EEA/Norwegian Grants

Many pieces of cultural heritage in the Czech Republic would have been subject to complete deterioration without the EEA and Norway Grants. The review finds the support from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to have a significant and positive impact on the preservation of European cultural heritage in the Czech Republic.

On 2 March 2009 the Embassy (Benýšková) took part at the 3rd Steering Committee Meeting within the 2nd and final Call for Proposal for the Block Grant 0046  - Czech Research Support Fund – Measure A (bilateral research projects). 

The National Agency for European Educational Programmes (NAEP) publishes 2.3.2009 the call for proposals within the Fund for Support of Co-operation among Schools/Scholarships which is financed from the EEA/Norwegian Financial Mechanism Programme.

The Czech NGO fund has launched its third and last call for proposals, making available €1.9 million to civil society organisations in the Czech Republic.

The Czech NGO fund has launched a new website in order to provide a better overview of the fund`s efforts to support civil society in the Czech Republic.

The Czech research fund has launched a €2.4 million call for cooperative research and development projects between Czech research institutions and entities from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

The 15 EU member states benefiting from the EEA and Norway Grants have now recommended 1000 projects for €1 billion in grant support from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. More than 700 projects have already been approved.

Intermediary of the Block Grant - Ministry of Finance, Centre for Foreign Assistance, National Focal Point of the Financial Mechanisms EEA/Norway, announces on 13th October 2008 2nd Call for proposals for submission of grant applications from the Block Grant – Technical Assistance Fund (TAF) within the framework of Financial Mechanisms EEA/Norway. The deadline for submission is 12th December 2008.

Researchers from the Czech Republic, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway can now apply for €150,000 in mobility grants to spur exchanges between the EEA EFTA states and the Czech Republic.

On 25 September, a joint Czech-Norwegian conference in Prague enabled universities to pool experiences on the topic of disabled students.