Deadline: 21 February 2020
The European Union (EU) is seeking proposals for its 2nd Call for Proposals “Cross-border Program Serbia – Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014-2020 under the Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II)”.
Objectives
- Enhancing the employability of the labour force, and increasing the employment opportunities
- Improving sustainable environmental planning and promotion of biodiversity
- Improving the management system for emergency interventions
Funding Information
- Enhancing the employability of the labour force, and increasing the employment opportunities: EUR 2.100.000,00
- Improving sustainable environmental planning and promotion of biodiversity: EUR 1.374.761,621
- Improving the management system for emergency interventions: EUR 1.300.000,00
Cross-cutting Issues
- Equal opportunities
- Environmental protection
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 established in either Republic of Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary, and
- be a specific type of institution or organisation such as:
- Enhancing the employability of the labour force, and increasing the employment opportunities
- Employment services
- Educational and research institutions and organisations
- Chambers of commerce and crafts, associations of enterprises, clusters
- Trade unions
- Civil society organisations/NGOs
- National, local and regional authorities
- Local and regional development agencies
- Organisations providing business support environment
- Improving sustainable environmental planning and promotion of biodiversity
- Central, regional and local government units (ministries, municipalities, departments, agencies) with competencies/responsibilities in the eligible area for nature protection, water supply, wastewater and solid waste management
- Civil society organizations
- National Parks
- Research, development and innovation (RDI) institutions
- Agencies for local or regional development
- Public utility companies controlled by government units
- Improving the management system for emergency interventions
- Emergency services and organisations, including civil protection units
- Educational and research institutions and organisations
- Civil society organisations/ NGOs
- National, local and regional authorities
- Local and regional development agencies
- Enhancing the employability of the labour force, and increasing the employment opportunities
Co-applicant(s)
- The lead applicant must act with at least one co-applicant as specified hereafter.
- If the lead applicant is established in the Republic of Serbia, at least one co-applicant must be established in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and vice versa.
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.
- This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
- Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
- Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
- Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the 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).
- Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
- 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.
- Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
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