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1.“Integration of climate change policy in sectoral and regional policies”, 2.“Enhancement of sustainable soil resource management in agriculture”

Date of publication:
06.03.2020
Date and time of submission:
31.08.2020 23:59
Contest type:
Pre-defined project
Grant financing:
4 017 647 €

In order to ascertain the quality of the pre-defined projects of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014–2021 Program “Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Environment” (hereinafter – the Programme) and the contribution to the achievement of the objectives of the Programme, The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development (thereinafter ‑ MEPRD) as the Programme operator (hereinafter ‑ PO) shall, prior to signing a project contract for a pre-defined project, appraise the project in order to verify its quality and contribution to the objectives of the Programme as well as compliance with European Union and national legislation.

18 February 2020 Cabinet Regulation No. 93 “Regulations for the implementation of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014 ‑ 2021 programme “Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Environment””  determine the conditions for the implementation of the programme.

According to the 13 November 2018 Cabinet Regulation No. 683 “European Economic Area Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 Management Regulations” (hereinafter – Cabinet Regulation No. 683), if the project has been intended to be implemented in partnership, the project promoter shall within 10 working days from the date when the decision enters into force regarding the approval of the project application or an opinion regarding the fulfillment of the conditions included in to the decision, or a positive assessment of the previously determined project, or the fulfillment of the conditions included in the assessment, must submit the draft of a partnership agreement to the PO for probation.

The Partnership agreement template in English is available here!

According to the Cabinet Regulation No. 683 prior signing a Partnership agreement PO will appraise the draft of the partnership agreement, checking whether there has been included all of the specified requirements of the Cabinet Regulation No. 683:

By 31st of August 2020 the pre-defined project application with a cover letter must be submitted in the form of an electronic document.

The project applicant may ask questions about the preparation of the project application by sending them electronically to the e-mail address: norwaygrants@varam.gov.lv no later than three working days before the deadline for submission of project applications.

Contact information:
MEPDR Development Instruments Department
Senior Expert of National and Foreign Assistance Instruments Division
Aija Smalkā, phone: +371 67026522, e-mail: Aija.Smalka@varam.gov.lv

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