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EU funds in Montenegro

candidate country

20 open or announced calls (EU instruments: 0 · cross-border with Romania: 0 · national: 20). Plus 396 European Commission calls open to Montenegrin entities through association with EU programmes.

Candidate country status since December 2010; accession negotiations since June 2012. · updated

20 calls

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NationalME MontenegroInnovation Fund of Montenegro

Programme to stimulate innovation for energy efficiency in industry

Program za podsticanje inovacija u funkciji energetske efikasnosti u industriji

Timeline
Deadline
Value
Grant per beneficiary €50,000 – €100,000
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises
Field
Energy and climate · Competitiveness, industry and SMEs · Research and innovation
Type
grant

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NationalME MontenegroInnovation Fund of Montenegro

Innovation proof-of-concept programme (POC)

Program provjere inovativnog koncepta (POC)

Timeline
Deadline
Value
Grant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
Start-ups · SMEs · Universities and research institutes
Field
Research and innovation · Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
grant

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NationalME MontenegroMinistry of Economic Development of Montenegro

PUBLIC CALL for participation in the procedure for allocating funds under the Programme for improving the competitiveness of the economy for 2026

JAVNI POZIV za učešće u postupku dodjele sredstava za Program za unapređenje konkurentnosti privrede za 2026. godinu

Public call for participation in the procedure for allocating funds under the Programme for improving the competitiveness of the economy for 2026. The page does not state the submission deadline or the amount of funds.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
grant

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NationalME MontenegroMinistry of Economic Development of Montenegro

PUBLIC CALL for participation in the procedure for allocating funds under the Programme for the development and promotion of crafts for 2026

JAVNI POZIV za učešće u postupku dodjele sredstava kroz Program za razvoj i promociju zanatstva za 2026. godinu

Public call for participation in the procedure for allocating funds under the Programme for the development and promotion of crafts for 2026. The page does not state the submission deadline or the amount of funds.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs · Culture, media and creativity
Type
grant

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Investment loans to support production

Investicioni krediti za podršku proizvodnji

Razvoj i rast postojećih proizvodnih preduzeća kroz modernizaciju proizvodnje, nove proizvodne kapacitete, veći stepen obrade, domaće resurse i nove tehnologije.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €16 million
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Farmers and agricultural producers
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs · Agriculture, food and fisheries
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Investment loans for fishing vessels, fishing equipment and electronic devices – MIDAS

Investicioni krediti za ulaganje u ribolovne plovne objekte, ribolovnu opremu i elektronske uređaje – MIDAS

Projekat MIDAS 2 u saradnji sa Direktoratom za ribarstvo: modernizacija profesionalne ribolovne flote, sigurnost plovidbe, uslovi rada i higijenski standardi ribe.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises
Field
Agriculture, food and fisheries · Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Development loans for micro-enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises

Razvojni krediti za mikro, mali i srednji biznis

Support for the development of entrepreneurship by improving the operations of existing business entities.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €150,000
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Farmers and agricultural producers
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Loans to finance permanent working capital for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises

Krediti za finansiranje trajnih obrtnih sredstava za mikro, mali i srednji biznis

Support for investment in working capital and for improving the liquidity of existing business entities.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €150,000
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Farmers and agricultural producers
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Program otkupa potraživanja - faktoring

Faktoring za jačanje likvidnosti crnogorskih preduzeća, izvoznika i preduzetnika na račun bonitetnih kupaca.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Large companies
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
faktoring

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Investment loans for business start-ups

Investicioni krediti za početnike u biznisu

Lending to newly established companies and entrepreneurs, and support for the creation of new jobs.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €50,000
For
Start-ups · Micro-enterprises · SMEs
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs · Employment and social inclusion
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Investment loans to promote women's entrepreneurship

Investicioni krediti za unapređenje ženskog preduzetništva

Podsticanje osnivanja i razvoja mikro, malih i srednjih preduzeća i preduzetnika u kojima su žene nosioci biznisa.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €300,000
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs · Employment and social inclusion
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Investment loans to support infrastructure, environmental protection and energy efficiency projects

Investicioni krediti za podršku infrastrukturnih projekata, projekata zaštite životne sredine i projekata energetske efikasnosti

Realizacija investicionih projekata na lokalnom, regionalnom i državnom nivou u funkciji održive valorizacije prirodnih resursa i poboljšanja uslova za razvoj biznisa.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €16 million
For
Public authorities and UAT · SMEs
Field
Urban, rural and regional development · Environment, water and biodiversity · Energy and climate
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Short-term liquidity loans

Kratkoročni krediti za likvidnost

A classic short-term credit line for overcoming bottlenecks in short-term business activities.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €3 million
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Farmers and agricultural producers
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Loans for refinancing current credit commitments

Krediti za refinansiranje tekućih kreditnih zaduženja

Refinancing of current credit commitments for enterprises in production, tourism, hospitality, services, trade and agriculture, through favourable long-term credit funds.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €7 million
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Investment loans to support services and trade activities

Investicioni krediti za podršku djelatnostima usluge i trgovine

Podrška razvoju i rastu mikro, malih i srednjih preduzeća i preduzetnika iz sektora usluga i trgovine, unapređenje konkurentnosti, projekti lokalnog, regionalnog i državnog značaja.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €10 million
For
Micro-enterprises · SMEs · Farmers and agricultural producers
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Investment loans for agricultural development – IPARD

Investicioni krediti za razvoj poljoprivrede – IPARD

Finansiranje projekata iz oblasti poljoprivrede i prerade hrane u saradnji sa Ministarstvom poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede: investicije u preradu hrane, mjere ruralnog razvoja, konkurentnost, evropski standardi.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Start-ups · Farmers and agricultural producers
Field
Agriculture, food and fisheries · Urban, rural and regional development · Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Investicioni krediti za podršku turizmu, hotelijerstvu i ugostiteljstvu

Unapređenje postojeće i izgradnja nove infrastrukture u turizmu, hotelijerstvu i ugostiteljstvu, jačanje kvaliteta primarne i vanpansionske ponude i održiva valorizacija neiskorišćenih turističkih resursa.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €16 million
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Farmers and agricultural producers
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs · Urban, rural and regional development
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Krediti za otkup poljoprivrednih proizvoda

Podsticaj trgovačkih preduzeća, hotela, ugostiteljskih objekata i ostalih preduzeća koja otkupljuju proizvode od domaćih poljoprivrednih proizvođača.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €1 million
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises
Field
Agriculture, food and fisheries · Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Investment loans to support the development of agricultural and food production

Investicioni krediti za podršku razvoju poljoprivredne proizvodnje i proizvodnji hrane

Podrška razvoju i rastu mikro, malih i srednjih preduzeća, preduzetnika i klastera iz agroindustrije i proizvodnje hrane: proizvodni kapaciteti, nove tehnologije, konkurentnost.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €7 million
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Farmers and agricultural producers
Field
Agriculture, food and fisheries · Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
kredit

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NationalME MontenegroDevelopment Bank of Montenegro (formerly Investment and Development Fund, IRF)

Loans to finance permanent working capital

Krediti za finansiranje trajnih obrtnih sredstava

Finansiranje obrtnih sredstava u cilju unapređenja likvidnosti postojećih privrednih subjekata.

Timeline
Open · the deadline is on the official page
Value
Grant per beneficiary up to €10 million
For
SMEs · Farmers and agricultural producers
Field
Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
kredit

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With Romania

Cross-border programmes that include Montenegro and Romania

Joint projects by partners from both countries (local authorities, NGOs, universities, SMEs, as applicable). Calls appear in the list above when they are open; programmes with no call open at the moment continue to be monitored daily.

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Interreg Danube Region Programme — Calls for proposals · no call open at the moment

European Commission · direct management

European Commission calls open to Montenegrin entities

396 open or announced calls under programmes with which Montenegro is associated. Entities there can, in principle, take part on the same terms as those in EU Member States, usually in consortia. Below are the first to close, one per programme.

All 396 calls

Association according to the Commission's official lists (Funding & Tenders): Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values — all strands except "Union Values" (agreement 3 October 2024, from 1 January 2024); Creative Europe — full participation (agreement December 2021, from 1 January 2021; partly suspended 31 January–22 July 2024); CUSTOMS — has joined the Customs 2021-2027 programme; Digital Europe — participates only in SO 1, 2, 4, 5 (agreement July 2023, retroactive from 1 January 2023); EU4H — participates (agreement January 2024, retroactive from 1 January 2024); FISCALIS — has joined the Fiscalis 2021-2027 programme; Horizon Europe — associated (whole programme); the agreement has legal effect — included in the F&T list of 17 December 2021; LIFE — participates (agreement 15 May 2025, retroactive from 1 January 2025); Single Market Programme — Internal market for goods/services, Competition, Market surveillance, SME competitiveness, Consumer protection (agreement April 2023, retroactive from 1 January 2021); Specific social and skills strands — participates in ESF+ EaSI (from 2023); UCPM — participating state (agreement 29 September 2014, in force 21 April 2015). Some calls restrict participation (e.g. Horizon Europe art. 22(5)–(6), Digital Europe art. 12(5)–(6)): check the conditions of each call.

European CommissionEU All Member StatesHorizon Europe

Integrated Production and Product Development for Next-Generation Lithium-based Batteries for Mobility (BATT4EU and Made in Europe Partnerships)

The projects must fulfil the performance targets, at the cell and system level, corresponding to the specific targeted application, to be specified in the proposal. Appropriate KPI must be defined for the energy density (volumetric and gravimetric), Power density and C-rate, number of cycles and cost defined under operational conditions. Boost EU competitiveness in next-generation battery technologies for mobility applications. Develop pilot manufacturing capability for next generation lithium-based batteries.

Timeline
Deadline
Value
Total call budget €100 millionGrant per beneficiary up to €33.3 million
For
Universities and research institutes · SMEs · Large companies · NGOs and associations · Public authorities and UAT
Field
Energy and climate · Transport and mobility · Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
Innovation action (IA) · HORIZON-CL5-2026-10

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European CommissionEU All Member StatesSingle Market Programme

EU support to Stakeholders to improve measurement of food waste and help implement food waste prevention in their operations and organisation - 2026-2027

Timeline
Deadline
Value
Grant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Large companies · NGOs and associations · Public authorities and UAT
Field
Agriculture, food and fisheries · Environment, water and biodiversity
Type
Project grant · SMP-FOOD-2026-FW-STAKEHOLDERS-PJ

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European CommissionEU All Member StatesDigital Europe

AI compute evaluation and deployment platform for EU infrastructure

The expected outcomes of this topic are : A common EU evaluation platform for AI chips and racks, with transparent KPIs, workloads and benchmark reports used for Chips JU selection and procurement decisions. First pilot deployments of European AI compute systems validated for EU sovereign partitions of AI infrastructure. Structured collaboration between buyers and suppliers, supporting deployment, integration and optimisation of European AI compute solutions.

Timeline
Deadline
Value
Total call budget €70 millionGrant per beneficiary €50 million – €70 million
For
Universities and research institutes · SMEs · Large companies · Public authorities and UAT
Field
Digitalisation and artificial intelligence · Research and innovation
Type
Procurement grant · DIGITAL-JU-CHIPS-2026-AI-GFP

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European CommissionEU All Member StatesCitizens, Equality, Rights and Values

Strengthen integrated child protection systems (CPS) incl. via cross-sectoral collaboration, and ensure child-centred, coordinated responses to violence against children, to contribute to the implementation of Commission Recommendation on integrated CPS

This topic is one of the 5 priorities of the call for proposals for EU action grants to prevent and combat gender-based violence and violence against children under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Value Programme (CERV) . For further information about the call and its conditions, please see the call document.

Timeline
Deadline
Value
Total call budget €21 millionGrant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
NGOs and associations · Public authorities and UAT · Universities and research institutes
Field
Employment and social inclusion · Democracy, rights and justice
Type
Lump sum grant · CERV-2026-DAPHNE

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European CommissionEU All Member StatesSpecific social and skills lines

SOCPL-2026-INFO-REPR

The main objective of this call is to develop employees’ involvement in undertakings by raising awareness and contributing to the application of European Union law and policies in this area. The call aims at supporting projects which seek to help accompany through social dialogue at company level the significant changes driven by industry transitions and, in particular, the take-up and effective functioning of European Works Councils.

Timeline
Deadline
Value
Total call budget €2.5 millionGrant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
NGOs and associations · Public authorities and UAT · Universities and research institutes
Field
Employment and social inclusion · Democracy, rights and justice
Type
Project grant · SOCPL-2026-INFO-REPR

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European CommissionEU All Member StatesCreative Europe

European slate development

The objective of the European slate development support is to foster the competitiveness of European independent production companies and to increase their economic weight on the market. The aim is also to increase the capacity of audiovisual producers to develop projects with the potential to circulate throughout Europe and beyond, and to facilitate European and international coproduction.

Timeline
Deadline
Value
Total call budget €22.4 millionGrant per beneficiary not specified at source
For
SMEs · Micro-enterprises · Large companies
Field
Culture, media and creativity · Competitiveness, industry and SMEs
Type
Lump sum grant · CREA-MEDIA-2027-DEVSLATE

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Questions about funding in Montenegro

Can companies and institutions from Romania access funding in Montenegro?

Yes, in three ways. 1) Cross-border programmes (Interreg Danube Region Programme — Calls for proposals) fund joint projects by partners from both countries. 2) European Commission calls under programmes with which Montenegro is associated (Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values, Creative Europe, CUSTOMS, Digital Europe, EU4H, FISCALIS) allow consortia with partners there. 3) EU-funded institutional twinning projects (Twinning) are aimed at public administrations in the Member States, including Romania. The country's national programmes are, as a rule, only for locally registered entities.

Where does the data on Montenegro come from?

From the European Commission's Funding & Tenders portal (EU delegation calls) and from 4 official sources of cross-border programmes and government agencies, checked daily. The country's status in relation to the EU and its association with programmes are taken from the Commission's official documents.

The list is generated automatically from official sources and does not replace the call guide. Check the conditions and deadlines on the official page before applying. The status in relation to the EU is presented factually, based on the documents of the European institutions.

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