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EC Call for Proposals Schools Initiative for Innovation and Change

Deadline- 23 November 2012

Countries/Region- Cyprus

The European Commission invites proposals for Schools Initiative for Innovation and Change under Human Resources Development Sector Programme to support the strengthening and development of human resources policy in the Turkish Cypriot community through support to initiatives for innovation and change in pre-primary, primary and secondary schools in the northern part of Cyprus in line with global and European educational trends.

The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 700,000. The European Commission reserves the right not to award all available funds.

Size of grants

  • Any grant awarded under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
  1. minimum amount: EUR 20,000
  2. maximum amount: EUR 70,000
  • Any grant requested under this Call for Proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum percentages of total eligible costs of the action:
  1. Minimum percentage: 50 % of the total estimated eligible costs of the action.
  2. Maximum percentage: 90 % of the total eligible costs of the action (see also Section 2.1.4).

The balance (i.e. the difference between the total cost of the action and the amount requested from the Contracting Authority) must be financed from the applicant’s or partners’ own resources, or from sources other than the European Union budget.

Eligibility-

  • be legal persons and
  • be non profit making and
  • be pre-primary (one optional school year before start of primary school for children not resident on the site), primary and secondary schools located in the northern part of Cyprus and
  • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with their partners, not acting as an intermediary
  • Applicants must apply in English

How to apply?

  • Prior registration in PADOR for this Call for Proposals is obligatory
  • Registration is obligatory for all applicants and their partners.
  • PADOR is an on-line database in which organisations register themselves and update regularly their data, through the Europeaid website
  • Before starting the registration of organisation in PADOR, please read the “Quick guide” available on the website. It explains the registration process.
  • Applicant have to indicate on the paper version of the proposal the EuropeAid ID (EID). To get this identification,  applicants organisation must register, save and “sign” (committing your responsibility) in PADOR obligatory data (on each screen the fields written in orange) and the related documents.
  • If the organisation is in a situation where it is impossible to register in PADOR, it shall submit a justification proving that such impossibility is of a general nature and goes beyond the control of the applicant and or its partner(s). In this case, the applicant and/or the partners concerned shall complete the “PADOR off-line form”  in annex of these Guidelines and send it by the submission deadline along with the application, the registration in PADOR will be initiated by the European Commission.  If, at a later stage, the organisation wishes to update itself its data, an access request will have to be sent to the PADOR helpdesk.
  • All questions related to the registration in PADOR should be addressed to the PADOR helpdesk at their email address.

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