management plays an essential role, including sustainable water distribution, monitoring systems, innovative wastewater treatment technologies, and water reuse policies. Additionally, it addresses the protection and development of waterways, lakes, and rivers, as well as sustainable wetland management. 

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    This topic focuses on fostering community integration and strengthening a common identity by promoting social cohesion, positive relations, and the development of shared spaces and services. It supports initiatives that enhance intercultural understanding and cooperation between different societal groups. 

    Demographic change and migration address key societal challenges, such as an aging population, active aging, and silver economy strategies. It also includes adapting public services and infrastructure to demographic shifts, tackling social and spatial segregation, and addressing brain drain. Migration-related actions cover policy development, strategic planning, and the integration of migrants to create inclusive and resilient communities. 

    All projects where ICT has a significant role, including tailor-made ICT solutions in different fields, as well as digital innovation hubs, open data, Internet of Things; ICT access and connecting (remote) areas with digital infrastructure and services; services and applications for citizens (e-health, e-government, e-learning, e-inclusion, etc.); services and applications for companies (e-commerce, networking, digital transformation, etc.).

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    This topic covers actions aimed at improving energy efficiency and promoting the use of renewable energy sources. It includes energy management, energy-saving methods, and evaluating energy efficiency measures. Projects may focus on the energy rehabilitation and efficiency of buildings and public infrastructure, as well as promoting energy efficiency through cooperation among experienced firms, institutions, and local administrations. 

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Interreg Central Baltic: Fifth Call for Project Proposals (small-scale projects)

Funding Program

Interreg Central Baltic Programme

deadlines

Opening
10.03.2025

Deadline
30.09.2025 11:00

Funding rate

80%

Call budget

€ 30,000,000.00

Estimated EU contribution per project

max. € 213,550.00

Link to the call

Link to the submission

Call content

short description

Interreg Central Baltic opens its fifth call for project proposals for small-scale projects. All programme objectives will be open for applications, however, some areas have specific focuses or restrictions to help achieve the programme’s goals. A focus highlights the programme’s preference for projects addressing particular areas of need.

Call objectives

The following priorities and specific objectives have been developed within the programme:

  • P1: Innovative Business Development
    • SO 1.1: More exports by SMEs
    • SO 1.2: More new scaled-up growth companies
  • P2: Improved Environment and Resource Use
    • SO 2.1: Joint circular economy solutions
    • SO 2.2: Improved coastal and marine environment
    • SO 2.3: Decreased CO2 emissions
  • P3: Improved Employment Opportunities
    • SO 3.1: Improved employment opportunities on labour market
  • P4: Improved Public Services
    • SO 4.1: Improved public services and solutions for the citizens

Expected results

The programme proposes the following (non exhaustive list) types of measures:

P1: Innovative Business Development

  • SO 1.1: More exports by SMEs
    • awareness raising
    • product/service development
    • developing joint offers of products and services
    • process development and digitalisation of processes
    • skills development and quality management
    • market information and research
    • branding and marketing of products and services
    • sales support activities on target markets: visits to target markets and buyers visits to CB region, fairs, market expert services
    • experience exchange and learning as result of joint implementation
  • SO 1.2: More new scaled-up growth companies
    • awareness raising
    • product development
    • process development and digitalisation
    • skills development
    • market opportunities research
    • branding and marketing
    • business model development and expansion of operations
    • experience exchange and learning as result of joint implementation

P2: Improved Environment and Resource Use

  • SO 2.1: Joint circular economy solutions
    • awareness raising
    • mapping the cross border “product life cycles/chains”
    • feasibility studies, plans and designs
    • trainings and skills development
    • development and implementation of methods and technologies to reduce the use of materials, reduce the waste and increase the reuse of materials
    • process developments and digitalisation of processes
    • small scale investments to reduce the use of materials, waste and increase the reuse of materials
    • experience exchange and learning as result of joint implementation
  • SO 2.2: Improved coastal and marine environment
    • awareness raising
    • information collection, surveys
    • analysis and surveys, plans, drawings, and designs
    • designing, adapting methods
    • planning and investing into digital solutions and processes
    • joint pilot actions to reduce inflows of nutrients, toxins and hazardous substances
    • small scale investments to reduce inflows of nutrients, toxins and hazardous substances
    • experience exchange and learning as result of joint implementation
  • SO 2.3: Decreased CO2 emissions
    • awareness raising
    • analysis and surveys
    • plans, drawings, and designs
    • planning and investing into digital solutions and processes
    • small scale investments leading to lower CO2 emissions
    • experience exchange activities as joint seminars, study visits, surveys and trainings

P3: Improved Employment Opportunities

  • SO 3.1: Improved employment opportunities on labour market
    • awareness raising among target groups
    • designing and implementing trainings
    • incentives and services for employers
    • networking and dialogues between counterparts of labour market
    • digital tools for online skills development and working
    • entrepreneurship enhancing simulations and problem-solving exercises
    • mobility of participants
    • experience exchange and learning as result of joint implementation

P4: Improved Public Services

  • SO 4.1: Improved public services and solutions for the citizens
    • awareness raising
    • trainings and networking
    • feasibility studies
    • plans and designs (including strategic and land use planning)
    • improving participatory processes for developing services
    • improving public services and solutions
    • creating joint cross-border services
    • digitalising joint public services

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Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

Estonia (Eesti), Finland (Suomi/Finland), Latvia (Latvija), Sweden (Sverige)

eligible entities

Education and training institution, International organization, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University, Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)

Mandatory partnership

Yes

Project Partnership

The minimum requirement for projects is to have partners from at least two of the Member States. Therefore, in the case of involving partners from the Åland islands, there must be at least one partner from Estonia, Latvia or Sweden in the project. Projects between only Åland islands and mainland Finland are not possible.

The size of the partnership should be based on the relevance of each partner for the project. The best size of the partnership should be considered for each project individually. Experience shows that projects with a large partnership are more difficult to manage. Being a partner always involves administrative tasks and costs even for the smallest partner organisation. Therefore, the partnership should be limited to 10. If there are exceptional reasons to have more partners, this should be clearly justified.

There is no demand to have partners from all countries. Bilateral projects and projects with partners from more (or all) countries are assessed equally.

The eligibility of partners has been defined according to their legal status and the location of the partner. The programme will accept public authorities (national, regional and local) as well as bodies governed by public law and bodies governed by private law.

Private companies and organisations with their legal address outside the programme area are excluded from being lead partners.

The key characteristics of project partners are that they have a budget and that they have an active role in the project implementation. All project partners should take an active part in the project preparation, implementation of thematic, as well as information and communication, project management activities. Each project has a responsibility to implement its own activities (as defined in the project plan) and to manage its budget.

Programme area:

Estonia:

  • Kesk-Eesti
  • Kirde-Eesti
  • Lääne-Eesti
  • Põhja-Eesti
  • Lõuna-Eesti

Finland:

  • Kymenlaakso
  • Satakunta
  • Uusimaa
  • Varsinais-Suomi
  • Etelä-Karjala
  • Kanta-Häme
  • Pirkanmaa
  • Päijät-Häme
  • Etelä-Savo
  • Åland (autonomy)

Latvia:

  • Kurzeme
  • Pierīga
  • Rīga
  • Vidzeme
  • Zemgale
  • Latgale

Sweden:

  • Gotlands län
  • Gävleborgs län
  • Stockholms län
  • Södermanlands län
  • Uppsala län
  • Östergötlands län
  • Västmanlands län
  • Örebro län

other eligibility criteria

A total of approximately €30 million ERDF will be reserved for funding in the Fifth call (both for small-scale and regular projects).

The focus areas of the programme objectives are the following:

P1: Innovative Business Development

  • SO 1.1: More exports by SMEs
  • SO 1.2: More new scaled-up growth companies

Both SOs are open for applications, but the programme prioritises applications in SO 1.1.

P2: Improved Environment and Resource Use

  • SO 2.1: Joint circular economy solutions
  • SO 2.2: Improved coastal and marine environment
  • SO 2.3: Decreased CO2 emissions

All three SOs are open for applications.

P3: Improved Employment Opportunities

  • SO 3.1: Improved employment opportunities on labour market

In SO 3.1, the programme prioritises applications dealing with result indicator PSR 6 “Number of people with increased competitiveness on labour market” as well as with less represented target groups like people with special needs and older people. All 3 types of result indicators (PSR 6 “Number of people with increased competitiveness on labour market”, PSR 7 “Number of organisations with applied anti-discriminatory policies”, and PSR 8 “Number of people with increased entrepreneurship”) and all target groups are open for applications.

P4: Improved Public Services

SO 4.1: Improved public services and solutions for the citizens

SO 4.1 is only open for small project applications.

Additional information

Topics

Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation, 
Agriculture & Forestry, Fishery, Food, Soil quality, 
Air Quality, Biodiversity & Environment, Climate & Climate Change, Water quality & management, 
Circular Economy, Natural Resources, 
Competitiveness of Enterprises, Employment/Labour Market, SME & entrepreneurship, 
Digitalisation, Digital Society, ICT, 
Mobility & Transport, 
Rural & Urban Development/Planning

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

project duration

max. 18 months

Additional Information

Jems is open for application preparation from 10 March 2025 for both regular and small projects, using a one-step application process.

The first possible submission date of the application form is 1 August 2025. Submission of application form in Jems closes on 30 September 2025 at noon (corresponding local time 12:00 in Finland, including Åland, Estonia, Latvia, and 11:00 in Sweden).

Contact

Interreg Central Baltic Programme
+358 40 550 8408
info@centralbaltic.eu
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