CEI Cooperation Fund
Call for Proposals 2024

Current time:November 5, 2024, 12:26 am
Submission deadline:September 10, 2024, 11:59 pm (CET) Closed

We are glad to announce the opening of the Call for Proposals 2024 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: Tuesday, 11 June 2024

Deadline for application submission: Tuesday, 10 September 2024, 11:59 p.m. (midnight) 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. CEI Thematic Agenda: Up to 252,000 EUR (two hundred fifty-two thousand Euro). An additional amount of up to 90,000 EUR (ninety thousand Euro) will be made available for co-financing proposals – within the ones submitted under this segment – that meet, over the evaluation phases, with the requirements set for CEI Flagship Events (Section 5.4. of the Call for Proposals).
  • 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

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.

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