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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

In the service of citizens

€3.4 m for programme of cross-border cooperation between Serbia, Montenegro

Belgrade, 25 November 2011

The EU Integration Office stated today that the results of the second Call for submitting project proposals for development of cross-border cooperation between Serbia and Montenegro were presented at the 4th fourth meeting of the Joint monitoring committee of cross-border cooperation between the two countries.

The funding of approximately €3.4 million is intended for this competition as part of the second component of the EU’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance – IPA.

The second call for proposals was published on 15 August this year, and the deadline for submission of all required documents expired on 14 November.

Funds from this call will be used by non-profit legal entities registered in Serbia or Montenegro for joint projects that involve partnership between organisations from the two countries.

A total of 101 projects proposals arrived. The value of individual projects will range from €60,000 to €600,000, of which the EU will provide 85% while the remaining 15% should be provided from own sources.

Cross-border cooperation programmes are the EU’s instrument to support institutional cooperation in border areas of neighbouring states.

In Serbia, over 200 projects have been supported since 2004.

Eight programmes are currently under way – with Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, as well as the Adriatic Programme and the "Southeast Europe" programme.