Christophe Vander Eecken Christophe Vander ©

2004-2009 2009-2014 2014-2021

TOTAL FUNDING TOTAL FUNDING TOTAL FUNDING €32.8M €48.6M €68M

EEA GRANTS GRANTS EEA GRANTS NORWAY GRANTS EEA GRANTS NORWAY GRANTS €10.1M €22.7M €23.0M €25.6M €32.3M €35.7M

PRIORITY AREAS

2009-2014 2014-2021

Developing and increasing the use of eco-friendly Boosting green industry innovation and ICT in cooperation technologies with Norwegian enterprises

Improving healthcare services and reducing health Strengthening a Baltic Research programme and educational inequalities cooperation with , and Norway

Assisting vulnerable children and youth at risk Supporting local and regional development Improving the environmental standard of marine and inland waters

Increasing intercultural awareness and dialogue and supporting integration of the Russian-speaking minority

COUNTRY FACTS Estonia EU-27 GDP per capita in PPS (EU=100) 75 100

Economic growth (% change on previous year) 2.1 2.00

Unemployment rate (%) 6.8 7.6*

Youth unemployment rate (%) 13.4 16.8*

Public debt (% of GDP) 9.4 83.2

Gender pay gap (%) 25.3 16.3

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

Human development index ** 16 (EU-27 ranking)

Corruption perception index* 10 (EU-27 ranking)

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

2009-2014 PERIOD

PROGRAMMES UNDER THE EEA AND NORWAY GRANTS *Programme Operator • NORWAY GRANTS • EEA GRANTS Programme Partner(s) Grant (€ million) Integrated marine and inland Norwegian Environment Agency 6.9 water management • Green industry innovation Innovation Norway 6.0 • NGO Fund - 2.3 • Norwegian Association of Local Children and youth at risk 6.5 and Regional Authorities • Public health initiatives Norwegian Institute of Public Health 8.9 • Norwegian Directorate for Children, Gender equality and work-life balance 2.0 Youth and Family Affairs • Cultural heritage and contemporary arts Norwegian Directorate of Cultural Heritage 4.5 • Icelandic Centre for Research, Agency for International Scholarships Education Affairs(Liechtenstein), Norwegian Centre for 1.6 •• International Cooperation in Education Norwegian-Estonian research cooperation Research Council Norway 3.0 • Decent work and tripartite dialogue Innovation Norway* 0.3 • Domestic and gender-based violence Norwegian Directorate of Health 2.0 •

IMPLEMENTATION STATUS

Total funding (€M) Disbursed* No. of projects No. of partnership projects** 48.6 97.99% 299 93 (31.1%)

*The percentage is calculated based on the net allocations to the beneficiary country and reflects funding spent per 16.05.2018. **Projects with donor project partner including mobility projects in the scholarship programmes.

2014-2021 PERIOD

PROGRAMMES UNDER THE EEA AND NORWAY GRANTS *Fund Operator • NORWAY GRANTS • EEA GRANTS Programme Partner(s) Grant (€ million) Business development and innovation Innovation Norway 23.0 • Research Council of Norway, Norwegian Centre for Research and education International Cooperation in Education, National Agency 7.1 • for International Education Affairs (Liechtenstein) Norwegian Directorate of Health , Local development and poverty reduction Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 18.0 •• Norwegian Directorate of Cultural Heritage Climate change mitigation Norwegian Environment Agency 6.0 and adaptation • Civil society - 4.0 • Social dialogue – Decent work Innovation Norway* 0.4 • Bilateral national fund – funding for developing bilateral cooperation and - 1.36 activities of bilateral interest with Iceland, •• Liechtenstein and Norway

KEY FACTS No. of Donor Cooperation Agreements (MoUs) signed on Programme Partners 9 May 2017

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

Read more about programmes and projects in Estonia: www.eeagrants.org/estonia