| You are here: Financing > Support programmes > Other financing programmes > The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) | | | The European Free Trade Association (EFTA)EFTA is an international organisation comprising four states: The Republic of Iceland, The Principality of Liechtenstein, The Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation. EFTA has headquarters in Geneva and offices in Brussels and Luxembourg. The activities of EFTA can be divided into three main areas: - Monitoring and management of relationships between the EFTA States on the basis of the EFTA Convention which is the legal basis of the Association.
- Development and maintenance of relations with non-EU countries.
- The member states (except Switzerland) have structured their relations with the EU in the form of Agreement on the European Economic Area (the EEA) through which they participate in the EU Single Market.
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