PRIORITY SECTORS
Competition was aiming to select entity which shall act as the Intermediary responsible for the management and implementation of the Block Grant within 2 priority areas:
a) Priority 1: Promotion of the role of the civic society as an important participant in enhancement of the social and economic cohesion of the country;
b) Priority 2: Promotion and/or enhancement of partnerships between regions, institutions and social partners of Poland and Switzerland.
ALLOCATION
Total allocation of the Block Grant amounts to 20,5 Mio Swiss francs (approx. CHF 18,5 Mio will be spent on the priority 1: out of which CHF 15 725 000 is the contribution of the Swiss side and CHF 2 775 000 is the co-financing on the Polish side; and approx. CHF 2 Mio will be spent on priority 2: out of which CHF 1 700 000 is the contribution of the Swiss side and CHF 300 000 is the co-financing on the Polish side).
OPERATOR OF THE BLOCK GRANT
On July 10th, 2009 the Swiss side finalized selection process of the Intermediary of the Block Grant for Non-Governmental Organisations and Polish - Swiss Regional Partnership Projects. According to the donor's decision, a private company ECORYS Polska Ltd. acting together with the Association of the Polish Communes Euroregion “Baltic” has been appointed the Intermediary. On January 4th, 2010 the Swiss side approved the Final Project Proposal submitted by the above entities under this Block Grant.
AGREEMENTS ON THE BLOCK GRANT
On December 8, 2010 the Ministry of Regional Development and the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs have concluded the Grant block agreements concerning the:
On this basis, on December 13, 2010, agreements were concluded between the Ministry of Regional Development and Ecorys Poland Ltd., serving as the Block Grant Operator.
LAUNCH OF THE BLOCK GRANT A launch of the block grant took place in Ist quarter of 2011. On 31 March an open call within Fund for Non-grvernmental Organizations was launched. The first edition of the call for proposals started on 31 March and will be concluded till 31st May 2011.
DOCUMENTS
Guidelines on Block Grant for Non-governmental Organisations and Polish-Swiss Regional Partner Projects (183 KB) 
Documents on application procedures and project implementation within the Block Grant are available at the Operator website www.swissgrant.pl 
Telephone: + 48 22 339 45 45.