EU announces 2020 Call for Proposals for Civil Society Organizations – Argentina

Deadline: 15 July 2020

The European Union (EU) has announced a Call for Proposals to contribute to the strengthening of civil society as independent actors of sustainable development.

In a difficult socio-economic situation, in which Argentina faces significant challenges linked to the financial crisis and the consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the specific objectives of this call for proposals is to promote society’s organizations Argentine civilian who:

• promote the adoption of environmentally and socially sustainable development policies;
• favor the inclusion of the most vulnerable social groups, thereby enabling their job stability and access to quality public services;
• support social cohesion, strengthening dialogue and non-discrimination;

Elements with added value for the evaluation of the proposals presented that:

• Focus on innovative actions with clear added value.
• Promote CSO networking and involve multiple actors (multi-actor nature), either as co-applicants, affiliated entities or associates .
• Seek constructive dialogue with public authorities at the local and central level to ensure long-term sustainability of the results of the actions.

Size of Grants

The grants requested within this Call for Proposals will be between the following minimum and maximum amounts:

• minimum amount: EUR 450,000
• maximum amount: EUR 750,000

Duration

The initial planned duration of an action may not be less than 30 months nor exceed 48 months.

Location

The actions will take place in the territory of the Argentine Republic.

Eligibility Criteria

• Main applicant
  • In order to be eligible for a grant, the main applicant must:
    • be a legal person and
    • not be for profit and
    • be a civil society organization that operates independently and responsibly and
    • establish itself in Argentina or in a Member State of the European Union or in a Member State of the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) or in a beneficiary country from IPA II (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey) or in a developing country or territory (included in the OECD DAC list of ODA beneficiaries) other than members of the G-20 or in an overseas country or territories (OCTs) covered by Council Decision 2013/755 / EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of overseas countries and territories with the European Union ,
    • be directly responsible, with their co-applicants and other affiliated entities, for the preparation and management of the action and not simply limit themselves to acting as intermediaries; and
• Co-applicants
  • Co-applicants will participate in the design and execution of the action, and the costs they incur will be eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
  • Co-applicants must meet the eligibility criteria applicable to the primary applicant.
• Affiliated entities
  • The main applicant and its co-applicant (s) may act with affiliated entities.
  • Only the following entities may be considered affiliated entities to the main applicant or to the co-applicant (s):
    • Only entities that have a structural link to applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), especially if the link is legal or equity.
    • This structural link mainly covers two aspects:
      • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34 / EU on annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and other related reports of certain types of companies:
        • Thus, the entities affiliated to an applicant may be:
          • Entities controlled directly or indirectly by the applicant (subsidiary companies or first-level subsidiaries). They can also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (second level subsidiaries), and the same applies to subsequent levels of control.
          • Entities that directly or indirectly control applicants (parent companies). They may also be entities that control an entity that in turn controls the applicant.
          • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (associated companies).
      • Accession, that is, the applicant is legally defined as, for example, a network, federation or association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate, or participates in the same entity (for example, network, federation or association, … ) than the proposed affiliated entities.

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