In brief

• The Board of the Lubusz Voivodeship announced a grant competition for municipalities to implement Municipal Revitalization Programmes.
• Each municipality may submit one application for one project.
• The programme must appear in the list of municipal revitalization programmes prepared for the 2021-2027 EU financial perspective.
• Detailed amounts and deadlines are provided in the competition documentation.

Who can apply for support

Municipalities from the Lubusz Voivodeship may apply for the grant. Each of them may submit one application covering one project. The project must serve the implementation of the provisions of the Municipal Revitalization Programme in force on the date the application is submitted. The programme must appear in the list of municipal revitalization programmes prepared for the EU financial perspective for 2021-2027, and the list is maintained by the voivodeship government (Zarząd Województwa Lubuskiego ogłasza konkurs dotacji „Regionalne Granty na Rewitalizację II” – Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Lubuskiego).

Purpose of the competition

The competition is intended to support municipalities in activities that engage residents, stakeholders in revitalization, and socio-economic partners. It concerns the implementation stage of programmes, not their preparation.

What the competition funds

The grants concern tasks related to engaging the local community in revitalization. Detailed rules, amounts, and application deadlines are provided in the competition documentation, to which the announcement refers.

Related investments in the region's municipalities

At the same time, the Żagań municipality received over PLN 161 thousand from EU funds for the green surroundings of two schools, in Tomaszów and Miodnica. It includes a rainwater collection system, retention tanks, and rain gardens (Gmina Żagań zainwestuje w zielone otoczenie szkół – Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Lubuskiego).