The schedule of practical training sessions for applicants to the Small Projects Fund (Environment priority) has been announced
30.04.2026
The first in a series of practical training sessions for potential applicants to the CrossEco Small Projects Fund competition was held in Ternopil
12.05.2026
The Agency of Regional Development in Ternopil Region announces the call for projects under the Small Projects Fund, PRIORITY 1. ENVIRONMENT, the Interreg NEXT Poland – Ukraine 2021-2027 Programme.
Specific objective 1.4. Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy.
Funding under this Small Projects Fund will be provided only to small projects implemented in a Polish-Ukrainian partnership, that demonstrate a broad cross-border impact, real cooperation between partners and sustainable products.
Applications will be submitted from 05.05.2026 to 24.06.2026, 11:59 p.m. (Polish time), only in electronic version, using a dedicated system – the Generator, will be available at www.crosseco.eu.
The funds allocated for co-financing projects under this call is EUR 4 089 076.
The minimum limit for co-financing of a small project is EUR 20 000 and the maximum is EUR 90 000. The maximum total budget of a small project may not exceed EUR 100 000. Small projects project shall be co-financed in the amount of up to 90% of eligible expenditures, the remaining funds, amounting to at least 10% of eligible expenses will be the contribution of the partnering institutions from their own financial resources.
Each project supported by the Small Projects Fund must have at least one partner from Poland and one partner from Ukraine and carry out activities on both sides of the border. The support area includes from Poland – voivodships: Podkarpackie, Lubelskie, Podlaskie and Mazowieckie (Ostrołęcki and Siedlecki subregions only) and from Ukraine – oblasts: Volyn, Lviv, Zakarpattya, Rivne, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk.
Funding can be obtained by Polish and Ukrainian organisations based in the Programme support area, from the following categories: units of state, regional and local administration, associations of these units and institutions subordinate to them; other public law entities (e.g., chambers, government administration bodies); administrations and managements of nature protection areas, such as national parks, nature parks, landscape parks, biosphere reserves, etc.; entities administering forest areas and state forest holdings with their organisational units; units of higher education and research institutions; non-governmental organisations.
The projects should include activities from the following categories:
- joint initiatives for the improvement of household waste management and residual waste treatment and promoting innovative solutions related to the transition to a circular economy;
- promoting rational waste management and raising awareness of challenges concerning environmental issues.
The Manual for Small projects, annexes and required documents can be found at: https://ternopil.agency/proyekty/interreg/.
