EU announces Enhanced Engagement of Civil Society in Public Administration Reform in Georgia

Deadline: 3 May 2019

The European Union has announced its grant program entitled “Enhanced Engagement of Civil Society in Public Administration Reform in Georgia” to strengthen the role of civil society organisations in the implementation of the public administration reform in Georgia through streamlining their role in the monitoring and implementation of the PAR Roadmap 2020, at national and local levels.

The specific objectives of this call for proposals are to foster advocacy, policy dialogue and innovative approaches by CSOs, as well as enhance networking and monitoring by CSOs of the implementation of strategies and actions plans at central and local levels.

Size of grants

Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:

LOT 1
- minimum amount: EUR 300 000
- maximum amount: EUR 500 000
LOT 2
- minimum amount: EUR 300 000
- maximum amount: EUR 500 000
LOT 3
- minimum amount: EUR 300 000
- maximum amount: EUR 500 000

Eligibility Criteria

Lead applicant

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, and
- be established in Georgia 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.
Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations

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 coapplicant(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).
  - 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.