The Joint Technical Secretariat has finalised the administrative and eligibility check of the Full Application Forms submitted within the 1^st Call for proposals in the Thematic Objective HERITAGE. Out of 162 projects invited to submit Full Application Forms, 146 applications were submitted. As a result of the administrative and eligibility check, 123 projects are approved for quality assessment.

The requested EU contribution of the eligible projects is nearly 182 MEUR, while the allocation available for the call in this thematic objective is slightly over 27 MEUR.
 
In the upcoming days, all applicants will be informed in writing about the outcomes of the administrative and eligibility check.
 
Applications which have met programme requirements are currently being assessed regarding the quality evaluation criteria. We expect to finalise the quality assessment in the second half of September. Then, the outcomes of the assessors work will be shared with the Project Selection Committee which will make their recommendations for the Joint Monitoring Committee. The final decision on selection of the projects will be taken by the Joint Monitoring Committee during the meeting which will take place on 17 October 2017 in Minsk, Belarus. All applicants of the 123 remaining projects will be immediately informed about the decision of the Committee.