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3. Structural funds
Called for supporting the Lisbon Strategy, the new generation of Structural funds is also clearly reoriented towards innovation and support for competitiveness and employment. The Community Initiative Programmes shall disappear and will be reintegrated in the thematic axes of national or regional Operational Programmes. The ERDF and ESF financial instruments (European regional and development fund and the European social fund) shall subsist and support the actions pertaining to the 3 objectives of Convergence, Regional competitiveness and employment or even European territorial cooperation. The funds favouring fisheries (European Fisheries Fund - EFF) and rural development (European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development - EAFRD) shall no longer be part of the Structural funds.
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Why? What is the context of your project (political, legislative, projects already funded in this field)? What are its objectives? Whom does your project address? How? Which activities should be undertaken to achieve your objectives? With whom? What are the capabilities and appraisals needed for the project? Where? Where the project activities shall be localised? What shall be the results? What concrete results do you aim to obtain through this project?
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2007-2013
ACTIONS Transnational cooperation Dissemination of information Applied research Creation of tools Support to production
Grants for projects supporting small enterprises to increase their knowledge and research intensity and innovation capacity Budget Line : 08 13 01
REGIONS European Union Candidate countries European Economic Area Switzerland Balkans
The programme contains importants changes between FP6 and FP7. These modifications concern the rules of participation and IP questions. This action is the extension of the work undertaken in the CRAFT collaborative research and "FP6 SPECIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR SMEs". OBJECTIVES: * Strengthen the innovation capacity of European small and medium -sized enterprises and their contribution to the development of new technology based products and markets * Help SMEs to outsource research, increase their own research efforts, extend their networks, better exploit research results and acquire technological know-how FINANCED ACTIONS: Specific actions will be implemented to support SMEs or SME associations in need of outsourcing research to universities and research centres(RTD performers). These actions are not targeted at topics and can be carried out in all fields of science and technology. The evaluation of the project proposals will take due account of the expected economic impact for the SMEs. FINANCIAL SCHEMES: * Research for SMEs This scheme supports small groups of innovative SMEs to solve common or complementary technological problems. Projects, which are relatively short term, must be centred on the innovation needs of the SMEs which outsource research to RTD performers PARTNERSHIP: at least 3 SME from different countries and 2 RTD performers. * Research for SME associations This scheme supports SME associations to develop technical solutions to problems common to a large number of SMEs in specific industrial sectors or segments of the value chain through research needed, for example, to develop or conform to European norms and standards PARTNERSHIP: at least 3 SME associations from different countries and 2 RTD performers. SELECTION CRITERIA: * Other enterprises and end-users can participate in the schemes if it is in the interest of the SMEs or the SME associations * In addition to research, the projects should include activities to promote the take-up and effective exploitation of the research results, such as, testing, demonstration, training, technology transfer, knowledge management and IPR protection. * The Commission is in favour of increased participation of public laboratories.
WEB :cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities/research-sme_en.html FUNDING OF THE PROJECTS Amount : Global SME project budget is situated between 0,5 and 1,5 million euro. Global SME association project budget is situated between 1,5 and 4 million euro. Selection : Calls are published once to 3 times a year. Subscribe to our services and receive all calls in your mailbox. Steps : Financing will be allocated through two schemes: Research for SMEs and Research for SME associations. (see EUROFUNDING sheet " FP7 - SCHEMES"). Calculation of cost is based on 4 Categories of activities. CONTACT
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3. The procedure
To select projects as part of the programmes, the Commission uses the procedure of call for proposals.
Example of a call for proposals presented by Welcomeurope We gather for you all the funding available from the European institutions: save time and make sure you do not miss any opportunity! Every week, you will receive by emai the funding alerts according to your profile, with: * Application deadlines * The details of the call priorities and our advice * Application forms and guidelines
In all cases, the Directorate General must publish a provisional timetable for calls during the 1st quarter of the year as part of its annual work programme. This timetable is in general integrated to the Directorate Generals workprogramme.
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The contractor This term is used to qualify the organisation that has prepared the funding request and which shall be signing the grant agreement with the European Commissions services if the project is selected. The partner
A partner is a body that actively participates in the project (from its conception to its execution).
The sub-contractor The sub-contractor is entrusted by the project leader or by a Member of the partnership to execute a part of the project based on a remunerated service delivery corresponding to the market price. The associate partner or collaborator The associate or collaborative partner is mentioned as such in the application as a value addition to the project The committee To set up a suitable project monitoring and evaluation system, the project partnership of scientific or technical nature, may take the opinions of a scientific committee made up of external experts, who shall evaluate the progress and success of its objectives. The co-financer Each project involves a set of organisations that financially support the actions. The sponsor Personalities may support the projects under sponsoring.
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4. Identification of partners
They are available for the most important programmes (e-Content, PCRD, etc.). These databases allow you to publish advertisements and view the offers or requests for partnership. Several search criteria are available, especially the search by country or by type of entity.
Other sources
Other resource centres that are not specifically dedicated to research for partners may be approached: - national agencies of some major programmes - the European networks that are active in the field of action of the project - the representative offices of local governments, private offices in the European Union.
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Agencies and national contact points For each programme having a national level relay, Eurofunding gives you the direct link to the list and the contact details of your interlocutors.
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Selecting the optimal financing programme is a crucial step in your process! ! ! You should be aware that you cannot apply for several programmes at the same time for the same action.
2. Eligibility
In order to identify the correct financing programme, you must first ensure the complete eligibility of your project and then write the project in an ad hoc manner in compliance with the programme constraints.
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Profile of the candidate As you can see in the Eurofunding Guide programme sheets, all types of structures can expect to receive the European Community grants: associations, enterprises, national administrations, territorial local governments, training centres, Universities, etc. The first eligibility criteria are therefore based on the status of the candidate organisation and its partners. However, the definition of candidates cannot always be as clear in the call for proposals texts.
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1. The programme
Programme decision
The programmes are jointly decided by the Council and the European Parliament on the European Commissions proposal (initiative). The annual work programme
The European Commission is bound by the new financial regulations to fix an annual work programme for each of its operations.
Financial regulation
The financial regulation informs the management and decision taking procedures as well as the budget execution rules of the European Union.
The text of the previous years call for proposals can provide you with precious information on the exact manner in which the selection and evaluation procedure works. On the other hand, to write your application, you should base it on the text of the current call for proposals.
Addendum et corrigendum
After publishing a call, the Commission reserves the right to modify its content. Therefore, it publishes addendum (additional information) or corrigendum (modification of information).
Select the calls for proposals that suit you, using the 31 sectors available on Welcomeurope.com.
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You do not have time to make a daily monitoring on the EU calls for proposals or on the EU programmes news? By being member of Welcomeurope, you can once a week receive per e-mail our funding-alerts which provide information about all the last calls for proposals in your sector of intervention published by the institutions.
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Acknowledgement
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In this part, you shall be mainly asked about administrative information and details about the structure Information about the proposed action
First, you shall indicate the title (an acronym may be required) and the action period. The volume of information and the formulation of questions may vary from one programme to another.
However, the following information shall always be asked: A summary about the action for which the grant is being requested The project objectives The beneficiaries of your project Planned actions The timetable for executing the action The project results The grant amount requested (in Euros) For programmes with external cooperation: the logical framework
The logical framework is a table appended to the application form for external cooperation programmes.
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Welcomeurope offers a training session dedicated to the budgetary planning of a European project. Because specific rules apply to the financial reporting to the European Commission during the project implementation. Subjects covered : The general financial rules, the expenses heading planning, the receipts heading planning, financial reporting and follow-up, methods to be followed in building a European budget (working on a Case Study). Objective : Optimizing the budget planning and grant award and anticipating the sound manage-
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To help you finalising your file, the European Commission will provide you with a check-list. This checklist is generally present in the guidelines for applicant or inthe formapplication form. The check-list may even contain a reminder of: the documents to be provided, the number of copies, the documents that must have an original signature, etc.
The tasks (or activities) are associated with project objectives that you have defined from the beginning. The work plan shall give a list of tasks with specific names. 2. Estimation of the time required
You must link the work plan and its tasks to a timetable and define the duration of each task. 3. Budgetary planning
Lastly, task scheduling shall integrate the costs data. You shall calculate the cost or contribution of each task and sub-task.
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A TEAM AT YOUR SERVICE Welcomeurope is at your disposal to assist you in all phases of your project. Assistance / Consultancy Formalising applications, building partnerships, designing budgets Valrie Buisine vbuisine@welcomeurope.com Mireille van der Graaf mvdgraaf@welcomeurope.com Gwenalle Radosevic gradosevic@welcomeurope.com Tailor made training sessions More than 70 sessions a year for specific needs all through Europe Namia Selahi-Silini training@welcomeurope.com Welcomeurope training subscriptions 15 modules designed by Welcomeurope, 60 sessions a year in Paris or Brussels Namia Selahi-Silini training@welcomeurope.com Customer service / Eurofunding Sales management Dominique Guillard premium@welcomeurope.com Anne-Estelle Ajavon accounting@welcomeurope.com Partnerships Getting visibility, building bridges between us Nicolas Gerschel ngerschel@welcomeurope.com Acktar Warishanally a.warishanally@welcomeurope.com Executive Board Lorraine de Bouchony lbouchony@welcomeurope.com WELCOMEUROPE 38 rue Lon - 75018 Paris - France Tel 33 1 42 54 60 64 - Fax 33 1 42 54 70 04
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Following worked together to draft this guide: Valrie Buisine, Mireille van der Graaf , Lorraine de Bouchony.
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