€200m Peace III announcement

By European Funding Advice from Special European Union Programmes Body

Published on 21 Dec 2005

Peace money agreed for NI for 2007-2013 period.

EU Flag Following the EU budget negotiations last week a further €200 million has been secured for Peace III (or the Special Programme to Support Peace and Reconciliation in NI and the Border Counties).

The money will be available for the 2007-2013 period, which will coincide with the expiration of the current Peace II extension.

The amount of money is roughly half of what is available in the current extension and so the task for the sector will be to argue about where the money is spent and on what priorities.

NICVA will keep you updated with information as it emerges in 2006.

For European funding advice, contact:

James Laverty - European funding advice officer at NICVA
028 9087 7777

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This is really good news, there is a lot more that needs to be done to reconcile our community and build on the peace. The next part of the Peace programme should focus on communities working together.

Simon Evans | individual
21 Dec 05 @ 12:46

NICVA is delighted that the EU has agreed to a further €200 million and congratulates officials involved in negotiating a third programme, particularly in DFP and SEUPB. We know that this outcome was not a foregone conclusion. We now need to make the best use of this money.

Seamus McAleavey | NICVA
21 Dec 05 @ 13:09