Deadline: 10-Feb-22
The Central European Initiative (CEI) is glad to announce the opening of the Call for Proposals 2021 in the framework of the CEI Cooperation Fund, with funding made available by all CEI Member States.
CEI Cooperation Activities aim at capacity building by knowledge transfer and sharing, in particular from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI Member States, and at exchanging experiences and good practice among all CEI Member States by promoting mobility and networking. In this context, particular attention will be paid to the involvement of non-EU CEI Member States and to a reasonable balance between participating EU and nonEU CEI Member States.
Funding information
- The overall indicative amount made available under this Call is 350,000 EUR (175,000 EUR for the first semester 2022 proposals and 175,000 EUR for the second semester 2022 proposals)
- Applicants shall be public and private entities based and registered in CEI Member States (including NGOs / CSOs) and international / regional organizations
- The call requires the participation of attendees from at least six CEI countries per proposal
- The ceiling of the CEI co-financing amounts to 15,000 EUR (max 50% of the total project costs)
Eligible Activities
- CEI Cooperation Activities can take the form of conferences, seminars, workshops, and other types of meetings, training activities as well as preparation of studies and surveys. Cooperation Activities can also serve as seed contribution for the preparation of applications for larger European projects.
- Activities can be held in person or online or in a hybrid manner. Other types of activities meeting the primary objectives can also be taken into consideration.
- Applications organized over multiple activities are admissible, but – if the activity is to be held in person – applicants shall request the CEI support only for one defined portion / event of the program falling into the calendar year 2022. Should the applicant not elaborate on this, the CEI reserves the right to reject the application or choose the single portion and related budget lines to be possibly awarded with a CEI contribution.
- During the evaluation there will be no preference given to one type of activity over the other: apart from observance to the CEI Rules for Allocation of Resources and accuracy in providing comprehensive information over the proposed activity, the extent and quality of regional cooperation in these activities will be taken into consideration.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Applicants
- All public and private entities based and registered in CEI Member States as well as international / regional organizations can apply.
- Individuals cannot apply.
- All applicants shall refer to their legal status within the Application Form, referring to the relevant legislation or act as appropriate. Non-Governmental and Civil Society Organizations as well as private entities must include in the Application Package an official proof of registration with a courtesy translation into English. This requirement is mandatory for the relevant applicants. This requirement does not apply to public entities.
- Participation of CEI Member States (Participation Quorum)
- Regardless of the type of activity proposed, applicants should pay the utmost attention to the aspects related to participation of attendees from the CEI Member States.
- The participation quorum is set by CEI Rules for Allocation of Resources in Rule A5 (at least half plus one, but in no case less than one third of CEI Member States) and therefore the minimum quorum admitted is the participation of at least six (6 ) CEI Member States. Any application envisaging a CEI participation scheme the minimum allowed quorum will be automatically rejected.
- Higher rating will be given to applications foreseeing the participation of a larger number of CEI Member States. Particular attention will be paid to the involvement of non-EU CEI Member States and to a reasonable balance between participating EU and non-EU CEI Member States. The number of local participants and speakers ought to be in a reasonable proportion to participation from other CEI countries. The CEI regional character should be preserved (in terms of reasonable proportion of CEI participants) in Cooperation Activities involving a large number of third countries.
For more information, visit https://www.cei.int/news/9169/call-for-proposals-cooperation-fund-2nd-round-open