Definition:
A project is
composed of a set of activities.
Duration
The initial planned
duration of an action may not be lower than 9 months nor exceed 12 months.
Sectors or Themes
Government and civil society
Location
Actions
must take place in the following countries: Turkey and/or EU Member States.
In addition, if
properly justified, some activities can be implemented in other eligible
countries. However, such activities cannot constitute the major part of the
action.
Types of action
All actions, which aim at achieving the
Programme objectives and fall within the one or both of the priority areas,
could qualify for financing.
The actions listed under the priorities are
by way of example only and are not
limited to these types of actions:
Priority Area 1: Developing
and/or deepening town twinning relationship between local
administrations/authorities in Turkey and EU Member States
- Actions to contribute/create sustainable
relations among local administrations in Turkey and local
authorities in EU member states, CSOs and citizens;
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Actions to create networks and platforms for exchange of good
practices;
- Actions to improve town twinning methodology and
practices;
- Actions to promote technical cooperation and
exchange of best practices on EU acquis related areas;
- Actions to provide a platform to encourage and
facilitate town twinning activities.
Priority Area 2: Reinforcing
the role of local
administrations/local authorities in
European integration and EU-Turkey relations in line with the EU acquis chapters and/or UN Sustainable
Development Goals and/or priorities of
CEMR
- Actions emphasizing the importance of local
administrations and local authorities in EU process;
- Actions on capacity development at local level
in implementation of the EU acquis and/or priorities
of CEMR;
- Actions to ensure partnership, including
CSO-public cooperation and citizens’ participation, at decision-making
procedures at local level in implementation of EU acquis;
- Actions to improve the capacity of project preparation
and implementation at local level;
- Actions which emphasizes future needs of local
administration/authorities;
- Actions on
innovative technologies for the planning, design, delivery and operation
of smart and resilient services;
- Actions which lead development of policies
and/or innovative solutions to
daily life challenges of citizens;
- Actions which lead to increase global
competiveness of local administrations/ authorities through innovative
approaches;
- Actions related
to new engagement models that embraces civic participation and social
inclusion;
- Actions on developing policy recommendations on the
impact of EU acquis at local
level.
The following
types of action are ineligible:
• Actions concerned only or mainly
with individual sponsorships for participation in workshops, seminars,
conferences, congresses;
• Actions concerned only or mainly
with individual scholarships for studies or training courses;
• One-off actions such as
conferences, round tables, seminars or similar events even if their preparatory
and/or follow-up activities are included. These actions can only be funded if
they form part of a wider project;
• Actions for which the lead applicant
and the co-applicant(s) are already receiving funding e.g. from the
Governmental budget, other Community programmes or other funds;
• Actions started before the
signing of the contract with the CFCU;
• Actions consisting solely of
academic research actions, feasibility studies (unless part of a broader
project);
• Commercial activities;
• Actions which are ideologically
biased or partisan in nature;
• Financial support activities
(i.e. the use of the grant to make further grants (financial or in-kind) or
loans to other organisations or individuals such as for those who are
establishing their businesses);
• Construction or investments for
the adoption of new/supplementary facilities;
• Actions supporting establishment
or activities of private or public enterprises, and profit-earning activities;
• Infrastructure projects or
projects essentially focused on the purchase of equipment;
• Actions consisting solely of the
development of strategies, plans or other similar documents;
• Social service actions such as
provision of food, clothing.
Types of activity
The
activities listed below are by way of example only and are not limited to these
types of activities:
• Peer-reviews and transfer of
know-how among the local actors and CSOs;
• Organization of seminars,
roundtables, conferences, workshops, trainings;
• Developing web-based platforms
and innovative tools on town-twinning;
• Information/awareness/communication
campaigns at the local/regional/national and international level;
• Introduction and translation of
key reference materials and dissemination of technical and policy related
knowledge and expertise;
• Capacity-building activities related
with town twinning methodology or implementation of EU acquis for local
administrations and CSOs;
• Networking
through study visits etc. among CSOs and local administrations/local
authorities;
• Policy recommendations on how to use new
technologies and information systems to do more with
less;
• Development of tool kit(s) for the better implementation
of policies;
• Development
of action plan and strategy on the selected EU acquis related areas and/or UN
sustainable development goals and/or priorities of CEMR;
• Joint activities to increase the representation in
European networks;
• Discussions/debates
and participation in policy making processes at local/ national /international
levels;
• Data
collection and visualization;
• Dialogue
creating platforms for information.
The projects should not focus on
only to one single activity.
Organization activities
should be self-contained operations indicating a coherent set of activities
with clearly defined objectives, target groups, and planned outcomes.
It is highly recommended that projects will
have a positive impact on equal opportunities. All
projects are expected to ensure gender mainstreaming in all project activities.
The deadline for the submission of concept
notes is 09 March 2018 as evidenced
by the date of dispatch, the postmark or the date of the deposit slip. In the
case of hand-deliveries, the deadline for receipt is 09 March 2018 at 17:00 hours
(local time) as evidenced by the signed and dated receipt. Any concept note
submitted after the deadline will be rejected.
However, for reasons of
administrative efficiency, the Contracting Authority may reject any concept note sent in due time but received
after the effective date of approval of the concept note evaluation (see indicative calendar under section 2.5.2).