1. Publicity requirements
Meeting with Financial Controllers
08 November 2018, Kaunas

2. Main requirements to project communication
Informing about the project
Displaying logo of the Programme
Acknowledging financial funding
Using disclaimer

3. Penalties Type of mistake Amount of correction
Publicity requirements have not been fulfilled, but the publicity elements can be added
0-10% or warning*
Technical mistakes related to publicity requirements (mistakes with colours, size or similar)
10%
Elements of the publicity requirements missing
25%
No publicity requirements have been fulfilled, and no corrective measures are possible
100%
* for the first breach of rules warning is usually applied

4. Common mistakes Informing about the project No title No acronym
No number
Displaying logo of the Programme
No logo
Bad use of logo
Acknowledging financial funding
Amount of ERDF funding not identified
Wrong title of Programme or ERDF
Using disclaimer
No disclaimer

5. Minimal mandatory project communication measures
When
For how long to continue/ maintain
Informative posters at premises
each project partner
Start of project
Till the end of the project
Information on website
each project partner
Mandatory
Start of project
Regularly, till the end of the project
Information on
Mandatory
Start of project
Regularly, till the end of the project
Specialized cars
stickers
Mandatory
After purchase
For at least five years after the final payment to the project
Equipped room, premises
informative plaque
Mandatory
After purchase
For at least five years after the final payment to the project
Infrastructure objects, investment works < 500 000 EUR in one site
plaque or billboard
Mandatory
No later than 3 months after end of works
For at least five years after the final payment to the project
Other equipment
Stickers
Recommended
After purchase
Remain marked after the end of the project
Press releases
Recommended
At least
Within the first 3-4 months of project
At the end of project
When important events of the project can be highlighted

6. Programme logo. Versions
Full-scale logo
Available language versions
Mixed
Latvian
Lithuanian
Minimised logo (no title “European Regional Development fund”)

7. Programme logo. Size.
It must be possible to read text in the Programme logo.
Other organisations’ logos can not be larger and more significant than EU emblem.
Shall other logos be bigger, an additional EU emblem should be added.

8. Use with logos of other organisations
My organisation Logo
My organisation Logo
My org. Logo

9. white or light background
Programme logo. Colours.
Full color The most desired
Greyscale For single color
Black & white When greyscale is not possible
Recommended
white or light background

10. Common mistakes in use of logo
No logo
Parts of logo missing/rearranged
Distorted shapes
Logos of other organizations are larger than EU emblem
Too small size
Minimized version used when full scale is needed
Distorted colors

11. Questions?