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Adult Education Budget FUNDING RULES 2021/2022 - August 2021 - July 2022

Annex A - eligibility for funding

This Annex sets out the countries falling within the below categories as referenced in paragraph 35 to 53

British Overseas Territories
  • Anguilla

  • Bermuda

  • British Antarctic Territory

  • British Indian Ocean Territory

  • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands

  • Falkland Islands

  • Gibraltar

  • Montserrat

  • Pitcairn, Henderson Island, Ducie and Oeno Islands

  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Isles

  • St Helena and its dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

  • Turks and Caicos Islands

EEA

The EEA comprises of the following countries:
All Member States of the European Union You can access a list of member states on the EU website.

With respect to EEA nationality, note that any Cypriot national living on any part of the island qualifies for EU residency and is considered an EU national.

  • Iceland

  • Lichtenstein

  • Norway

  • Switzerland

Although Switzerland is not part of the formally recognised EEA, its nationals are eligible under various international treaties signed by the UK and Swiss governments.

Below are territories that are categorised as being within the EU and or territories that are categorised as being part of the listed countries such that they satisfy our residency requirements for the purposes of the AEB funding rules.

Denmark

The following is part of Denmark:
• Greenland
• Faroe Islands

Finland

The following is part of Finland and the EU:

• Aland islands

France

The following is part of France and the EU:

  • the French Overseas Department (DOMS)
  • Guadeloupe
  • Martinique
  • French Guiana (Guyana)
  • Reunion and Saint-Pierre et Miquelon)

The following is part of France:

  • New Caledonia and its dependencies Fren
Germany

The following is part of Germany and the EU:

  • Tax-free port of Heligoland
Netherlands

The following is part of the Netherlands:

  • Antilles
  • Bonaire
  • Curacao
  • Saba
  • St Eustatius and St Maarten
  • Aruba
Portugal

The following is part of Portugal and the EU:
• Madeira
• The Azores

Spain

The following is part of Spain and the EU:

  • the Balearic Islands
  • the Canary Islands,
  • Ceuta
  • Melilla

 

To note: Andorra, Macau, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican are not part of the EU or the EEA.