Slovenia: Grants for Education and Youth Entrepreneurship

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4 years ago

Call for Proposals - Empowering Youth in the EU Outermost Regions

Deadline: 30-Sep-21

Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy acting as the Programme Operator for the Education, Scholarships, Apprenticeship and Youth Entrepreneurship published the Call for proposals for co-financing of projects to promote institutional cooperation at all levels of formal and informal education, improve the supportive environment for targeted disadvantaged groups and improve work-life balance are invited to apply.

The subject of the Call for Proposal is the selection of projects to be co-financed under the Norway Grants 2014–2021 that will also receive matching national co-financing from Slovenia and will pursue the overall objectives of the Norway Grants:

to contribute to reducing economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area, and
to strengthen bilateral relations between Slovenia and the Donor State Norway.

Aims

The aim of the Call for Proposals is to support measures to improve skills, competencies and knowledge. Projects must contribute to the outcomes and outputs of the two programme areas:

Education, scholarships, apprenticeship and youth entrepreneurship and
Work-life balance.

Funding Information

The total amount available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 11,299,156.00. For selected projects, the grant amount will represent up to 100% of total eligible expenditure.
Project duration is at least 12 months and no longer than 24 months. Projects must be completed no later than 30 April 2024.

Outcomes & Outputs

Projects will contribute to one outcome and one output, except projects addressing outcome I.1 which should contribute to both outputs. The outcomes and outputs are:

Outcome I.1: Improved institutional cooperation at all levels of education (formal and informal)
- Output I.1.1: New teaching and learning practices for work and life developed
- Output I.1.2: Knowledge and good practices shared on advancing skills and competencies in education
Outcome I.2: Education and social environment to support disadvantaged groups improved
- Output I.2.1: Support services for the NEETs (young people not in employment, education or training) established
- Output I.2.2: Support to youth provided
- Output I.2.3: Support environment for precarious workers provided
Outcome I.3: Improved work-life balance
- Output I.3.1: Local systems that support work-life balance established
- Output I.3.2: Organizational culture of work-life balance and gender equality generated

Eligible area: The eligible area of implementation of projects is the territory of the Republic of Slovenia. Since one of the objectives of the grant is to strengthen bilateral relations between Norway and the Republic of Slovenia, project activities can also be carried out in Norway when relevant to the project. The implementation of project activities outside these two eligible areas shall be admissible only in specially justified cases and subject to prior approval of the GODC.

Eligibility Criteria

General condition: Any public or private, commercial or non-commercial entity and non-governmental organisation established in the Republic of Slovenia as a legal entity shall be regarded as eligible applicants (i.e. the Project Promoter).
In order to participate in the Call for proposals, the applicant must fulfil the conditions set out in the Declaration by the Project Promoter and the Declaration by the Project Partner. The applicant shall prove the fulfilment of the conditions by signing both of those declarations.
When a project is approved, the applicant takes the role of the Project Promoter, becomes a signatory to the Project Contract and bears responsibility for the entire implementation of the project.

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