As a basis for
a well-functioning cross-border cooperation, it is important that citizens and
organizations in the programme area get to know each other and regularly
contact each other. The Small Project Fund (SPF) Education EUREGIO offers
financial support from the Interreg programme for smaller projects and
mini-projects.
Projects in
the field of education concern children, students, professionals and learners
in all walks of life. The projects can be applied for e.g. by German and Dutch
schools, day-care centres, colleges and universities or other education-related
organizations in the program area that want to cooperate across borders to
build mutual trust. With the SPF Education, Europe becomes visible and tangible
for everyone in the region and European values are conveyed through citizen-oriented
and youth-oriented concrete cooperation.
A flat-rate
grant of € 750 can be used to support exchanges or events. Support of up to
€ 25,000 is possible for more extensive cooperation. The administrative burden for
the final beneficiaries is low due to the (exclusive) use of the simplified cost
options.
The Ems Dollart Region, the EUREGIO, the Euregio
Rhine-Waal and the euregio rhein-maas-nord are lead partners of four SPFs each
in the fields of health, education, governance and people-to-people. Uniform
decision-making criteria, regular meetings, joint promotional activities and a
unified front office for all 16 funds ensure that the selected projects contribute
equally to achieving the objectives of the Interreg Germany-Nederland
Operational Programme. As a programme instrument, the SPFs are accompanied by a
monitoring structure consisting of the Interreg partners or a delegation of the
latter.
