The Ministry of Health, Programme Operator for European Public Health Challenges Programme financed by EEA Grants 2014-2021, has launched the Small Grant Scheme no 2 ”Providing outreach health services to improve prevention for remote and vulnerable population”.

The Small Grant Scheme no 2 is dedicated to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)  for the provision of outreach measures for improving access to healthcare for vulnerable groups from isolated areas, including Roma, with a focus on awareness raising, capacity-building and educational promotions.

Funding Information

• The total amount allocated to this small grant scheme is 1,000,000 euro which is financed by EEA Grants 2014-2021.
• The minimum/maximum grant amount that can be requested for the implementation of one project is 50,000 euro, and respectively 200,000 euro.
• This amount represents up to the 90% of total value of the project. The Project Promoter will need to co-finance the project, with own contribution being minimum 10% of the total project value.

Eligible activities

Within the small grant scheme, the following activities are eligible:

• Providing mobile outreach health services to remote and vulnerable population, especially for non-insured persons for:
  • mother and child health, women’s health and family planning;
  • the prevention of infectious diseases (for example, but not limited to tuberculosis, hepatitis B and C, HIV/AIDS, COVID-19). The prevention of infectious diseases can be done in connection with vaccination, outreach sessions that might already be existing and running in remote areas;
  • the prevention of non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, respiratory diseases, mental health, oral health).

Eligible Partners

• The programme aims to support initiatives to strengthen the cooperation at different levels between public entities and the civil society, between entities in Romania and Donor States.
• In this respect, partnership projects with entities from Romania and/or Donor States are encouraged and will receive extra points in evaluation.
• The Partners (from Romania and/or Donor States) must be actively involved in the development of the application and contribute to the implementation of the project, sharing with PP the joint goal which is to be achieved through the implementation of the project.
• Under this small grant scheme, the following public or private legal entities are eligible as partners:
  • from Romania: Public entities, NGOs, private entities (general practitioners) established as Romanian legal persons. The private entities will need to comply with TFEU art 107 by way of providing goods or services which do not affect the trade with EU Member States;
  • from Donor States: Any public or private entity, commercial or non-commercial, as well as non-governmental organisations established as a legal person in one of the Donor States.

 Eligibility of Target Groups & Beneficiaries

• The projects submitted under the present small grant scheme must address the needs of the main target groups:
  • Persons from vulnerable groups, including Roma;
• Each person must be counted as belonging to the target group only once.
• The ‘vulnerability situation’ represents one of the following situations in which the person is:
  • not earning his/her own income or the income or those of legal supporters are not sufficient to ensure a decent and safe living environment;
  • unable to care for him/herself and/or live alone without assistance and care;
  • without a home or the possibility of ensuring his/her living conditions with their own resources;
  • residing in remote areas where access is difficult, in segregated settlements, or in areas where housing is located at considerable distances from health infrastructure and from health and health related services;
  • living in areas where he or she does not have access to basic medical services (without general practitioners).
  • Medically vulnerable who are at risk of ill-health or worsening health status due to (1) biological, physical, socioeconomic, behavioral or health determinants; (2) having an increased probability of developing certain diseases or pathological conditions; (3) having certain personal characteristics related to age, disability or other related situations; (4) mental health issues.
• When the project application is developed, the justification for target group will be done based on the official statistical data or other similar existing data that can justify the necessity of the proposed activities.
• At the time of entry into operation, for each participant (the person belonging to the target group) it will be collected the supporting documents regarding:
  • residence;
  • affiliation of at least one vulnerable group.
• The following secondary target groups may also benefit from project activities:
  • family members of the persons from the main target group;
  • staff from the primary care and community medical care assistance (general practitioners, nurses, community nurses, Roma mediators);
  • central and local public administration staff.

For more information, visit Small Grant Scheme No 2.