EAFRD 2023-2027: Social Services - Lower Austria
ELER-funded program for investments in social services in Lower Austria to improve childcare, care, psychosocial support, and mobile services. Applications accepted continuously until 31.12.2027.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Improvement of high-quality, flexible, and decentralized social infrastructure facilities in rural areas through investments in early childhood education and care facilities (for children under three years), nursing and day centers, psychosocial and psychiatric services, as well as mobile pick-up, drop-off, and service offerings to better reconcile family, work, and private life.
Eligible expenses
- Tangible investments
- Intangible investments
- Planning and consulting costs
Non-eligible expenses
- Personnel costs
- Non-cash own contributions
Eligible to apply
- Public Institutions
- Non-profit Organizations
Funding requirements
- Project in a rural area in Lower Austria
- Total costs max. €5,000,000
- Minimum costs €50,000
- Compliance with the nearly zero-energy building standard and OIB guideline 6 for building investments
- Registration on the AMA Digital Funding Platform required
Documents required for application
- Project description
- Financing plan
- Cost plausibility
- Proof of rural area
- Proof of nearly zero-energy building standard
- Construction completion notification
Evaluation criteria
- Quality content of the project
- Needs orientation and target group reach
- Sustainability and energy efficiency aspects
- Regional relevance and rural areas
- Cost efficiency
Description
Under the umbrella of the ELER-funded program, investments in high-quality, flexible, and decentralized social services in Lower Austria will be supported in the future. Public institutions and non-profit organizations can continuously submit applications via the AMA Digital Funding Platform until December 31, 2027, primarily to expand early childhood education and care facilities for children under three years old, improve nursing and day centers, expand psychosocial and social psychiatric care services, as well as create mobile pick-up, drop-off, and service offerings. The goal is to provide noticeable relief for families, optimize support for elderly and care-dependent individuals, and strengthen psychosocial assistance for children, adolescents, refugees, and people with support needs. Both tangible and intangible investments as well as planning and consulting costs are eligible for funding, provided that projects are implemented in rural areas and that the low-energy building standard plus OIB guideline 6 is met for building investments.
The funding amount is a flat rate of 65% of the recognized expenses, with the total investment required to be between €50,000 and €5,000,000. Applicants submit a project description including a financing plan and cost plausibility verification and provide evidence of rural location, energy efficiency, and project completion. Selection is based on transparent criteria regarding quality content, needs orientation, sustainability, regional anchoring, and cost efficiency. An advisory panel evaluates the submitted documents in regular selection procedures. This promotes the compatibility of family, work, and private life as well as the strengthening of a vibrant social infrastructure in the regions of Lower Austria.
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