The Concept Notes of the first Call for Proposals evaluated
Altogether 59 concept notes were submittted to the JMA during the first phase of the first call for proposals. 51 concept notes passed the administrative check.
The Selection Committee evaluated the concept notes on its meeting on 21st April. In order to be invited to submit a grant application the concept note needed to get at least 12 points on relevance (of a maximum of 15) and an overall score of at least 30 (of 50). 18 of the concept notes passed the evaluation and are invited to the second phase of the call. Some of the concept notes not selected were, however, considered to be of a high level, but more relevant from the point of view of some other theme.
The grant applications are submitted to the JMA on 17th June at 3 pm. the latest. The decisions of the applications are to be made in September.
A grant application is asked of the following concept notes:
| Lead Partner | Name of the project |
| Friends of Kinerma Association | Better life for Karelian villages |
| Joensuu Regional Development Company JOSEK Ltd | Cities by the water - new opportunities for business development |
| Petrozavodsk State University | Complex development of regional cooperation in the field of open ICT innovations |
| Creative Industries and Cultural Tourism Development Fund | Craft & Desing Business Incubator |
| Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) | Cross-Border Innovation Paltform |
| Univeristy of Oulu, NorTech | Green cities and settlements - Sustainable spatial development in remote border areas |
| Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Lapland | Ground water suplly in Sortavala district |
| MTT Agrifood Research Finland | Improved potato chain in the Republic of Karelia |
| Autonomous non-profit organisation "Energy Efficiency Center" | Improvement of the environment and living standards is the basis for modern rural development |
| The Municipality of Suomussalmi | Impriving the gravelroad Kostomuksha-Kalevala |
| City of Joensuu, Youth Department | IMPULS |
| Universtiy of Eastern Finland | Learning together - fostering economic development of border areas |
| Juminkeko Foundation | PoCoBus - The Possibilities of Cooperation, Business and Trade across the Border between enterprises |
| ADC Ltd | Road Arkhangelsk - Karelia - Finland |
| Iin Micropolis Oy | Service Center for Finnish and Russian companies starting product or IPR business in Russia and EU |
| Municipality of Suomussalmi | Sheephusbandry in the Kalevala district |
| Technoreactor Oy | Support to sustainable development of Sortavala town for the improvement of environmental situation |
| North Karelia Municipal Education and Training Consortium | The qualified cross-border VET in support of sustaineble economic development |
