2nd Call For Proposals: IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme Montenegro-Kosovo 2014-2020

Deadline: 15 April 2019

The European Union (EU) has announced a 2nd call for proposals “IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme Montenegro-Kosovo 2014-2020” to improve the standard and quality of living of the people in the programme area through the environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive economic development of the region, with respect for its common cultural and natural heritage.

Priority Areas

• Promoting employment, labour mobility and social and cultural inclusion across the border;
• Protecting the environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management
• Encouraging tourism and cultural and natural heritage.

Size of Grants

• Minimum amount of EU-funded grant: EUR 150.000-EUR 200.000
• Maximum amount of EU-funded grant: EUR 300.000-EUR 400.000

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 for the purpose of this Call (except for SMEs, which however cannot generate profit from the proposed action) and
    • be established in either Montenegro and/ or Kosovo , 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:
      • Local authorities,
      • Local governments and their institutions,
      • Associations of municipalities,
      • Development agencies,
      • Local business support organizations,
      • Tourism and cultural organizations
      • Economic factors such as SMEs,
      • NGOs,
      • Public and private bodies supporting the workforce,
      • Vocational and technical training institutions,
      • Schools, colleges, universities and research canters including vocations and technical training institutions.
  • Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants
• Co-applicant(s)
  • The applicant must act with at least one co-applicant as specified hereafter.
  • If the applicant is established in Montenegro, at least one co-applicant must be established in Kosovo, 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).
        • 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

Interested applicants can apply via given website.

For more information, please visit https://cbc-mne-kos.org/the-2nd-call-for-proposals-for-the-ipa-cross-border-cooperation-programme-montenegro-kosovo-2014-2020-published/