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Reference
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P08
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last
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06.12.2003
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Title
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Call
for proposals for projects to preserve the sites of
Nazi concentration camps as historical memorials
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JO/budget
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(2002/C
320/12)
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Directorate
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Secretariat-General
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General
objectives
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Article A-3035 of the European Union's General Budget,
the Commission can award grants for projects to preserve,
as historical memorials, the sites of the former Nazi
concentration camps and the archives associated with the
deportations to them. Does your organisation have a project
which could be eligible for one of these grants? If so,
you should apply by 31 March 2003. |
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Target
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Your
project could be eligible for a grant if the organisation
is established in one or more of the Member States of
the European Union or candidate country, and
- has as its principal aim to keep alive the memory of
the victims of the Nazi concentration camps or to study
the phenomenon from a historical perspective,
- has its own legal status at the time the application
is submitted,
- is non-profit-making,
- is non-governmental. |
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Geographical
area
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Finance
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1.
Grants are awarded on a strictly annual basis. If a grant
was awarded last year this does not mean that it will
be this year. Nor will a grant award be automatically
awarded next year, if one is granted this year.
2. The total budget available is EUR 400 000.
3. The number of beneficiaries in 2002 was 30 and the
largest grant was EUR 20 000.
4. The application must be for a project starting between
1 July 2003 and 1 December 2003 and finishing before 30
June 2004.
5. The application, and the supporting documents, must
be in one of the EU languages.
6. When applying for a grant a budget must be included,
in euro, giving details of both income and expenditure
for the project.
Total estimated expenditure must equal the total funding
expected, from all sources (including the Commission grant
application). A minimum of 20 % must come from sources
other than the budget of the European Union.
7. The budget must not include expenditure before or after
the period during which the project is to be carried out.
8. The following direct costs are ‘eligible’ (i. e. they
can be taken into account):
- the cost of staff assigned to the project, corresponding
to real salaries plus social security charges and other
costs making up remuneration,
- travel and subsistence costs for staff taking part in
the operation,
- the costs of consumables and supplies,
- expenditure on subcontracting, provided that the Commission
has given advance written agreement for subcontracting,
- costs deriving directly from the requirements of the
agreement (dissemination of information, specific evaluation
of the operation, translation, reproduction, etc.), including,
where appropriate, financial service costs (in particular
the cost of financial guarantees), but not including exchange
risks,
- a ‘contingency reserve’ of no more than 5 % of direct
costs eligible.
9. Only an amount no greater than 7 % of the total amount
of eligible direct costs may be taken into account as
indirect costs. However, indirect costs are not eligible
if they include costs assigned to another item of the
budget. Nor may they be taken into account if the Commission
is paying the organisation a grant for its operating costs
under another budget line.
10. The following expenditure is not eligible:
- capital investment costs,
- money set aside for possible future losses or debts,
- the payment of interest owed,
- the repayment of debts,
- incurring debts that are doubtful,
- exchange losses, except where the agreement makes explicit
provision for them,
- contributions in kind. However, these may be taken into
account when setting the amount of the grant,
- inordinate or ill-considered costs.
11. The right is reserved to award a grant of less than
the amount requested.
12. A grant of more than 80 % of eligible costs cannot
be awarded. In 2002, the average grant was approximately
36 %.
13. If the project is awarded a grant, an agreement will
be sent to you expressing the grant both as an amount
in euro and as a percentage of eligible costs and, setting
out the conditions under which it is to be paid and used.
14. As part of this agreement the person authorised to
represent the organisation must undertake to provide evidence
that the grant has been correctly used and to allow the
Commission and/or the Court of Auditors of the European
Communities to inspect the organisation's accounts.
15. If the organisation receives a grant, it must be publicly
acknowledged in written material and at events financial
assistance has been received from the European Union.
16. Once the person authorised to represent the organisation
has signed and returned the agreement to us, 80 % of the
grant will be paid within 30 days. The balance will be
paid within 30 days of the receipt and approval of a final
report and financial statement of all eligible costs together
with a full statement of revenue and expenditure, which
must be sent to us within 90 days of completion of the
project.
17. If money is spent on items that do not figure in the
agreement, the Commission can ask for part or all of the
grant to be repaid.
18. If, in the end, less is spent on the project than
the agreed amount, the Commission will ask for repayment
of part or all of the grant. |
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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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Application
should be made on a special form, which may be obtained
from the following address:
European Commission
Secretariat-General — SG-G-2
BREY 9/232 B-1049 Brussels.
The
form is also available at the following Internet address:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgc/subvention/en/subv.htm
Together
with the application please enclose the organisation's:
- programme of activities,
- annual budget,
- previous year's financial statements (balance-sheet,
profit-and-loss accounts),
- statutes, constitution or articles of association.
3. If the organisation has received a Commission grant
in the past, a further grant will only be awarded on provision
of evidence that the previous grant was properly used.
4. You will be notified within three months of the deadline
below whether or not a grant has been awarded. If the
project has not been selected, the reasons for this decision
will be forwarded to you in writing.
5. The form and the documents forming part of the application
should be sent to the above address by 31 March 2003
(as evidenced by the postmark) at the latest.
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