Common use of Eligibility of Applicants Clause in Contracts

Eligibility of Applicants. The potential applicants of this Grant Scheme might be national and local authorities, organisations for nature protection, regional development agencies, tourism and cultural organisations and associations. The people to people actions aim at encouraging and supporting the establishment or further development of sustainable co-operation networks between local and regional stakeholders in the border region in order to increase personnel and institutional capabilities for co-operation and participation in future development programmes. The JSPF supports the establishment and development of cooperative networks on both sides of the border and the creation of linkages between these networks and wider EU networks. The JSPF will promote “soft” cross border activities. The fund will finance selected small- scale “people-to-people” projects. Grants will only be made available for projects whose immediate objective is non-commercial and not-for-profit. Joint projects, especially where co- financed jointly by project partners from Bulgarian and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, will be particularly encouraged. The following priority themes will be the subject of the call for proposals: • Development or establishment of facilities and resources to improve the flow of information and communication between border regions, including television and radio programmes of common interest • Cultural exchange • Development or establishment of local employment, education and training initiatives between border regions The project applicants will, in many cases, need considerable development assistance. Training and information workshops may be organised to inform and assist would-be participants, so as to ensure high transparency and encourage good quality proposals. The Joint Technical Secretariat will also assist project applicants in the preparation of their project proposals.. Co-financing is needed and will be one criterion for eligibility of projects. Minimum co- financing will be 10 % of the cost of each soft project. Projects already part-financed by another EU funded programme may not be granted support from this Phare programme.

Eligibility of Applicants. The potential applicants of this Grant Scheme might be national and local authorities, organisations for nature protection, regional development agencies, tourism and cultural organisations and associations. The people to people actions aim at encouraging and supporting the establishment or further development of sustainable co-operation networks between local and regional stakeholders in the border region in order to increase personnel and institutional capabilities for co-operation and participation in future development programmes. The JSPF supports the establishment and development of cooperative networks on both sides of the border and the creation of linkages between these networks and wider EU networks. The JSPF will promote “soft” cross border activities. The fund will finance selected small- small-scale “people-to-people” projects. Grants will only be made available for projects whose immediate objective is non-commercial and not-for-profit. Joint projects, especially where co- co-financed jointly by project partners from Bulgarian and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, will be particularly encouraged. The following priority themes will be the subject of the call for proposals: • Development or establishment of facilities and resources to improve the flow of information and communication between border regions, including television and radio programmes of common interest • Cultural exchange • Development or establishment of local employment, education and training initiatives between border regions The project applicants will, in many cases, need considerable development assistance. Training and information workshops may be organised to inform and assist would-be participants, so as to ensure high transparency and encourage good quality proposals. The Joint Technical Secretariat will also assist project applicants in the preparation of their project proposals.. Co-financing is needed and will be one criterion for eligibility of projects. Minimum co- financing will be 10 % of the cost of each soft project. Projects already part-financed by another EU funded programme may not be granted support from this Phare programme.