Norwegian Financial Mechanism03.08.2009
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Made by The Association of Communes of RP EUROREGION BALTIC
1. Programme and Financing source:
Project in the nature of “The Cross-border and Inter-Regional Small Grand Fund “programme within EEA Financial Mechanism and Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2004-2009.
2. Nature of activities, geographical area and projects duration
a) Short description of planed activities: ACTIVITY A : Cross-border cooperation (developing and
implementing cross-border cooperation, aiming and improving the operations of self-governmental administration and at stimulating social initiatives that benefit healthcare and enterprises in the regions; Cooperation in cross-border eco-tourism in developing regions;)
ACTIVITY B : Inter-regional cooperation (Transfer of knowledge from the more developed regions to the less developed ones; Promotion of regional and local development in Poland; Ensuring the development
of communication and development of systems for exchange of information; Training of self-governmental administration in order to increase their profesional skills;)
b) Geographical area: The Polish Euroregion Baltic area (Warmińsko-Mazurskie and Pomorskie Voivodship), EEA EFTA states, the other countries of The Baltic Sea Region, the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belorussia.
c) Maximum project duraction : no longer than 8 months. Project must be finished not later than 30 September 2010 For details, see the Guidelines for Applicants Cross-border and Inter-Regional Small Grand Fund edithion referred to in item 12.
3. Total and overal amound available for this Call for proposals: 831 688,43 EUR
4. Minimum and maximum grant amounts :
a) minimum amount at project grants: 5 000 EUR
b) maximum amount at project grants: 30 000 EUR
c) maximum amount of grants for the project from The Cross-Border and Inter-Regional Small Grand Fund
is 85 %, if it is co-financed by central, regional or local government budget allocations.
ELIGIBLE CRITERIA
5. Who may apply
Appplicants must comply with the following conditions in order to be eligible for a grant:
- Be non – profit organization:
- Have their headquarters* located within the Polish part of the Euroregion Bałtyk;
- Take direct responsibility for the preparation and management of the project;
- Have stable and sufficient sources of finance to ensure the continuity of their organisation throughout the project and – if necessary, to pay a part in financing it;
* headquarters must have “REGON” and “NIP” numbers so that they can receive and pay VAT invoices.
PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE
6. Provisional notification date of results of the award process - 10.09.2009; 15.10.2009; 26.11.2009
AWARD CRITERIA
7. Award criteria
Applications will be examined by the Evaluation Commite according to the following criteria: 1) administrative compliance (verification that the application is complete, according to the criteria in section – 2.3.1.
of Guidelines for Applicants), 2) eligibility of applicants, partners, sorts of resolutions (according to the criteria in section: 2.3.2. of Guidelines for Applicants), 3) evaluation of quality of proposals and financial evaluation,
in accordance with the avaluation criteria contained in the Evaluation Grid – according to the criteria in section: 2.3.3. of the Guidelines for Aplicants.
APPLICATIONS FORMALITIES
8. The Standard Application Form for grant
Application must be submitted with the Standard Application Form annexed to the Guidelines mentioned in item 12. The norm and instructions included in the form must be complied with. Application must be submitted
in 1 original and 1 copy also in electronic version (CD) Polish language.
9. Deadline and place of submiting applications
Aplications must be submitted to the following address:
Stowarzyszenie Gmin RP Euroregion Bałtyk; ul. Św. Ducha ¾; 82-300 Elblągs from 8.30 a.m. till 3.30 p.m. Applications for grants must be submitted in closed envelope with the following description:
- project title
- applicant’s name
- subscript : “The Cross-Border and Inter-Regional Small Grand Fund - Call for proposals Nr 3/2009
10. Detailed information
Detailed information on this Call for proposals is contained in the “Guidelines for Applicants, CISGF edition” available at the premises of the Association of Polish self-governments of Euroregion Baltic in Elbląg, ul.Św.Ducha ¾ and on the homepage side of the Association at: www.eurobalt.org.pl
Any questions regarding this Call for Proposals should be send by e-mail including
to
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including the reference number or by fax: 0-55 236-10-10. All applicants are encouraged to regularly visit the above mentioned homepage before the project submission deadline.
22.05.2009
Second call for proposal results
35 project applications were submitted to the Association of Communes of RP Euroregion Baltic till the 6th of March 2009. 6 projects were rejected after formal evaluation, whereas 29 projects were directed to technical and financial evaluation. On the ranking list there are 23 projects (approved by Steering Committee on the 22th of April 2009), co-financed from the “Cross-Border and Inter-Regional Small Grant Fund” for the total amount of 670,900.95 Euro, supported from the fund for the total amount of 554,866.92 Euro. The Project Office planned realisation projects activities training for the beneficiaries whose projects will be realized.
Trainings
Before starting the 3rd call for proposals, the Project Office of the Association
of Communes Euroregion Baltic is going to organise 2 trainings for self-governmental administration, regional and local organizations (sports, culture, ecology, tourism), all kinds of schools and local media. The first training is organized in Ełk the 9 th of June 2009 and the second will be in Słupsk on 15 June 2009.
Detailed information will be presented in August 2009 after the announcement concerning 3 rd call for proposals.
19.01.2009
SECOND CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Made by The Association of Communes of RP EUROREGION BALTIC
Programme and Financing source:
Project in the nature of “The Cross-border and Inter-Regional Small Grand Fund “programme within EEA Financial Mechanism and Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2004-2009.
Short description of planed activities:
Activity A : Cross-border cooperation (developing and implementing cross-border cooperation, aiming and improving the operations of self-governmental administration and at stimulating social initiatives that benefit healthcare and enterprises in the regions; Cooperation in cross-border eco-tourism in developing regions;)
Activity B : Inter-regional cooperation (Transfer of knowledge from the more developed regions to the less developed ones; Promotion of regional and local development in Poland; Ensuring the development of communication and development of systems for exchange of information; Training of self-governmental administration in order to increase their profesional skills;)
Geographical area: The Polish Euroregion Baltic area (Warmińsko-Mazurskie and Pomorskie Voivodship), EEA EFTA states, the other countries of The Baltic Sea Region, the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belorussia.
Maximum project duraction : no longer than 8 months. Project can start not earlier than before 1 June 2009 For details, see the Guidelines for Applicants Cross-border and Inter-Regional Small Grand Fund edithion referred to in item 12.
Total amound available for this Call: 759 282,59 EUR
Overal amound expected for this Call for proposals: 893 273,64 EUR
Minimum and maximum grant amounts :
a) minimum amount at project grants: 5 000 EUR
b) maximum amount at project grants: 30 000 EUR
c) maximum amount of grants for the project from The Cross-Border and Inter-Regional Small Grand Fund is 85 %, if it is co-financed by central, regional or local government budget allocations.
ELIGIBLE CRITERIA
Appplicants must comply with the following conditions in order to be eligible for a grant:
- Be non – profit organization:
- Have their headquarters* located within the Polish part of the Euroregion Bałtyk;
- Take direct responsibility for the preparation and management of the project;
- Have stable and sufficient sources of finance to ensure the continuity of their organisation throughout the project and – if necessary, to pay a part in financing it;
* headquarters must have “REGON” and “NIP” numbers so that they can receive and pay VAT invoices.
PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE
Provisional notification date of results of the award process - 2009-05-15
AWARD CRITERIA
Applications will be examined by the Evaluation Commite according to the following criteria: 1) administrative compliance (verification that the application is complete, according to the criteria in section – 2.3.1. of Guidelines for Applicants), 2) eligibility of applicants, partners, sorts of resolutions (according to the criteria in section: 2.3.2. of Guidelines for Applicants), 3) evaluation of quality of proposals and financial evaluation, in accordance with the avaluation criteria contained in the Evaluation Grid – according to the criteria in section: 2.3.3. of the Guidelines for Aplicants.
APPLICATIONS FORMALITIES
The Standard Application Form for grant must be submitted with the Standard Application Form annexed to the Guidelines mentioned in item 12. The norm and instructions included in the form must be complied with. Application must be submitted in 1 original and 1 copy also in electronic version (CD) Polish language.
Deadline and place of submiting applications
Aplications must be submitted to the following address: Stowarzyszenie Gmin RP Euroregion Bałtyk; ul. Św. Ducha 3; 82-300 Elbląg before 06 March 2009 r. at 15:00. Applications for grants must be submitted in closed envelope with the following description:
- project title
- applicant’s name
- subscript : “The Cross-Border and Inter-Regional Small Grand Fund - Trial Nr 2/2009”
Any application which will be submitted to the Association of Communes of RP EUROREGION BALTIC after the deadline, will not be evaluated, even if their postage date precedes the submission deadline.
Detailed information
Detailed information on this Call for proposals is contained in the “Guidelines for Applicants, CISGF edition” available at the premises of the Association of Polish self-governments of Euroregion Baltic in Elbląg, ul.Św.Ducha 3 and on the homepage side of the Association at: www.eurobalt.org.pl
Any questions regarding this Call for Proposals should be send by e-mail including
to
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including the reference number or by fax: 0-55 236-10-10, not later than 20 February 2009 The Project Office will answers questions by applicants till 02 March 2009. All applicants are encouraged to regularly visit the above mentioned homepage before the project submission deadline.
08.10.2008
First call for proposals results
41 applications were submitted to the Association of Communes of RP Euroregion Baltic (till the 8th of October 2008, by 3 p.m.). 8 projects were rejected after formal evaluation, 33 projects were directed to technical and financial evaluation. On the ranking list there are 21 projects, cofinanced from the “Cross-Border and Inter-Regional Small Grand Fund” to total amount of 506,343.84 Euro, approved by Steering Committee on the 4th of November 2008.
Trainings
The Project Office of the Association of Communes Euroregion Baltic (since the 9th of September 2008 till the 8th of October 2008) realized 3 trainings for self-governmental administration, regional and local organizations (sports, culture, ecology, tourist), all kinds of schools and local media. The first training was in Elbląg on the 17th of September 2008 (34 participants), second in Olsztyn on the 23th of September 2008 (74 participants), third in Gdańsk (30 members). In summary, 138 representatives were trained. The Standard Application Form with budget was presented during the training. When the list of projects for grant will be accepted, the Project Office will plan realisation projects activities training for the beneficiaries.
The conference on projects of “Cross-Border and Inter-Regional Small Grand Fund” started on the 9th of September 2008 (144 persons took part in it). Aplications must be submitted before 08 October 2008 r. at 15:00.
09.09.2008
The Cross-Border and Inter-Regional Small Grant Fund is the programme within the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2004-2009.
Short description of planned activities:
Activity A :
- Developing and implementing cross-border cooperation, aiming at improving the cooperations of self-governmental administration and at stimulating social initiatives that will support healthcare and enterprises in the regions;
- Cooperation in cross-border eco-tourism in developing regions;
Activity B :
- Transfer of knowledge from more developed regions to less developed ones;
- Promotion of regional and local development in Poland;
- Ensuring the development of communication and development of systems for exchange of information;
- Training of self-governmental administration in order to increase their professional skills;
Eligible applicants:
- Non-profit organizations and institutions which are legal entities with headquarters registered in Poland
- Have their headquarters* located within the Polish part of the Euroregion Baltic;
- Take direct responsibility for the preparation and management of the project;
- Have stable and sufficient sources of financing to ensure the continuity of their organisation throughout the project end – if necessary, to pay a part in financing it;
* headquarters must have “REGON” and “NIP” numbers so that they can receive and pay VAT invoices.
Geographical area: The Polish Euroregion Baltic area (Warmińsko-Mazurskie and Pomorskie Voivodship), EEA and EFTA states, the other countries of The Baltic Sea Region, the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus.
