Estonia-Russia

On 3 August 2021 the Estonia-Russia CBC Programme launched its 4th call for proposals focused on capitalization and clustering with the overall indicative amount of at least EUR 230 730. The call aims to enlarge the influence and ensure higher impact of the Programme on its territory and beyond the border regions. For this purpose the ongoing or completed projects of Estonia-Russia CBC Programme are invited to capitalize on and maximise the results already achieved or to be achieved within 1st, 2nd, 3rd Calls projects and LIPs.

Projects within the 4^th call for proposals are expected to:

• contribute to transferring project results, knowledge, good practices (knowledge and transfer oriented approach);
• contribute to enhancing the visibility of projects/programmes results (communication oriented approach)

Only project ideas connected with already awarded projects will be accepted.

Capitalisation projects should support previously awarded Estonia-Russia CBC Programme projects to capitalise on their results in the identified niche themes in following thematic objectives (TOs):

• TO1 Business and SME development;
• TO5 Support for local & regional good governance;
• TO6 Environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation.

The deadline for submission of project proposals is 9 November 2021.

Link to proposal

3rd call for proposals of the the Estonia-Russia CBC Programme 2014-2020 is open from 25 November 2019 to 21 February 2020. 

The call is dedicated to the Thematic Objective 5 (TO5) “Support to local and regional good governance” with the specific areas:

• Improving cooperation between local and regional authorities and their sub-units;
• Improving cooperation between local and regional communities.

The overall indicative amount of Programme financing allocated for the 3rd Call for proposals is EUR 432 373,32. The minimum amount of the grant to a project is  EUR 50 000, the maximum –  EUR 100 000.

The one-step procedure foresees submission of a full application form through the Programme electronic Monitoring System (eMS) by the set deadline.

Link to proposal

On 10 January 2018, the Estonia-Russia CBC Programme 2014-2020 launched the 2^nd Call for proposals for the Programme specific area `Fostering shared actions in risk management and a readiness to cope with environmental disasters` under the Thematic Objective (TO) 6 `Environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaption`.

The deadline for submission of Project Summary Forms (PSF) in the electronic monitoring system is 7 March 2018 at 17.00 (Estonian time).

The programme financing allocated for the 2^nd Call for proposals is EUR 870 000. The maximum grant per project is EUR 400 000. The minimum co-financing rate by partners is 10% of their own part of the project budget.

For more information, including documents in Estonian and Russian, please visit the call announcement on the programme’s website.

The 1st Call for proposals of the Estonia-Russia Cross-Border Cooperation Programme (CBC) 2014-2020 is open from 17 January 2017. The deadline for submission of project applications (Project Summary Forms) is 3 April 2017 at 17:00 (Estonian time).

There are three thematic objectives (TO) supported by the programme under the 1st Call for Proposals:

• TO1 Business and SME development
• TO5 Support to local and regional good governance
• TO6 Environmental protection, climate change mitigation and adaptation

The programme will finance activities within the projects which have a purely cross-border character and involve at least two beneficiaries of whom at least one from the Republic of Estonia and at least one from the Russian Federation.

Link to proposal