1. EU GRANTS
The European Commission awards money in the form of grants in order to implement projects or activities in relation to European Union policies.
Grant scheme may be available within fields as diverse as research, education, health, consumer protection, protection of the environment, humanitarian aid, etc. 

2. EU Grants - Programming
Grants are subject to annual or multi-annual programming. Departments of the EC or other designated authorities that manage grant programmes publish their Annual work programmes for Grants on their Internet site

3. Annual Work Program 2010 - DG ELARG

4. EU Programs Implementation
Depending on the status of the respective country in relation with the EU, implemented in one of three ways:
Centralized: managed by the Commission in Brussels
Decentralized: managed by the authorities of the beneficiary country as a result of an accreditation process
Shared: managed by the authorities of one of the Member States participating in the cross-border program

5. EU Grants Stages Announcement of grant schemes Applying for EU grants
Selection and award of grants to projects
Budgeting, contracting, reporting, payments

6. Announcement of grant schemes
Consulting the work programs you may already identify the fields which interest you.
Managing Authorities publish calls for proposals on their Internet sites inviting candidates to present, within a given deadline, a proposal for action that corresponds to the objectives pursued and fulfils the required conditions.

7. Applying for EU grants
Guidelines for Applicants (Application Form and Annexes):
the purpose of the Call for Proposals,
the eligibility rules regarding applicants and partners,
the types of action and costs eligible for financing, and
the evaluation (selection and award) criteria
instructions on how to fill in the application form, what to annex to it and what procedures to follow for applying.
The guidelines and any modification are published.

8. Application Form
Concept note
Information about the action proposed, including its budget
Information about the applicant and partners

9. Application form – Project design
KEY ELEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION FORM
PROJECT DESIGN AND PLANNING TOOLS
Relevance of the Action
LOGFRAME
Problems
Presentation and analysis, interrelations.
Identify specific problems to be addressed by the action.
Problem tree
Problem analysis
Target groups and final beneficiaries - relevance of the proposal to their needs and constraints.
Problem dialogue
Stakeholder analysis
Priorities and requirements presented in the Guidelines relevance of the proposal
Review guidelines / EC& national policies

10. Application form – Project design
KEY ELEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION FORM
PROJECT DESIGN AND PLANNING TOOL
2. Description of the action and its effectiveness
Overall objective of the action, outputs and expected results;
Objective tree
Proposed activities and their effectiveness;
Strategy – SWOT analysis
Force field analysis
Implementing partners - their role and relationship;
Stakeholder analysis
Other possible stakeholders
Idem

11. Common problems and difficulties with project design for EU funding

12. Selection and award of grants to projects
Eligibility criteria
of the applicant’s
of the action - types of activities, sectors or themes, geographical areas
Evaluation criteria: evaluation grids.
Selection criteria - applicant's financial and operational capacity
Award criteria - quality of proposals against the set objectives and priorities
Relevance and compatibility
quality, expected impact and sustainability
cost-effectiveness.

13. Budgeting, contracting, reporting, payments
Co-financing
Each program has specific rules on the required level of co-financing.
Ineligible costs
Some costs maybe not eligible under EU grants such as VAT – this should be taken into account
Expenditure verification
Reports / audited financial report
Procurement contracts
Must comply with the rules set.

14. EU Funding Options IPA (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance)
European Instrument for Human Rights and Democracy
EU Community Programs
Europe for Citizens
Progress (Community Program for Employment and Social Solidarity)
Lifelong Learning Program
Youth in Action

15. IPA Components Component I
Transition Assistance and Institution Building
Component II
Cross-Border Cooperation
Component III
Regional Development
Component IV
Human Resources Development
Component V
Rural Development,
Other Allocations
Multi-beneficiary program allocation

16. IPA Civil Society Facility
Areas of intervention
Civic Initiatives and Capacity Building Support
“People 2 People” Program Visitor
Partnership Actions Activities

17. The checklist Is my type of project / envisioned activity eligible?
Is my organization eligible for a given program or funding source?
Is my type of project / envisioned activity eligible?
Can I meet the other eligibility conditions?
What about my timeframe?
What type of financial support can I obtain?
Who else is involved in the project?
How to apply for funding in my location?

18. EU Grant Schemes The cycle of your project
Let’s start!
Evaluation & Audit
Identification
Implementation
Monitoring
Reporting
Formulation
EU Funding

19. Project Identification & Formulation The Logical Framework
The Logical Framework Approach LFA – the process
-The Logical Framework Matrix LFM - the product

20. The Logical Framework Approach
Where we are?
Where do we want to get?
How do we
get there?

21. PROBLEM ?
The Obstacle that keeps us to get from where we are to where we want to be
where we want to be
where
we are

22. PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS
The art of closing the gap between the existing and desired situation
Existing
Situation
Desired
Situation

23. PROBLEM SOLVED
The gap is closed between the existing and desired situation
Existing
Situation
Desired
Situation

24. PROBLEMS ANALYSIS THE PROBLEMS TREE
Analyzing the Cause-Effect relationship among Problems
and
Arranging them in Levels of Generality/Specificity

25. Every problem can be in the same time
PROBLEMS TREE
I feel tired
I do not have time to relax
I have high blood pressure
I have too much
to work
I do not delegate enough
responsibilities
I live an
unhealthy life
I manage my time in an ineffective way
I do not have
to whom
to delegate
I do not know
how to delegate
I smoke
I do not
make sport
Every problem can be in the same time
Cause and effect

26. Apply the problem tree analysis
Task
Apply the problem tree analysis
Our organization does not have enough money to do /provide all the programs, services, products we would like to
Self-assessment questionnaire about “how prepared is your organization to do effective fundraising” - 10‘
Build the problem tree by asking (3 times) why, why, why and (1 time) what is the effect of this problem - 45’

27. The Dialogue with the Problem
Why it is a problem? (causes and effects)
Whose problem it is? (identifying stakeholders)
When it is a problem
Where it is a problem?

28. WHOSE PROBLEM IT IS? STAKEHOLDERS?
Persons
Groups
Organization/ institutions
Interested or affected in a positive way are the project beneficiaries: target groups and final beneficiaries

29. Task Apply on the main problem The dialogue with the problem
Stakeholders identification
Use the information you generate in order to write a short paragraph for justifying the problem

30. Setting purpose and objectives
If solving the problem is urgent, important, feasible, within your organization’s control, and something your organization is committed to accomplishing, then you need to move to the next stage of this process.
The image of an improved situation in the future determines the purpose and objectives of your intervention.

31. OBJECTIVES TREE In 3 weeks I feel fine and
with a renewed pleasure to work
I relax at least 1 day a week
My blood pressure
is under control
I delegate office
management
responsabilities
Work day is
8 hour long
I will adopt
a healthy life
style starting with
tomorrow
Next month I sign up for a time mgmt course
We hire a
new person
as office manager
in2 weeks
Next week
I get coaching on delegating
I go swimming
once a week
I quit
smoking
tomorrow

32. Task Turn your problem tree into an objectives tree
Means-end logic or the intervention logic

33. The LogFrame Matrix

34. The LogFrame Matrix - Intervention Logic
If-then causality
The first column of the Logframe matrix summarizes the ‘means-end’ logic of the proposed project (also known as the ‘intervention logic’).
The objective hierarchy can be expressed :