Funds for Bilateral Relations
EEA and Norway Grants 2009-2014

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Bilateral relations

Characteristic feature of the second edition of the Norway and EEA Grants is the strengthening bilateral co-operation with the Donor States such as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway. As a result of this approach several actions were undertaken i.e.:

establishment of the Donor Partnership Programmes,
establishment of bilateral co-operation funds at national and programme level,
promoting partnership co-operation at the project level.

Partnership at project level

As a general rule, there is no obligation to carry out projects in partnership with partners from the Donor States, however it is recommended and possible under following pogrammes:

PL13 Reducing social inequalities in health
PL07 Development and better adaptation of health care to demographic and epidemiological trends

In order to develop partnerships within each mentioned above programmes the Bilateral Cooperation Fund at the programme level was established. The fund is intended to facilitate such actions as: searching partners from the Donor States, development of partnerships, networking, exchange, sharing and transfer of knowledge, technology, experience and best practices between the beneficiaries and the Donor’s entities.