EUROPEAN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AWARD SCHEME 47/G/ENT/CIP/12/E/N02S005

Objective:                                                                                                  Total budget of the call: EUR 800.000

The overall objective of this call for proposals is to give higher visibility to excellent practice in the field of CSR and to share such practice across the EU, so encouraging more enterprises to cooperate with their stakeholders to better meet their social responsibility.
The specific objective is to support a series of national CSR award schemes, coordinated within a common European framework. This may involve establishing new award schemes in countries where such schemes currently do not exist, and bringing a new European dimension to some existing national award schemes.

Funding

The maximum budget allocated from the CIP financing decision C(2012)2916 adopted 02/05/2012 for this call for proposals is € 800.000.

Indicative number of projects: 1

Eligibility:

Applications from legal entities established in one of the following countries are eligible:

   (1) EU Member States
   (2) European Free Trade Association countries (EFTA) which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA) in accordance with the
         conditions laid down in the EEA Agreement: Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein
   (3) Candidate countries: Croatia, Macedonia, Turkey
   (4) Other countries:
           - countries from the Western Balkans, in accordance with the provisions to be determined with those countries following the
             establishment of Framework Agreements concerning their participation in Community programmes: Albania, Montenegro and
             Serbia;
           - third countries, when agreements and procedures so allow: Israel.

The participation of partners from other countries is allowed, but it will not be considered as concurring to the eligible costs

Applicants (lead organisation and any partner organisations) must correspond to the definition of the following target organisations :

     - Employers’ association, business organisation or business network.
     - Non-governmental organisation
     - Public authority
     - Individual private or public company

Deadline: 27 July 2012

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