Capacity building for Ukrainian regional policy stakeholders

Home Funding Calls for proposals Capacity building for Ukrainian regional policy stakeholders Capacity building for Ukrainian regional policy stakeholders ERDFTA-2026-UAACQUIS22 Topic Call for proposal Internal navigation General information Topic description Topic updates Conditions and documents Budget overview Partner search announcements Start submission Topic Q&As Get support General information Programme Technical assistance for ERDF, CF and JTF (ERDF-TA) Call Capacity building for Ukrainian regional policy stakeholders (ERDFTA-2026-UAACQUIS22) Type of action ERDFTA-PJG ERDF-TA Project Grants Type of MGA ERDF-TA Action Grant Budget-Based [ERDFTA-AG] Open For Submission Deadline model single-stage Opening date 10 June 2026 Deadline date 26 August 2026 17:00:00 Brussels time Topic description Expected Impact: Regions of Ukraine are equipped with knowledge, best practices and skills for active participation in the EU accession process and cohesion policy planning and implementation following internal coordination at interregional level thematically. Decision makers of Ukrainian regions possess necessary skills to advance their regional development strategies, proactively participate in the national level policy making and programming and international cooperation in the domain of regional and urban development. Sustainability of the project results to be ensured through the knowledge transfer by means of making the learning materials available online for the next generation of regional public officials in charge of the EU integration in close coordination with the Ministry for development of regions and territories of UA. Expected Outcome: Awareness concerning the EU cohesion policy is increased in Ukraine at subnational level and the knowledge exchange and transfer between authorities is ensured through networking and availability of online education tools. Objective: General objective: To enhance the capacity of regional decision makers in charge of the EU integration, their respective units and associations of subnational authorities involved into interregional coordination to take a pro-active role in the accession process of Ukraine and the implementation of the EU cohesion policy upon the country joining the EU. Specific objectives: To provide the deputy Heads of oblast administrations in charge of the EU integration and their subordinates, as well as the associations of subnational authorities involved into interregional coordination with practical knowledge of the current state of play, thematic priorities, rules and principles of the EU cohesion policy, best practices of implementation, EU decision making and roles of the EU regions in it. To stimulate peer-to-peer learning and experience exchange through the joint activities for the regional decision making in the context of the EU accession. Scope: The eligible themes related to the objectives of this call are those defined in the cohesion policy regulatory framework, namely the policy objectives listed in Article 5 CPR and the Interreg specific objectives in Article 14 Interreg Regulation. The scope of thematic priorities to be covered by the proposed training are further defined by the EU acquis on decision making, Chapter 22 of the accession negotiations. Show more Topic updates 11 June 2026 The submission session is now available for: ERDFTA-2026-UAACQUIS22 Show more Topic conditions and documents Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in section 5 of the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document Standard application form (ERDF-TA) — call-specific application form is available in the Submission System ERDF-TA MGA — Multi & Mono v1.0 Additional documents: ERDF-TA Work Programme 2024 ERDF-TA Regulation 2021/1060 ERDF-TA Regulation 2021/1058 EU Financial Regulation 2018/1046 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement Show more Budget overview Topic Budget year : 2026 Stages Opening date Deadline Contributions Indicative number of grants ERDFTA-2026-UAACQUIS22 - ERDFTA-PJG ERDF-TA Project Grants 240 000,00 € Single-stage 10 June 2026 26 August 2026 Items per page: 10 50 100 Showing 1–1 of 1 Partner search announcements 12 Searches of partners to collaborate on this topic View / Edit LEARs, Account Administrators or self-registrants can publish partner requests for open and forthcoming topics after logging into this Portal, as well as any user having an active public Person profile. Start submission Need help? To access the Electronic Submission Service, please click on the submission-button next to the type of action and the type of model grant agreement that corresponds to your proposal. You will then be asked to confirm your choice, as it cannot be changed in the submission system. Upon confirmation, you will be linked to the correct entry point. To access existing draft proposals for this topic, please login to the Funding & Tenders Portal and select the My Proposals page of the My Area section. Please select the type of your submission: ERDF-TA Project Grants [ERDFTA-PJG], ERDF-TA Action Grant Budget-Based [ERDFTA-AG] Start submission Topic Q&As1 item(s) found General FAQ Under Call ERDFTA-2026-UAACQUIS22, Section 2 mentions "certificates of completion" to provide for training and learning activities. By whom should these "certificates of completion" be issued? The certificates of completion should be issued by the project consortium. 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