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The Monitoring Committee members seated in a large room.

Go-ahead for 14 new projects

The Monitoring Committee members seated in a large room.
21/09/2022
2 minutes

On 21 and 22 September, the Monitoring Committee of the Interreg North Sea Programme 2021-2027 convened for the second time. One of the Committee's top tasks was to decide on the fate of the 24 full applications submitted in Call 1. 

Today, the Committee has approved fourteen applications for projects that promise to propel the North Sea Region forward towards a more sustainable future. They focus on a range of exciting topics, from innovating home care systems to urban biodiversity and chemical emissions from offshore wind farms.

High rate of approval

For the full applications in Call 1, the approval rate is 58%. Together with the previous decisions on small-scale projects in Call 1, the success rate for all applicants in the first call is 63%. These numbers are similar to the approval rates seen in the VB programme period. 

Overview of funding allocations

The decisions made today allocate €45.5 million in ERDF funding and nearly €2.2 million in Norwegian funding. With the previous approvals of small-scale projects, the total allocation of funds in Call 1 reaches nearly €48.6 million. 

Below is an overview of allocations to regular projects in Call 1, broken down per priority. 

Chart showing the allocation of funding on four priorities.

With these decisions, nearly 30% of the available European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funding has been earmarked for the approved projects. However, with over 70% of the ERDF budget remaining, there is still lots of opportunity for new applicants to engage in the programme. 

Barometer showing allocated and remaining ERDF funding.

Approved projects per priority

At this point, 17 projects have been approved including three small-scale projects and 14 regular projects. See the share of each priority below.

Chart showing the allocation of funding on four priorities.

Approved regular projects in Call 1

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ACE: Accelerating the Home Care Innovation Ecosystem of the Future in the North Sea Region

CR Connected River

D4A Data for All. Data-driven Public Service Delivery in the North Sea Region

SIRR Sustainability, Innovation and Resilience in Rural areas

Icon showing a young woman on a bike and text reading "Green transitions."

REDII Ports Renewable Energy Development and Intelligent Implementation in PORTS

Active Cities: Active mobility increased for sustainable zero-carbon urban multimodality, through human-centric planning, mobility hubs and behaviour change

SN2 SHARE-North Squared

ShareDiMobiHub Shared and Digital Mobility Hubs

SMALL Shared Multimodal Mobility For ALL

Icon showing a happy boy holding an umbrella in rainy weather. The text says: "Climate resilience, biodiversity and pollution"

Blue Transition How to make my region climate resilient

MANABAS COAST MAinstreaming NAture BAsed Solutions through COASTal systems

Anemoi Chemical emissions from offshore wind farms: assessing impacts, gaps and opportunities

Biodiverse Cities Accelerating action for BIODIVERSity Enhancement in CITIES to benefit nature and people