# Peace funding consultation announced for Northern Ireland and border regions

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/11/26/peace-funding-consultation-announced-for-northern-ireland-and-border-regions/
- Published: 2019-11-26T06:47:04+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Special EU Programme Body (SEUPB) has announced details of its PEACE PLUS 
consultation which will succeed previous major funding streams in Northern Ireland
and the border regions.**

PEACE PLUS will fund activities that promote peace and reconciliation and contribute
to the cross-border economic and territorial development of the region. It will 
build upon previous PEACE and INTERREG Programmes, such as the €270 million PEACE
IV Programme.

The PEACE Programme was initially created in 1995 as a direct result of the EU’s
desire to make a positive response to the paramilitary ceasefires of 1994. Whilst
significant progress has been made since then, the EU said there remains a need 
to improve cross-community relations and where possible further integrate divided
communities. The current programming period runs to 2020.

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Among the projects to have benefited from PEACE funding in the past are the £14.5
million Peace Bridge in Derry and programmes supporting victims of the troubles,
young people and shared spaces.

Earlier in the year former Secretary of State Karen Bradley announced a £300 million
funding package from the government for the joint EU-UK PEACE Plus programme. The
programme also includes a further £109m from the EU – bringing the total funding
package to £409m – and will support projects from 2021 to 2027.

A series of information events are taking place between December 2019 and February
2020, running from 6pm-8pm, with registration from 5.30pm. Interested in participants
can register from the [SEUPPB site](http://www.seupb.eu/peaceplus).

The stakeholder engagement process will start on 10 December 2019 and **end on 25
February 2020**. Events will take place throughout Northern Ireland and the border
counties.

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