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Supported by the peoples of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation
Supported by the peoples of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
through the EEA Grants
EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation
•Reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area
•Strengthening relations of the Donor States: Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein with 15 beneficiary States in Europe
EEA and Norway Grants: Fund for Regional Cooperation
MORE FLEXIBILITY – ALL PRIORITY AREAS
• Innovation, Research, Education and Competitiveness;
• Social Inclusion, Youth Employment and Poverty Reduction;
• Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Low Carbon Economy;
• Culture, Civil Society, Good Governance and Fundamental Rights and
Freedoms;
• Justice and Home Affairs
Some important points to keep in mind! TECHNICAL ASPECTS of the Call
The way to cooperate – regional cross border or transnational
Innovative projects, proposing new solutions to common challenges
Complementing existing EU funding – so areas not receiving EU funds are more welcome!
Project idea should be concise, clear and accurate
and based on a Results and Risk management approach
The proposed activities and their expected outputs
Why does the proposer think these activities will be successful?
Provide any evidence to support this intervention logic
COMMON VALUES
RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
FREEDOM DEMOCRACY
EQUALITY RULE OF LAW RESPECT FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS
Partnerships Regional cross border => partners coming from neighbouring countries cooperating on shared challenges
Transnational cooperation => cooperation between European countries – neighbouring or not – on common European challenges
EXPERTISE PARTNERS from a Donor State and others – not mandatory, but highly recommended!
Partnerships
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.
Lead Partner or partner
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Who can apply?
Eligible project partners include but are not limited to: • Municipalities, organisations owned or partly owned by municipalities,
associations of municipalities;
• Regions, organisations owned or partly owned by regions; associations of regions;
• Organisational units of central government, organisations partly funded by central government units, state enterprises, state organisations;
• Civil society organisations, non-profit organisations social enterprises, interest associations of legal persons, foundations and endowment funds;
• Companies;
• Cooperatives (manufacturing, housing, consumer);
• Social partners (trade unions, sector associations, employer associations, chambers of commerce and industry).
Partnerships/Consortia
• Minimum partners = 3; maximum partners = no limit;
• Almost every type of entity can participate except for private/natural persons;
• Lead partner can only be from one of the beneficiary states;
• A consortium, with the minimum number of 3, shall involve:
• LP from beneficiary state + 2 partners from beneficiary states or
• LP from beneficiary state + 1 from beneficiary state + 1 from non-EU
• Expert partners => adding value by way of sharing expertise, experience, know-how and contribute to capacity building;
Partnerships/Consortia
• Bilateral relations with Donor States => considered advantageous
• An eligible entity can be a member in only ONE consortium; only expertise partners may participate in more than one consortium;
• Don’t forget the DECLARATION to be SIGNED by all project partners – necessary in the concept phase. The Partnership agreement will be compiled later on at full proposal phase;
• An online partner search tool – http://ecorys.pl/#eeagrants – available on the fund operator’s website;
http://ecorys.pl/
Some important points to keep in mind! FINANCIAL ASPECTS of the call
€15m out of €31.89m will be made available for this call!
Amount of grant assistance for every project shall not be less than €1m, but no maximum amount of grant is established!
The budget has to be justified, proportionate and necessary for planned activities as well as complying with principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.
1) Project consortium is required to provide project CO-FINANCING
2) Important to remember that the project co-financing rate is determined according to the status of the individual member in the consortium and calculated individually • NGOs can get up to 90% of their eligible expenditures while up to 50% of
the required co-financing may take the form of in-kind contribution in the form of voluntary work;
• Universities, research organisations or entities having this same status can get up to 90% of their eligible costs;
• Any expertise partners from the Donor States – up to 100% of their eligible expenditures;
• Any other entity besides the above – up to 85% of their eligible expenditures.
Some important points to keep in mind! FINANCIAL ASPECTS of the call
First and final date of eligibility of funding for each project shall be stated in the project contract
Expenditure incurred shall be eligible as of the date on which the FMC decides to award the project grant.
Final date of eligibility of expenditure for all projects cannot exceed the date of the 30th April 2024.
Some important points to keep in mind! FINANCIAL ASPECTS of the call
Financial instruments, sub-granting, individual scholarships are all considered financial support to third parties and are not eligible under this call
The payment system for selected projects can be in 2 ways: (a) reimbursement of costs incurred or (b) a model including an advance payment (against which the LP would need to provide a financial guarantee)
Some important points to keep in mind! PROJECT DURATION
Min & Max DURATION of a project is not stated in the call but the duration must be taken into account in the development of the Concept Note and should be reasonable and sufficient for the implementation of the planned activities.
Long-term project funding might be considered in certain cases
QUERIES ?????
Fund operator cannot give any prior opinions on eligibility, partnership composition, and/or project description
Only questions in writing via emails can be accepted on [email protected] and replies will be given in writing as well! No face-to-face meetings will be held beforehand
Preparatory meetings between prospective partners will not be supported by funding, even if concept note is successful for second phase.
mailto:[email protected]
Important Deadlines up to Concept Note submission
TASKS DEADLINE
QUESTIONS VIA EMAIL TO FUND OPERATOR SUNDAY, 10TH JUNE 2018
LAST UPDATE OF Q&As FORESEEN AS WEDNESDAY, 20TH JUNE 2018
REGISTRATION OF LPs, PARTNERS in the EGREG SYSTEM – highly recommended due to FO’s approval
WEDNESDAY, 20TH JUNE 2018
IT SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO APPLICANTS COB FRIDAY 29TH JUNE 2018
PHONE CALLS TO INFOLINES BY 4PM ON FRIDAY 29TH JUNE 2018
DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF CONCEPT NOTES in ENGLISH Noon Brussels time: SUNDAY, 1st JULY 2018
Important Links
LINKS
https://eeagrants.org/regionalcooperation
Call for proposals – concept note phase
https://www.egregsystem.info/regionalcooperation/ Tutorials, Manual, Concept Note Template, Q&As, etc
http://ecorys.pl/#eeagrants online partner search tool
https://eeagrants.org/regionalcooperationhttps://www.egregsystem.info/regionalcooperation/http://ecorys.pl/
Evaluation and Selection
• ADMINISTRATIVE criteria: 3 main criteria:- • Concept note is in English • Budget is in Euros • Concept note submitted within the deadline
• ELIGIBILITY Criteria: another 3 main criteria:- • Applicants are eligible entities • Proposed consortium set-up is in line with requirements
of the call • Budget proposal is within the parameters set for the call
Evaluation and Selection • SELECTION Criteria: based on the following Donor standards:-
• Concept note demonstrates a strong understanding of the thematic issues to be
addressed; • The concept note outlines a clear, innovative and sound strategy to meet the
objectives of the call; • The concept note clearly outlines the added benefits of a multi-national project
consortium; • Composition of the consortium (i.e. no of countries/beneficiary partners involved,
inclusion of third countries, involvement of expertise partners is considered favourable);
• Involvement of expertise partners from the Donor States; • Sustainability, donor visibility, relevance and impact; • The concept note demonstrates a clear logical line from project idea to quality
results.
Evaluation and Selection
WHO WILL EVALUATE???
• FO is responsible for assessment against administrative and eligibility criteria
• The FMO is responsible for assessment against selection criteria
• The DONORS will eventually evaluate and decide internally on the final marking of the Concept Note.
2nd Phase: submission of a complete application
• SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS will be invited to submit a full proposal before a given final deadline
• Modalities will be provided at that stage, including all criteria for evaluation of projects.
• FMO may organise events to support further development of project concept notes in line with the objectives of the fund;
• Limited funding may be made available for the purpose of such project preparation.
• More information will be published in due time on the webpage of the fund.
2nd Phase: submission of a complete application
• TENTATIVE TIMETABLE:
•Notification of applicants of the results of the
assessment of the concept notes - 15th October 2018; •Deadline for submitting full proposals - 15th December
2018; •Notification on selection of projects - 1st March 2019
THANK YOU Contact details at Funds and Programmes Division:
Tel number: 2200 1142
EGREG help desk on [email protected];
EGREG email for Q&A – [email protected];
West Hub Information Unit (reggio emilia) - +39 05 22 501 157
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
