The Agency for Regional Development of the Republic of Croatiaand The Delegation of the European Union to Serbia are seeking grant proposals under the grant-scheme, dealing with the following priority measures: (1) Economic Development, (2) Environmental Protection and(3) People-to-People, with financial assistance from the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 budgets of the IPA Cross Border Programme Croatia – Serbia 2007-2013.

The overall indicative amount of € 5,350,165 is made available for financing actions under this Call for Proposals.

The cross-border eligible and adjacent Programme areas where project activities must be implemented are: In the Republic of Croatia – Osijek-Baranja and Vukovar-Srijem Counties as eligible area and the Požega-Slavonia and Brod-Posavina County; In the Republic of Serbia – Srem, South Bačka, North Bačka, and West Bačka District as eligible area and Mačva District as adjacent area.

Applications must be submitted by registered mail, private courier service or by hand delivery at the following address: Joint Technical SecretariatCross-Border Programme Croatia - Serbia, Trg Kralja Petra Krešimira IV. Br.1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

The deadline for submission of proposal is 15 November 2011 (in the case of hand-deliveries, the deadline for receipt is at 16:00 local time on the same day). Any applications submitted after the deadline will be excluded from the evaluation process.

The full Guidelines for Applicants and Application Package is available for download on the following web page address: http//www.croatia-serbia.com.