The EU Grant Support Team (GST), funded by the Aid programme for Turkish Cypriot community, assists the European Commission with all activities and tasks related to the preparation, contracting, implementation and monitoring of EU-funded grant schemes for the Turkish Cypriot community and of the resulting grant agreements. The GST also aims to build the capacities of potential and awarded grant beneficiaries to facilitate their participation to Calls for Proposals under EU-funded grant schemes and with regard to implementation of grant agreements, if awarded, in line with contractual obligations.

The overall objective of the EU Aid programme for the Turkish Cypriot community is to provide assistance to facilitate the reunification of Cyprus by encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community.From 2006 to 2021, the EU allocated EUR 623 million to projects in support of this objective. This assistance is partly channelled via grant schemes.