‘Improved health of rural communities through provision of increased access to safe water supply and sanitation facilities.’ This contribution will be realised through achieving the Programme Objective which is;
‘Sustainable enhanced access to safe water, improved sanitation use and hygiene behaviour for participating rural communities.’
Sector or theme
Rural water supply and sanitation.
Location
Actions may take place in any province of Papua New Guinea.
Types of action
The types of action which may be financed under this call for proposals are community demand driven, integrated rural water supply and sanitation projects incorporating health/hygiene education, HIV/AIDS and gender awareness.
Types of activities:
- community action planning for rural water supply and sanitation activities
- design of water and sanitation supplies
- supply of the equipment of the water and sanitation supplies
- facilitation and implementation of community water supply and sanitation initiatives
- monitoring and evaluation of project activities
- capacity building of community based institutions and organisations
- promoting local partnerships and networking
- training in improved hygiene and sanitation/gender/HIV/AIDs/Environment
- technical training to construct and sustain water and sanitation structures
- grant acquittal
The following types of action are ineligible:
• actions concerned only or mainly with individual sponsorships for participation in workshops, seminars, conferences, congresses;
• actions concerned only or mainly with individual scholarships for studies or training courses;
(1) In order to be eligible for a grant, applicants must:
• be a legal entity (see Legal Entity Form) and
• be non profit making and
• be registered in a Member State of the European Union, PNG or other ACP country. Upon agreement of the NAO and the EC Delegation, International NGOs registered in other countries could be considered as eligible if they are established and registered as an NGO in PNG and can demonstrate continuous work in PNG and
• be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with their associates, not acting as an intermediary and
• having not yet got a grant from the current calls of proposal of RWSSP Phase II and having not got an operational grant funded by the EC or the EDF for the period of this award
(2) Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if:
(a) they are bankrupt or being wound up, are having their affairs administered by the courts, have entered into an arrangement with creditors, have suspended business activities, are the subject of proceedings concerning those matters, or are in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations;
(b) they have been found guilty of fraud, corruption, involvement in criminal or any other illegal activity detrimental to the interests of PNG or the EU;
(c) they are guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contracting authority can justify;
(d) they have not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions or the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which they are established or those of the country where the action is to take place;
(e) they have been declared to be in serious breach of contract for failure to comply with their contractual obligations in connection with a procurement procedure or other grant award procedure financed by the EC budget.
Applicants are also excluded from participation in calls for proposals or the award of grants if, at the time of the call for proposals, they:
(f) are subject to a conflict of interests;
(g) are guilty of misrepresentation in supplying the information required by the RWSSP as a condition of participation in the call for proposals or fail to supply this information;
(h) have attempted to obtain confidential information or influence the evaluation committee or the RWSSP during the evaluation process of current or previous calls for proposals.
In part VIII of the grant application form (“Declaration by the applicant”), applicants must declare that they do not fall into any of the above categories (a) to (e).
2.1.2 Partnerships and eligibility of partners
Applicants may act individually or with partner organisations
Partners
Applicants’ partners participate in implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the grant beneficiary. They must therefore satisfy the same eligibility criteria as applicants. All partners have to be mentioned in part V – “Partners of the Applicant Participating in the Project” and have signed the Partnership Statement.
The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 3 million. The RWSSP reserves the right not to award all available funds.
Any grants awarded under this programme must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
Minimum amount: EUR 25,000
Maximum amount EUR 800,000
For small grants where the PMU will be the contracting authority:
Minimum amount EUR 25,000
Maximum amount EUR 99,000
For Specific Commitments where the NAO will be the contracting authority
Minimum amount EUR 100,000
Maximum amount EUR 800,000.
Questions may be sent by e-mail or by fax no later than 21 days before the deadline for the submission of applications to the addresses listed below, indicating clearly the reference of the call for proposals: E-mail address: rgillett@rwssp.org.pg - Fax: 323 5972
Replies will be given no later than 11 days before the deadline for the submission of applications.
In the interest of equal treatment of applicants, the Contracting Authority cannot give a prior opinion on the eligibility of an applicant, a partner or an action.
Questions that may be relevant to other applicants, together with the answers, will be forwarded to all interested applicants
Alle relevante documenten en informatie van deze call zijn beschikbaar op: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?ADSSChck=1246626693376&do=publi.welcome - Klik 'Search by Reference', nr. 129441
