Current Calls for Proposals by Local Action Groups: More Grants for Local Initiatives

Twenty-seven Local Action Groups (LGDs) operate in our region – partnerships established by residents, non-governmental organisations and local authorities. They carry out initiatives aimed at engaging local communities with the support of European funding provided through the Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) instrument. LGDs announce calls for proposals on their websites, offering funding for activities that are important from the perspective of local communities. We encourage you to explore the current calls for proposals.

– Together with Local Action Groups and the institutions and organisations operating within their structures, we can effectively respond to the real needs and problems of residents. This is possible because we have entrusted local communities with funding and the tools they need to make use of it. In this way, we have created a participatory budget on a regional scale – explains Marshal Piotr Całbecki.

The calls currently announced by LGDs offer grants for the development of non-agricultural business activities, the creation of agritourism farms and facilities, and improving access to small-scale public infrastructure. There are also further calls for initiatives supporting children and young people outside formal education, including projects that may establish youth clubs. Funding for these initiatives comes both from the European Funds for Kujawy and Pomorze 2021-2027 programme and from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (list of calls).

Current LGD calls for proposals:

• 4 new calls for proposals,
• two calls for initiatives improving access to small-scale public infrastructure, including more than PLN 1.5 million allocated for this purpose in the call announced by the Nasza Krajna Association,
• more than PLN 861,000 available under the call announced by the Dolina Drwęcy Local Action Group for developing non-agricultural business activities; an individual grant may range from PLN 50,000 to PLN 500,000,

Local Action Groups are organisations established by residents, non-governmental organisations and local authorities. Their aim is to implement initiatives that engage and activate local communities. There are 27 such partnerships in the region (LGD map). They operate in towns and rural areas and make use both of EU funds administered by the Marshal’s Office and of funding provided to them through the Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) instrument. By entrusting local communities with funding and the tools they need to make use of it, we are creating a participatory budget on a regional scale. Kujawsko-Pomorskie is the only Polish region implementing CLLD on such a large scale.

Beata Krzemińska
Spokesperson of the Marshal’s Office

3 September 2026