Announce the launch of the Targeted Call for development and submission of Full Project Proposals (FPP) under the Territorial Strategy of the Programme Bulgaria-North Macedonia Programme 2021-2027

The Operational Unit and The Strategy Board of the INTERREG VI-A IPA Bulgaria-North Macedonia Programme 2021-2027 announce the launch of the Targeted Call for development and submission of Full Project Proposals (FPP) under the Territorial Strategy of the Programme

The current call is related to the applicants who have successfully passed the first phase and have received invitations to develop and submit full project proposals (FPP) within the framework of Programme Priority 3 “Integrated Development of the Cross-Border Region”. Each FPP is based on the identified concept note, which the Strategy Board (SB) of the Programme has included in a List of identified project ideas (main and reserve projects) as part of the Programme’s Territorial Strategy. The Territorial Strategy with Annex 1 List of identified concept notes (including the reserve ones) was approved by the Monitoring Committee (MC) with Decision from 27^th  of March 2024.

The application with Full project proposals will contribute to the achievement of Specific objective 1.2 “Development of an attractive, all-season tourism product by means of smart solutions that ensure universal access and participation” of the Territorial Strategy.

The Specific objective 1.2 is based on the following tourism-related fields of intervention:  

• Mobility and connectivity, incl. alternative mobility;
• Branding and marketing for tourist products in the cross-border region;
• Employability in the tourism sector, reinforcement of the cultural - natural sites and tourism – environment links;
• Actions for reducing vulnerability of services in the tourism sector.                                              

Information about the targeted Call for full project proposals and documents for application (Guide for identified applicants to develop and submit full project proposals (Contracting Guide) is provided at:

https://ipa-bgmk.mrrb.bg

www.mrrb.government.bg
www.eufunds.bg
http://mls.gov.mk/

The total budget of the call is EUR 8 143 233.

The deadline for submission of Full Project Proposals in Jems is 30 July 2024, 17:00 EEST (16:00 CEST).

You can contact the Operational Unit of the Territorial Strategy for additional information: operational.unit.kyustendil@gmail.com

Main office in Kyustendil: tel. +359 (0) 78 58 01 01;

Branch office in Strumica: tel. + 389 (0)34 330 331.