Increasing the maximum subsidy to 20 million and doubling the allocation to 200 million. The Ministry for Regional Development has updated the conditions of the call, which will help municipalities and regions with the restoration of damaged property after natural disasters. The final deadline for submission of subsidy applications is moved forward by four months to September 30, 2025. Municipalities and regions will thus gain sufficient space to prepare projects for dealing with damages that may arise only at the end of this year.
The call represents a tool of the Ministry for Regional Development, which is able to respond flexibly to the demand of applicants for the reconstruction and new construction of property damaged or destroyed as a result of bad weather. “We have improved the parameters of the call so that our assistance to municipalities and regions affected by natural disasters is even more effective and can also be directed towards larger projects. We want municipalities and regions to be sure that when such an unexpected event occurs, the ministry is ready to help,” said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Regional Development Ivan Bartoš regarding the changes in the subsidy call.
The call is intended for those municipalities and regions whose property has been damaged by the elements, either for its reconstruction or for the acquisition of new property with the same function. It can be, for example, bridges, roads, public lighting, public spaces, buildings and their equipment. Subsidies from this subprogramme can also be used for the removal of deposits in watercourses, waterworks and other related work.
“We are responding to natural disasters that occurred this spring, or may still occur before the end of the year. We have long-standing experience in helping to deal with damages caused by bad weather. There is still an ongoing challenge, which we are solving the damage caused last year. In that, 26 applications were submitted with a request for a subsidy in the amount of approximately 129 million crowns, most of them from the Zlín region (17). Actions for the restoration of bridges, footbridges, local roads and sidewalks dominate. A project for the restoration of the wall and the safety overflow is also submitted. The projects mostly deal with the consequences of the floods from the end of 2023,” added Richard Nikischer, director of the program management department of the Ministry for Regional Development.
The 2024 claims resolution call has been announced since March 13. Individual applicants are granted a subsidy of up to 70% of the actually incurred eligible costs of the event, while the maximum amount of the subsidy depends on the size of the given municipality. Specifically, for a municipality with up to 3,000 inhabitants, it is the mentioned 70% of eligible expenses, for a municipality from 3,001 to 10,000 inhabitants up to 60%, for a municipality with 10,001 or more inhabitants up to 50% and for a region a maximum of 40% of eligible expenses. The subsidy range for one application is now up to 20 million crowns.
Applicants can find the updated conditions HERE :
https://mmr.gov.cz/cs/narodni-dotace/podpora-a-rozvoj-regionu/obnova-obecniho-a-krajskeho-majetku-po-zivelni-(5)