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Within the first call for proposal of NIL Fund supporting cooperation in the field of education there were submitted 22 project applications. Out of them 11 were submitted by secondary schools and 11 by higher education institutions (HEIs). These project proposals were prepared in cooperation with 31 project partners from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein and 4 additional Slovak organisations in the role of a project partner. 10 projects that were approved by the NIL Fund Board have been implemented since July 2007. There are 4 projects of HEIs from Bratislava and Nitra and 6 projects of secondary schools from Bardejov, Detva, Myjava, Námestovo, Svit and Trnava. The approved projects respect diverse regional distribution of applicants, there are represented all self-governing regions of Slovakia, from which proposals were submitted. In the approved projects 14 project partners from abroad are involved. Within this call 24,053,454 Sk, i.e. 715,876.61 EUR using the exchange rate set in the call for proposals, resp. 798,428.40 EUR using the conversion exchange rate, was distributed. Projects of the first call will have been implemented at the latest by the end of September 2010. Further information in the documents below.
In the second call for proposals of NIL Fund supporting cooperation in the field of education there were submitted 24 project applications, 9 of which were secondary school projects and in 15 cases HEI projects. In the project proposals 29 partners from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein and 2 partners from Slovakia participated. 3 secondary school projects and 5 HEI projects were selected by the NIL Fund Board. These projects are carried out in 5 self-governing regions of Slovakia. HEIs are situated in Bratislava, Košice and Martin, supported secondary school projects are being implemented at schools in Bratislava, Handlová and Šaľa. 9 partners from abroad are involved in the project consortiums. Within this call 693,343.44 EUR was distributed. Projects of the second call have been implemented since April 2009 and will have been finished by the end of February 2011 at the latest. Further information in the documents below.
Since September 2009 other 3 projects of secondary schools and 5 projects of HEIs from Bratislava, Levice, Banská Bystrica, Tatranská Javorina, Svit and Prešov have enlarged the group of 18 supported end-recipients. These 8 additionally approved end-recipients cooperate with 10 partners from Norway – 4 secondary schools and 6 HEIs. Financial support of their sub-projects has been possible thanks to an increase in the financial allocation for the NIL Fund based on the signature of an amendment to the Agreement on the non-repayable contribution between SAIA, n. o., and the Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic as the national Focal point for the EEA and Norway grants. The additional funding represents an amount of money from the EEA and Norway grants and the state budget of the Slovak Republic that was not allocated to other block grants or individual projects at the national level by the end of April 2009. The additionally supported projects were selected from a reserve list of applicants from both calls. Their projects had been evaluated as quality projects, complying with all evaluation and performance criteria, though initially, due to limited funds, it was not possible to support them. The total amount of funding from the EEA and Norway grants and the state budget of the Slovak Republic allocated to additionally supported sub-projects is 645,461.62 EUR. These projects are specific because of the short period of implementation. They will have been finished by the end of February 2011, like the projects from the second call. A particularity of the additionally supported sub-projects is that the partner schools are only from Norway.
- Statistical overview of the call No. 0001 (number of submitted applications, number of approved projects, information on number of project partners and financial issues) [doc], [pdf]
- Statistical overview of the call No. 0002 (number of submitted applications, number of approved projects, information on number of project partners and financial issues) [doc], [pdf]
- Geographic illustration of international cooperation within projects of secondary schools [ppt], [pdf]
- Geographic illustration of international cooperation within projects of HEIs [ppt], [pdf]
- Geographic distribution of participating Slovak, Norwegian, Icelandic and Liechtenstein secondary schools and higher education institutions within projects approved in call No. 0001 and No. 0002 [ppt], [pdf]
Supported by a grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism. This project is also co-financed from the state budget of the Slovak Republic.
