Part-financed by the European Union From application to implementation – the procedures Joint Technical Secretariat Lead Applicant Seminar for 1st application round Hamburg, April 2008

2Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 Content of the presentation I. General information on development, application, assessment and contracting process II. Information specific for the first call for applications

3Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Implementation

4Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Project idea Projects should: Derive from the Baltic Sea Region => => address a common, clearly defined transnational challenge => => contribute to sustainable regional development Not be a part of regular statutory responsibilities of the partner organisations => => offer a particular added value (eg. innovative solution).

5Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 inform about Baltic Sea Region Programme and other territorial cooperation Programmes in detail 2. Information i

6Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 Programme support to the projects: Programme website: eu.baltic.net Lead Applicant seminars Individual consultations with the JTS Ad hoc telephone/ /personal contact with the JTS Monitoring Committee and National sub-committee 2. Information

7Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Project design

8Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Calls for project proposals Concrete dates for the given call are published on the website eu.baltic.net

9Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Application Pack and other important documents Announcement Note Application Form Partner Declaration Form Operational Programme Programme Manual

10Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Fill in application form

11Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Submission of applications via via regular mail in due time including obligatory and optional attachments

12Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Registration and admissibility check not okay okay admissibility criteria

13Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Quality assessment quality assessment criteria

14Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Quality assessment criteria 1. Relevance of the proposal 2. Coherence of the proposal and quality of approach 3. Durability, transferability and dissemination of results 4. Partnership 5. Management 6. Budget

15Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Funding decision by the Monitoring Committee not approved approved

16Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Lead Partner Seminar

17Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Contracting Grant contract

18Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Implementation i 11

19Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 II. The first application round specific information

20Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Dates for the 1st call for applications 25.02Opening of the first call :00hClosure of the call 24 OctoberMC meeting (funding decisions and approving dates for the 2nd call) 25 January 2009Start of the implementation phase

21Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April Specific arrangements regarding ENPI Launching of the 1st call under the ‘Suspension Clause’

Part-financed by the European Union From application to implementation – the procedures Roman Kozlowski Project Manager Joint Technical Secretariat Lead Applicants Seminar, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008