The Agency of Regional Development in Ternopil Region announced the call for projects under the Small Projects Fund (CrossEco), PRIORITY 1. ENVIRONMENT.
Specific objective 1.4. Promoting the transition to a circular and resource efficient economy.
Funding under this Small Projects Fund will be provided only to small projects implemented in a Polish-Ukrainian partnership, that demonstrate a broad cross-border impact, real cooperation between partners and sustainable products.
Applications may be submitted from 05.05 to 24.06.2026, 11:59 p.m. (EET), only in electronic version using a dedicated system – the Generator available at www.crosseco.eu.
The Programme funds allocated for co-financing projects under this call is 4 089 076 EUR.
Basic principles of small projects
- TOPICS: household waste management, residual waste treatment and promoting innovative solutions related to the transition to a circular economy
- GRANT VALUE: 20 000 – 90 000 EUR
- CO-FUNDING: up to 90% of eligible expenditure
- DURATION: maximum 12 months
- PARTNERSHIP RULES: at least one partner from Poland and one partner from Ukraine, both from the Programme area
- ELIGIBLE AREA – the entire Programme area, i.e.:
Poland – voivodeships: Podlaskie, Mazowieckie (subregions: ostrołęcki and siedlecki), Lubelskie, Podkarpackie
Ukraine – oblasts: Lviv, Volyn, Zakarpattya, Rivne, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk - ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS:
- state, regional and local administration units, associations of these units and institutions subordinate to them,
- other public law entities (e.g., chambers, government administration bodies),
- administrations and managements of nature protection areas, such as national parks, nature parks, landscape parks, biosphere reserves, etc.,
- entities administering forest areas and state forest holdings with their organisational units,
- units of higher education and research institutions,
- non-governmental organisations.
The projects should include activities from the following categories:
- joint initiatives aimed at improving municipal waste management and the treatment of residual waste, as well as promoting innovative solutions related to the transition to a circular economy;
- promotion of sustainable waste management (waste reduction, segregation, increased recycling and reuse), along with raising awareness of environmental challenges.
The Manual for Small projects, annexes and required documents can be found at: https://ternopil.agency/proyekty/interreg/.