By the end of the year Programme would like to share some statistics on its projects. 48 projects out of total up to now approved 90 projects have completed their implementation. Majority of them (37) are projects that were approved during the 1st call of the Programme, while other 11 were approved during the 2nd call. The project partners must submit their final project reports to the Joint Secretariat in three months after completion of the projects, and 34 projects currently are in the process of submission/approval of their final reports. Final payments were already done to 14 projects of the 1st call adding to the total amount of 5,3 million EUR.

Most of 42 projects of the 1st call started their activities in spring 2017. It is expected, that the last five projects of the 1st call will finish by the end of 2020.

48 projects were approved in 2nd call, and the first ones have started their implementation in April 2018, and it will continue through 2020 and 2021.

Currently, the projects submitted during the 3rd call of Programme are under assessment, and decision regarding their funding will be made at Programme’s Monitoring Committee meeting at the end of February next year. It is expected that the projects will be able to start their activities in May-June 2020. Implementation of all projects of the Programme must be completed by the end of 2022.