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title: EEA & Norway Grants in Bulgaria – A bit of history. 32 projects funded under Green Industry Innovation 2009-2014 | Winnovart
description: EUR 11.5 million was allocated to 32 projects for greening of businesses in Bulgaria during the previous cycle of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-20
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# [EEA & Norway Grants in Bulgaria – A bit of history. 32 projects funded under Green Industry Innovation 2009-2014 | Winnovart](https://www.winnovart.com/news/eea-norway-grants-in-bulgaria-a-bit-of-history-32-projects-funded-under-green-industry-innovation-2009-2014)

 Written by [dcc](https://www.winnovart.com/news/author/dcc) | May 01, 2018

**EUR 11.5 million was allocated to 32 projects for greening of businesses in Bulgaria** during the previous cycle of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009-2014, Innovation Norway’s programme for Green Industry Innovation. **With 110 Bulgarian projects submitted for the 3 calls of the Green Industry Innovation programme 2009-2014**, out of which 32 were funded, the EEA & Norway grants offer a good alternative to other, better-known funding programmes (local EU – funding or state aid schemes, Horizon 2020/ SME Instrument programme of the EC and other).

**Green Industry Innovation – the main programme addressing private sector enterprises, supported new environmentally friendly technologies and modern resource efficient production equipment**, thus helping the Bulgarian private sector to overcome challenges in becoming more innovative and greener. During the 2009-2014 funding cycle **Bulgarian enterprises**, together with expertise from Norwegian partners as well as assistance from the Programme Operator – Innovation Norway, **received funding** contributing to sustainable economic growth through greener production processes, green technologies, product design and services.

**The value of the approved grants for the 32 Bulgarian organisations ranged from EUR 150 000 to more than EUR 1.2 million**, from greening a hotel by implementing Norwegian expertise, to reduction of energy consumption in small and medium-sized dairy farms, from improving a company’s competitiveness through investment in environmentally friendly technologies for production of electricity from renewable energy source to implementing new ecological technology for PVC production allowing the recycling and re-use of materials.

**For more details on what kind of projects were funded** such as beneficiaries, budget, partners and description of the projects, please read **here.**

 

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