The Monitoring Committee of the Interreg South Baltic Programme 2021-2027, during its 5th meeting (17-18 June), decided to open the 5th call for project proposals as well as the 3rd Small-scale projects call. The timeframe of the call is between 17th September and 12th November 2025.
The calls for project proposals will be open in the following Programme Measures:
| Call | Programme Measure | Approx. allocation [EUR ERDF] |
| 5th call for proposals | 1.1 Digitalising the region | 1,66 M |
| 2.1 Supporting transition towards green energy | 2,12 M | |
| 2.2 Promoting sustainable use of water | 1,24 M | |
| 2.3 Supporting a circular and more resource efficient development | 1,00 M | |
| 3.1 Developing sustainable, resilient, and innovative tourism | 3,65 M | |
| 4.1 Strengthen the cooperation capacity of actors based within the South Baltic Area (including civil society) | 2,88 M | |
| 3rd Small-scale projects call | 4.1 Strengthen the cooperation capacity of actors based within the South Baltic Area (including civil society) | 0,80 M |
Please note that the call will not be open for Measure 1.2 as the ERDF allocation has been fully contracted.
At the same time, the Monitoring Committee decided to introduce call specific criteria in each Measure:
- 5th call for proposals
- Measure 1.1 – Indicators:
- Deliver minimum 2 jointly developed solutions (RCO116 and RCR104*) AND
- Contribute to one or both:
- ‘Public institutions supported to develop digital services, products, and processes’ (RCO14 and RCR11)
- ‘Enterprises with non-financial support’ (RCO04)
- Measure 2.1 – Indicators:
- Deliver minimum 2 jointly developed solutions (RCO116 and RCR104) AND
- Contribute to ‘pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects’ (RCO84)
- Measure 2.2 – Indicators:
- Deliver minimum 3 jointly developed solutions (RCO116 and RCR104)
- Measure 2.3 – Indicators:
- Deliver minimum 3 jointly developed solutions (RCO116 and RCR104)
- Measure 3.1 – Indicators:
- Deliver minimum 3 jointly developed solutions (RCO116 and RCR104) AND
- Contribute to ‘visitors of cultural and tourism sites supported’ (RCO77 and RCR77)
- Measure 4.1 – Partnership:
- Minimum size (project partners + associated partners): 15 institutions AND
- At least 1/3 of the project partners are newcomers
- Measure 1.1 – Indicators:
- 3rd Small-scale projects call
- Measure 4.1 – Partnership:
- Minimum size (project partners + associated partners): 10 institutions AND
- At least 1/3 of the project partners are newcomers.
- Measure 4.1 – Partnership:
* RCO stands for output indicators and RCR – for result indicators. The reference list including indicators numbers and details can be found in the Annex 7 Indicator factsheet to Programme Manual.
Detailed information about both calls will be included to the announcement and supporting documents is to be published on the 17th September 2025.
In case of questions, get in touch with Project Officers at Joint Secretariat or with Contact Points located in your region.
The Joint Secretariat and Contact Points are planning to organise various supporting activities before and during the call. These will be announced in the middle of August on our website and social media.