1. Tacis IBPP IBPP Tacis IBPP I nstitution B uilding P artnership P rogramme Support to Civil Society and Local Initiatives EuropeAid Co-operation Office Brussels

2. The programme within Tacis  It belongs to the group of small projects  Budget allocations part of National Action Programmes

3. Background  about 600 organisations and authorities have been involved through partnerships  many more through networking activities  Tacis Lien Programme  Tacis City Twinning Programme

4. General Conditions  Partnerships :  NGOs  Not-for-profit professional organisations  Local and regional authorities

5. General Conditions  Nature of activity :  Not-for-profit making  Concrete objective to be implemented in Tacis country  Joint implementation  Reinforcement of the Tacis partner organisation/authority  Sustainability of results

6. General Conditions  Applications :  Annual Call for Proposals  Period between deadline for submissions and contracting +/- 6 months

7. Topics that could be supported  Public administration Reform  Economic Development  Social Issues  Urban Management  Environmental Issues

8. Specific Conditions  80 % or max. € 200.000  min. € 100 000  max. € 200 000  EC Co-financing :

9. Specific Conditions  Project duration : 18-24 months  At least 1 EU or Phare and 1 Tacis partner  Any partner can be applicant  Other partners possible  Implementation only 1 Tacis country  Project Implementation :

10. Eligible Activities  On-site training  Training in EU country  Work placements, study visits  Seminars, workshops, conferences  Publications  Awareness raising campaigns  Purchase of equipment essential for project implementation  A mixture of : Transfer of know-how

11. Eligible Costs  Staff costs  Travel costs  Living expenses  Services such as rent of office (corresponding to market rates)  Purchase of equipment necessary for project implementation  Costs of consumables and supplies...

12. Eligible Costs  Subcontracting of specific, limited parts  Dissemination of information  Evaluation, audit  Translation... 7 % of the total amount of eligible direct costs are eligible as indirect costs (overheads = lump sum)

13. Budget allocations Call for Proposal 2003 The next Call for Proposal, which will most likely be published towards the end of the year 2003, will cover the following countries : Russia Ukraine Moldova Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tadjikistan Uzbekistan The exact budget allocations are being decided at the moment. However they should remain stable.

14. Statistics IBPP 2001 Call for Proposals (The allocations from the budgets 2000 and 2001 were merged in this Call for Proposals.) A total of 267 applications were submitted out of which 74 were selected for funding

15. Statistics  Table 1 : Funds available

16. Statistics  Table 2 : Submitted/selected proposals per Tacis Country

17. Statistics  Table 3 : Submitted/Selected proposals per EU country

18. * Some proposals include more than one Eu partner. Therefore the total number is higher than the total amounts of submitted and selected proposals. The selected proposals include one UK-Dutch-Ukrainian project and one Finnish-Irish-Russian one. Statistics

19. Statistics  Table 4 : Submitted proposals per partnership category

20. Statistics  Table 5 : Submitted proposals per area of activity

21. Further Information IBPP WEBSITE : Http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/ibpp/index_en.htm Partner Search Facility Publication of the Call for Proposals (including FAQs and announcement of information afternoon) : Http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/cgi/frame12.pl Tick : Tacis - Open / Closed - Grants - all - all - submit