Deadline: 01-Sep-21
The Central European Initiative (CEI) has announced a call for proposals for the 2021 Cooperation Fund to focus on capacity building by transferring and sharing know-how, in particular from EU CEI Member States to non-EU CEI Member States.
The activities can take the form of conferences, seminars, workshops, and training courses.
Funding Information
- The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is three hundred and fifty thousand Euro (350,000 EUR) that will be made available by the CEI Cooperation Fund which is financed by annual contributions by all CEI Member States. The CEI reserves the right not to award all available funds, to cancel the Call for Proposals and reject all project proposals at any time prior to the awarding of grants, without thereby incurring any liability.
The budget of the Call is subdivided as follows:
- One hundred and seventy-five thousand Euro (175,000 EUR) for the activities of the first semester of 2022 (1 January 2022 – 30 June 2022)
- One hundred and seventy-five thousand Euro (175,000 EUR) for the activities of the second semester of 2022 (1 July 2022 – 31 December 2022)
- Applicants can request a CEI contribution up to the maximum amount of fifteen thousand Euro (15,000 EUR).
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 organised 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 programme 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
- All public and private entities based and registered in CEI Member States as well as international/regional organisations 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 Organisations 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.
For more information, visit https://www.cei.int/news/9096/cei-cooperation-fund-call-for-proposals-2021-now-open