BASEREC EFC DE-EFC-SM BASEREC BAltic SEa REgion's Communities promoting and utilising the new EFC Programme for information transfer, training, networking and know-how exchange Project presentation

BASEREC EFC DE-EFC-SM Duration:01/02/2014 – 31/01/2015 Partners: - C ouncil for Cities and Communities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (DE) - Pomeranian Association of Rural Municipalities (PL) - Fritid&Samfund / national umbrella associations of municipalities (DK) - Kommunförbundet Skåne (SE) Programme: Active Citizens for Europe; Measure 2.2. „Support measures“ Costs: € 123,855 Fund: € 99,084 (80%) / Own contribution € 24,771 (20%)

BASEREC EFC DE-EFC-SM Objectives: Promotion of new „Europe for Citizens“ programme in PL, DK, SE and DE (new EFC programme lasts from however details are not yet published) Increasing the number of applications in all partner countries Improving applications’ quality by supporting communities actively in application designing and writing Intensifying relationship and cooperation between communities in PL, DK, SE, DE (but also other countries of the European Union)

BASEREC EFC DE-EFC-SM Activities: 02-03/2014: a) one day kick-off meeting for settling all project management issues b) two or three days EfC information and application writing workshop - these two activities will take place in Schwerin (DE) - the application writing workshops should be attended by persons familiar and/or interested in this issue and prepared to take active part in BASEREC. - workshop can be attended by partner organisations’ staff and/or by external experts

BASEREC EFC DE-EFC-SM Activities: 04-10/2014: national EfC information seminars - two information seminars implemented in PL, DK, SE and DE - approx. 20 participants in each country at each seminar - main aim is to inform local communities and their bodies/associations about the new Europe for Citizens Programme and how to apply for cooperation projects with international partners (mainly town-twinning and town networking projects)

BASEREC EFC DE-EFC-SM Activities: 04/ /2015: national “flying project office“ consultancy activities - approx. 200 persons in total should be reached in PL, DK, SE, DE - communities should be consulted and supported when applying for EfC projects - support to communities in finding transnational cooperation partners (mainly communities in countries of the Baltic Sea region) - finally, in PL, DK and SE at least five applications each should be submitted at the EfC programme during the project’s lifetime; from DE seven application should be submitted

BASEREC EFC DE-EFC-SM Activities: 11/2014: Promotion and networking conference - two-days conference in Rostock (DE) - approx. 10 participants from PL, DK and SE - approx participants from DE - main issues will be the overall presentation of the BASEREC project and its main outcomes and results; also workshops and networking activities will be implemented

BASEREC EFC DE-EFC-SM Dissemination activities: project website with main information in all partner languages + ENG 2000 flyers and 200 posters in POL, DAN, SVE and GER dissemination articles in PL, DK, SE and DE at least 1 press/promotion event in PL, DK, SE, 2 in DE

BASEREC EFC DE-EFC-SM BUDGET OVERVIEW I - overall budget SectionHeadingDEPLDKSETotal Section 1staff Section 2overhead2000 Section 3a) travel: kick-off meeting DE b) subsistence: kick-off meeting DE Section 4a) Website b) Translations c) Distribution costs d1) Printing of 2000 flyers d2) Printing 200 posters d3) promotion/press event d4) dissemination article Section 5a1) travel: workshop DE b1) subsistence: workshop DE a2) travel: promotion tour PL-DE 1500 b2) subsistence: promotion tour DE 8400 a3) travel: final conference DE b3) subsistence: final conference DE c1-3) final conference (room, equipment, interpretation etc.) d) external support (might be shifted to staff costs!) Total

BASEREC EFC DE-EFC-SM BASEREC - BUDGET OVERVIEW II Fund and own contribution DEPLDKSETotal EU fund (80%) Own contribution (20%) Total

BASEREC EFC DE-EFC-SM Thank you very much for your attention!