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 SECURITY. Out of 172 projects invited to submit Full Application Forms, 160 applications were submitted. As a result of the administrative and eligibility check, 142 projects are approved for quality assessment. 

The requested EU contribution of the eligible projects is nearly 242 MEUR, while the allocation available for the call in this thematic objective is slightly over 23 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 February. 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 23 March 2018 in Białystok, Poland. All applicants will be immediately informed about the decision of the Committee.