We are glad to announce the opening of the Call for Proposals 2026 in the framework of the CEI Cooperation Fund, with funding made available by all CEI Member States.
Established in 2001, the CEI Cooperation Fund co-finances activities aimed at strengthening cooperation among the CEI Member States and implementing the strategic goals and main objectives set by the CEI Guidelines and Rules of Procedure and the CEI Plan of Action.
Date of publication: 31 March 2026
Deadline for application submission: Friday, 29 May 2026, 12:00 noon (midday) Central European Summer Time (CEST)
The overall indicative budget of this Call for Proposals is 442,000 EUR (four hundred forty-two thousand Euro). It is made available by the CEI Cooperation Fund which is financed by annual contributions of all CEI Member States. The budget is so subdivided:
- Segment 2.1. Thematic Agenda: up to 342,000 EUR (three hundred forty-two thousand Euro) for proposals aimed at the implementation of the CEI Thematic Agenda, including the ones that meet, over the evaluation phases, with the requirements set for CEI Flagship Events (see Section 5.4. of the Call).
- Segment 2.2. Focused Section: Up to 100,000 EUR (one hundred thousand Euro).
Please note that applications can be submitted to one budget segment exclusively, not both.
Eligible applicants: public and private entities based and registered in CEI Member States (public/public equivalent bodies, private entities, NGOs/CSOs). International Organisations can also apply. Individuals cannot apply.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Under this Call for Proposals an applicant institution can apply only once.
Applicants need to carefully observe the criteria and obligations set by this Call before submitting their proposals.
Call documentation
- CEI Plan of Action
- CEI Cooperation Fund Call for Proposals 2026
- Annex 1 – Budget outline (template in Excel format)
- Annex 2 – Applicant’s Signature (template in Word format)
- Annex 3 – Official Proof of Registration ANNEX 3 DOES NOT APPLY TO PUBLIC ENTITIES
- Annex 4 – Courtesy Translation of the Official Proof of Registration into English ANNEX 4 DOES NOT APPLY TO PUBLIC ENTITIES
- Annex 5 – Participation Scheme (template in Word format)
- Annex 6 – Proposed work-programme ANNEX 6 APPLIES TO PROPOSALS SUBMITTED WITHIN SEGMENT 2.2.
All Annexes need to be uploaded on the system as PDF files not exceeding the size of 2MB each. Please refer to Section 14.8 of the Call for Proposals for additional indications for uploading annexes.
A Pre-submission Checklist is available for downloading, allowing applicants to cross-check respect of the administrative requirements of this Call, prior to actual submission of their application. This document does not need to be annexed to the Application Package.