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The Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme Covid-19 Call for project applications
The Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) Programme has launched a Covid-19 Call for project applications.
The call is open from 20th May until 30th September, the NPA is opening this call to mobilise its expert community to build on the extensive e-health experience and submit project applications addressing the multiple challenges posed by this health crisis.
The projects should look at ways in which cooperation can effectively help address the multiple challenges posed by this COVID-19 crisis across the NPA programme area.
Six themes have been identified, where joint collaborative efforts could be beneficial:
- Clinical aspects: Comparing the different response measures taken by the respective countries, map the rate of infections and observe differences in comparison to national and local COVID strategies; e.g. in rural vs urban areas
- Health and well being: The impact of self-isolation on people and their mental health – elderly people and other vulnerable groups who already suffer isolation will be impacted even worse from this situation, but there is a wider effect on the entire population which shall be investigated
- Technology solutions: What e-health solutions already exist and what should be put in place? How can technology be brought to those people who need it and/or don’t know how to use it? What are the technologies with the lowest threshold? How can we fast track innovation?
- Citizen engagement/ Community response: Small peripheral communities are more self-sufficient, what lessons can they share?
- Economic impacts: What will be the impact on the public health system now and next year? In what ways have our societies and economies been transformed already? And how will they be transformed in the medium and long term?
- Emerging themes: project ideas that fit in the rationale of the call, but do not fall within the themes outlined at the time this Call has been opened. Considering that the situation is constantly developing and that new relevant themes might appear at a later point in time, the Programme will consider applications falling under this category, that reflect a change in the situation or an aspect which has been disregarded.
Project Budget: Indicative maximum budget of up to 45.000 EUR at an intervention rate of 100%. The budget will be paid on a lump sum basis upon completion of the project and meeting the conditions for funding expressed in the Grant Offer Letter.
Indicative Project duration: 2-4 months
Decision process: Decisions on preparatory projects are made by the Joint Secretariat with input from Regional Contact Points. The approval process takes approximately 1 month from submission.
If you wish to discuss or require any assistance, please contact Brendan Mooney.
For More Information on the Application Process please use the following link http://www.interreg-npa.eu/for-applicants/covid-19-call/
Bia Innovator Campus CLG is recruiting a Project Co-Ordinator
Bia Innovator Campus CLG- Project Co-ordinator – VACANCY
This is a unique and rewarding opportunity to join BIA Innovator Campus CLG and champion the development of this game-changing food innovation campus. The Board of BIA Innovator Campus CLG are looking for a highly organised and charismatic individual for the role of BIA Innovator Campus Project Co-ordinator.
The Closing Date for receipt of completed applications is 4.00 pm on 22nd May 2020.
Job Description and Application Form can be downloaded from www.biainnovatorcampus.ie
Coronavirus: The towns most economically at risk
Having been considered one of the fastest growing economies in the European Union in recent years, the Irish economic landscape has profoundly changed due to the outbreak of Covid-19.
As per the latest estimates from the Department of Finance, the Irish economy is now projected to decline by 10.5 per cent this year, unemployment is expected to rise to 22 per cent by the second quarter of 2020, while the public finances are expected to record a deficit of around €23 billion.
While it is clear that the Covid-19 outbreak will have a significant impact on Ireland’s economy, the degree to which this impact will be felt across Ireland’s regions, counties, cities and towns remains to be seen.
On this basis, the three Regional Assemblies of Ireland have prepared a “COVID-19 Regional Economic Analysis” to identify which geographical areas in Ireland are more likely to be exposed to economic disruption caused by the necessary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Using the GeoDirectory commercial database, and specifically the NACE codes allocated to commercial units2 as of September 2019, the three Regional Assemblies of Ireland have identified each geographical area’s reliance on the sectors that are likely to be severely affected by the public health measures needed to curtail the spread of COVID-19.
Cathaoirleach for the Northern and Western Regional Assembly, Cllr Declan McDonnell acknowledged that out of the three regions, the Northern and Western region had the highest “COVID-19 Exposure Ratio”, with 48.6 per cent of its commercial units operating in the worst affected sectors; all of whom are likely to be severely impacted from this crisis