Deadline: 15 May 2020
The European Union (EU) is seeking proposals to increase capacities of the Serbian CSOs to address reform processes and EU integration process.
The specific objective(s) of this call for proposals is to increase own capacities and effectiveness of the Serbian CSOs, directly through the contracted grants, to address reform processes, among others in areas relevant to rule of law.
Priorities
The priorities of this call for proposals are capacity building, monitoring and advocacy in the areas of
- Transparency, openness and accountability of public administration,
- Data protection and
- Monitoring of progress in chapters 23 and 24.
Funding Information
- The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 1,000,000. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award all available funds.
- Indicative allocation of funds by lot:
- Lot 1 – EUR 300,000
- Lot 2 – EUR 700,000
- Size of grants
- Lot 1
- Minimum amount: EUR 240,000
- Maximum amount: EUR 300,000
- Lot 2
- Minimum amount: EUR 100,00
- Maximum amount: EUR 300,000
- Lot 1
Duration
The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 24 months nor exceed 30 months.
Location
Actions must take place in the Republic of Serbia.
Eligibility Criteria
Lead applicant(s)
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- Be a legal person and
- Be non-profit-making and
- Be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental organisation, civil society organisations
- Be established in the Republic of Serbia 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.
Co-applicant(s)
- Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
- Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.
Affiliated entity(ies)
- 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).
- Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
- Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
- 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.
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