In mid-December, the EC launched the Call for Proposal (CfP) 2008 “Public Awareness and education for development in Europe” with deadline for Concept Notes on 17 February 2009 (see related TIS article).
As reported already in our last TIS (http://trialog-information-service.blogspot.com/2008/11/provisional-results-of-last-ec.html), the Annual Action Plan 2008 foresees, that the EC will use the budget of 2 years (2008 and 2009) for the current CfP 2008, i.e. more money will be available for this Call, but we don´t have to expect the following CfP (2009) before Summer 2010! However, this still needs to be confirmed (and allocated) also in the (upcoming) Action Plan 2009.
After continuous lobby work done by TRIALOG, national platforms and national MEPs, the EC allocated a portion of 20% (which means more than 5 million EUR within the Budget of one year) of the financial envelopes preferably to development education and awareness-raising actions in the twelve new Member States, proposed by organisations originating from these countries.
As always, the EC is prioritising specific target groups. This time local authorities are explicitely named as well as economic operators at national and international level. Beside that, working in partnership between Non State Actors and Local Authorities has also been defined as a priority.
European partners must satisfy the same eligibility criteria as applicants, with the exception that there is no minimum time limit with regard to the registration of the organisation any more.
Additionally, the EC defined two new formalities for organisations, who would like to present a project proposal: PADOR registration ist obligatory and a communication and visibility plan have to be included in the Full Application Form.
For more information please see the EC guidelines on the official EC webpage:
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/index.cfm?ADSSChck=1229671791702&do=publi.detPUB&Pgm=7573847&aoet=36538&debpub=01%2F12%2F2008&orderby=upd&orderbyad=Desc&nbPubliList=25&&aoref=127765
For a brief comparison of the CfP 2008 with the CfP 2007, read: http://www.trialog.or.at/images/doku/comparison-cfp2007and2008.pdf
Information provided by Petra Kreinecker, TRIALOG Capacity Building Officer
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