Fourth call for projects is now open

Our fourth call for proposals was launched on 01 October, 2024. The call opens in two steps, in the first step you can introduce your general project idea until December 2, 2024. The call budget will be around 37 million Euros. In an event two weeks ago in Eupen, anyone interested in the call could get a first insight into the cornerstones of the call. You can still find the presentations of the event in our download section. 

Topics

The fourth call for projects will cover a wide-range of topics and is open to initiatives that tackle one of the following topics together with a cross-border team:

• Industrial transition;
• Green transformation;
• Social challenges such as labour market and education topics;
• Healthier citizens;
• Tourism in a high-quality region.

The Meuse-Rhine area is facing numerous challenges that know no borders. Climate change, social pressures and the need to transition to a carbon-free and digital economy have only accelerated lately. Our border region has to adapt in many ways and they urgently need financial support for this.

Submitted project ideas are expected to develop, test and implement innovative solutions through cross-border cooperation that meet the needs on the ground - in all programme funding priorities and specific objectives. Particularly important is that they have a true cross-border quality, contribute to the funding goals, and generate an economic impact for the cross-border region of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Procedure

The call for projects is structured in two stages. The first step represents a short application. For the short application, the project will be checked according to the grant eligibility requirements and assessed on the selection criteria. The projects will be informed about the decision and possibly receive recommendations to improve their application.

Those projects passing the first step will be invited to the second stage for this call. In the second phase, projects can elaborate on their project idea into a full application. 

During the entire application phase, we recommend that projects stay in close contact with the Regional Antenna of their region. These are the experts who can offer you tips and tricks for your application.

More information

For more information on this call, please refer to the presentation on the launch event of this call. If you want to know more about our funding in general, please take a look at the programme manual. The legal text with further details on the procedure and requirements can be found in the download area.