Applications

 The eligibility of a project in the Interreg IV A programme and for the EU funding is managed by the County Administrative Board of Norrbotten, which is the administrative authority of the programme. The national government match funding is granted by the national funding authority. The applicants must submit at least two applications: For the EU funding, an application must be submitted to the administrative authority, which in this programme is the County Administrative Board of Norrbotten; for the national funding, an application must be submitted to the authority granting the match funding, which in Finland is either the Regional Council of Lapland or the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Lapland.

The approval of the project into the Interreg IV A programme and the EU contribution of funding must be applied for with the specific Interreg IV A North form, available from this link.

Applying for the national government match funding

The national government match funding may be granted only for the national costs accrued by the national partners. The Regional Council of Lapland grants funding only for the Finnish costs of the Finnish partners. The funding is applied for with an informal application, which should contain the following information:

1. The specific information about the project, such as the name and execution period.
2. Applicants: The names of all the Finnish partners and the national lead partner; the business IDs of all applicants, the contact information for the contact persons.

1. The costs to be approved in the national match funding listed by type of expense and in a summary, itemised by execution year and for each partner per year.
2. The plan for funding the national costs, including the amount of funding applied for from the Regional Council of Lapland; both as a summary and itemised per execution year and for each partner per year.
3. The official signatures of each partner.
4. A copy of the project application form submitted to the administrative authority and a declaration of authority to sign for the signatories of the application must be attached to the application.
5. A certificate of paid taxes (certificate requested from the Finnish Tax Administration)
6. Copies of any agreements between the partners on the execution of the project
   - The agreements must indicate at minimum the parties to the agreement and their share of the costs and procedures related to the execution of the project, as well as the amount of the transferable funding. In addition, the agreement must indicate any procedures on public procurement, the accounting obligation, supervision and announcement procedures regarding the use of funding, and all other terms related to the execution of the project.