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Nordic Council of Ministers’ funding programme for NGOs in the Baltic Sea Region
NGOs play a prominent role in the Nordic Council of Ministers’ co-operation with the Baltic States and Northwest Russia within a number of its priority areas, such as the environment and progress towards democracy, but also as partners in building networks and cross-border co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region.
Long-term loans from the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)
NIB provides long-term complementary financing to projects that, in compliance with NIB's mandate, strengthen competitiveness and enhance the environment. NIB offers its customers -both private and public- tailormade loans and guarantees on competitive market terms.
The Baltic Sea Region Programme
The Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 is one of the key transnational programmes in the EU's Territorial Co-operation. The programme has a budget of Euro 236.6 million and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund - ERDF), the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument - ENPI and funding from the Norwegian state. In addition there is regional financing.
Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Public Administration
With an annual budget of some 270 000 Euro, the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Public Administration offers financial support to civil servants and other staff in the public sector to carry out study visits, internships, training or network activities in the region. Activities supported by the programme require the participation of a minimum of three countries, of these a minimum of one Nordic and one Baltic.
Funding from NordForsk for networks of national research schools
Nordforsk wishes to facilitate co-operation at Nordic level between the national research schools the Nordic countries. The intention is to encourage mutual exchanges of ideas and competences, to promote mobility and to increase coherence in the Region's researcher training. National research schools are eligible to apply for funding. Research schools from at least two Nordic countries must be involved.
NordForsk funding for research training courses
Nordforsk funds research training courses in the Nordic Region and the three Baltic countries. The objective is to offer research training in fields that are difficult for the national research institutions to cover on their own.
NordForsk: Stem Cell Mobility Programme
NordForsk’s mobility programme for post-doctoral stem cell researchers aims to support stem cell research within the Nordic countries. Eligible applicants are individuals with a PhD degree. Most of the research scholarships are administered by a university or a research institute. Applicants must co-operate with another university or research institute in another Nordic country, where two and a half of the three years of the project must be conducted.
Grants from NordForsk for seed-corn funding
NordForsk provides seed-corn funding to research environments in the Nordic Region and the Baltic countries in order to support outstanding research at an early stage. The intention is to identify and strengthen promising academic initiatives that may later develop into outstanding research results at elite level. Relatively little funding is required to facilitate the development of new ideas until they can be promoted elsewhere. Research environments in the Nordic Region and the Baltic countries are eligible to apply. To be eligible for funding, projects must involve participants from a minimum of either three Nordic countries, or two Nordic and one Baltic.
Funding from the Terrestrial Ecosystem Group
The group funds Nordic projects within its field of expertise based on annual priorities. The overall goal for the group is to manage the natural environment in a sustainable manner, and to protect the values of the processes of nature and cultural landscape so that ecosystem services are maintained. The group has a broad mandate which covers the preservation and sustainable use of nature, biological diversity, landscape, cultural monuments and cultural environment as well as outdoor life. The work also covers the relation between climate change and biological diversity, landscape and cultural environment.
The Nordic-Baltic Mobility and Network Programme for Business and Industry
The Nordic-Baltic Mobility and Network Programme for Business and Industry gives financial support to different stakeholders in the fields of business and industry to carry out study visits, internships, on-the-job training or network activities. The objective of the programme is to strengthen and promote economic co-operation, entrepreneurship, regional cluster co-operation and innovation opportunities. The programme runs from 2009 - 2013 and is administered by the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Latvia.
Network funding
 
Mobility Funding
 
Apply for funding from the Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues (NVC)
NVC's funding aims to stimulate Nordic co-operation between disability organisations. Grants are given for activities covering co-operation between Nordic disability organisations and their counterparts in the adjacent areas ie. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Northwest Russia.
Nordplus funding
Nordplus funds projects whose purpose is: to promote Nordic languages and culture and mutual Nordic-Baltic linguistic and cultural understanding; to help to develop quality and innovation in educational systems for lifelong learning in the participating countries, via partnerships, development projects, knowledge exchanges and networks; to support, develop, use and promote innovative products and processes in the education sector, through systematic exchanges of experiences; to improve and develop Nordic co-operation on education, and to help to establish Nordic-Baltic co-operation in the same area. Institutions and organisations are eligible to apply, not individuals.
Funding from the Nordic Working Group for Food Safety & Consumer Information (NMF)
Apply for funding from the Nordic Working Group for Food Safety & Consumer Information (NMF)
Funding from the Nordic Working Group for Diet, Food & Toxicology (NKMT)
The working group assesses and prioritises all written project proposals submitted in its area. The applications are processed on an on-going basis.
Stöd under arbetsgruppen för mikrobiologi, djurhälsa och djurvälfärd (NMDD)
Ansök om stöd under arbetsgruppen för mikrobiologi, djurhälsa och djurvälfärd (NMDD)
NORDBUK: Apply for Funding
The Nordic Children's and Youth Committee (NORDBUK) awards grants for organisation and project co-operation for young people.