Deadline- 26 November 2013
Applications are invited for Sustainable Development in Rural Areas of Uzbekistan under Europe Aid. The purpose of this program is to enhance Living Standards in Rural Areas in Uzbekistan.
Objectives-
- Income generation: Further developed commodity value-chains mainly related to the agri-food sector (livestock breeding, gardening, vegetable growing and services sector);
- Capacity development: Further developed and upgraded skills and techniques of economic players, including Youth; implementation of modern technologies and training on their application; re-training of farmers and improvement of agri-product processing methods.
- Institutional strengthening: Further strengthened and upgraded development planning capacities of regional and local authorities
The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is € 10,000,000.00. The initial planned duration of an Action must be 48 months
Eligibility & Criteria-
- be legal persons
- be non-profit-making
- be an EU Member State’s development agency in order to adequately ensure the EU institutional representation and a wider transfer and “networking” with the European peers in the agri food sector
- be established in a Member State of the European Union
- 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
- have sound experience in International Cooperation and Development
- have managed at least 2 Programmes/Projects of the same nature of this Action, where the size of the Project with the same amount would be an asset
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