Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for the grant, the applicant must:
- Be a natural person or an entity without legal personality, or
- Be a legal person and
- Be non-profit-making and
- Be a specific type of organisation such as:
- civil society organisations, including non-governmental organisations and independent political foundations; community-based organisations; private-sector agencies, institutions and organisations and networks thereof at local, national, regional and international level;
- public-sector agencies, institutions and organisations and networks at local, national, regional and international level (except the National Ministries and International Organisations) ;
- national, regional and international parliamentary bodies and
- 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 and
- No nationality restriction applies to applicants, co-applicants and, if any, affiliated entities
- The applicant must act with its co-applicant which s must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant.
- The applicant and co-applicant may act with affiliated entities that include:
- Entities directly or indirectly controlled by an applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries).They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by an 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).
How to Apply
- The application process consists of two phases-
- Phase 1, concept note
- Phase 2, full proposal
- Only Concept Notes must be submitted for evaluation. Thereafter, applicants who have been pre-selected will be invited to submit a Full Application Form.
- Prior registration in EuropeAid’s on-line database, PADOR, is obligatory for applicants, co-applicants and affiliated entities.
- Applicants must be registered before submitting the concept note, while co-applicants and affiliated entities must be registered prior to submission of the full application, if applicable.
For more information, please visit European Commission and download the guidelines.