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Programme
and financing source
Thematic networks for cooperation between Latin American
and European local authorities on urban themes.
Budget heading B7-311 (URB-AL programme - second phase).
3. Nature
of activities, geographical area and project duration
(a) Nature of activities
Appointing six different local authorities from Latin
America and Europe as coordinators for six new thematic
networks on the following themes:
9. Local finance and participative budgets.
10. The fight against urban poverty.
11. Urban housing.
12. Promoting the role of women in local decision- making
bodies.
13. Towns and the information society.
14. Citizens' safety in towns.
The main aim of the URB-AL programme thematic networks
is to promote the exchange of experiences, the identification
of common issues and priorities, and the mutual definition
of practical mechanisms and tools, as well as the dissemination
of urban ‚best practices™ and the monitoring
of joint projects selected by each network.
(b) Geographical area
For the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
For Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Uruguay, Venezuela.
(c) Project duration:
three years (36 months).
4. Overall
amount available for this call for proposals
The indicative total amount available is EUR 3 000
000.
5. Maximum
and minimum grant amounts
(a) Maximum grant: EUR 500 000 per project (coordinating
a thematic network).
(b) Minimum grant: there is no minimum amount. As a
guideline, the grant should be no less than EUR 350
000 so that the thematic network has the "critical
mass" necessary for it to function properly.
(c) Maximum proportion of project costs to be covered
by Community funding: 70 %.
6. Maximum
number of grants to be awarded
There are provisions for the award of six (6) grants.
7. Eligibility:
who may apply
Local communities, i.e. towns, urban areas, provinces
and regions whose authorities have been democratically
elected and which are located in a country included
in the geographic area.
8. Provisional
notification date of results of the award process
Sixty (60) days after the deadline for the submission
of applications.
9. Award
criteria
See the "Guidelines for applicants" mentioned
below in point 12.
10. Application
format and details to be provided
Applications must be submitted directly to the European
Commission. They must be presented using the standard
application form provided in an annex to the guidelines
for applicants mentioned in point 12, and the format
and instructions must be strictly observed. For every
application, the applicant must supply a signed original
together with 7 copies.
11. Deadline
for applications 15 June 2002 at 16.00 hours (local
time).
Applications received after this deadline will not be
considered.
12. Detailed
information
The following document explains the procedures for presenting
applications, which must be strictly observed: "Guidelines
for applicants to call for proposals for the coordination
of six new thematic networks". This document is
published together with this notice on the following
Internet websites: http://www.urb-al.com
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/index_en.htm
General information on the operating methods of phase
two of the URB-AL programme can be found in the "URB-AL
programme guide (phase two)", also on the Internet
sites referenced above. Any questions regarding this
notice should be sent, by fax only, to: (32-2) 299 36
22, giving the publication reference for this call for
proposals.
URB-AL
programme (phase two)
(2002/C 12/13)
1. Publication
reference
EuropeAid/113113/C/G.
2. Programme
and financing source
Joint cooperation projects between Latin American and
European local authorities on urban themes.
Budget heading B7-311 (URB-AL programme - second phase).
3. Nature
of activities, geographical area and project duration
(a) Nature of activities
Appointing coordinators for joint projects of types
A and B. The aim of the joint projects is to strengthen
the exchange process which has been set up under the
URB-AL programme's thematic networks, by implementing
concrete activities in the field of urban policy.
(b) Geographical area
For the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
For Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Uruguay, Venezuela.
(c) Project duration
Maximum two years (24 months).
4. Overall
amount available for this call for proposals EUR 39
000 000.
5. Maximum
and minimum grant amounts
(a) Maximum grant for a project: EUR 250 000 for a joint
project of type A and EUR 800 000 for a joint project
of type B.
(b) Minimum grant: there is no minimum amount. On an
indicative basis, the grant should not be less than
EUR 100 000 for a type A project, and less then EUR
500 000 for a type B project, so that the projects have
the "critical mass" necessary for them to
function properly.
(c) Maximum proportion of project costs to be covered
by Community funding: 70 %.
6. Maximum
number of grants to be awarded
No maximum number has been laid down.
7. Eligibility:
who may apply
Local communities, i.e. towns, urban areas, provinces
and regions whose authorities have been democratically
elected and which are located in a country included
in the geographic area.
(a) For type A joint projects
The applicant must belong to an active URB-AL programme
thematic network at the time when it submits its application.
Applications will also be accepted which originate in
first phase URB-AL thematic networks that have not yet
used up their three calls for presentations.
(b) For type B joint projects
The applicant must be:
- either a local authority that has coordinated and/or
participated in a joint project from phase one of the
URB-AL programme or in a type A joint project from phase
two, whose activities are completed, or
- a local authority which has coordinated a first or
second phase thematic network whose activities are completed
or have been under way for at least two years.
8. Provisional
notification date of results of the award process
Sixty (60) days after the deadline for the submission
of applications.
9. Award
criteria
See the "Guidelines for applicants" mentioned
below in point 12.
10. Application
format and details to be provided
Applications must be presented using the standard application
form which is provided in an annex to the guidelines
for applicants mentioned in point 12, and the format
and instructions must be strictly observed. For every
application, the applicant must supply a signed original
together with 7 copies.
11. Deadlines
for applications
(a) Type A joint projects
There will be three submission periods for the receipt
of applications over the three years of the thematic
networks' lifespan (one per year). Each of these periods
contains two deadlines for the actual receipt of proposals:
30 April and 31 October by 16.00 hours (local
time). All applications received after the first deadline
following the launch seminar or the annual meeting from
which they emerged will be automatically carried over
to the next round. They will only be carried over once,
after which they will be rejected.
(b) Type B joint projects
15 June 2002 (thereafter 30 April in subsequent
years) and 31 October of each year throughout the second
phase of the URB-AL programme, by 16.00 hours (local
time).
12. Detailed information
The following document explains the various procedures
for the presentation and submission of the different
types of application, which must be strictly observed:
‚Guidelines for applicants to call for proposals
for the coordination of joint projects™. This document
is published together with this notice on the following
Internet websites:
http://www.urb-al.com
http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/index_en.htm
General information on the operating methods of phase
two of the URB-AL programme can be found in the "URB-AL
programme guide (phase two)", also on the Internet
sites referenced above. Any questions regarding this
notice should be sent, by fax only, to: (32-2) 299 36
22, giving the publication reference for this call for
proposals.
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