When and how?

Applications could be submitted from January, 1 to March, 1, 2022, digitally only and exclusively via the website of the CTP.

Who?

The East Zone includes the departments of Pyrénées Orientales, Ariège and Haute Garonne, as well as Andorra and the whole of Catalonia. The SGAR Occitanie and the ANCT are also members of the East Zone, together with the above-mentioned territories.

Projects submitted may include partners located outside the eligible territories, provided that they are not lead partners, as their own budget will not be subsidised.

For whom?

Members must be at least two entities or bodies with legal personality, either public or private, from an eligible territory.

Projects from the following sectors can be submitted: culture, tourism, sport, education, youth, social action, health, agriculture, agri-food and environment.

Deadlines and calendar

The deadline for applications was March 1, 2022. A total of 151 applications were submitted.
The admissibility decision is available on the CTP website.

The final decision on the selected microprojects, published on 16/06/22, is available here and on the CTP website.

A will be held on Thursday 20 January 2022, from 11 am to 1 pm, .

On 20 January, 2022, a general presentation webinar was held, to explain the call in broad terms as well as to answer first questions.

• Recording of the webinar in Spanish (integral) and in French (without the questions part)

The recordings of the Centre Zone webinar, of 07/02/22, are also available:

• Link to the file with the webinar’s recordings.

A webinar specific to the East Zone, for partners who have already started to organise and write their micro-project, took place on 9th February.

Summarised bilingual presentation (pdf) CAT/FR
Audio recording of the webinar

We invite you to have a look at the frequently asked questions below.

Euroregional calls

How much?

• The micro-projects selected in our area, which will be 7 or 8 in number, will be financed at 100% of the eligible expenses (maximum €25,000/micro-project), and will have to develop concrete and innovative local actions in the sectors of culture, tourism, sport, education, youth, social action, health, agriculture, agri-food or the environment.
• As you can see, the field of action is very broad and complete, in order to stimulate and support cross-border initiatives with visible benefits in the eligible territories.

Our area has the particularity of allowing possible partners from the Balearic Islands to benefit from financial support of up to €8,000, provided that the lead partner is from one of the eligible territories mentioned below.

Frequently asked questions:

FAQ pdf (CAT)
FAQ pdf (FR)
FAQ pdf (ES)

Promoting a way out of the socio-economic crisis generated by Covid-19 towards sustainability and resilience

• Identify sectors and ecosystems with the greatest potential to move towards sustainability and social, economic and environmental resilience
• Identify the sectors and ecosystems that have the most environmental impact and the most important conversion need
• Identify measures that can contribute to greater sustainability and resilience or favor priority sectors
• Detect opportunities to condition aid, funding and support measures on specific commitments by beneficiaries to switch to sustainability
• Detect the main needs of the priority sectors and opportunities to encourage them

See projects.

CLIMEB

Leader : Associació ECOSERVEIS

Partners : GRUP BALEAR D’ORNITOLOGIA I DEFENSA DE LA NATURALESA – GOB Mallorca, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE TOULOUSE

Duration :  from 01/03/2021 to 28/02/2022

Euroregion Subsidy : 15 000 €

Description : CLIMED will develop a diagnosis and a strategic study of the potential of the Bioeconomy to promote an exit from the socio-economic crisis generated by Covid-19 towards sustainability and resilience. By bioeconomy we use the definition of the European Commission, comprising those parts of the economy that use the renewable biological resources of the land and the sea to produce food, materials and energy. Thus, the study will focus on more than one ecosystem and explore the interrelationships between them to develop solutions towards sustainability and resilience.

FEBSMED – Favorisons l’Économie Bleue Solidaire en Méditerranée

Leader : Innovació i Economia Social en la Mediterrània, SCEL, IesMed

Partners : Centre International de Hautes Études agronomiques Mediterraneenes-Institut Agronomique Mediterraneen de Montpellier, CIHEAM-IAMM; Asamblea de Cooperación por la Paz Islas Baleares, ACPP

Duration : del 01/11/2020 al 31/12/2021

Euroregion Subsidy : 15 000 €

Description :  Promote an exit from the socio-economic crisis generated by Covid-19 by promoting the Blue Solidarity Economy (EBS) as a resilient and sustainable sector. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: a.) Identify the main actors, initiatives and good practices in EBS thanks to a mapping of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Occitania to consolidate the concept of EBS and promote the networking of actors; b.) Promote the meeting between the actors and the projects of EBS, identified or potential, creators of employment and opportunities of socio-economic development, by targeting as a priority women and young people, key actors of sustainable development ; c.) Identify synergies and possible convergences between the different Euroregional experiences in EBS, facilitate their networking; d.) Formulate strategic recommendations and build a Mediterranean EBS roadmap to position EPM on the concept and forge innovative, sustainable and resilient partnerships in the region.

Advancing towards a true circular economy in the territories of the Euroregion, in particular in the field of recycling and use of textile resources

• Promote a project for recycling and reuse of waste, especially clothing (textile sector)
• Support emergency measures for SSE actors facing difficulties

See projects.

Reciclatge Tèxtil

Leader: Fundació Deixalles

Partners: SOLIDANÇA, MODACC Cluster Català de la Moda, CRESS Occitanie (Chambre Régionale de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire), Fédération des entreprises d’insertion Occitanie

Duration: from 01/01/2021 to 30/06/2022

Euroregion Subsidy: 70.000 €

Description: This project aims to analyze and seek new lines of work within the textile reuse and recycling sector in the new scenario marked by:
– Changes in the quality of textiles due to the fast fashion model that affect their reuse and recycling
– Obligation of the administrations to do differentiated collection of textile waste
– Future textile SCRAP in Spain
– Effects of the pandemic caused by COVID in the field of textile waste management

Recording of the webinar “Experiences of innovation and cooperation for a textile circular economy with a social aim within the Euroregion Pyrenees-Mediterranean”. This webinar was organised in the framework of the European Week for Waste Prevention, for the Eurotextile – Circular project.

More information and resources:

Presentation video of the project, with the institutional partners (CAT / FR)

Project infographic 1 / Project infographic 2 (CAT)
Project infographic 1 / Project infographic 2 (FR)

Final report of the project EUROTEXTIL CIRCULAR (CAT)

And the winner is…
Recognition at European level of the Euroregion’s cooperation work in the framework of the European Week for Waste Reduction.
Reception of the Special Prize 2022, in Dublin, on 01/06/23 (check the EWWR press file)