Interreg South Baltic Programme 2021-2027

• Programme Manual
• Partnership agreement template
• Subsidy contract template
• Combating fraud
• Project accessibility and anti-discrimination
• COVID-19 related documents

Programme Manual

The Programme Manual is the operational document defining the rules of engagement for South Baltic beneficiaries.

Find the Programme Manual below as PDF.

Partnership agreement template

Subsidy contract template

Combating fraud

In case of suspected possibility of irregularities, including the possibility of fraud, please inform us in this regard. To facilitate contact with the Managing Authority and to protect the people who report irregularities, a mailbox has been set up where any reservations can be e-mailed: nieprawidlowosci.EWT@mfipr.gov.pl. Information can be sent in Polish or English.

Project accessibility and anti-discrimination

All projects must take into account and follow the respective rules on accessibility and anti-discrimination. The rules apply not only to the accessibility of information, but also to project activities, outputs and results. As guaranteed by the Common Strategic Framework – Annex I to the General Regulation 1303/2013, people with disabilities should participate in and implement EU projects equally to other persons. Therefore projects financed from the European funds, including those supported by the South Baltic Programme, must be accessible to all citizens, including persons with disabilities.

More information is available in the publication

COVID-19 related documents

Information for Polish beneficiaries on the principle of competitiveness in counteracting negative consequences during measures against the spread of COVID-19 and admissible changes to the contract due to force majeure

In order to minimise the negative consequences of the pandemic situation caused by COVID-19, please find the guidelines for Polish beneficiaries on possibilities in public procurements to counteract the negative consequences of the pandemic situation.

Statement of the Polish Ministry of Funds and Development Policy concerning admissible changes to the contract (principle of competitiveness) due to force majeure.

News for Polish beneficiaries: Public procurement contracts can be concluded with the certified e-signature during the COVID-19 pandemic

Please find a communication from the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy for Polish beneficiaries regarding the conclusion of public procurement contracts by certified e-signature.

Guidelines for project partners on project implementation during epidemic risk caused by COVID-19

The current pandemic situation may have a significant impact on implementation of South Baltic projects. We are aware that projects may be forced to cancel or postpone some activities or face the need to introduce other necessary changes.

The Managing Authority advises to act in accordance with the instructions of the relevant authorities responsible for public health, such as WHO or national health organisations.

In order to mitigate negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Managing Authority together with the Joint Secretariat of the Interreg South Baltic Programme 2014-2020, with the support of Heads of the delegations to the Programme’s Monitoring Committee, launched a package of simplifications to allow more flexible project implementation and more flexible use of the rules in the Programme Manual.

The selected list of simplified mechanisms is introduced in order to reduce negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic (treated as force majeure) and does not intend to change the rules in the South Baltic Programme implementation laid down in the Programme Manual.

Please note that each case will be examined by the Joint Secretariat individually and requires prior contact with the JS and a proper justification of COVID-19 influence on project implementation. Depending on the type of a problem, the JS will be looking, in collaboration with the project, for an optimal solution in each given case. The Programme bodies will be as flexible as possible to facilitate project implementation by introducing the following package of simplifications.

Please be in contact with the officers of the Joint Secretariat and keep following the Programme’s website for any further updates or cancellation.