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Reference
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S11
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last
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26.05.2003
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Title
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Awareness
raising for the European Employment Strategy
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JO/budget
line
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VP/2003/013
Budget line B5-5020
(2003/C 125/09)
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Directorate
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Employment
and Social Affairs
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General
objectives
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Context
Decision No 1145/2002/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 10 June 2002 on Community incentive
measures in the field of employment (OJ L 170, 29.6.2002)
calls in Article 3(1)(g) for the implementation of ‘an
active information policy responding to the public's
need for transparency and recognising the importance
of ensuring that European citizens can be fully informed
on all aspects of the European Employment Strategy’.
Further information on the EES can be found on http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/index_en.htm
Objectives
To support dissemination and awareness raising initiatives
concerning the EES (European Employment Strategy). Such
initiatives should aim at providing information of a
general nature on the EES (objectives and rationales,
results achieved, implementation and monitoring, respective
roles of institutions involved), while clearly indicating
the interplay between the European context and employment
policies at national, regional and local levels. The
key messages of the EES should be presented, explained
and put in the respective national context. Building
on that, specific information needs of specific target
groups (e.g. assemblies of regional and local authorities,
social partners, civil society) or with regard to specific
themes (e.g. equal opportunities, prevention and activation
of the long-term unemployed, mobility, lifelong learning,
quality of work, active ageing, inclusive labour markets,
immigration, employment participation and making work
pay) should be addressed in more detail with the aim
of fostering better knowledge and understanding, which
would facilitate the involvement of potential stakeholders
in the development and implementation of the EES in
their respective contexts. All initiatives should contribute
to an increased understanding of the main objectives
and policy priorities of the reformed EES (2003-2010)
and of the added value of employment policy coordination
at EU level.
Proposed actions should develop awareness raising initiatives
relevant for specific groups and themes. All relevant
media and instruments can be used for that purpose,
e.g. conferences, seminars, workshops, Internet, written
and audio-visual material, special events. Initiatives
should ideally allow for interactive flow of information,
thus stimulating discussion instead of top-down provision
of information only. On the basis of selfassessment
and evaluation, projects should come up with proposals
for future information and dissemination strategies.
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Target
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Eligibility
criteria
Proposals which do not comply with the following criteria
are not eligible and will be rejected.
Proposals must:
- be made in writing, on the form distributed by the Authorising
Officer,
- comply with objectives and actions,
- be submitted by moral persons representing central,
regional or local public authorities or agencies or by
organisations representing social partners or civil society.
Proposals from accession countries are excluded from this
call since the envisaged activities are not covered by
the memorandum of understanding on the participation of
accession countries in the Decision on the Incentive Measures
in the field of Employment,
- include proof of co-financing of at least 25 % of the
project's budget,
- not be eligible for support by other Community Programmes.
Applicants must certify that they are not in one of the
following situations:
(a) bankrupt or being wound up, having their affairs administered
by the courts, have entered into an arrangement with creditors,
have suspended business activities, are the subject of
proceedings concerning those matters, or are in any analogous
situation arising from a similar procedure provided for
in national legislation or regulations;
(b) convicted of an offence concerning their professional
conduct by a judgment which has the force of res judicata;
(c) guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by
any means which the contracting authority can justify;
(d) not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment
of social security contributions or the payment of taxes
in accordance with the legal provisions of the country
in which they are established or with those of the country
of the contracting authority or those of the country where
the contract is to be performed;
(e) the subject of a judgment which has the force of res
judicata for fraud, corruption, involvement in a criminal
organisation or any other illegal activity detrimental
to the Communities' financial interests;
(f) following another procurement procedure or grant award
procedure financed by the Community budget, declared to
be in serious breach of contract for failure to comply
with their contractual obligations.
Furthermore, the applicants who
- are subject to a conflict of interest,
- are guilty of misrepresentation in supplying the information
required by the contracting authority as a condition of
participation in the contract procedure, or who fail to
supply this information will be excluded.
Selection
criteria
Applicants must provide evidence of their technical, economic,
financial and professional standing, based on the following
criteria:
- The applicant's technical capacity for performing the
information and communication work must be confirmed by:
- a list of the main projects carried out in the last
five years relating to the subject fields to be communicated.
In the case of work done for the European Commission,
applicants must also indicate the reference number of
the contract with the Commission and the department for
which the contract was performed,
- a list of the coordinators and experts to be used for
the information/communication, together with their CVs
and qualifications (see point 7 for the requisite skills),
- a declaration by the coordinator certifying the competence
of the team to carry out the information/communication,
- in the case of proposals from consortia: clear identification
of the coordinator, who will also be the contractor, plus
written confirmation from each member of the consortium
that they are ready and willing to participate in the
project, and briefly describing their role,
- a brief description of the applicant's work done in
the provision of similar services; in the case of bids
from consortia, this description must be provided for
each member of the consortium.
- Economic and financial capacity to carry out the tasks
set out in the specifications of the call for proposals
must be demonstrated as follows:
- the applicant (or consortium) must provide proof of
turnover in the last financial year at least equivalent
to 100 % of the proposed price of the contract,
- balance sheets from the last three financial years,
where publication of the balance sheets is required under
company law in the country in which the service provider
is established; in the case of proposals from consortia,
these balance sheets must be provided by each member of
the consortium,
- a statement of the applicant's overall turnover and
turnover in respect of services to which the contract
relates for the previous three financial years; in the
case of proposals from consortia, this statement must
be provided by each member of the consortium,
- a bank declaration providing evidence of sound financial
standing; in the case of proposals from consortia, this
declaration must be provided by each member of the consortium.
Award
criteria
The grants will be awarded following a comparative assessment
of the proposals in order to determine those which (i)
best meet the objectives of this call and which (ii) have
an adequate cost/efficiency ratio; this procedure will
take approximately four months after the date for submission.
In its evaluation the Commission will take into account
the criteria listed hereunder
(i) Quality of the proposal
- Approach
- Methodological Quality
- Work Organisation
(ii) Cost/efficiency ratio
The proposal must include a detailed budget breakdown
enabling the Commission to identify the efficiency in
relation to the cost of the various tasks. |
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Geographical
area
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Finance
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The
total available budget for funding for 2003 is EUR 500
000.
Community contribution 75 % of eligible costs maximum,
with an average of EUR 100 000 and not less than EUR 50
000 per project. Sources of co-financing can be public
or private.
Only costs directly linked to achieving the objectives
of the call will be accepted. Contributions in kind, e.g.
salaries of the agents directly involved in the running
and implementation of the projects, are not eligible,
but may be included in the total cost of the project.
However, costs for staff recruited specifically for the
purpose and the duration of the project are eligible.
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Duration
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after finalisation of contract, expected as of October
2003. Duration of each project is 12 months maximum. |
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Deadline
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proposals may be sent in to the Commission up to 14
August 2003. |
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Contact/Address
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The
application form and further information is provided
on this website http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/employment_social/tender_en.htm
empl-a2-unit@cec.eu.int
Submission Proposals should be submitted directly to
the
European Commission
Directorate General Employment and Social Affairs
Unit A/2 Employment Strategy
With a paper confirmation to
European Commission
Directorate General Employment and Social Affairs
Unit A/2 Employment Strategy
Ms Hélène Clark, Head of Unit
B-1049 Brussels.
Proposals Proposals must be :
- presented in triplicate (i.e. one should be marked
‘original’ and two should be marked ‘copy’),
- signed by the applicant's legal representative,
- submitted in accordance with the requirements of the
letter of invitation and before the date indicated in
the said letter.
They must include:
- all information and documents necessary to enable
the Commission to conduct an appraisal of the offer
on the basis of the selection criteria and the award
criteria ,
- a ‘financial identification’ form duly completed and
signed,
- the detailed budget,
- the detailed curriculum vitae of the proposed expert(s),
- the name of the Contractor's legal representative
(i.e. the person duly authorised to act legally on behalf
of the Contractor in relation to third parties),
- contact points.
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