Legal services for the Central Baltic Programme 2021-2027

The Central Baltic Programme 2021-2027 is a cross-border co-operation programme funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The programme has an ERDF fund of 162,5 MEUR. The programme funds co-operation projects between partners from Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Sweden. The Managing Authority foresees needs for legal advice when preparing tendering documents, contracts with service providers or projects, or in case of dispute with project applicants/beneficiaries in matters related to project applications or project implementation.

The Central Baltic Programme 2021-2027 is a cross-border co-operation programme funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The programme has an ERDF fund of 162,5 MEUR. The programme funds co-operation projects between partners from Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Sweden. The Managing Authority (MA) and Audit Authority (AA) have no in-house legal expertise. The need for legal advice is foreseen to be occasional, but will occur. The MA is responsible for receiving applications, assessing applications, supporting the work of the Monitoring Committee when it selects projects for funding, making official decisions on rejecting projects, signing a Subsidy Contract with approved projects, monitoring project implementation and making payments to projects.The MA foresees needs for legal advice when preparing tendering documents, contracts with service providers or projects, or in case of dispute with project applicants/beneficiaries in matters related to project applications or project implementation.