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Reference
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M12
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last
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26.05.2003
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Title
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Cooperation
and exchange projects designed to improve the mobility
of older persons
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JO/budget
line
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(2003/C
121/05)/Budget-Heading
B3-4111
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Directorate
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Employment
and Social Affairs
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General
objectives
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Background
This call for proposals has been launched after the European
Parliament took the initiative to include in the 2003
budget the new heading B3-4111 ‘ENEA pilot project on
mobility of elderly people’, in line with the view that
older persons are an asset to society and have an active
and dynamic role to play. This appropriation is intended
to finance measures to ‘encourage the establishment of
exchange programmes for the elderly through specialised
organisations tasked with developing, inter alia, resources
for mobility and changes to infrastructure’.
Objectives of the call for proposals
The applications should consist of specific proposals
to promote mobility in Europe so as to overcome the obstacles
which older persons may face if they wish to play a full
part in social and cultural activities or have contact
with people of other generations. Mobility should take
the form of short-term stays in another EU Member State.
The primary aim will be to enable older persons to acquire
skills (including linguistic proficiencies), make the
most of skills acquired previously and share their experiences,
irrespective of their financial or social situation. Proposals
must involve partners from at least three Member States.
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Target
group
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Eligibility
criteria
Applications Consideration will be given only to proposals:
- posted at the latest by the 22 August 2003 (date as
per postmark) for the attention of the Commission in accordance
with the procedure described below,
- submitted in accordance with the requirements mentioned
below and elaborated in the Guidelines.
Eligibility of applicants
In order to be eligible applicants must:
- enjoy legally established non-profit status,
- be properly constituted and registered in a Member State,
- certify, that they are not in one of the situations
listed in Article 93 of the Financial Regulation (OJ L
248 of 16 September 2002) (For further information see
the Guidelines).
Eligibility of operation
- Only applications in which partners from at least three
Member States participate will be considered,
- Operations may not have a duration exceeding 12 months
and must start in 2003,
- Compliance with the Community co-financing percentage
of max. 80 %,
- The operation proposed by the applicant must not receive
financing from any other Community funding for the same
activity.
Selection
criteria Applicants must:
- submit evidence of the legal and financial viability
and the professional integrity required in order to complete
the activity for which funding is requested,
- be able to co-finance the operation,
- have the technical and managerial capacity to complete
the operation to be supported. |
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Geographical
area
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Finance
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budget is set at EUR 3,5 million. Financial assistance
from the Commission will not exceed 80 % of eligible costs.
The partnership must guarantee the financing in cash of
the remaining costs (at least 20 %); contributions in
kind will not be accepted. Depending on the quality and
number of applications received, between six and eight
projects could receive a grant, and an average grant could
amount to approximately EUR 500 000. |
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Duration
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It is envisaged that the measure should start as soon
as the Grant Agreement is signed by both parties, which
is estimated to take place in the beginning of November
2003 (A grant may be awarded for an action, which has
already begun only if the applicant can demonstrate the
need to start the action before the agreement is signed.
In such cases, expenditure eligible for financing may
not have been incurred prior to the date of submission
of the grant application).
- The duration of the period of performance will be 12
calendar months from the date of effect.
- Only in exceptional circumstances and only after signature
of an addendum by both parties the performance period
will be extended for a maximum of 3 months (For details
of requirements to be met see the Guidelines). |
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Deadline
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August 2003 |
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Contact/Address
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| European
Commission
DG Employment and Social Affairs
Directorate E.1
JII 27 1/122 (Costas Fotakis)
B-1049 Brussels
empl-e1-unite@cec.eu.int
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/employment_social/tender_fr.htm
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