Deadline: 01-Sep-2024
Within the framework of the promotion activities approved by the Council of Members of the International Olive Council (IOC), the Executive Secretariat (ES) intends to award grants to finance annual national programs aimed at promoting the local consumption of olive oil and table olives in IOC member countries.
The objectives of these grants are, inter alia, to build a market culture in member countries that wish to showcase the quality of local products, as well as to encourage cooperation between all IOC member countries. The proposed actions and events should be distinctly centered on their promotional worth and fall in line with the objectives laid out in the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015.
Funding Information
- The global budget available for activities to be carried out in 2024 is €30,000.
- With the aim of distributing the available budget among the largest number of applicants, the maximum amount per grant will be of €6,000 per calendar year for each beneficiary.
Duration
- The projects submitted should encompass activities to be carried out during the current year 2024.
- Proposals should specify the duration of the activities planned.
Principles
- Grants will be governed by an agreement and subject to the following principles:
- The aim of the financed project or action is to help achieve the objectives outlined in the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015.
- Co-financing principle: external co-financing is required from a source other than an IOC grant, either in the form of the beneficiary’s own resources or as financial contributions from third parties. Grants awarded by the IOC must in no case exceed 50% of the cost of the co-financed activity.
- Non-profit principle: grants may not have the purpose or effect of leading to profit for the beneficiary.
- Non-retroactivity principle: expenditures incurred prior to the signature of the agreement will not be accepted.
- Non-cumulation principle: only one grant may be awarded for any single action to any one beneficiary per budget year.
- Transparency principle.
- Equal treatment principle
Activities
- For guidance, the submitted programs should notably include activities such as those listed below:
- Organization of seminars, trade fairs, symposiums and workshops;
- Information points at food and nutrition fairs;
- Promotional material (brochures, CDs, books, etc.);
- Invitations for the participation of international specialists;
- The IOC ES has also decided to award grants to support the organization of national extra virgin olive oil quality competitions organized by competent authorities, meeting the conditions foreseen in the IOC standards (IOC T30/2/Doc. N.3)
Eligibility Criteria
- The following applicants are eligible for funding:
- Public-law bodies (bodies governed by public law);
- Private non-profit bodies.
- Eligible candidates must be legal entities established in an IOC member country.
- Applicants belonging to member countries that have lost their rights according to Article 16.82 of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2015, will not be eligible.
- Priority will be given to projects endorsed by the Head of Delegation of the member country submitting proposals. In the case of proposals from the European Union (EU), endorsement by the national authorities of the country submitting the proposal will be accepted.
Ineligible
- Candidates shall be excluded from participating in the call for proposals if:
- Their application form is not filled out correctly, has incorrect data or contains unanswered sections.
- They are bankrupt or being wound up; are having their affairs administered by the courts; have entered into an arrangement with creditors; have suspended business activities; are the subject of proceedings concerning those matters; or are in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations;
- They have been convicted of an offence concerning their professional conduct by a judgment which has the force of res judicata;
- They have been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authority can justify;
- They have not fulfilled their obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which they are established, with those of the country of the contracting authority, or those of the country where the contract is to be performed.
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