The goal of EU pre-accession funding is to help candidate countries prepare for EU membership.

Once the Union accepted Turkey as a candidate, financial assistance focuses on supporting Turkey in its preparation for EU membership.

From Brussels to the most remote location in Turkey, EU money follows EU rules.

Pre-accession funding is directed mainly at state or civil institutions, individuals are not eligible, except for specific community programmes.

All interested tenderers are invited to consult this page on a regular basis to be informed about the open calls for tenders.

The EU finances every year thousands of projects in Turkey, from social services to enterprise support and regional development.

From 2007 onwards, EU channels its funding for membership preparation through one single instrument called the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA).

The visibility guidelines have been drawn up to ensure that projects that are wholly or partially funded by the European Union (EU) visibly acknowledge the support of the EU.