How can an NGO benefit from EC grants

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How can an NGO benefit from EC grants?

• Calls for Proposals
• Thematic Operations
• EuropeAid Cooperation Office

Athens, 25 September 2008
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Summary

• What is a grant?
• How to apply for a grant?
• How does the selection work?

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What is a grant?

• Payment of non-commercial nature
• Achievement of an objective forming
• part of a European Union policy (or of
• the EU-ACP Agreement)
• Implementation of an action or
• functioning of a body

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How are grants awarded?

• Calls for Proposals
• Open or restricted
• International or local
• Direct award in exceptional cases
• Reference Practical Guide to contract
  procedures
• for EC external actions (section 6)
• http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/impl
  ementation/practical_guide/index_en.htm

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Basic rules

• Programming annual work programme
• Equal treatment impartial evaluation on the
  basis of published criteria
• No cumulative grants only one grant per action
• No retroactivity except in crisis situations
• Co-financing unless exception for external
  actions
• No profit balance between income and
  expenditure
• PRAG 6.2

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How to Apply?(1) Planning and preparation

• Search for Calls for Proposals
• http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl
• Download documents
• Guidelines for Applicants
• Application form and annexes (standard contract,
  budget, logical framework, etc.)
• Register in PADOR
• http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/onlineservices/
  pador/index_en.htm

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Search for Calls for Proposalshttp//ec.europa.
eu/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl
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How to Apply?(2) Submission of Concept Note

• Brief summary of proposed action
• Opening administrative check
• Evaluation of concept notes by assessors
• Selection and notification of applicants

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How to Apply?(3) Submission of Full Proposal

• Evaluation of full proposals of selected concept
  
• notes
• Provisional selection of proposals reserve
  list
• Request and submission of supporting documents
• Eligibility verification of supporting documents
• Final selection of proposals recommended for
• funding

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Evaluation

• Evaluation Committee
• Odd number of voting members
• Use of internal and/or external assessors
• Confidentiality and impartiality
• Evaluation criteria
• Financial Operational Capacity
• Relevance
• Methodology
• Sustainability
• Budget cost-effectiveness

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Eligibility

• Verification of eligibility of
• applicant partners
• action
• activities and costs
• Ineligibility of one partner may result
• in rejection of application

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Further information

• General
• http//ec.europa.eu/development/index_en.cfm
• http//ec.europa.eu/external_relations/index.htm
  
• http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm
• Procedures
• http//ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/index_en.htm

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Thank you!