DEADLINE- 1 February 2012
Countries/Region: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia.
The Thematic Programme “Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development” (hereafter NSA/LA Programme) is an “actor oriented” programme, which co-finances initiatives proposed and carried out by Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and Local Authorities (LA) from the European Union and its partner countries in the area of development.
The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to support multi-country actions proposed and implemented by Local Authorities (LA) and Associations of Local Authorities (ALA) from the EU Member States and partner countries, in order (i) to empower LA and ALA in public policy making in line with international development commitments (i.e. Millennium Development Goals); (ii) to promote and support regular structured and inclusive dialogue with their communities and in multi-stakeholder forums.
Eligibility Criteria
There are three sets of eligibility criteria, relating to:
- applicant(s) which may request a grant (2.1.1), and their partners (2.1.2);
- actions for which a grant may be awarded (2.1.3);
- types of cost which may be taken into account in setting the amount of the grant (2.1.4).
Who may apply?
In order to be eligible for a grant, applicants must:
- be a legal person
- be Local Authorities or Associations of Local Authorities from a Member State of the European Union or from one of the partner countries in which the action will take place, constituted in accordance with the legislation in force in the country.
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with their partners, not acting as an intermediary.· be Local Authorities or Associations of Local Authorities from a Member State of the European Union or from acceding countries, constituted in accordance with the legislation in force in the country.
- be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with their partners, not acting
- as an intermediary.
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