News - Swiss

The launch of the MAPS call - Multilateral Academic Projects within the Research Program

Researchers from Switzerland and their colleagues from Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Hungary can implement Joint Multilateral Research Projects, of interest to the parties involved, through the funding instrument - MAPS: Multilateral Academic Projects, which was developed through the International Research Cooperation Program. Project proposals involve a partnership between an institution from Romania together with an institution from Switzerland and at least one of the eligible host institutions from the other countries involved in the program (Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland and Hungary).

The MAPS competition is organized by SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation), as Program Component Operator, together with UEFISCDI - Support Measure Partner and the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization (MCID), as Research Program Operator from Romania.

The deadline for the submission of project proposals by the Swiss project manager on the mySNSF platform is  1.07.2024. The platform for submitting the requested documents to the project manager in Romania will be available at www.uefiscdi-direct.ro, starting from 8.04.2024.

Additional information on the UEFISCDI website: www.uefiscdi.gov.ro/second-swiss-contribution

The Program Operator for civil society has been selected!

The winner of the Tender launched by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) for the preparation and implementation of the "Civic Engagement Program" Romania is Consortium CSDF-REPF-KEK-CDC.

The programme aims to strengthen the role of civil society, the rule of law, to contribute to the defense of human rights and to increase transparency.The program, financed through the second Swiss contribution, benefits from an allocation of 18 million Swiss francs (grant).

The details of the procedure were published on the Swiss public procurement information system (SIMAP) website.
Please access: www.simap.ch
Project ID: 266760
Notice No: 1404205

Start of the second Swiss contribution to Romania for civil society!

The "Civic Engagement Program" aims to strengthen the role of civil society, the rule of law, to contribute to the defense of human rights and to increase transparency. The program, financed through the second Swiss contribution, benefits from an allocation of 18 million Swiss francs (grant) and will be implemented by a Program Operator selected by the Swiss side..
Today, 18.10.2023, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation launched the selection procedure for the Program Operator. The deadline for submitting offers is 8.12.2023.

For details on the selection procedure, please follow the link: Open tender for the Swiss-Romanian Civic Engagement Programme