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2004-2009 2009-2014 2014-2021

TOTAL FUNDING TOTAL FUNDING TOTAL FUNDING €34.3M €63.4M €116.7M

EEA GRANTS GRANTS EEA GRANTS NORWAY GRANTS EEA GRANTS NORWAY GRANTS €34.3M €0M €63.4M €0M €116.7M €0M

PRIORITY AREAS

2009-2014 2014-2021

Safeguarding the right to seek asylum and improving the Safeguarding the right to seek asylum and improving the reception conditions, in particular of unaccompanied asylum- reception conditions, in particular of unaccompanied seeking children asylum-seeking minors

Capacity building of Greek NGOs in policy and decision- Improving the competitiveness of Greek enterprises making processes through cooperation with businesses in the donor countries

Improving the environmental standard of marine and inland Alleviating the adverse social effects of the economic crisis waters and promoting renewable energy and research and contributing to better inclusion of Roma communities

Alleviating the adverse social effects of the economic crisis Contributing to good governance, including digitalisation of public services and measures to address corruption

COUNTRY FACTS Greece EU-27

GDP per capita in PPS (EU=100) 68 100

Economic growth (% change on previous year)~ -0.2 2.0

Unemployment rate (%) 23.6 7.6*

Youth unemployment rate (%) 47.3 16.8*

Public debt (% of GDP) 180.8 83.2

Gender pay gap (%)*** 12.5 16.3

At-risk-of-poverty rate (%) 24.4 23.5

Human development index ** 15 (EU-27 ranking)

Corruption perception index * 24 (EU-27 ranking)

Sources: Eurostat/UNDP/Transparency International All data is from 2016, except where * indicates 2017, ** indicates 2015 and *** indicates 2014. All data is from EU-27, except where ~ indicates EU-28. GREECE

2009-2014 PERIOD

PROGRAMMES UNDER THE EEA AND NORWAY GRANTS • NORWAY GRANTS • EEA GRANTS

Programme Partner(s) Grant (€ million)

Integrated marine and inland water - 6.5 • management

Renewable energy - 9.5 •

NGO Fund - 7.3 •

Asylum and migration Norwegian Directorate of Immigration 24.2 •

Solidarity and social inclusion - 4.3 •

Research - 3.0 •

IMPLEMENTATION STATUS

Total funding (€M) Disbursed* No. of projects No. of partnership projects 63.4 92.41% 130 17 (13.1%)

*The percentage is calculated based on the net allocations to the beneficiary country and reflects funding spent per 18.04.2018.

2014-2021 PERIOD

PROGRAMMES UNDER THE EEA AND NORWAY GRANTS *Fund Operator • NORWAY GRANTS • EEA GRANTS

Programme Partner(s) Grant (€ million) Innovation, business development and Innovation Norway* 21.5 • SMEs Roma inclusion and empowerment European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 5.0 •

Local development and poverty reduction - 6.5 •

Water management - 4.0 •

Renewable energy, energy efficiency - 7.5 • Good governance, accountable Organisation for Economic Cooperation and 7.0 • institutions, transparency Development Asylum and migration (Capacity building of national asylum and migration Norwegian Directorate of Immigration 16.5 • management systems) Asylum and migration (Addressing urgent needs for the reception and Norwegian Directorate of Immigration 16.5 • screening of asylum seekers, and for the accommodation of vulnerable groups) Civil society - 12.0 • Bilateral national fund – funding for developing bilateral cooperation and - 2.3 • activities of bilateral interest with , and Norway

KEY FACTS No. of Donor Cooperation Agreements (MoU) signed on Programme Partners 31 October 2017

1 Norway https://eeagrants.org/Results-data/Documents/Legal-documents/Memoranda- 1 of-Understanding-with-beneficiary-countries/Greece

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