6 November 2009 – first Call for Proposals under the Poland-Belarus-Ukraine programme is now open

The deadline for the submission of the project proposals is 1 March 2010 (15:00 local time).

Total budget of the Call is more than 16 million EUR. The maximum possible rate of co-financing for grants is 90%. Size of grants will range from EUR 100 000 up to EUR 1 500 000. Duration of projects should not exceed 24 months.

Projects in the following priorities will be financed:

Priority 1. Increasing competitiveness of the border area

• Measure 1.1. Better conditions for entrepreneurship
• Measure 1.2. Tourism development
• Measure 1.3. Improving access to the region

Priority 2. Improving the quality of life

• Measure 2.1. Natural environment protection in the borderland

Priority 3. Networking and people-to-people cooperation

• Measure 3.1. Regional and local cross-border cooperation capacity building

More information about the Call is available at the Poland-Belarus-Ukraine 2007-2013 official website http://www.pl-by-ua.eu/