tenders and grants

partnership

This call is for proposals which will promote transnational cooperation and exchange and encourage mutual learning between Member States with a view to enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of policies and programmes to combat poverty and social exclusion under budget line B3-4105.
The Amsterdam Treaty includes provisions for the Community to adopt measures designed to encourage cooperation in combating social exclusion.The Lisbon European Council concluded that ‘policies for combating social exclusion should be based on an open method of coordination combining national action plans and a Commission initiative for cooperation in this field to be presented by June 2000". Following a proposal from the Commission,the European Parliament and the Council agreed on the establishment of a programme of Community action to encourage cooperation between Member States to combat social exclusion to run for five years from 2002 through 2006.
This call for proposals for a ‘Transnational exchange programme ’relates to strand 2 of the Community action programme whose objective is to promote and support the organisation of exchanges and promote mutual learning between Member States.
The transnational exchange programme will be implemented on a phased basis. Phase I, the subject of this call for proposals, will be an initial preparatory phase lasting up to nine months.
Actions under Phase I will concentrate on three things : first, taking stock of existing knowledge and policy developments in relation to poverty and social exclusion; secondly ,fostering the development of transnational and multisectoral partnerships which will provide the basis for longer term cooperation and exchange; and, thirdly,defining objectives and developing proposals for a clear programme of further work for up to two years under Phase II of the programme. A restricted call for proposals will be issued in spring 2003 inviting all organisations participating in Phase I to apply for funding under Phase II.
Proposals may be submitted covering any aspect of poverty and social exclusion that is covered under the common objectives on poverty and social exclusion agreed at the Nice European Council.However,priority will be given to proposals which focus on issues identified in the national action plans against poverty and social exclusion drawn up by all Member States and in the joint report on social inclusion agreed between the Commission and the Council.