EU Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Kosovo-The Republic of North Macedonia under IPA II 2016 and 2017

Deadline: 20 May 2019

The European Union (EU) is currently accepting proposals from eligible organisations for “Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Kosovo-The Republic of North Macedonia under IPA II 2016 and 2017”.

In line with the objectives specified in the programme document, the overall objective of this call for proposals is to foster co-operation among institutions and organization in the cross-border region in order to support sustainable economic growth and strengthen social cohesion.

Priority Issues

• Priority 2 (Lot 1): Encouraging tourism and cultural and natural heritage.
• Priority 3 (Lot 2): Protecting the environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management.

Size of Grants

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

• Lot 1-Priority 2: Encouraging tourism and cultural and natural heritage
  • Minimum amount: EUR 150,000.00
  • Maximum amount: EUR 350,000.00
• Lot 2-Priority 3: Protecting the environment, promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation, risk prevention and management
  • Minimum amount: EUR 250,000.00
  • Maximum amount: EUR 500,000.00

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 effectively established in either Kosovo or the Republic of North Macedonia 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 and
    • be a specific type of institution or organisation such as:
      • As lead applicants:
        • Municipalities;
        • Regional Centres (in North Macedonia only)
        • Public Utility Entity/Enterprises
        • National Parks;
        • Water and waste management authorities;
        • Public and academic institutions working in the field of the thematic priorities of the Call;
  • Note that profit making organisations and political parties are not eligible, neither as lead applicants nor as co-applicants, nor as affiliated entities.
  • Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations.
• Co-applicant(s)
  • The applicant must act with at least 1 co-applicant as specified hereafter.
  • Co-applicants shall satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant, except for:
  • be a specific type of institution or organisation such as: As Co-applicants:
    • Municipalities;
    • Regional Centres
    • Public Utility Entity/Enterprises
    • National Parks;
    • Water and waste management authorities;
    • Public and academic institutions working in the field of the thematic priorities of the Call;
    • NGOs in the fields related to the call thematic priorities;
  • 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.
  • If the lead applicant is established in Kosovo at least one co-applicant must be established in the Republic of North Macedonia, and vice versa.
• 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.

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 https://bit.ly/2V9Zeli and download the guidelines.