PHARE

The Phare programme is one of the three pre-accession instruments financed by the European Union to assist the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe in their preparations for joining the European Union. Its main objectives are Institution building and Economic and social cohesion.

 

More information is available in the site of the European Commission dedicated to PHARE .

 

In the CADSES cooperation area Romania and Bulgaria have the status of acceding countries and benefit therefore from the financial provisions offered by the Phare programme.

 

Allocation of national PHARE funds through specific grant schemes to the CADSES programme is based on national decisions and subject of endorsement by the EC. The PHARE project parts will be implemented in accordance with the Guidelines developed at national level on the bases of the programme complement and in line with the PHARE PRAG stipulations.

 

The Phare amount foreseen for the fourth call for applicants from Romania equals 600.000 €, whereas Bulgarian project applicants can rely on a Phare budget totalling 1.334.000 €

 

In the section 18 countries  you can find more information related specifically to the participation of Romania and Bulgaria in the fourth call for proposals.

 

In the Applicants’ Manual (soon available in the section Calls for projects ) you can find the information necessary to submit a project under the CADSES fourt call for proposals and benefit from the Phare financial provisions.