EU: Cross-border Programme the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – Republic of Albania

Deadline: 1 February 2019

The European Union (EU) is currently inviting proposals for its grant program entitled “Cross-border Programme the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – Republic of Albania” to stimulate a balanced, inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development in the crossborder area.

Priorities Area

• Encouraging tourism, culture and natural heritage
• Protecting 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 (EU contribution):

• minimum amount: EUR 300,000
• maximum amount: EUR 600,000

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead applicant
  • In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
    • be a legal person, and
    • be established in either the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or Republic of Albania, and
    • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the coapplicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary, and
    • be a specific type of institution or organisation such as:
      • Central, regional and local government units (ministries, municipalities, departments, agencies) and agencies for local or regional development,
      • Civil society organisations, as well as professional associations, farmers associations, chambers of commerce, chambers of crafts and trades and association of SMEs
      • National and regional centres for disaster management, national parks and monitoring and other organisations for nature protection
      • Formal and non-formal education and training institutions (e.g. primary schools, VET schools, Universities, etc.) including research canters
      • Cultural institutions such as museums, libraries, institutions for protection of cultural heritage, etc.
      • Public enterprises as well as emergency services, such as fire/emergency services and organisations for nature protection
  • Each grant applications must include at least one local authority as applicant or co-applicant per country (one municipality in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and one municipality or District/Qark in Albania).
• 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 one co-applicant as specified hereafter. If the applicant is established in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, at least one co-applicant must be established in the Republic of Albania, 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 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

How to Apply

In order to apply for the grants, applicants have to register themselves in PADOR, an on-line database via given website.

For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/2r0YHF4 and download the guidelines.