UNDP, in collaboration with the Bureau for Regional Development, announces the Third Call for Submission of Grant Applications within the framework of the project “Municipalities as Drivers of Sustainable Development”

The objective of this call is to support efforts towards balanced regional development by introducing innovative tools, focusing on less developed areas and improved models of inter-municipal cooperation. This will contribute to enhanced local services and represent an additional step towards comprehensive and long-term balanced regional development.

The call for inter-municipal cooperation projects will provide support to municipalities in establishing and operationalizing inter-municipal cooperation in the following areas:

• Financial management,
• Environmental protection,
• Transportation,
• Prevention, protection, and rescue from natural disasters and human-induced catastrophes,

• Other areas traditionally addressed by the European Union’s regional development policy.

  The duration of a project within this grant scheme is 8 (eight) months. The total amount for this call is 160,000 USD. Municipalities may submit applications for IMC project grants up to 30,000 USD (expressed in MKD) with co-financing from the municipalities of at least 20%. The financial resources allocated to the selected local self-government units (LSGUs) under this call will be administratively managed by UNDP.

  Applications will be accepted no later than 03 June 2026, by 15:00. No applications will be accepted after the deadline. To provide a detailed presentation of the operational guidelines and the application form, several online information sessions will be held from 18.05-25.05 2026.