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Reference
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L13
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last
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30.06.2003
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Title
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‘Combating
exclusion from the world of work’ issued by the ESZA
European Social Fund National Implementing Agency
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JO/budget
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(2003/C
147/11)
EuropeAid/116613/D/G/HU.
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Directorate
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EuropeAid
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General
objectives
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Within
the programme HU Phare 2002/000-315.01.04 the total available
resources to support proposals submitted in response to
this call for proposal is EUR 10 100 000. Out of this
amount EUR 6 000 000 will be financed from Phare grant,
and EUR 4 100 000 will be co-financed from the budget
of the Ministry of Employment and Labour. Applicants must
ensure a minimum of 10 % of the total project budget as
self -contribution.
(a)
Short description of planned activities
Component 1: Employment and labour market (re)integration
of long-term unemployed through implementing projects
aiming at enlarging capacity of local, regional social
services, based on initiatives of local governments, associations
of local governments or NGOs.
Project proposals should promote the permanent and long-term
employment of the target group in the field of social
services through the provision of vocational training
and services aiming to improve their employability and
labour market integration. Within the programme applicants
must employ the project beneficiaries for a period of
18 months, which shall be provided through the development
of social services as followed:
1. developing new types of social services and increasing
the quality of existing local social services based on
local demands;
2. increasing the quality and quantity of primary and
specialised social care services;
3. widening and increasing the quality of social services
delivered by non-governmental organisations.
Component 2: Employment and labour market (re)integration
of multiply disadvantaged, especially Roma long-term unemployed
through implementing projects aiming at improving the
living conditions and accession to social services of
disadvantaged groups, based on local initiatives.
Activities to be implemented within the component under
which project beneficiaries should also be employed for
a period of 8,5 months can be the following:
1. environmental health, environmental protection activities;
2. maintenance and development of municipal infrastructure;
3. discharging and rehabilitating segregated Roma colonies
within the settlements;
4. social, educational, cultural and community services.
Besides employment of the target group the project proposals
must include services aiming at the improvement of employability
and labour market integration of project beneficiaries.
One applicant may submit application for one of the components
as well as separately for both components, but only one
application can be submitted for a component.
Eligible activities in both components:
— project management,
— professional development,
— recruitment and selection of the target group,
— services aiming at the improvement of employability
and labour market integration of the target group,
— training of the target group,
— employment of the target group. |
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Target
group
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Applicants
must comply with the following conditions in order to
be eligible for a grant:
- be local (community) governments, associations of local
governments with a permanent status or specifically established
for the implementation of the project, county/metropolitan
governments, or
- be a non-profit, non-governmental organisation of independent
legal entity; in that case the legally binding court registration
on the foundation of the applicant organisation shall
be dated prior to January 1, 2002,
- partnership is a must,
- partners may be non-profit or profit-oriented organisations
having their headquarters in Hungary, in EU member states
or in Phare countries and or in Turkey, Malta or Cyprus. |
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Geographical
area
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Hungary |
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Finance
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Overall
amount available for this Call for Proposals
EUR 10,1 million out of which EUR 5,5 million is Phare
and EUR 4,6 million is national co-financing. Funding
will be allocated on the basis of the evaluation results
of the submitted applications.
Maximum
and minimum grant amounts
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Component
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Minimum
amount (in EUR)
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Maximum
amount (in EUR)
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600
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750
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200 000 |
300
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Moreover,
a grant may not exceed 90 % of the total project costs.
The balance must be financed from the applicant's or partners'
own resources, or from sources other than the European
Community and the national co-financing budget.
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Duration
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in case of component 1 is 21 months, in case of component
2 is 13 months. |
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Deadline
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26 September 2003. |
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Contact/Address
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http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/index_en.htm
Ministry of Employment and Labour: www.fmm.gov.hu
ESZA European Social Fund NIA: www.esf.hu
or may be collected at the following address:
ESZA European Social Fund National Implementing Agency
H-1146 Budapest,
Ajtósi Dürer sor 19-21 Tel. (36-1) 343 48 00/270, fax
(36-1) 468 34 24.
kirekesztes@esf.hu
All applicants are encouraged to consult the above Internet
Web page of ESZA European Social Fund NIA (www.esf.hu)
regularly before the deadline for applications since
the most frequently asked questions and the corresponding
replies will be published on that site.
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