Background
Launched on 26 October 2016 in Yerevan during a high-level conference, Mayors for Economic Growth (M4EG) is a new initiative promoted by the European Union targeting local authorities throughout the Eastern Partnership countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine (EaP).
Size of grants:
Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:
Lot 1
Minimum amount: EUR 300.000
Maximum amount: EUR 600.000
Lot 2
Minimum amount: EUR 500.000
Maximum amount: EUR 1.000.000.
Eligibility of applicants
In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
Lot 1 (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia and Moldova)
- be a legal person
- be non-profit-making
- be a specific type of organisation such as: local authority
- be established in one of the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia or Moldova)
- 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
- be compliant with the criteria set out in Annex N "Checklist and Summary of Local Economic Development Plan".
Lot 2 (Ukraine)
be a legal person
- be non-profit-making
- be either:
A locality with a size under 150 thousand inhabitants from Ukraine; or
An amalgamated territorial community (hromada) from Ukraine represented by its respective council or executive committee in accordance with the Law of Ukraine № 157-VIII “On voluntary amalgamation of territorial communities (hromadas)"
- be established in Ukraine 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
- be compliant with the criteria set out in Annex N "Checklist and Summary of Local Economic Development Plan".
Deadline: 31 May 2017