Deadline: 16 February 2018
The European Union (EU) is currently accepting proposals from eligible organisations for a program entitled “Supporting Civil Society Dialogue between EU and Turkey Grant Scheme (CSD-V)” to develop a sustainable civil society dialogue between Turkey and EU Member states.
Objectives
The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:
- to increase bilateral exchanges and cooperation between Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Turkey and the EU at local, regional and national levels and
- to promote awareness raising initiatives on importance and benefits of membership of Turkey to the EU within Turkey and EU and on challenges and opportunities posed by Turkey’s accession
Size of Grants
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between EUR 60.000 and EUR 200.000.
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 established in a Member State of the European Union or Turkey or an eligible country according to the IPA Regulation , and
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the Action with the co-applicant(s), not acting as an intermediary, and
- be CSOs from Turkey (associations; foundations; federations and confederations of associations or foundations ), or
- be CSOs from EU Member States or other eligible countries except Turkey (associations; foundations; federations and confederations of associations or foundations or entities established as a non-profit company/charitable organization ).
- Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- Co-applicant(s)
- A lead applicant from Turkey must have at least one eligible co-applicant from the EU Member States and a lead applicant from EU Member States must have at least one eligible co-applicant from Turkey. A lead applicant from other eligible countries must have at least one co-applicant from Turkey and at least one co-applicant from an EU Member State.
- 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.
- Co-applicants must sign the mandate in both Part A and Part B section 4 of the grant application form.
- If awarded the grant contract, the co-applicant(s) will become beneficiary(ies) in the action (together with the Coordinator).
- Affiliated entities: 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).
- 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.
- 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:
How to Apply
- The application procedure consists of two phases:
- Concept notes
- Full applications
- In the first instance, only concept notes must be submitted for evaluation. Thereafter, lead applicants who have been pre-selected will be invited to submit a full application.
For more information, please visit Europeaid and download the guidelines.