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# [EEA & Norway grants – EUR 210 million allocated to Bulgaria | Winnovart](https://www.winnovart.com/news/eea-norway-grants-eur-210-million-allocated-bulgaria)

 Written by [dccadmindcc](https://www.winnovart.com/news/author/dccadmindcc) | December 30, 2016

Bulgaria will get more than **EUR 210 million under the EEA & Norway grants 2014 – 2021**, being one of the 15 Beneficiary States across the EU in this new funding cycle, to have signed the **Memorandum of Understanding** with the Donor States (Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein). The total budget includes EUR 24.3 million of national co-financing.

Out of the total budget, approx. **EUR 56.5 million** will be dedicated to **the business and energy sectors**, under the following programme areas:

- Business Development, Innovation and SMEs (EUR 28.5 million)
- Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security (EUR 28 million)

The programme for **Business Development, Innovation and SMEs** aims to support increased value creation and sustainable growth. Under the programme **Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security,** the aim is to support less carbon intensive energy and increased security of supply.

Out of the two programmes directly adressing the private sector, **Innovation Norway** will manage one of them (the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs), while **the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate** will operate the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security programme. Both programmes open opportunities for companies in the three donor countries to become project partners.

**Further programme areas** of less direct relevance for the private sector are:

- Social Dialogue – Decent Work
- Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Judicial System
- Home Affairs
- Local Development, Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups
- Environment Protection and Climate Change
- Cultural Entrepreneurship, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Exchange
- Civil Society

The total **EEA & Norway Grants** budget allocated to Bulgaria, including the funds for Bilateral Relationship and Technical Assistance, amounts to **EUR 218.6 million.**  
For a complete overview of the EEA & Norway Grants 2014 – 2021, you may have a look at the Blue Book – the document outlining the strategy of this mechanism until 2021.  
For an overview of the 2009 – 2014 results of the EEA & Norway Grants mechanism, with a focus on the funding that was available for private sector enterprises, please check [Winnovart’s 2015 study](https://www.winnovart.com/eea-norway-grants-coming-back-great-funding-option-enterprises-central-eastern-europe/).

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