EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

The priority areas of this call for proposals are:

1. Fighting against discrimination based on sexual orientation in society and promoting the rights of LGBTI people.

2. Diversity management in the public and private sector: identification of existing practices, measurement of diversity management benefits, and awareness-raising.

3. Roma: activities aiming to raise awareness and combat harmful stereotypes of Roma and supporting thereby their integration into mainstream society.

4. To raise awareness about intergenerational solidarity and non-discrimination on the basis of age (in particular of young people).

Deadline: 21 March 2017 17:00:00

The aim of the pilot project on "Europe of diversities" is to enhance the motto of the European Union: "United in diversity" especially on local and regional level. With the pilot project EU citizens in regions with multicultural and multilingual background, or where minority groups are particularly excluded or subject to discrimination, would receive the possibility to understand better each other's culture, language and identity. Mutual understanding, acceptance and tolerance is a core element of fruitful coexistence of different ethnic, religious, national and linguistic groups, as well as of different generations and minority groups more generally. The pilot project would contribute to the work which has been already done in the field of non-discrimination, education and language learning, however the objective is to reach different groups of the society and to foster the multicultural dialogue between the EU citizens on local and regional level on one hand, and through the exchange of opportunities on EU-level on the other hand. One of the strengths and richness of the EU is in its diversity.

Deadline: 28/02/2017

One single priority for proposals of multi programmes is announced with the present call document: multi programmes in the internal market or in third countries. Within this priority, a multi programme can target either the internal market or third countries. When implementing programmes in third countries, the objective is to enhance the competitiveness and consumption of Union agrifood products, raise their profile and increase their market share in these targeted countries. When implementing programmes on the internal market, the objectives are to increase the awareness and recognition of the specific Union quality schemes and to highlight the specific features of agricultural production methods in the Union, particularly in terms of food safety, traceability, authenticity, labelling, nutritional and health aspects, animal welfare, respect for the environment and sustainability, and the characteristics of agricultural and food products, particularly in terms of their quality, taste, diversity or traditions. The expected results are to increase the levels of recognition of the logo associated with those Union quality schemes by the European consumers and to increase the competitiveness and consumption of Union agricultural and food products and their market shares in the internal market.

Deadline: 28 April 2016, 17:00 (Brussels, local time)

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The purpose of this document is to help beneficiaries understand and interpret the financial and legal provisions of the grant agreement (GA) they have signed. To this end, the text in the Financial Guidelines seeks to explain the definition of the technical vocabulary used whilst providing the reader with practical advices.
This guide concentrates mainly on the different aspects of costs incurred during the action of the GA, types of costs, i.e. eligible versus ineligible costs, and the different eligible cost categories, whilst providing explanation for each of the aspects mentioned above. The objective is to provide the beneficiaries with a reference to the different situations that may arise when dealing with costs allocation.

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The instrument will support new loans in the agricultural and agri-food businesses by providing a 50% guarantee to financial intermediaries on loans to SMEs and mid-caps in the sector. It applies to the Regions' rural development programme measure 4.1 (support for investment in agricultural holding) and measure 4.2 (support for investment in processing, marketing and/or development of agricultural products). The instrument is expected to increase the leverage effect of EU funds for agriculture and agro-businesses with a possible target loan portfolio of up to EUR 1 billion if all Italian regions would join the platform.

Each year the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) makes direct grants to hundreds of nongovernmental organizations worldwide working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions.

NED funds only nongovernmental organizations, which may include civic organizations, associations, independent media, and other similar organizations.

NED is interested in proposals from local, independent organizations for nonpartisan programs that seek to:

• Promote and defend human rights and the rule of law
• Support freedom of information and independent media
• Strengthen democratic ideas and values
• Promote accountability and transparency
• Strengthen civil society organizations
• Strengthen democratic political processes and institutions
• Promote civic education
• Support democratic conflict resolution
• Promote freedom of association
• Strengthen a broad-based market economy

Deadline: 31/03/2017

This call for proposals aims at contributing to achieving the objectives of the European e-Justice Strategy 2014-2018. It will support the implementation of e-Justice projects within the European e-Justice Portal and at national level, in as far as they have a European dimension. Priority will be given to projects aiming at joining or enhancing existing or on-going e-Justice portal projects, in particular:

• Interconnection of National Insolvency Registers (IRI);
• Find a Lawyer (FAL);
• Find a Notary (FAN);
• Find a Bailiff (FAB);
• Implementation of the European Case Law Identifier (ECLI) in case law repositories and interconnection with the e-Justice Portal;

Other e-Justice portal projects which will be live on the Portal at the moment when the call will be published.
Deadline: 11 January 2017 17:00:00