Background: Max Budget: 7.593.432 €
The 2nd Call for Proposals of the IPA Cross-border Programme “Greece-Albania 2007-2013” is published.
The “Greece-Albania IPA Cross-border Programme” 2007-2013 is a cross border cooperation Programme co-financed by the European Union under the Instrument for Precession Assistance (IPA). Territorial cooperation for the eligible regions constitutes both a challenge and an opportunity for the programming period 2007-2013. Polycentric spatial development with a new relationship between urban and rural areas, parity of access to infrastructure and knowledge, along with wise management of the natural and cultural heritage, represent already major objectives for balanced and sustainable growth. Within this framework, the priorities which constitute the policy outline for the convergence in the area of intervention if the specific Programme are:
• Priority 1: Enhancement of cross-border economic development
• Priority 2: Promotion and development of the environment and natural and cultural resources
The global objective of the programme is to increase the standard of living of the population by promoting sustainable local development in the cross-border area.
Eligibility:
1.Eligible Partnerships / The Lead Partner Principle:
Project proposals must include at least one partner from the Programme area (eligible and adjacent) of each country participating in the Programme. In addition, the Lead Partners must be established in the respective participating countries and the total number of partners must not exceed five (5) including the Lead Partners.
Partners shall cooperate in at least one of the following ways: joint development, joint implementation, joint staffing and joint financing.
2. Eligibility of partners: who may apply?
This call for proposals is addressed to:
a. national, regional or local public authorities;
b. bodies governed by public law, having legal personality, other than legal entities, established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in
the general interest (needs not having an industrial or commercial character), and which fulfill at least one of the following conditions:
i. be financed, for the most part, by the national, regional or local authorities, or other bodies governed by public law or
ii. be subject to management supervision by those bodies or
iii. have an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the national, regional or
local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law;
c. private organizations: non profit organizations founded according to applicable legal framework/law in the respective country can be
eligible under the following conditions:
• they do not have a commercial or industrial character or activities
• they are non- profit and have a legal personality.
Bodies governed by public law (under category b. above) and private organisations (under category c. above) must be operational for at least 12 months before the launching of the call for proposals. If a body governed by public law or a private organization is participating through a branch located at the Programme area, the branch must be operational for at least 12 months before the launching of the call for proposals. It should be noted that private companies not falling under the above categories b. and c. are not eligible.
Eligible NUTS III or equivalent regions Country:
Greece:
-Prefecture of Ioannina; Prefecture of Thesprotia; Prefecture of Florina; Prefecture of Kerkira; Prefecture of Kastoria
Albania:
-District of Gjirokastër; District of Korçë; District of Vlorë
Eligible adjacent areas Country: Greece: Prefecture of Grevena
Budget available:
The total budget available for the present call is 7.593.432 € (including EU Contribution and National Co-Financing) and is allocated by Country and Priority.
The national co-financing rates for Greece and for the Albania are respectively 25% and 15%. For the 2nd Call for Project proposals, for the project partners from the Albania, the 15% of the national co-financing will be covered by the beneficiaries’ own funds.
Submission period: 27 August 2012- 30 November 2012
Deadline: 30 November 2012
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