INDICATIVE FINANCING PLAN
Financing plan of the programme – annual commitments from ERDF (in EUR)

Year	Structural Funding ERDF
2007	8 002 358
2008	8 135 987
2009	8 322 909
2010	8 538 046
2011	8 758 464
2012	8 967 402
2013	9 181 189
Total 2007-2013	59 906 355

In accordance with Article 53(3) of the General Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, the contribution from the ERDF to eligible expenditures incurred by Lead partners and project partners located in Austria and Slovakia shall be up to 85% in priorities 1 - “Learning region and economic competitiveness” and 2 - “Accessibility and sustainable development”.

In accordance with Article 46 of the General Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006, the limit for priority 3, Technical Assistance, is set at 6% of the total ERDF amount allocated to the programme Slovakia – Austria 2007-2013. The ERDF co-financing rate for Technical Assistance (priority 3) is 50%.

The ERDF co-financing rate is based on national public funding only. Private funding is not part of this calculation; additionally, a contribution to project financing by project partners is possible, in certain cases even required (own contribution by private organizations from Slovak Republic).

Financing plan of the programme –
total financial allocations for the whole programming period (in EUR)

	Community funding (a)	National public funding (b)	Total funding (c)=(a)+(b)	Co-financing rate (d)=(a)/(c)
Priority axis 1  “Learning region and economic competitiveness”	27 193 987	4 798 939	31 992 926	85%
Priority axis 2 “Accessibility and sustainable development”	29 117 987	5 138 468	34 256 455	85%
Priority axis 3 “Technical assistance”	3 594 381	3 594 381	7 188 762	50%
Total	59 906 355	13 531 788	73 438 143	82%