Funding

This project has received funding from the EEA Grants under the Blue Growth Programme. Project reference: PT-INNOVATION-0014-COMPACT. The programme is operated by the Portuguese Government's Directorate-General for Maritime Policy (DGPM).

Through the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway are partners, in the internal market, of the Member States of the European Union.

As a way of promoting a continuous and balanced strengthening of the economic and trade relations, the parties of the EEA Agreement have established a Multiannual Financial Mechanism, known as the EEA Grants.

The EEA Grants aims to reduce social and economic disparities in Europe and strengthen bilateral relations between these three countries and the benefiting countries.

For the period 2014-2021, a total contribution of €2.8 billion has been agreed for 15 beneficiary countries. Portugal will benefit from an amount of 102.7 million euros.

Learn more at eeagrants.gov.pt