Launched by: Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy
Funds: 11.299.156,00 EUR
Deadline: 30. September 2021 until 12.00 (noon)
Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy acting as the Programme Operator for the Education, Scholarships, Apprenticeship and Youth Entrepreneurship published the Call for proposals for co-financing of projects. The call was published on 14 May 2021 in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 74/2021. Applicants with project proposals aiming to promote institutional cooperation at all levels of formal and informal education, improve the supportive environment for targeted disadvantaged groups and improve work-life balance are invited to apply.
The subject of the Call for Proposal is the selection of projects to be co-financed under the Norway Grants 2014–2021 that will also receive matching national co-financing from Slovenia and will pursue the overall objectives of the Norway Grants: (1) to contribute to reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area, and (2) to strengthen bilateral relations between Slovenia and the Donor State Norway.
The total amount available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 11,299,156.00. For selected projects, the grant amount will represent up to 100% of total eligible expenditure.
Project duration is at least 12 months and no longer than 24 months. Projects must be completed no later than 30 April 2024.
What are the supported areas under this Call for Proposals?
The aim of the Call for Proposals is to support measures to improve skills, competencies and knowledge. Projects must contribute to the outcomes and outputs of the two programme areas: (1) Education, scholarships, apprenticeship and youth entrepreneurship and (2) Work-life balance.
Projects will contribute to one outcome and one output, except projects addressing outcome I.1 which should contribute to both outputs. The outcomes and outputs are:
Outcome I.1: Improved institutional cooperation at all levels of education (formal and informal)
- Output I.1.1: New teaching and learning practices for work and life developed
- Output I.1.2: Knowledge and good practices shared on advancing skills and competencies in education
Outcome I.2: Education and social environment to support disadvantaged groups improved
- Output I.2.1: Support services for the NEETs (young people not in employment, education or training) established
- Output I.2.2: Support to youth provided
- Output I.2.3: Support environment for precarious workers provided
Outcome I.3: Improved work-life balance
- Output I.3.1: Local systems that support work-life balance established
- Output I.3.2: Organizational culture of work-life balance and gender equality generated
Applicant workshop
An information workshop for applicants and launching event of the EEA and Norway Grants was organized on 16 June 2021. More information is available here.
- Invitation 556,97 KB
- Presentation – Programme Education, Scholarships, Apprenticeship and Youth Entrepreneurship 1,25 MB
- Presentation – Introduction (in Slovenian) 1,03 MB
- Presentation – Part 1B: About the programme and the Call for proposals (in Slovenian) 2,36 MB
- Presentation – Part 2: Project Development (in Slovenian) 2,15 MB
- Presentation – Part 4: Eligibility of Expenditure (in Slovenian) 1,26 MB
- Presentation- Part 6: Information and Communication (in Slovenian) 2,16 MB
- Presentation – DIKU 780,63 KB
When and how to apply?
The deadline for submitting applications is 30 September 2021 until 12.00 (noon) through the electronic monitoring system eMS: https://ems.norwaygrants.si/emsegp.
Applicants must be well acquainted with the content of the Call for Proposals and the entire Call for Proposals documentation. Should additional questions regarding the Call for Proposals arise, applicants are invited to send their questions to nor_egp.svrk@gov.si.
Frequently asked questions and answers
Frequently asked questions and answers will be published on this website and updated once a week.
Application Pack
Important: After the deadline of the call for proposals, the current Guide for Beneficiaries is available under Documents – Guidelines.
- Call for proposals for co-financing of projects under the programme Education, Scholarships, Apprenticeship and Youth Entrepreneurship 670,90 KB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 1.b: About the programme and the call for proposals (version 3) 1,45 MB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 2: Project development (version 3) 1,31 MB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 3: Project application – in Slovenian (version 3) 8,30 MB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 4: Eligibility of expenditures (version 2) 1,08 MB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 5: Reporting on project progress 2,84 MB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 6: Information and communication 834,16 KB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 7: Archiving and closing a project 475,56 KB
- Template of the Declaration by the Project Promoter
- Template of the Declaration by the Project Partner
- Template of the Declaration on the consultants involved in the preparation of the project application
- Sample of the Partnership Agreement
Corrigendum to the Application Pack
Previous versions of the Corrigendum to the Application Pack
- Corrigendum to the Application Pack (9 September 2021) 277,35 KB
- Corrigendum to the Application Pack (22 July 2021) 274,16 KB
- Corrigendum to the Application Pack (9 July 2021) 361,19 KB
Previous versions of the Application Pack
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 1.b: About the programme and the call for proposals 1,02 MB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 1.b: About the programme and the call for proposals (version 2) 1,45 MB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 2: Project development 996,68 KB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 2: Project development (version 2) 1,32 MB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 3: Project application – in Slovenian 5,55 MB
- Guide for Beneficiaries – Part 3: Project application – in Slovenian (version 2) 8,30 MB
- Guide for Benecficiaries – Part 4: Eligibility of expenditures 812,58 KB
Other documentation
- Annex III of the Results Reporting Guide 271,27 KB
- Sample of the project application form 1,40 MB
- Donor project partner search form
- Glossary of the EEA and Norway Grants terms 366,85 KB
Project partners search
Facebook group intended for finding project partners from Norway and Slovenia.
Factsheets
- Outcome I.1: Improved institutional cooperation at all levels of education (formal and informal) 753,93 KB
- Outcome I.2: Education and social environment to support disadvantaged groups improved 756,93 KB
- Outcome I.3: Improved work-life balance 757,43 KB
Legal Basis
- Decree on the implementation of the Norwegian financial mechanism and the Financial mechanism of the European Economic Area in the Republic of Slovenia in the period 2014–2021 (in Slovenian) 271,78 KB
- Regulation on the implementation of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014–2021 604,36 KB
- Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014–2021 135,88 KB
- Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014–2021 (revised) 1,60 MB
- Annex A to the Memorandum of Understanding on the implementation of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014–2021 (amendment) 359,20 KB
- Programme Agreement for the programme Education – Enhancing Human Capital – revised (March 2021) 1.007,86 KB
- Programme Agreement for the programme Education – Enhancing Human Capital 251,55 KB