Open Call for Public Awareness Raising in Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (Viet Nam)

Deadline: 24-Jun-22

The European Commission (EC) is calling for proposals for Public Awareness Raising in Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency.

Objectives

• The global objective of this call for proposals is to contribute to a sustainable energy transition in Viet Nam.
• The specific objective of this call for proposals is to increase public and private-sector awareness of renewable energy (RE) & energy efficiency (EE) policies/programmes, and the effectiveness of RE/EE practices and initiatives are significantly raised, contributing to sustainable energy supply, consumption and security in Viet Nam, the country’s transition towards a low-carbon economy and increased gender diversity in the energy sector.

Priorities

The priorities of this call for proposals are:

• to equip key public and private stakeholders with understanding and knowledge of RE/EE policies, the effectiveness of RE/EE measures and initiatives and gender-sensitivity; and
• to improve media communication and coverage on RE/EE and gender-sensitivity in the energy sector.

Funding Information

• The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 3 500 000.
• Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
  • minimum amount: EUR 3 200 000
  • maximum amount: EUR 3 500 000

Outcomes

• Specific outcome 1: Key public and private stakeholders in all provinces and centrally-controlled cities have sound and gender-sensitive knowledge and understanding of current and newly-released RE/EE policies;
• Specific outcome 2: Reporters at the targeted national and provincial mass media have improved and gendersensitive capacity and understanding on RE/EE and gender diversity in the energy sector, and increase their coverage on the topic;
• Specific outcome 3: Key gender-diverse community groups in selected cities have improved awareness and capacity on gender-sensitive development and application of best RE/EE practices and initiatives;
• Specific outcome 4: SMEs and banking sectors have sound and gender-sensitive understanding of the importance of RE/EE and the business case for RE/EE investment.

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead applicant(s)
  • In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
    • be a legal person
    • be non-profit-making
    • be a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) or International Organisation
    • be established in Viet Nam or in a Member State of the European Union or in a eligible country or territory
    • 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
    • one of the applicants (lead applicant and/or one co-applicant) must have had a presence in Viet Nam for at least 3 years at the time the call for proposals is launched. This obligation does not apply to international organisations
• 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.
  • Co-applicants must sign the mandate form.
  • If awarded the grant contract, the co-applicant(s) (if any) 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 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, 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.

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