European Commission: Enhancing the Contribution of the Cambodian Association of Local Authorities to the Sub-National Level

Deadline: 2 October 2018

European Commission is seeking applications for its programme entitled “Enhancing the contribution of the Cambodian Association of Local Authorities to the sub-national level” to enhance the contribution of the Cambodian Associations of Local Authorities (ALA) to good governance and development at the sub-national level.

The specific objective of this call for proposals is: to strengthen the institutional and operational capacity of the Cambodian Associations of Local Authorities (ALA) to perform their functions and contribute to improved responsiveness, transparency and accountability of decision making, policy implementation and service delivery at the sub-national level.

Funding Information

• Minimum amount: EUR 750 000
• Maximum amount: EUR 1500 000

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead applicant
  • In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
    • be a legal person and
    • be non-profit-making and
    • be an ALA legally established in:
      • Cambodia or
      • a Member State of the European Union or
      • a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) or
      • Other EU partner countries, as follows:
    • Developing countries that are included in the list of recipients of ODA established by the OECD/DAC, including countries and territories falling within the scope of Council Decision 2013/755/EU on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union (‘Overseas Association Decision’), and excluding beneficiaries.
• • For British applicants: Please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, you will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible to participate) or be required to leave the project.
  • Affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary.
  • Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations.
• Co-applicant(s)
  • Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.  Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant:
    • Local Authorities established in any of the countries eligible mentioned can apply as coapplicant(s).
    • Civil Society Organisations established in the countries described above under Applicant and operating in Cambodia under a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Cambodia.
• Affiliated entities
  • The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies). Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s):
    • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
  • Entities affiliated to applicant may hence be:
    • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by an applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by an applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control.
    • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant.
    • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
  • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association) as the proposed affiliated entities.

How to Apply

To apply for this call for proposals, organisations must register in PADOR and submit their application in PROSPECT.

Eligible Countries: Cambodia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

For further information, please visit European Commission.