SUPPORT TO CIVIL SOCIETY Call for Proposals Deadline 10 th March 2011
Content A PPLICATION A NNEXES TO I NTRODUCTION PROCEDURES THE GfA E LIGIBILITY E VALUATION OF CRITERIA PROPOSALS 2
The context and the Project INTRODUCTION 3
INTRODUCTION Support to Civil Society project - 1 Overall project objective To support active civil society participation in Serbia’s EU-integration. Specific objectives of the project 1. Building social cohesion and overcoming discrimination in Serbian society by promoting tolerance and cultural diversity. 2. Active civil society participation in socioeconomic development. 4
INTRODUCTION Support to Civil Society project - 2 Thematic priorities Specific objective 1 • Anti-discrimination and tolerance; • Cultural diversity and pluralism. Specific objective 2 • Local socio-economic development; • Public polices and EU standards at local level 5
INTRODUCTION Support to Civil Society project - 3 T HE P ROJECT IS : Funded by Managed by Implemented by European Union from Delegation of the GOPA Consultants IPA 2009 & 2010 European Union to the (Germany) Programmes Republic of Serbia Grant amount allocated: Specific objective 1 Specific objective 2 Total 2 MEUR 2 MEUR 4 MEUR Rules of co-financing: EU (GRANT) APPLICANT / PARTNERS FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION min. max. min. max. Amount € 50 000 € 150 000 € 5 556 € 150 000 % of total eligible costs 50% 90% 10% 50% 6
Applicants, partners, actions, activities, costs ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA 7
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA The eligible Applicant - 1 • A legal person, and • non profit making, and • civil society organisation such as: – NGO or grassroots organisation, or – professional organisation, or – cultural, artistic club or association, or – media associations, or – organisation representing social and economic players at large, or – labour-market actor, and 8
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA The eligible Applicant - 2 • national of a Member State of EU, or a beneficiary country, or a country covered by the Regulations on access to Community external assistance, and • directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with their partners, not acting as an intermediary, and • not being in any of the situations listed in Section 2.3.3 of the PRAG. 9
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA The eligible Partnership/ Partners Applicants must act in partnerships: • consisting of at least two members, and • with at least one Serbian CSO among them. In addition to the categories eligible for the applicants, the following are also eligible for project partners: Specific objective 1 : Specific objective 2 : • educational institution, or • local self-government • cultural institution 10
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA The eligible action • with a duration between 6 and 12 months; • must take place in the Republic of Serbia; • fitting within the thematic priorities of the Project: Specific objective 1 : • Anti-discrimination and tolerance, • Cultural diversity and pluralism; Specific objective 2 : • Local socio-economic development, • Public polices and EU standards at local level. 11
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Eligible actions (thematic examples) – 1 • Specific objective 1: – Increasing knowledge on inequality, – Combating all discriminative practices in public life, – Cooperation with the relevant public bodies, – Contributing to social cohesion through development of non-discriminative policies, – Mainstreaming of non-discrimination policies, – Identification and dissemination of good EU practices in combating discrimination, – Enhancing expertise of civil society organizations in the field of anti-discrimination through partnerships with EU CSOs – Increasing public understanding about cultural pluralism, – Fostering intercultural respect by mainstreaming cultural diversity in public policies and practice, – Enhancing public knowledge for cultural diversity through cultural production, events and education, – Increasing the inter-cultural dialogue among different communities, – Contributing to regional cooperation by exploring common values and issues of concern, – Promoting European cultural diversity in partnership with EU CSOs; 12
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Eligible actions (thematic examples) – 2 • Specific objective 2: – Minimising the long term unemployment , – Increasing youth employment and employability of socially disadvantaged , – Mediate for an efficient social dialogue at local level , – Enhance local socio-economic development through promotion of innovation and alternative economy, – Enhancing expertise of civil society organizations in the field of socio-economic development, – Ensuring citizens, and in particular small scale producers, consumers and specific professionals are aware of the EU Aquis in socio-economic sphere and also relevant EU standards, – Supporting implementation of local development strategies and action plans, – Enhancing the effectiveness of local development strategies and action plans, – Ensuring public participation in decision-making processes on measures, programs and investments with potentially significant environmental and/ or socio-economic impacts, – Ensuring greater transparency, openness and accountability of public administration at local level. 13
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Eligible activities • awareness raising and campaigning, • carrying out research and analysis, • convening and debating, • creating and promoting products of arts and culture, • drafting strategic policy documents, • educating and capacity building, • exchanging know-how and applying best practices, • information gathering, processing and dissemination, • introducing innovative models and approaches, • monitoring public policies implementation, • networking and partnership building, • organisation of public events, performances and competitions, • promoting citizens participation and exercising public control, • other activities in the context of the general purpose of the Programme. 14
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Visibility activities Obligatory minimum of visibility activities per action: a) production and distribution of promo materials (e.g.: leaflets, stickers, etc.); b) media coverage of at least one key project event (conference, round table or another public event); c) a press conference to promote the results achieved by implementing the action supported by EU. 15
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Ineligible actions • Concerned only or mainly with: – individual sponsorships for participation in workshops, – individual scholarships for studies or training courses, – study visits or participation in international fora; • Actions essentially focused on: – construction activities, – purchase of equipment, – purchase and/ or renovation of buildings or offices; • Actions aiming predominantly at: – charitable donations, – profit making activities; • Activities which are: – already funded by other Community programmes, – undertaken before the date of contract signature. 16
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Eligible number of applications • An applicant may not submit more than one application under this Call for Proposals; • An applicant may not at the same time be a partner in another application; • Partners may take part in maximum two applications; • The number of partners per applicant is not limited 17
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Eligible project costs • Direct costs: must comply with the provisions of Article 14 of the General Conditions to the Standard Grant Contract (see Annex F of the Guidelines). – 4. Local office : only costs necessary for the operation of a local office established especially for the implementation of the Action and different than the offices of the applicant, project partner(s) and associates, – 5.8 Visibility actions : the communication and visibility costs must be as a minimum EUR 1,000 and may not exceed 10% of the direct eligible costs of the action; • Contingency reserve: not exceeding 5% of the estimated direct eligible costs of the action (excluding taxes); • Indirect costs (overheads): may be eligible for flat-rate funding fixed at not more than 7% of the estimated total eligible direct costs (excluding taxes); • Contributions in kind: are not considered actual expenditure and are not eligible costs. 18
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Ineligible costs • debts and debt service charges; • provisions for losses or potential future liabilities; • fines, financial penalties and expenses of litigation; • any leasing costs; • depreciation costs; • interest owed; • costs declared by the beneficiary and covered by another action… ; • remunerations paid to public employees and/ or officials… ; • purchases of land or buildings, except where necessary… ; • purchase of second hand equipment; • currency exchange losses; • bank charges, costs of guarantees and similar charges; • taxes, including VAT; • credit to third parties. 19
Preparation and submission of the proposal APPLICATION PROCEDURE 20
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