Doelstellingen
The overarching objective of this call for proposals is poverty reduction in the context of sustainable development, including the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and other internationally agreed targets.
It is an “actor-oriented” programme aimed at strengthening the capacity of civil society organisations and local authorities as a pre-condition for a more equitable, open and democratic society through support to their “own initiatives”.
Acties
The programme therefore supports actions aimed at promoting an inclusive and empowered society in partner countries and its specific objectives are:
benefit populations out of reach of mainstream services and resources and excluded from policy making processes;
strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations and local authorities in partner countries, with a view to facilitating their participation in defining sustainable development strategies and in implementing actions aiming at poverty reduction ;
facilitate interaction between State and Non-State Actors in different contexts and support an increased role for local authorities in decentralisation processes.
Actions must correspond to at least one of the above three specific objectives and should always contain a significant element of capacity building geared towards local development actors, be it NSA, LA or more informal groupings of beneficiaries. Therefore a participatory approach, empowering local communities, should be ensured.
Such actions can cover a wide range of activities (non exhaustive list of examples):
innovative approaches of NSA and LA in the provision of social and other services (notably in the field of economic as well as rural and urban development);
institutional and technical support (internal governance, dialogue, strengthening of implementation and networking capacities etc.);
advocacy and monitoring of public policy making and implementation;
awareness raising and policy research (data gathering etc.) aimed at a better formulation, implementation and evaluation of development policies at all levels.
Capacity-building of women empowerment groups in the field of voice and advocacy
Improving communication between community-based civil society, local government and line ministries’ extension services
Promoting the understanding and critical appraisal of national-level policies and laws by all citizens
Advocating for the reform of the legal registration system of civil society organisations in view of making it easier for smaller organisations to register
Communicating HIV support groups’ priorities for the national AIDS response to national-level authorities
Civic education for youth groups
Linking up CBOs amongst themselves and with different levels of civil society
Etc.
For actions targeting civil society (as opposed to citizens directly), priority will be given to those actions which aim to empower community-based organisations, as they constitute the level of civil society which is most representative of community members while at the same time being the least included and consulted.
Priority will also be given to those actions that focus on groups which, because of gender, HIV status, social class, age or geographical location, are the most excluded from mainstream services and policy participation.
Budget
The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 300,000.00.
Any grant awarded under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
• minimum amount: EUR 100,000.00
• maximum amount: EUR 300,000.00
A grant may not be for less than 50 % of the total eligible costs of the action.
No grant may exceed 90 % (75% for European applicants) of the total eligible costs of the action (see also section 2.1.4). The balance must be financed from the applicant's or partners' own resources, or from sources other than the European Community budget or the European Development Fund.
Wie kan deelnemen
(1) In order to be eligible for a grant, applicants must:
• be legal persons and
• be non profit making and
• be a non-governmental organisation and
• be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with their partners, not acting as an intermediary.
There are no nationality restrictions for this call for proposals.
(2) Potential applicants may not participate in calls for proposals or be awarded grants if they are in any of the situations which are listed in Section 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EC external actions (available from the following Internet address: http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/implementation/index_en.htm [1]);
In part A, section III of the grant application form (“Declaration by the applicant”), applicants must declare that they do not fall into any of these situations.
Applicants may act individually or with partner organisations.
Applicants’ partners participate in designing and 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 eligibility criteria as applicable on the grant beneficiary himself.
If the Applicant is not a Lesotho actor, it should then work in partnership with at least a Lesotho actor.
The following are not partners and do not have to sign the “partnership statement”:
• Associates
Other organisations may be involved in the action. Such associates play a real role in the action but may not receive funding from the grant with the exception of per diem or travel costs. Associates do not have to meet the eligibility criteria referred to in section 2.1.1. The associates have to be mentioned in Part B section IV - “Associates of the Applicant participating in the Action” of the Grant Application Form.
• Subcontractors
The grant beneficiaries have the possibility to award contracts to subcontractors. Subcontractors are neither partners nor associates, and are subject to the procurement rules set out in Annex IV to the standard grant contract.
The applicant will act as the lead organisation and, if selected, as the contracting party (the "Beneficiary").
Vragen kunnen gesteld worden aan:
Questions may be sent by e-mail or by fax to Amaury Hoste, no later than 21 days before the deadline for the submission of concept notes to the below addresses, indicating clearly the reference of the call for proposals:
E-mail address: Amaury.hoste@ec.europa.eu [2]
Fax: +266.22.31.01.93
The European Commission has no obligation to provide further clarifications after this date.
Replies will be given no later than 11 days before the deadline for the submission of concept notes.
Indicatieve tijdstabel
Deadline for request for any clarifications from the Contracting Authority 4 January 2010 16h00
Last date on which clarifications are issued by the Contracting Authority 14 January 2010 -
Deadline for submission of Concept Notes 25 January 2010 16h00
Information to applicants on the opening & administrative check (step 1) Mid February 2010* -
Information to applicants on the evaluation of the Concept Notes (step 2) Mid February 2010* -
Invitations for submission of Full Application Form Mid February 2010* -
Deadline for submission of Full Application Form End March 2010* -
Information to applicants on the evaluation of the Full Application Form (step 3) Mid April 2010* -
Notification of award (after the eligibility check) (step 4) End April 2010* -
Contract signature June 2010* -
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 [3] - Klik 'Search by Reference', nr. 129041
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