With the enlargement contribution, Switzerland participates in the reduction of economic and social disparities within the enlarged European Union. Beneficiaries are the ten states which joined the EU on May 1, 2004: Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, as well as Malta and Cyprus.

The legal basis for the enlargement contribution is Memorandum of Understanding with the European Community of 27 February 2006 with the intention that Switzerland shall contribute up to 1'000'000'000 CHF (one billion CHF) to reduce economic and social disparities within the enlarged EU

The ten bilateral framework agreements has been signed in Bern on 20th December 2007, the implementation will start at the beginning of 2008.

THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA AND THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL CONCERNING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SLOVENIAN – SWISS COOPERATION PROGRAMME TO REDUCE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DISPARITIES WITHIN THE ENLARGED EUROPEAN UNION signed Mr. Janez Lenarčič, State Secretary.

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

Annex 1: Conceptual Framework

Annex 2: Rules and Procedures

Annex 3: Rules and Procedures for Block Grants, the Seed Money Facility, the Project preparation Facility, the Technical Assistance Fund and the Scholarship Fund


Switzerland agrees to grant a non-reimbursable Contribution towards the reduction of economic and social disparities within the enlarged EU of up to CHF 21,956 million (twenty one million and nine hundred fifty six thousand Swiss Francs) to Slovenia for a commitment period of five years and a disbursement period of ten years.

Slovenia has authorized the Government Office for European Affairs to act on its behalf as the NCU for the Slovenian-Swiss Cooperation Programme.

Call for submitting the Project Outlines under Slovenian – Swiss Cooperation Programme (Swiss Contribution) - CLOSED!
 
The Government Office for European Affairs, The National Coordination Unit is announcing the call for the submission of Project Outlines under Slovenian – Swiss Cooperation Programme (Swiss Contribution)

DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF PROJECT OUTLINES:
12.00 hours, Friday, June 27th, 2008

Address:
Government Office for European Affairs, Head Office, Gregorčičeva 25-25a, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Agreement on the Grant for the Project preparation Facility to be implementing during the Period 27 June 2008 - 14 April 2012

Links:

www.swiss-contribution.admin.ch/slovenia/
 
www.erweiterungsbeitrag.admin.ch/index.html

Projects:

Signing of the Agreement between the Swiss Fund and the World Bank on the assistance to the implementation of the Financial Reporting project

Contact:

Nataša Babuder Rumpret

t: 01 478 2550

f: 01 478 2665

e: natasa.babuder-rumpret(at)gov.si 

mag. Jure Mezek

t: 01 478 2573

f: 01 478 2665

e: jure.mezek(at)gov.si 

(last change: 29 October 2008)