Information system CEDR MF – EEA and Norway Grants

This platform is used for processes including submission of bilateral applications within the Bilateral Fund, their selection, monitoring and evaluation. The system is also used as a communication tool between Final beneficiaries and the National Focal Point. It archives all relevant documentation connected to bilateral initiatives.

Basic information

  • Every entity established as a legal person planning to apply for a grant must register in the Information System CEDR (IS CEDR) first. The applicant is obliged to fill in all relevant fields including contact details.
  • In compliance with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, ‘GDPR’), when processing personal data, the Ministry of Finance complies with the valid regulations, including the Act on the Protection of Personal Data.
  • Once the registration is submitted, the applicant will receive an email from the system that will contain the password.
  • Applicants use their email address and password for entering the Information System.
  • Other users affiliated with the registered entity may be listed in the menu “Applicant´s users”.
  • The applicant shall be a holder of an electronic certificate that is further used for electronic signature of the application and monitoring reports. Qualified certificate for electronic signature is obligatory for the registration of Czech applicants. In case the foreign applicant does not hold a qualified electronic certificate, the application may be signed by hand and its copy submitted to the Grant Provider in a form of a copy inserted into the IS CEDR.
  • Obligatory fields to be filled in are yellow and marked with a star *.
  • When filling out all the active fields in the application it is recommended to move through the toolbars from the upper left to the right and to save the data continuously.
  • By clicking on the button “Check” it is possible to verify that all the required fields are filled out. This control can be realized whenever during the process of preparation and submission of the application. By clicking on the button “generate document” of the application, the actual version of the application is generated by the system and saved as an attachment in the annexes of the initiative.
  • Submission of the application must be made via the button “Submit the application”. Without this step, the application is not submitted to the evaluation process.
  • Qualified certificate is issued by accredited certification service providers, e.g. První certifikační autorita, a.s.; Česká pošta, s.p. or eIdentity a.s. Supported formats for uploads include: TXT, PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, XML, RTF, JPG, TIF, PNG, ZIP, RAR, AVI, MOV, MSG
  • By default, the maximum size for uploading files is set to 300 MB (per file attachement).
  • It is recommended not to use the internet browser buttons “back” and “forward” and not to work in more than one panels/windows of the browser in parallel.
  • Hot-line – support for users of the system (working days, 8 - 17 hod.):

Technical requirements for using the system

  • Computer (PC, notebook or similar device)
  • Program requirements
    - operational systems MS Windows 7, 8 or 10
    - internet browser MS Internet Explorer 10 or 11; the compatible display mode must not be active for web: mfcr.cz
    - internet browser Mozilla Firefox 30 and later or Google Chrome 30 and later
    - an ASD Web Signer component to use an electronic signature (for download click here)
    - Adobe Reader (for download click here)
    - Microsoft Word (2003 and later)