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Interim financial report Norway Financial Mechanisms 2014 – 2021 Interim financial report number 8 Programme summary Programme operator Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications Beneficiary State Estonia Programme title Competitiveness Programme code EE-INNOVATION Eligible Expenditure € 27,058,824 Programme grant rate 85.00 % Programme grant amount € 23,000,000 EEA Grant Amount €0 Norway Grant Amount € 23,000,000 Start date of eligibility 10/05/2017 Final date of eligibility 31/12/2024 1 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  Part A - Statement of actual expenditure incurred Incurred expenditure - summary Interim financial report number 8 Start date of incurred expenditure period 01/01/2022 End date of incurred expenditure period 30/06/2022 Previously Incurred this Available incurred Total to date Total Budget period balance expenditure Eligible € 5,197,980 € 3,437,345 € 8,635,325 € 27,058,824 € 18,423,498 expenditure Norway Grants € 4,418,283 € 2,921,744 € 7,340,027 € 23,000,000 € 15,659,973 Co-financing € 779,697 € 515,602 € 1,295,299 € 4,058,824 € 2,763,525 Incurred expenditure - details Title: Programme management Previously Incurred this Available incurred Total to date Budget period balance expenditure Eligible € 746,706 € 80,793 € 827,500 € 1,627,059 € 799,559 expenditure Brief description of actual expenditure incurred Payments from programme management budget are mostly staff cost of implementing agency for administration of programme activities (selection of projects, monitoring of projects, consultation of project promoters, overall cost, etc.), procured legal services and expertise. Eligible expenditures Eligible expenditure - EUR € 80,793 Total € 80,793 Title: Outcome 1: Increased competitiveness of Estonian companies within focus areas Green Industry Innovation, ICT and Welfare Technology (Norway Grants) Previously Incurred this Available incurred Total to date Budget period balance expenditure Eligible € 4,451,274 € 3,356,552 € 7,807,826 € 25,431,765 € 17,623,939 expenditure Brief description of actual expenditure incurred for the outcome Payments to open call and predefined projects. Eligible expenditures Eligible Project expenditure - EUR EE-INNOVATION-0001 € 93,809 EE-INNOVATION-0002 € 168,718 EE-INNOVATION-0078 € 99,862 EE-INNOVATION-0082 € 33,746 EE-INNOVATION-0084 € 86,709 EE-INNOVATION-0081 € 146,038 EE-INNOVATION-0080 € 114,608 EE-INNOVATION-0083 € 321,516 2 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  EE-INNOVATION-0052 € 227,244 EE-INNOVATION-0059 € 142,885 EE-INNOVATION-0062 € 63,183 EE-INNOVATION-0058 € 47,072 EE-INNOVATION-0048 € 103,710 EE-INNOVATION-0057 € 59,714 EE-INNOVATION-0053 € 63,659 EE-INNOVATION-0056 € 22,196 EE-INNOVATION-0049 € 262,384 EE-INNOVATION-0051 € 700,000 EE-INNOVATION-0061 € 156,342 EE-INNOVATION-0054 € 13,951 EE-INNOVATION-0067 € 53,151 EE-INNOVATION-0073 € 46,481 EE-INNOVATION-0069 € 60,408 EE-INNOVATION-0070 € 151,738 EE-INNOVATION-0071 € 11,486 EE-INNOVATION-0076 € 80,622 EE-INNOVATION-0074 € 25,321 Total € 3,356,552 3 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  Part B - Statement of proposed expenditure Proposed expenditure - summary Start date of proposed expenditure period 01/11/2022 End date of proposed expenditure period 30/04/2023 Previous Interim advance and Available payment this Total to date Budget interim balance period payments Eligible € 12,047,980 € 752,041 € 12,800,021 € 27,058,824 € 14,258,802 expenditure Norway Grants € 10,240,783 € 639,235 € 10,880,018 € 23,000,000 € 12,119,982 Co-financing € 1,807,197 € 112,806 € 1,920,003 € 4,058,824 € 2,138,820 Title: Programme management Brief description of activities to be financed Programme management cost: regular staff cost at implemementing agency and some costs connected to the open call of additional project activities. Previous Interim advance and Available payment this Total to date Budget interim balance period payments Eligible € 1,046,706 € -39,511 € 1,007,196 € 1,627,059 € 619,863 expenditure * For management costs it is not possible to request more than € 1,464,353 of the total amount as 10.00 % is retained for the programme closure. Title: Outcome 1: Increased competitiveness of Estonian companies within focus areas Green Industry Innovation, ICT and Welfare Technology (Norway Grants) Brief description of activities to be financed Payments to open call and predefined projects. Previous Interim advance and Available payment this Total to date Budget interim balance period payments Eligible € 11,001,274 € 791,552 € 11,792,826 € 25,431,765 € 13,638,939 expenditure 4 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  Programme operator Full legal name: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (EE) Programme operator signature I certify that I am duly authorised to sign this interim financial report and that the proposed expenditure described in Part B from which this interim payment is calculated is a realistic estimate of the expenditure that will actually be required by the Programme in the period referred to in Part B. I have thoroughly reviewed the actual expenditure incurred declared in Part A, and co - financing provided in Part B of this report, and confirm that the information provided is accurate. I confirm that this Programme is carried out as described in the Programme Agreement and that the incurred expenditure is correctly represented. Overall implementation status (including milestones): In total 42 Small Grant Scheme projects have been successfully finalised and final grant payments have been made in amount of 689,585.93 euros. SGS budget surplus was added to the amount of the second main open call. The first main open call resulted in 22 concluded project contracts in total grant amount of 10,397,597.55 euros. In order to achieve the objectives of the programme, the second main call was announced and it resulted in 12 concluded project contracts in total grant amount of 6,375,554.71 euros. Additional open call for Small Grant Scheme projects in total grant amount of 2,636,915.33 euros was open from November 1, 2021 until January 17, 2022. It resulted in six financed projects in Green Industry Innovation the focus area. Preparations for opening one more call for additional project activities in ongoing projects is underway. Predefined projects are eagerly implementing their project activities and first results are expected by the end of 2022. Question Answer Comment Management and control systems of Management and control systems of the Programme Operator set up the Programme Operator set up fulfilling the general principles set out Yes fulfilling the general principles set out in the Regulation and approved by the in the Regulation have been approved National Focal Point (Art 5.7) by the National Focal Point. Separate interest-bearing bank Interest-bearing bank account for the accounts dedicated to the funds Yes programme has been established by intended for regranting established and CA. maintained (Art 5.6.1 (m)) We follow all the relevant rules Information and publicity obligations Yes established in art 3.3 during the fulfilled (Art 3.3) implementation of programme. Monitoring and verifications conducted Monitoring and verification activities to ensure quality and/or regularity of Yes are essential part of the everyday implementation (Art 5.6.1 (g) and Art operations. 5.6.2) 5 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST Annual monitoring of a sample of Monitoring and verifications is based Yes projects conducted (Art 5.6.1 (i)) on a risk assessment of projects. Project-specific statistical data is entered and up to date in the reporting Yes PLI is updated on regular basis. database (Art 5.6.1 (s)) Special conditions and Programme- Special conditions and Programme- specific rules set out in the programme Yes specific rules set out in the programme agreement fulfilled (Art 5.6.1 (x)) agreement are fulfilled. All irregularities, their investigation and All irregularities, their investigation and any remedies taken reported (Art 5.6.1 Yes any remedies taken are reported. (v)) For the Programme Operator Signed in Tallinn on 10/08/2022 ...................................................................... Rando Härginen Head of Foreign Financing/Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications 6 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  Certification of actual expenditure incurred and co-financing Interim financial report number 8 Start date of incurred expenditure period 01/01/2022 End date of incurred expenditure period 30/06/2022 Actual expenditure incurred this period € 3,437,345 Start date of proposed expenditure period 01/11/2022 End date of proposed expenditure period 30/04/2023 Co-financing committed to date € 1,920,003 Co-financing for incurred expenditure paid € 1,295,299 The Certifying Authority hereby certifies that: The Certifying Authority hereby certifies that: (i) the summary of eligible expenditure submitted by the Programme Operator is in full conformity with the supporting documents; (ii) the supporting documents have been examined and found to be authentic, correct and accurate; (iii) the summary of eligible expenditure is based on verifiable accounting which is in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and methods; (iv) the summary of eligible expenditure falls within eligible expenditure under the Regulation for the implementation of the EEA / Norwegian Financial Mechanisms 2014-2021; (v) the summary of expenditure is incurred as part of the implementation of the Programme in accordance with the Programme Agreement; (vi) sufficient audit trail exists; (vii) co-financing committed to date has been made available; (viii) co-financing in relation to incurred expenditure has been paid; (ix) when relevant, that the interest earned at PO account is correct. For the Certifying Authority Signed in ................................. on ................ ...................................................................... 7 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  Outcomes Objective: Increased value creation and sustainable growth Outcome 1: Increased competitiveness of Estonian companies within focus areas Green Industry Innovation, ICT and Welfare Technology Achievements Achievements until end June until end of Unit of Indicator Baseline previous Target Comment measurement Numerator Denominator Value reporting period Estimated annual CO2 emissions reductions Annual 118.91 (APR 0.00 Reported Annually (APR) 25,000.00 - (tons of CO2 equivalent per year) number 2021) Estimated annual growth in turnover of Percentage N/A - Reported Annually (APR) 5.00 % - supported enterprises Estimated annual growth in net operational Percentage N/A - Reported Annually (APR) 5.00 % - profit of supported enterprises 100+ Estimated annual decrease of energy consumption of supported enterprises (in Percentage - - Reported Annually (APR) 5.00 % - MWh) Number of products/services/processes Cumulative tested in the Open Cyber Range security 0 0 (APR 2021) Reported Annually (APR) 10 - number platform Number of new products/services/processes Cumulative applied (new-to-the-enterprise) 0 0 (APR 2021) Reported Annually (APR) 20 - number (disaggregated by sector) Number of registered applications for Cumulative 0 0 (APR 2021) Reported Annually (APR) 5 - Intellectual Property Protection number Cumulative Number of jobs created 0 90 (APR 2021) - - 90 100 Nothing to add at this stage. number Gender Female - - 3 - - 3 - - Male - - 4 - - 4 - - Not specified - - 83 - - 83 - - Age 8 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  Children and youth (0-17) - - 0 - - 0 - - Young adults (18-29) - - 2 - - 2 - - Adults (30-64) - - 5 - - 5 - - Elderly (65+) - - 0 - - 0 - - Not specified - - 83 - - 83 - - Number of new products/services/processes Cumulative 0 2 (APR 2021) Reported Annually (APR) 25 - developed (disaggregated by sector) number Output 1.1: Enterprises supported to develop or apply innovative green products, services and processes Achievements Achievements until end June until end of Unit of Indicator Baseline previous Target Comment measurement Numerator Denominator Value reporting period Number of large enterprises supported in Cumulative 0 0 (APR 2021) - - 0 15 - SGS to prepare projects for main call number Number of large enterprises supported to Cumulative apply new green 0 2 (APR 2021) - - 2 5 - number products/services/processes Number of SMEs supported in SGS to Cumulative 0 13 (APR 2021) - - 13 30 - prepare projects for main call number Number of SMEs supported to apply new Cumulative green products/services/processes (new-to- 0 4 (APR 2021) - - 4 15 - number the-enterprise) Number of SMEs supported to develop new Cumulative Six projects added from the 0 20 (APR 2021) - - 26 5 green products/services/processes number second SGS. Number of large enterprises supported to Cumulative develop new green 0 0 (APR 2021) - - 0 2 - number products/services/processes Output 1.2: Enterprises supported to develop innovative ICT products, services and processes Achievements Achievements until end June Unit of Indicator Baseline until end of Target Comment measurement Numerator Denominator Value previous 9 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  reporting period Number of SMEs supported in SGS to Cumulative 0 20 (APR 2021) - - 20 25 - prepare projects for main call number Number of SMEs supported to develop ICT Cumulative 0 4 (APR 2021) - - 4 8 - products, services and processes number Number of large enterprises supported in Cumulative 0 0 (APR 2021) - - 0 6 - SGS to prepare projects for main call number Number of large enterprises supported to Cumulative 0 0 (APR 2021) - - 0 5 - develop ICT products, services and processes number Output 1.3: Enterprises supported to develop innovative welfare products, services and processes Achievements Achievements until end June until end of Unit of Indicator Baseline previous Target Comment measurement Numerator Denominator Value reporting period Number of large enterprises supported in Cumulative 0 0 (APR 2021) - - 0 2 - SGS to prepare projects for main call number Number of enterprises supported in SGS to Cumulative 0 11 (APR 2021) - - 11 8 - prepare projects for main call number Number of SMEs supported to develop new Cumulative welfare technology 0 7 (APR 2021) - - 7 5 - number products/services/processes Output 1.4: Open Cyber Range (OCR) is operational Achievements Achievements until end June until end of Unit of Indicator Baseline previous Target Comment measurement Numerator Denominator Value reporting period Number of SMEs supported to test new Cumulative products/services/processes in the Open 0 0 (APR 2021) - - 0 15 No products tested yet. number Cyber Range 10 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  Cumulative Number of professional staff trained 0 0 (APR 2021) - - 0 100 No staff trained yet. number Gender Female - - 0 - - 0 - - Male - - 0 - - 0 - - Not specified - - 0 - - 0 - - Roma Roma - - 0 - - 0 - - Not specified - - 0 - - 0 - - Output 1.5: Health Sense data management platform developed and operating Achievements Achievements until end June until end of Unit of Indicator Baseline previous Target Comment measurement Numerator Denominator Value reporting period Data collection, and publishing environment architecture and data analysis environment Binary No No (APR 2021) - - No Yes - architecture developed and published Data collection and publishing Binary No No (APR 2021) - - No Yes - procedures/tools in place and documented Data analysis procedures/tools in place and Binary No No (APR 2021) - - No Yes - documented Number of data mining/Artificial Intelligence Cumulative 0 0 (APR 2021) - - 0 3 - pilot projects successfully finished number Cumulative Number of professional staff trained 0 0 (APR 2021) - - 0 10 - number Gender Female - - 0 - - 0 - - Male - - 0 - - 0 - - Not specified - - 0 - - 0 - - Roma Roma - - 0 - - 0 - - 11 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  Not specified - - 0 - - 0 - - Bilateral Outcome: Enhanced collaboration between beneficiary and donor state entities involved in the programme Achievements Achievements until end June until end of Unit of Indicator Baseline previous Target Comment measurement Numerator Denominator Value reporting period 6.50, 4.5, Based on Target is the ≥4.5, and survey 5.22 (APR an Level of satisfaction with the partnership Scale 1-7 Reported Annually (APR) - carried 2021) increase out on on the behalf of baseline the FMO value 6.55, 4.5, Based on Target is the ≥4.5, and Level of trust between cooperating entities survey 5.33 (APR an Scale 1-7 Reported Annually (APR) - in Beneficiary States and Donor States carried 2021) increase out on on the behalf of baseline the FMO value 50.00 %, Share of donor business partnerships which Target is continue after project implementation Percentage N/A - Reported Annually (APR) - minimum period 50% Number of jointly registered applications for Cumulative 0 0 (APR 2021) Reported Annually (APR) 3 - Intellectual Property Protection number 50, Target Share of cooperating organisations that 100.00 % (APR is apply the knowledge acquired from bilateral Percentage N/A Reported Annually (APR) - 2021) minimum partnership 50 % Bilateral Output 1: Bilateral partnerships supported 12 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  Achievements Achievements until end June until end of Unit of Indicator Baseline previous Target Comment measurement Numerator Denominator Value reporting period Number of projects involving cooperation Cumulative One bilateral project added 0 17 (APR 2021) - - 18 45 with a donor project partner number from the second SGS. Donor State Norway - - 17 - - 18 - - Iceland - - 0 - - 0 - - Liechtenstein - - 0 - - 0 - - Not specified - - 0 - - 0 - - Number of staff from donor states in Cumulative 0 0 (APR 2021) - - 0 5 - exchanges number Donor State Norway - - 0 - - 0 - - Iceland - - 0 - - 0 - - Liechtenstein - - 0 - - 0 - - Not specified - - 0 - - 0 - - Gender Female - - 0 - - 0 - - Male - - 0 - - 0 - - Not specified - - 0 - - 0 - - Type of exchange Online - - 0 - - 0 - - Physical - - 0 - - 0 - - Not specified - - 0 - - 0 - - 13 Version 0.2 as of 10/08/2022 11:17:02 CEST  Liina Thalfeldt Riigi Tugiteenuste Keskus [email protected] Meie 12.08.2022 nr 24.4-7/17-0504/1133-2 Programmi "Green ICT" IFR#8 edastamine Austatud Liina Thalfeldt Edastame Eesti-Norra koostööprogrammi „Green ICT“ kaheksanda perioodi (01.01.2022- 30.06.2022) finantsvahearuande (IFR#8). Lugupidamisega (allkirjastatud digitaalselt) Rando Härginen välisvahendite valdkonna juht osakonnajuhataja ülesannetes Lisa: Finantsvahearuanne. 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