The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Civil Servants and Public Institutions is open for applications from civil servants and other staff in the public sector. There is one application round, and the deadline for submitting applications is 31 March 2026.
In order to apply for funding, your project should involve partners from at least three countries: Nordic applicants should visit a minimum of two Baltic countries, while Baltic applicants should visit partners in at least two Nordic countries.
Why apply?
- You and your colleagues in Nordic and Baltic countries have ideas, plans and experiences worth discovering and sharing with partners.
- Applying and reporting is easy and user friendly – all can be done online at NB8-Grants.
Results from 2025
41 applications from the Nordic-Baltic region were approved for granting with a total budget of 235 850€ in 2025. A total number of 258 civil servants are participating in the projects granted by the mobility programme during 2025/2026.
The statistical results of all participating countries in projects supported by the programme in 2025 are following (numbers behind the name of the country show in how many projects the country is participating in 2025 both as applicant and partner):
Feedback from previous projects
Daiva Stasaitiene from Klaipeda public library in Lithuania has described the experiences from her project in collaboration with partners from Iceland and Finland:
„By participating in activities that encouraged the inclusion of socially vulnerable or less active groups, our staff learned to better recognize the needs of the community and apply more flexible methods that help create an open, sustainable, accessible cultural and educational space for all. Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Public Administration exceeded our expectations.“
Application
- The electronic application system at www.nb8grants.org is open from 4 December 2025.
- Please read the guidelines carefully and start looking for project partners in good time.
- Register or log in if you are already a user of the mobility programme and start filling in the application – please note that you can fill in the application step by step up to the deadline.
- Do not forget to submit your application before the deadline – 31 March 2026!
The programme is administered by the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia.
For more insight, watch a video with previous beneficiaries sharing their experience. In the video: Timurs Tomsons and Elina Kundzina from the Liepaja Concert Hall “Lielais Dzintars” and Līga Mekša from Ropaži Municipality.
Contact person in Estonia
Madis Kanarbik, Programme Coordinator
Phone: +372 5046570
E-mail: public.administration@norden.ee
Contact person in Latvia
Daina Mežecka, Advisor
Phone: +371 29 394 399
E-mail: daina.mezecka@norden.lv
About the programme
The programme offers grants for mobility and networking, the annual budget of the mobility porgramme 200 000 EUR, is financed by all NB8 countries – Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. The purpose of the programme is to promote and strengthen cooperation, exchange of knowledge, and networking between public administration structures on all administrative levels in the Nordic-Baltic region. The programme aims to facilitate the harmonization of more efficient working methods in the public sector. The overall goal is to increase the global competitive power of the region.
