INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme The new neighbourhood dimension 4th call for proposals
INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme What‘s new? »One single application for ERDF, PHARE, CARDS and Tacis »Joint project selection process »But: still separate contracts, different rules and regulations of the different financing instruments
INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme Changes in the Application Form »Information detailed separately for Non-EU-Member State partners »Extra annexes for Non-EU-Member State partners »Different budget tables for Non-EU- Member State partners »Financial Lead Partner(s) for external funding must be selected for each non-EU country
INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme Responsibilities Lead Partner (Overall LP) –Proper management and implementation –Signs the ERDF Subsidy Contract –Assumes financial and legal responsibility for the ERDF project part –Reports on the overall project Financial Lead Partner for external funding –Signs a Grant Contract with the relevant Contracting Authority –Financial and legal responsibility for the project part in concern
INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme Available funds ERDF– Priority 1
INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme Available funds ERDF Priority 2
INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme Available funds ERDF Priority 3
INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme Available funds ERDF – Priority 4
INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme Available funds PHARE, CARDS and Tacis Funds and countries Already asigned May also be available PHARE for Romania600,000 €- PHARE for Bulgaria1,334,000 €- CARDS for Croatia, Albania, State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1,600,000 € € Tacis CBC for Ukraine Moldova 1,500,000 € €
INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme Project size No fixed limitation to the ERDF budget (between 0.5 and 5.0 M€) –Limitation of the amount still available in the measure / priority –Budget size allowing two or more projects per measure PHARE, CARDS, Tacis –Funding between 45,000 € and 270,000 € per contract (not per partner) –Min. 10% Co-financing
INTERREG III B CADSES Neighbourhood Programme Contracting procedure »Partners from EU countries –One single Subsidy Contract »Partners from non-EU countries –Separate Grant Contracts per each country Special cases: State Union of Serbia and Montenegro –Separate Grant Contracts Montenegro Kosovo Other parts of the country Ukraine and Moldova –One common Grant Contracts