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Reference
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O03
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last
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18.09.02
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Title
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Support
for European discussion projects organised by non-governmental
organisations for 2003
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JO/budget
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(2002/C220/09)
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Directorate
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DG
EAC No 53/02
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General
objectives
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Pursuant
to the declaration on the future of the European Union
adopted by the Nice European Council, and in view of the
results of the Laeken European Council and the Commission's
White Paper on European governance, this call for proposals
expresses the European Commission's desire to support
discussion by players in civil society on subjects related
to European integration and to the trends in the debates
and reflections taking place in conjunction with the European
Convention.
These actions are inspired by the principles of subsidiarity,
proximity, transparency and partnership. Their purpose
is to strengthen the dialogue between the European Union
and its citizens with a view to encouraging the emergence
of an active and participatory European citizenship.
This call for proposals relates to heading B3-305 of the
European Union budget. This heading provides for appropriations
to fund general information and communication activities
concerning the European Union, with the objective of providing
all citizens with general information on the work of the
Community Institutions, decision-making and the steps
towards European integration. The call for proposals is
addressed to non-governmental organisations in the Member
States of the European Union.
Types of action which will be supported
Actions such as debates, seminars and conferences, events,
NGO networking, publications, IT products, radio and television
broadcasts and innovative activities to implement the
above objectives.
A typical action supported by the Commission will have
the following features:
— it will fuel an ongoing debate between the players in
civil society, and/or
— it will contribute to networking the organisations in
civil society. |
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Target
group
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All
applications must:
(a) be proposed by a non-profit, non-governmental organisation
(NGO) that is legally established and registered in one
of the 15 Member States, is independent of public authorities,
has the appropriate qualifications and requisite financial
resources to complete the project, and is of known legal
and moral integrity;
(b) contain a detailed description of the project, clearly
describing the planned activities, the products to be
developed or disseminated, the target group, expected
results and the evaluation method to be used;
(c) relate to a project or a series of projects starting
between 15 April 2003 and 15 December 2003 and finishing
before 30 June 2004;
(d) be submitted by the stated deadline, using the appropriate
form, duly completed, and accompanied by the required
supporting documents;
(e) relate to a project on the following subjects in the
context of European integration, with a view to encouraging
the debate about its future:
— European governance and the future of the Union,
— European citizenship,
— the European social model,
— enlargement. |
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Geographical
area
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Finance
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(a)
The total annual amount available for the actions and
projects under this call for proposals will be fixed in
accordance with the sum allocated by the budgetary authority
to heading B3-305.
(b) The grant may not exceed 60 % of the total amount
of the eligible costs of the project. Applicants must
provide evidence that co-financing amounting to at least
40 % of the total cost of the project is available.
(c) The maximum grant will be EUR 50 000 per project.
(d) Grants are awarded for one-off measures and confer
no automatic right to funding in subsequent years. They
cover the period during which the action is carried out.
(e) The subsidised project may not benefit from any other
Community funding for the same action.
(f) Applicants may not include in their budgets expenditure
before or after the period during which the project is
carried out. |
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Duration
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Deadline
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November 2002 |
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Contact/Address
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The
application form referred to in(a) must be used for
submitting the grant application. This form can be obtained
from:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Sector ‘Partnerships with civil society’
VM-2 4/52
B-1049 Brussels
eac-soc-civile@cec.eu.int
The
text of the call for proposals, the grant application
form, the budget table to be completed and the bank details
form can also be found on the Internet at:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/ong.html
7.1.
Only dossiers comprising all the documents in points (a)
to (e) below, received before the deadline, duly completed,
signed and accompanied by the requisite supporting documents,
can be considered:
(a) the grant application form, duly completed, dated,
signed by the person empowered to enter into a legal commitment
on behalf of the applicant organisation, and containing
a detailed description of the project;
(b) a balanced forward budget (income and expenditure)
in euro, stating the estimated unit costs for the various
items of expenditure and income. This detailed budget
must be dated and signed by the person empowered to enter
into a legal commitment on behalf of the applicant organisation.
It must be presented in the table sent with the application
form;
(c) official annual accounts of the applicant organisation
for the most recent financial year available;
(d) the organisation's articles of association;
(e) the bank details form, completed by the beneficiary
and certified by the bank.
7.2. Applications for funding must be submitted with three
copies of all of the documents required in 7.1(a) to (e)
(one original and two certified copies), signed by the
person empowered to enter into a legal commitment on behalf
of the applicant organisation. The number of the call
for proposals must be indicated on the envelope. Applications
must be sent to the address
Applications sent by fax or e-mail will not be accepted.
No changes to the dossier can be made after the application
has been submitted.
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