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Reference
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A10
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last
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18.02.2003
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Title
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Asia
Urbs
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JO/budget
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(2003/C
36/10)
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Directorate
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EuropeAid/115361/C/G.
Asia
Urbs. Budget headings B7-3000/B7-3010 (South and South
East Asia and China).
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General
objectives
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Proposals are sought for co-financing for joint urban
projects to enhance the cooperation between European
and Asian local governments. Areas of activity comprise
urban management, urban socioeconomic development, urban
environment and urban social infrastructure. For further
details see the Asia Urbs website http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/asia-urbs/index_en.htm.
Each activity should take place under one of the following
components:
study: to help those who need to undertake such
an exercise before formulating a development project;
development project: for applicants who want
to propose a full development project;
information-sharing project: for applicants wishing
to share best practices and technical information in
urban development among Asia Urbs actors and others
in the sector.
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Target
group
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An
applicant must be a local government from the EU or one
of the Asian eligible countries, which has established
a partnership for the implementation of the project (see
section 2.1.1 of the ‘Guidelines for applicants 2003’).
A proposal should be submitted by an applicant together
with a minimum of two local government partners:
(a) if the applicant derives from an Asian country/ territory,
it must have at least two local government partners from
different EU Member States;
(b) if the applicant derives from an EU Member State,
it must have at least one local government partner from
an Asian participant country/territory and one from a
different EU Member State. |
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Geographical
area
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European Union plus participating Asian countries, which
are as follows: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (Except
Hong Kong and Macau.), India, Indonesia, Lao People's
Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan,
Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. |
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Finance
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Overall
amount available for this call for proposals EUR 10 million.
Maximum levels of co-financing and maximum and minimum
amounts of grant for each programme component are as follows:
Studies
- Maximum level of co-financing: 65 %
- Maximum amount of grant: EUR 15 000
- Minimum amount of grant: EUR 10 000
Development projects
- Maximum level of co-financing: 65 %
- Maximum amount of grant: EUR 500 000
- Minimum amount of grant: EUR 250 000
Information-sharing projects
- Maximum level of co-financing: 65 %
- Maximum amount of grant: EUR 500 000
- Minimum amount of grant: EUR 250 000. |
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Duration
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6 months for a study,
- 24 months for a development project or an information-sharing
project |
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Deadline
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22
May 2003, 16.00 central european time (CET)
4 September 2003, 16.00 (CET) |
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Contact/Address
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Applications
must be submitted using the standard application form
attached to the ‘Guidelines for applicants 2003’ , whose
format and instructions must be strictly observed. For
each application, the applicant must supply one signed
original that contains a full set of documents as defined
in the guidelines, plus two electronic versions in the
form of a diskette or CD-ROM in MS Word and MS Excel.
Regarding the selection of subcontractors, applicants'
attention is drawn to the necessity of complying with
the relevant EC rules. For profit-making organisations,
this includes following the relevant EC contract award
procedures. See section 2.1.2 of the ‘Guidelines for applicants
2003’, Contract award procedures (Annex IV to standard
grant contract) and frequently asked questions (FAQs),
which can be downloaded from the Internet websites
europeaid-asiaurbs@cec.eu.int
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/index_en.htm
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/asia-urbs/index_en.htm
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