1. Part-financed by the European Union From application to implementation – the procedures Joint Technical Secretariat Lead Applicant Seminar for 1st application round Hamburg, 02-04 April 2008

2. 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

3. 3Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 1 2 6 7 10 11 12 3 4 5 8 9 Implementation

4. 4Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 1. 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).

5. 5Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 inform about Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007 - 20013 and other territorial cooperation Programmes in detail 2. Information i

6. 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/e-mail/personal contact with the JTS Monitoring Committee and National sub-committee 2. Information

7. 7Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 3. Project design

8. 8Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 4. Calls for project proposals Concrete dates for the given call are published on the website eu.baltic.net

9. 9Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 5. Application Pack and other important documents Announcement Note Application Form Partner Declaration Form Operational Programme Programme Manual

10. 10Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 6. Fill in application form

11. 11Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 7. Submission of applications via e-mail via regular mail in due time including obligatory and optional attachments

12. 12Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 8. Registration and admissibility check not okay okay admissibility criteria

13. 13Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 9. Quality assessment quality assessment criteria

14. 14Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 9. 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

15. 15Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 10. Funding decision by the Monitoring Committee not approved approved

16. 16Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 11. Lead Partner Seminar

17. 17Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 12. Contracting Grant contract

18. 18Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 1 12 Implementation 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 i 11

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

20. 20Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 1. Dates for the 1st call for applications 25.02Opening of the first call 30.05 16:00hClosure of the call 24 OctoberMC meeting (funding decisions and approving dates for the 2nd call) 25 January 2009Start of the implementation phase

21. 21Lead Applicant Seminar, 1st application round, Hamburg, 2-3 April 2008 2. Specific arrangements regarding ENPI Launching of the 1st call under the ‘Suspension Clause’

22. 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