The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food published the first call for proposals “Promoting the conservation of product quality in short chains for fishery products” in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia on 11 April 2025, with a revised version of the call for proposals published on 25 April 2025, also in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia.
The first call for proposals supports investments to improve the added value and quality of catches, enabling fishermen to market their catches. The eligible costs are the costs of purchasing means of transport, such as commercial vans with a refrigerator or an integrated refrigeration unit, to be used for transporting and distributing catches and fishery products.
The grant available under this call for proposals is 140,000 euros, of which the Union contribution equals 98,000 euros with the national contribution equalling 42,000 euros.
Eligible applicants under the call for proposals are legal persons, sole proprietors and fishermen – natural persons, in accordance with the law governing marine fisheries, who are owners, co-owners or users of fishing vessels with a valid commercial fishing licence issued in the Republic of Slovenia.
Applications can be submitted electronically starting on the first working day after the 21st day following the publication of the call for proposals in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia. The call for proposals will remain open until the funds are used or the closure of the call for proposals is announced on the official government website.
The revision of the call for proposals of 25 April 2025 concerns Chapter 11 Criteria and scoring grid for the evaluation of applications, the table under point II. The order of the points for the criterion Engine power (kw) has been changed in the selection criteria for operations.
The documentation of the call for proposals is available here (available in Slovene).
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