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EU Aid
Volunteers Technical Assistance
Capacity Building
Info Day Brussels, March 25th 2019
Technical assistance and Capacity Building
Strengthening the capacities of sending and hosting
organisations intending to participate in the EU Aid
Volunteers initiative
Ensuring compliance with the standards and procedures
regarding EU Aid Volunteers in order to apply for
Certification
Benefits for organisations
Additional complimentary funding resource
Up to EUR 700 000
Co-financing at the level of
85%
Travel, accommodation, subsistence costs
included
€
Themes
Capacity building Technical assistance
Preparation for
certifcation mechanism
Strenghtening EU based
organisations
Building capacity in 3rd country
organisations
Online volunteer
opportunities
Humanitarian organisations' reinforcement
1. Consortium
Build a consortium of
sending and hosting
organisations
2. Project Proposal
Submit a joint project
proposal for TA/CB of EU
Aid Volunteers to
humanitarian contexts.
2-Steps Process
Steps Date and time or
indicative period
a) Publication of the call April 2019
b) Deadline for submitting applications 2 months after
publication
12pm Brussels time
c) Evaluation period June-September
2019
d) Information to applicants October 2019
e) Signature of grant agreement November 2019
f) Starting date of the action November -
December 2019
Timetable of the Call for Proposals 2019
Who can partipate ?
EU based Organisations
…including the
International
Federation of National
Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies
…including
International agencies
and organisations (CB)
Consortium for Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance projects are implemented by
a consortium of a minimum of :
3 EU Based Organisations …active in the field of
Humanitarian Aid and
Volunteer management
Consortium for Capacity Building
Capacity Building projects are implemented by
a consortium of a minimum of :
2 EU Based Organisations
…active in the field of
Humanitarian Aid and
Volunteer management
2 third country organisations
Award Criteria
Eligible applications will be assessed on the basis of the
following criteria:
Relevance of the action to the objectives of the call
(maximum 30 points)
Quality of the project design and implementation
(maximum 30 points)
Quality and relevance of the partnership and
cooperation arrangements (maximum 20 points)
Impact and dissemination (maximum 20 points)
In order to submit an application, it is necessary that all
participating organisations receive a PIC number
(Participant Identification Code).
An EU login Account needs to be created in order to
register your organisation in the Participant's Register,
https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/urf/registration/
research
Get your PIC number
1. Application form (eForm)
2. Annexes to the eForm:
Detailed budget/ Indicative breakdown/ Operational capacity/
Financial capacity (Excel)
Work plan (Excel/ODS / Word / ODT / PDF)
Declaration on honour (Word/ODT/PDF))
Mandates (Word/ODT/PDF)
Application Package
Submission of applications
2 months after publication
12:00 pm (Brussels time)