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Reference
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E03
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last
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27.11.2002
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Title
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strategy
on gender equality (2001-2005)
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JO/budget
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(2002/C
291/08)/ budget line B3-4012
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Directorate
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Employment
and Social Affairs
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General
objectives
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20 December 2000, the Council decided (Decision 2001/51/EC)
to establish a programme relating to the Community framework
strategy on gender equality for the period from 1 January
2001 until 31 December 2005.
According to article 2 of the Council Decision:
— the programme is one of the instruments for the implementation
of the overall Community framework strategy on gender
equality . adopted by the Commission in June 2000, which
embraces all Community policies and action aimed at
achieving gender equality, including gender mainstreaming
policies and specific actions targeted at women.
— the programme shall coordinate, support and finance
the implementation of horizontal activities under the
fields of intervention of the Community framework strategy
on gender equality. These fields of intervention are:
economic life, equal participation and representation,
social rights, civil life, gender roles and stereotypes.
Funding for this programme is provided by the budget
line B3-4012.
According to Article 3 of the Council Decision, the
programme shall have as its objectives ‘to develop the
capacity of players to promote gender equality effectively,
in particular through support for the exchange of information
and good practice and networking at Community level’.
This call for proposals is intended to finance transnational
exchange actions to promote gender equality involving
a range of players from at least three Member States
of the European Union or from the European Economic
Area countries (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein) or from
the candidate countries which have decided to participate
in strand 3 of the programme in 2003 (Bulgaria, Cyprus,
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Romania. ), consisting of
a transfer of information, lessons learned and good
practice.
A balanced participation of men and women in the projects
should be sought.
Nobody can be excluded from participating in a project
due to a disability. Applicants are encouraged to consider
ways of making their projects fully accessible to persons
with a disability.
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Target
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NGOs
at European level.
— Social partners at European level.
— Transnational networks of regional or local authorities.
— Transnational networks of organisations which aim to
promote gender equality.
According to Article 10 of the Council Decision 2001/51/EC,
the programme ‘shall be open to the participation of the
applicant countries of central and eastern Europe (CEECs)
in accordance with the conditions established in the European
agreements, in their additional protocols and in the decisions
of the respective Association Councils and to the participation
of Cyprus, Malta and Turkey, funded by additional appropriations
in accordance with procedures to be agreed with those
countries’ (see supporting documents for details). |
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Geographical
area
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Finance
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The selection of proposals eligible for funding will be
based on the criteria set out in the call for proposal's
documents and on the availability of the annual budget
provided for the programme by the Community budgetary
authority.
— Priority for funding will be given to selected proposals
dealing with the priority theme ‘gender balance in decision-making’.
— Estimated budget available for funding: ± EUR 4 500
000. The Commission expects to fund between 10 and 15
projects from this call.
— The Community's financial contribution will not exceed
80 % of the total eligible costs of the proposal between
a minimum grant of EUR 250 000 and a maximum grant of
EUR 500 000. Priority for funding will be reserved for
proposals comprised between these thresholds. However,
in case of budgetary availability, the Commission reserves
the right to analyse and finance projects presented with
a Community grant budget estimate close to the minimum
amount mentioned above. The costs must be necessary to
carry out the actions.
— The applicant and/or its partners and/or other sources
is required to secure co-financing for the remaining 20
% of the total eligible costs of the project in cash.
Promoters who do not present proof of secured co-financing
cannot be taken into consideration.
— The Commission reserves the right to reduce the Community
grant if costs in the provisional budget are either ineligible,
or are eligible but too high.
— Grants are awarded for one-off activities and confer
no automatic right to funding in subsequent years.
— The subsidised project may not benefit from any other
Community funding for the same activity.
— Applicants cannot include in their budget expenditure
before or after the period during which the project is
carried out. Detailed information on eligible and ineligible
costs and other financial provisions is provided in the
guidelines for applicants.
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Duration
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Deadline
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March 2003
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Contact/Address
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| European
Commission
DG Employment and Social Affairs
Archives — Courrier
DG EMPL (Joseph II 37 00/26) — VP/2002/6
Rue Joseph II, 37
B-1049 Brussels.
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