The Nordic-Baltic NGO program aims at fostering cooperation between Nordic and Baltic NGOs, strengthening the civic society and providing support to new sustainable initiatives.   » Priority areas in 2010: - ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Innovative and sustainable project applications in other fields will be considered as well. » Who can apply? - Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the Baltic and Nordic countries. NB! Each project must have partners from at least three countries in the Nordic-Baltic region (including the applicant), of which at least one partner must represent the Nordic Region and at least one another partner must come from Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania. » Financial framework: maximum grant per project is LVL 9000 although co-financing will be regarded favourably, the relevance of the project’s content and the qualitative explanation of its idea will be decisive the programme's funding may be used to finance experince exchange, training, societal education, research the programme's funding is designed to launch new initiatives that will continue even after the specific project has come to an end the programme's funding may NOT be used to finance regular activities and administration, hardware acquisition, e.g. for purchasing IT equipment or covering construction costs. » Application form Please enclose the following documents: letters from partner organisations (scanned) confirming their participation in the project a detailed budget of the project NB! The project must be submitted in English. Applicaiton deadline: 15 March, 2010 Contact person: Daina Mežecka, e-mail: daina@norden.lv; ph. +371 29394399, +371 67211506 » Useful information: - Guidelines for the Nordic Council of Minister's cooperation with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 2009-2013 - Danish Presidency Program for the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2010 - Nordic Environmental Action Plan 2009-2012 - Nordic Strategy for Sustainable Development 2009-2012