Securing whale hunting heritage in the Azores
Through the restoration of historic whaling boats, the support from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway helps to reenergise coastal communities on the Azores islands.
Through the restoration of historic whaling boats, the support from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway helps to reenergise coastal communities on the Azores islands.
Many pieces of cultural heritage in the Czech Republic would have been subject to complete deterioration without the EEA and Norway Grants. The review finds the support from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway to have a significant and positive impact on the preservation of European cultural heritage in the Czech Republic.
Through the EEA and Norway Grants close to 200 cultural heritage projects receive support from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The support goes to renovation of historical monuments, arts and documents, making these available to the public and future generations.
13 projects have been approved in the second and last open call of the Latvian fund for human resource development. With support from Norway Grants, the fund helps to build institutional and organisational capacity in Latvia.
A training centre for wooden architecture restoration will be established in Latvia thanks to support from the Norway Grants.
Today, vast amounts of food is lost to spoilage and waste in Europe. In a bid to tackle this problem, the Polish NGO fund is supporting a campaign to raise awareness of the environmental, financial and social impacts of food waste.
The NGO Fund in Romania has launched its second open call for project proposals, making available nearly euro;3 million to civil society organisations in the country.
The Financial Mechanism Committee has resumed approval of Bulgarian applications, on the condition that the Central Finance and Contracts Unit (CFCU) will be replaced by another implementing agency for the EEA Grants.
Cross-border crime is an increasing challenge, demanding close international cooperation between police forces. The Norway Grants support training of Lithuanian police officers in cooperation with their Norwegian colleagues.