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COOPERATION – SmallCBB

Cooperation beyond borders
Small Projects Fund on the Polish-Ukrainian border (acronym SmallCBB)

The aim of the SmallCBB project is to build mutual trust and promote cooperation between citizens and institutions on both sides of the border through the implementation of small projects. The project envisages the organisation of 3 calls for proposals for small projects and a wide range of information and training activities aimed at potential applicants.

The implementation of small projects is intended to enable closer contacts, exchange of experience, organisation of joint events and the creation of lasting relations between partners from Poland and Ukraine.

pl. Jana Kilińskiego 2
35-005 Rzeszów
www.karpacki.pl

Contact person for the SPF
Łukasz Grabowski
e-mail: lgrabowski@karpacki.pl
tel. +48 452-163-624; +48 17 852-52-05

Basic principles of small projects

  • TOPICS: culture, education, health and safety
  • 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
  • ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS: local and regional authorities, their subordinate bodies and non-governmental organisations with legal personality
  • 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

Calls for small projects

1st call 2nd call
29.07 – 24.10.2025Planned for II quarter of 2026
2 M EUR2 M EUR

On 24th October 2025, the first call for proposals for small projects under the COOPERATION priority was closed. A total of 126 applications had been received, with a total funding value exceeding 9.6 MEUR. Below, we present the distribution of applications by region in which they were submitted.

281 institutions took part in the first call for proposals, including 137 from Poland and 144 from Ukraine. Local self-government units showed the greatest interest, followed closely by non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The breakdown of institution types is as follows:

The administrative and eligibility check and quality assessment of the submitted applications will commence shortly and will continue until the end of the second quarter of 2026. 

In the second quater of 2026, a call for proposals is planned, which we will announce on the Operator’s website, the Programme website in news section, the dedicated SPF section, and on the Programme’s Facebook profile.

More information about the project is available HERE.