Grants for public organizations

Public organizations that are working in health sector and who want to develop, can access grants through the following financing opportunities:

Investment type Financing opportunities Project submission period
Financing opportunities within Regional Operational Programme (ROP) 2014-2020 ROP – SO 8.1 Increasing the accessibility to health, community and secondary services, mostly in poverty and isolated areas and SO 8.2 Improving the quality and efficiency of hospital emergency care departments. Estimated launch: January 2018
ROP – SO 9.1  Reducing the number of persons at the risk of poverty and social exclusion, through integrated measures Estimated launch: March 2018
Financing opportunities within Competitiveness Operational Programme (COP) 2014-2020 COP – Action 111 Big RD infrastructures, Project type – Projects for public RD institutions / Universities.

Session I: 27.06-25.08.2015

Session II: TBD
COP – Action 113 Creating synergies to RDI actions of the framework program HORIZON 2020 of EU and other RDI international programs 09.11.2016 – 29.12.2023
COP – Action 114 Attracting high-level personnel from abroad in order to enhance the RD capacity. Project type: Attracting high-level personnel from abroad

Session I: 27.06.2015 – 1.09.2015

Next session: TBD
COP – Action 123 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Session I: 27 June – 11 August 2015

Session II: TBD
COP – Action 233 Improving the digital content and systemic ICT infrastructure in e-education, e-inclusion, e-health and e-culture field.

Estimated launch: February 2018
Financing opportunities within Human Capital Operational Programme (HCOP) 2014-2020 HCOP – SO 4.1 Reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion from marginalized communities where there is Roma minority population by implementing integrated measures. session closed
HCOP – SO 4.2 Reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion of marginalized communities (non-Roma) by implementing integrated measures. session closed
HCOP – SO 4.4 Reducing the number of persons belonging to vulnerable groups by providing social / health / socio-professional / vocational training services appropriate to their specific needs. Estimated launch: February – March 2018
HCOP – SO 4.9 Increasing the number of people that benefit from health and social services oriented towards prevention, early diagnostic (screening) and early treatment for mail pathologies. TBD
HCOP – SO 4.10 Increasing the number of people that benefit from medical assistance services within a community. Estimated launch: February 2018
HCOP – SO 4.11 Increasing the use / application of IT&C solutions (e-health, telemedicine etc) in providing medical services TBD

HCOP – SO 5.1 Reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion within marginalized communities (Roma and non-Roma) from cities with over 20.000 inhabitants, focusing on those belonging to Roma population, by implementing integrated measures / operations in the context of the CLLD mechanism.

 Estimated launch: March 2018
HCOP – SO 5.2 Reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion within marginalized communities from rural areas and cities with a population under 20.000 inhabitants by implementing integrated measures / operations in the context of CLLD. session closed

 

⇒ In the following sections we present information for each type of the above mentioned investments which can help you in drafting a project idea.

⇒ For detailed information regarding: eligibility of your project idea, calendar of the calls, preparing the financing application, project management and more other opportunities please contact us or send the contact form.

 

 Financing opportunities within ROP 2014-2020

 

Financing opportunity: 1st possibility – ROP – SO 8.1 Increasing the accessibility to health, community and secondary services, mostly in poverty and isolated areas and
SO 8.2 Improving the quality and efficiency of hospital emergency care departments.

Who can access the grant:

  • Local public authorities and institutions;
  • Activities regarding the regional emergency hospitals will have as beneficiary Ministry of Health and also partnerships between the Ministry and local public authorities and institutions.

Project value and awarded grant:

  • Information not available (at the moment);

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Investments will support the service infrastructure for community, respectively construction / rehabilitation / modernization / expansion / endowment of socio-medical integrated community centers („community care services”). Along with medical services, in these centers there could be provided basic social services (identificarea cazurilor sociale, consiliere si asistare sociala etc.). Not only accessibility issues to primary health care and social services for beneficiaries belonging to rural sector will be solved, but also the ones related to a minimum standard of quality of these services (regardless of place of residence, urban / rural);

Actions supported through this priority are focusing on:

  • Strengthening the infrastructure of ambulatory units, through rehabilitation / modernization / expansion / specialized ambulatory endowment actions, including those that will result from the reorganization / rationalization of small ineffective hospitals;
  • Investments in the emergency units of the county hospitals.

This intervention will be represented by the construction of three regional emergency hospitals in NE – Iasi, SW – Craiova and NW – Cluj Napoca which will take part of a strategic network composed of 8 regional emergency hospitals that will cover, at national level, the need of high-class, integrated and complex medical services.

Investments in the network of ambulatory  units and socio-medical integrated community centers will be prioritized according to: the level of poverty, pre-existing access to medical services, other vulnerability indicators (high rates of poverty, high rates of ethnic minorities, gender – women, morbidity and mortality low scores, etc.). Actions supported under this priority concern:

  • Construction / rehabilitation / modernization / expansion / endowment of socio-medical integrated community centers;
  • Rehabilitation / modernization / expansion / endowment of infrastructure from patient departments, including the ones from reorganization / rationalization of small and inefficient hospitals;
  • Rehabilitation / modernization / expansion / endowment of emergency rooms infrastructure;
  • Construction / endowment of regional emergency hospitals.

 

Financing opportunity: 2nd possibility – ROP – SO 9.1 Reducing the number of persons at the risk of poverty and social exclusion, through integrated measures

Who can access the grant:

  • Local action groups: representatives of local public authorities, of institutions, of local business environment, of civil society and of marginalized urban areas selected for intervention.

Project value and awarded grant:

  • Information not available (at the moment)

Eligible activities/expenditures:

The types of actions that will be considered for funding through ROP:        

  • Investments in housing infrastructure – construction / rehabilitation / modernization of social housing , social insertion  economy enterprises;
  • Investments in health infrastructure, social services – rehabilitation / modernization of socio-medical integrated community centers;
  • Investments in education infrastructure – construction / rehabilitation / modernization of non university education centers (nurseries, kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools etc.);
  • Investments in arrangement of degraded urban space of marginalized community, respectively:
  • Construction / rehabilitation / modernization of buildings designed for different social, cultural and community activities, sports and recreation etc.;
  • Construction / rehabilitation / modernization of public urban spaces (not modernized streets, including rehabilitation / modernization of public utilities, not arranged green areas, abandoned land etc.)
  • Infrastructure construction / endowment with equipment;

 

Financing opportunities within COP 2014-2020

 

Financing opportunity: 1st possibility – COP –  Action 111 Big RD infrastructures. Project type – Projects for public RD institutions / Universities.

Who can access the grant:

  • Public RD institutions or Universities focusing on NSC intelligence specialization fields, including health as priority area of public interest;

Project value and awarded grant:

Value of grant per project:

  • Between 4,5 mil  lei and 90 mil lei;

Grant percentage:

  • 100% of the total eligible costs;

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Construction projects for creating new RD departments (centers / research laboratories in the company) together with compulsory acquisition of new instruments and equipment for developing the activity field or new research directions;
  • Projects aiming to modernize / extend / consolidate and change destination of a RD existing department together with compulsory acquisition of new instruments and equipment for developing the activity field or new research directions;
  • Projects for the acquisition of research equipment and instruments, including works exempt from authorization (if appropriate);

 

Financing opportunity: 2nd possibility – COP –  Action 113  Creating synergies to RDI actions of the framework program HORIZON 2020 of EU and other RDI international programs.

Who can access the grant:

  • Public / private research organization and big, medium and small companies focusing on NSC intelligence specialization fields, including health as priority area of public interest.

Project value and awarded grant:

  • Information not available (at the moment)

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Projects for ERA departments “ERA Chairs” (ERA = European Research Areas). HORIZON 2020 will finance staff and administrative costs;
  • Teaming projects between strong research institutes and research institutes with excellence potential from regions with low performance in the RDI field will lead to an improvement in the excellence centers from less developed Romanian regions. HORIZON 2020 will finance the preparation phase of the project (including drafting a business plan) aiming to develop the RD capacity through a teaming process with a performance institution from another member state. Structural funds will intervene in the second teaming phase for financing investments in RD infrastructure.

 

Financing opportunity: 3rd possibility – COP – Action 114 Attracting high-level personnel from abroad in order to enhance the RD capacity. Project type Attracting high-level personnel from abroad

Who can access the grant:

  • Research organization;
  • Enterprises with activities in research and development, with focus on intelligent specialization from CNS, including health as priority area of public interest.

Project value and awarded grant:

Value of grant:

  • Maximum 9 mil lei.

Grant percentage:

Fundamental research activity:

  • 100%

Industrial research activity:

  • Large enterprise: 50%; SME: up to 70%;
  • Research organization: 100%;

Experimental development activity:

  • Large enterprise: 25%; SME: up to 70%;
  • Research organization: 100%

Writing preparatory feasibility studies for the RD activities:

  • Large enterprise: 50%; SME: up to 70%;
  • Research organization: 100%;

Obtaining, validating and protecting industrial property rights:

  • SME: up to 70%;
  • Research organization: 100%;

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Activities of fundamental research;
  • Activities of industrial research;
  • Activities of experimental development;
  • Activities for writing feasibility studies to prepare RD activities;
  • Activities for obtaining and validating industrial property rights (only for research organizations and SMEs);
  • Activities of information and publicity for the project (only for research organizations);
  • Activities of project management (only for research organizations).

 

Financing opportunity: 4th possibility – COP –  Action 123 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Who can access the grant:

  • Research organizations (RD institutions and universities) with focus on intelligent specialization from CNS, including health as priority area of public interest.

Project value and awarded grant:

  • Value of grant: Between 4,5 mil  lei and 13,5 mil lei
  • Grant percentage: 100% of eligible costs 

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • This section follows the establishment of partnerships between research organizations and enterprises / groups of enterprises interested in obtaining knowledge, skills and competencies that will meet the needs of strategic development of enterprises and provide innovative solutions for obtaining products and processes, new / improved technologies identified by enterprises as required by the market.
  • In the same time it follows the recovery of the potential of existing RD infrastructure, developed or modernization and of resources for innovation needs of enterprises with the purpose of increasing the added value of the competitive sectors or with growth potential.

 

Financing opportunity: 5th possibility – COP – Action 233 Improving the digital content and systemic ICT infrastructure in e-education, e-inclusion, e-health and e-culture field.

Who can access the grant:

  • Central public administration authorities with responsibility for health and ICT fields.

Project value and awarded grant:

Value of grant: TBD

Grant percentage:

  • 98% for other categories of eligible applicants;
  • 100% of eligible costs for applicants financed from the state budget, social insurance and health budget.

Eligible activities/expenditures:

Projects will focus on providing the infrastructure needed to implement health and telemedicine information system:

  • Development of an integrated e-health information system aimed at implementing activities to develop / strengthen the existing information systems and increase their interoperability. The main components of the health information system as support for the decision-making process will include: data warehouse, analytic and reporting tools, presentation system, administrative system for operation support;
  • Telemedicine ensure electronic transfer of medical data through telecommunications systems ensuring:
    • Providing outpatient post hospitalization medical services for the discharged patients from the hospitals;
    • Facilitating access of rural population to specialist outpatient services.

 

Financing opportunities within HCOP 2014-2020

 

Financing opportunity: 1st possibility – HCOP – SO 4.1 Reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion from marginalized communities where there is Roma minority population (those communities where the Roma minority population represents at least 10% of the population in the community) by implementing integrated measures.

Who can access the grant:

  • Central and local public authorities; selected NGOs;
  • Administrators of global grant schemes; focusing on intelligent specialization from CNS, including health as priority area of public interest.

To whom you need to address:

  • People from marginalized communities at risk of poverty and social exclusion where there is Roma minority population;
  • The staff of the services at community level;

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Provide integrated services for children, youth, adults / parents etc. (egg. Active employment measures, training, socio-professional insertion, social / health services, psychological counseling etc.) through multi- functional centers / single points of access to services / one-stop shop or / and by involving specialists from the local network of the SPO or to those of the public social services level;
  • Supporting the development / provision of social services / provision of services in community integrated medical and social services. Special attention will be given to encouraging innovative approaches in providing these services.

 

Financing opportunity: 2nd possibility – HCOP – Specific Objective 4.2 Reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion of marginalized communities (non-Roma) by implementing integrated measures.

Who can access the grant:

  • Central and local public authorities; selected NGOs;Administrators of global grant schemes; focusing on intelligent specialization from CNS, including health as priority area of public interest.

To whom you need to address:

  • People from marginalized communities at risk of poverty and social exclusion where there is Roma minority population.
  • The staff of the services at community level;

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Provide integrated services for children, youth, adults / parents etc. through multi-functional centers / single points of access to services / one-stop shop or / and by involving specialists from the local network of the PES or to those of the public social services level;
  • Supporting the development / provision of social services / provision of services in community integrated medical and social services. Special attention will be given to encouraging innovative approaches in providing these services.

 

Financing opportunity: 3rd possibility – HCOP – SO 4.4 Reducing the number of persons belonging to vulnerable groups by providing social / health / socio-professional / vocational training services appropriate to their specific needs.

Who can access the grant:

  • Central and local public authorities in partnership with relevant social actors;
  • NGO`s accredited as services providers, social services or work force occupation providers;
  • Administrators of global grant schemes; focus on intelligent specialization from CNS, including health as priority area of public interest.

To whom you need to address:

  • Homeless people, addicted people, victims of domestic violence, of human trafficking, people in jail, probation or previously incarcerated, elderly people and disabled people that are dependent or in risk of social exclusion etc.

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Supporting development / providing of services / access to integrated services (e.g. medical post-intervention treatment; treating diseases related to drug / alcohol abuse; individual and group psychotherapy; family counseling; school and vocational counseling; vocational counseling; providing occupation support measures, counseling, training, re-insertions / social-professional support for the insertion on the labor market and community etc.).

 

Financing opportunity: 4th possibility – HCOP – SO 4.9 Increasing the number of people that benefit from health and social services oriented towards prevention, early diagnostic (screening) and early treatment for main pathologies.

Who can access the grant:

  • Ministry of Health / public authorities alone or in partnership with relevant actors (universities, NGO`s etc);
  • Administrators of global grant schemes.

To whom you need to address:

  • Public authorities personnel;
  • Specialists in providing medical services;
  • People belonging to vulnerable groups that will benefit from support programs (e.g. screening)

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Support in providing preventive services / diagnosing for mother and child, including training the personnel involved in caring for the pregnant woman and the child (e.g. doctors, nurses, other relevant personnel), updating the methodological framework, monitoring, evaluating needs, all in a context of non-favorable mother-child death rate;
  • Support for providing essential health programs and services with a strong component directed towards prevention, early diagnosis, screening, diagnosis and treatment for priority pathologies (e.g. cardio-vascular disease, cancer, diabetes, BPOC, chronicle kidney disease, tuberculosis, HIV-AIDS etc) including by training the specialists involved and developing the methodological framework;
  • Information interventions and activities, education, awareness, communication at individual / group / community level with a focus on vulnerable groups, under the conditions when access to health services depends on the addressability of the population and the awareness degree on their own health needs and rights for health services.;

 

Financing opportunity: 5th possibility – HCOP – SO 4.10 Increasing the number of people that benefit from medical assistance services within a community.

Who can access the grant:

  • Ministry of Health / public authorities alone or in partnership with relevant actors (universities, NGO`s etc);
  • Administrators of global grant schemes;

To whom you need to address:

  • Public authorities personnel;
  • Specialists in providing medical services;
  • People belonging to vulnerable groups that will benefit from support programs (e.g. screening)

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Support in strengthening the medical assistance network (community medical nurses) by providing medical community services adjusted to the needs of population, including through training programs adjusted to their needs.

 

Financing opportunity: 6th possibility – HCOP – Specific Objective 4.11 Increasing the use/application of IT&C solutions (e-health, telemedicine etc) in providing medical services

Who can access the grant:

  • Ministry of Health / public authorities alone or in partnership with relevant actors (universities, NGO`s etc);
  • Administrators of global grant schemes;

To whom you need to address:

  • Public authorities’ personnel;
  • Specialists in providing medical services;
  • People belonging to vulnerable groups that will benefit from support programs (e.g. screening)

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Support for the application of IT&C solutions (e-health, telemedicine etc) in the medical sector (e.g. exchange of good practices / providing the training programs needed for the personnel involved in using the new equipments and technologies, (e-health system, primary integrated medical assistance services at community level with the help of IT&C solutions such as Tele-medicine etc.), developing procedures, including in order to value the experience of other member states in the transnational cooperation context.

 

Financing opportunity: 7th possibility – HCOP – SO 5.1 Reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion within marginalized communities (Roma and non-Roma) from cities with over 20.000 inhabitants, focusing on those belonging to Roma population, by implementing integrated measures/operations in the context of the CLLD mechanism.

Who can access the grant:

  • Local public Authorities with responsibilities in the area (health) in partnership with relevant social actors / LAG; Providers of social services; Administrator(s) of global grant schemes.

To whom you need to address:

  • Urban area – cities with over 20.000 inhabitants.

People in marginalized communities at risk of poverty and social exclusion where there is Roma minority / in marginalized communities at risk of poverty and social exclusion where there is no Roma minority / Personnel within services created at a community level/People belonging to Roma minority.

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Providing integrated services for children, youngsters, adults / parents etc (e.g. active measures for occupation, social / medical services, psychological counseling etc) through multi-functional centers / unique access points to services / one-stop-shops and through the involvement of specialists in the territorial network of the Public Occupation or of the social assistance public services;
  • Supporting the development/providing of social services / providing services within integrated the medical-social community centers

 

Financing opportunity: 8th possibility – HCOP – SO 5.2 Reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion within marginalized communities from rural areas and cities with a population under 20.000 inhabitants by implementing integrated measures / operations in the context of CLLD.

Who can access the grant:

  • Local public Authorities with responsibilities in the area (health) in partnership with relevant social actors / LAG; Providers of social services; Administrator(s) of global grant schemes.

To whom you need to address:

  • Rural areas and cities with under 20.000 inhabitants

People in marginalized communities at risk of poverty and social exclusion (non-Roma communities) / Personnel of the services created at community level

Eligible activities/expenditures:

  • Providing integrated services for children, youngsters, adults / parents etc (e.g. active measures for occupation, social / medical services, psychological counseling etc) through multi-functional centers / unique access points to services / one-stop-shops and through the involvement of specialists in the territorial network of the Public Occupation or of the social assistance public services;
  • Supporting the development / providing of social services / providing services within integrated the medical-social community centers.