Project co-funded by the European Union funds (ERDF, IPA) Funding Guidlines WP 5 – Activity 5.1 Novi Sad, June 2018 WP5 – Funding Guideline Project DBS Gateway Region – Regional and Transport Development in the Danube-Black Sea Region towards a Transnational Multiport Gateway Region Code DTP1-050-3.1 Funds ERDF, IPA Document Title Funding Guideline Nature Report, Output O 5.1 Available Languages English Version 1 Date June 2018 Number of Pages 143 Authors IPA PP1 UNS team Contributors Checked by Approved by Introduction 2 WP5 – Funding Guideline CONTENT 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 9 1.1 Project description ............................................................................................................. 9 1.2 The objectives and structure of the Funding Guideline ................................................... 10 2 Overview of existing financing instruments ............................................................................. 11 3 Description of financing instruments ....................................................................................... 15 3.1 European Investment Bank (EIB) ...................................................................................... 15 3.1.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 17 3.2 European Investment Fund (EIF) ...................................................................................... 18 3.2.1 JEREMIE .................................................................................................................... 18 3.2.2 JESSICA ...................................................................................................................... 19 3.2.3 JASPERS ..................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.4 JASMINE .................................................................................................................... 21 3.3 European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) .............................................................. 22 3.3.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 22 3.3.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 23 3.4 COSME .............................................................................................................................. 24 3.4.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 24 3.4.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 26 3.5 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) ......................................... 27 3.5.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 27 3.5.1 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 29 3.6 Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) .................................................................... 30 3.6.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 30 3.6.1 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 31 3.7 KfW Development Bank ................................................................................................... 32 3.8 Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) ............................................................ 32 3.8.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 32 3.8.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 33 3.9 Western Balkans Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility ................................. 34 3.10 Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) ...................................................................................... 35 Introduction 3 WP5 – Funding Guideline 3.10.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 35 3.10.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 38 3.11 URBACT ............................................................................................................................. 38 3.11.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 39 3.11.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 42 3.12 Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) ........................................................................................ 43 3.12.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 43 3.12.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 45 3.13 LIFE .................................................................................................................................... 46 3.13.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 47 3.13.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 48 3.14 Horizon 2020 .................................................................................................................... 49 3.14.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 50 3.14.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 51 3.15 Customs 2020 ................................................................................................................... 52 3.15.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 52 3.15.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 53 3.16 EEA and Norway grants .................................................................................................... 53 3.16.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 54 3.16.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 56 3.17 Interreg Central Europe Programme ................................................................................ 56 3.17.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 56 3.17.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 60 3.18 Interreg Alpine Space Programme ................................................................................... 60 3.18.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 61 3.18.1 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 62 3.19 Interreg Europe Programme ............................................................................................ 63 3.19.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 63 3.19.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 65 3.20 Interreg Balkan-Mediterranean Transnational Cooperation Programme ....................... 65 3.20.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 66 3.20.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 67 3.21 Interreg Danube Transnational Programme .................................................................... 67 3.21.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 68 Introduction 4 WP5 – Funding Guideline 3.21.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 71 3.22 Interreg MED Programme ................................................................................................ 71 3.22.1 Eligibility.................................................................................................................... 72 3.22.2 Assessment and selection process ........................................................................... 73 3.23 Interreg ADRION Programme ........................................................................................... 74 3.23.1 Eligibility...................................................................................................................