Euregio Meuse-Rhine (EMR): Small Project Fund
Euregio Meuse-Rhine (EMR): Small Project Fund
The Euregio Meuse-Rhine (EMR) promotes everyday cross-border cooperation in the Meuse-Rhine region covering Dutch Limburg, Belgian Limburg, Province of Liège, Ostbelgien, Region Aachen. The EMR office acts as a central point of contact, initiates projects, gathers stakeholders, and supports citizens, companies, organisations, and municipalities in optimizing cross-border opportunities.
By offering project grants it aims to improve cross-border social cohesion through small-scale initiatives in the areas of culture, sports and civic engagement as well as nature, landscape and environment.
Initiatives and associations in the fields of culture, sport and civic engagement, based in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine (Dutch Limburg, Belgian Limburg, Province of Liège, Ostbelgien, Region Aachen).
Microprojects
A maximum of €2.000 can be requested for small, cross-border projects. Perfect for small associations that want to organise a football tournament, for example.
Small projects ‘light’
A maximum of €40.000 can be requested for somewhat larger cross-border projects, such as a citizens' festival or a theatre performance.
Small projects ‘maxi’
A maximum of €100.000 can be requested for are cross-border projects that are not yet large enough for Interreg funding. Projects that want to revitalise cross-border tourist routes or develop an app, for example, are eligible here.
The project must
- strengthen the sense of togetherness of the people in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine and/or relationship between the different regions.
- be carried out by partners from at least one region of the Euregio Meuse-Rhine.