Deadline: 21 February 2020

The European Union (EU) is seeking proposals for its 2nd Call for Proposals “Cross-border Program Serbia – Bosnia and Herzegovina 2014-2020 under the Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II)”.

Objectives

• Enhancing the employability of the labour force, and increasing the employment opportunities
• Improving sustainable environmental planning and promotion of biodiversity
• Improving the management system for emergency interventions

Funding Information

• Enhancing the employability of the labour force, and increasing the employment opportunities: EUR 2.100.000,00
• Improving sustainable environmental planning and promotion of biodiversity: EUR 1.374.761,621
• Improving the management system for emergency interventions: EUR 1.300.000,00

Cross-cutting Issues

• Equal opportunities
• Environmental protection

Eligibility Criteria

Lead applicant

• In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
  • be a legal person and
  • be non-profit-making and
  • be established in either Republic of Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
  • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary, and
  • be a specific type of institution or organisation such as:
    • Enhancing the employability of the labour force, and increasing the employment opportunities
      • Employment services
      • Educational and research institutions and organisations
      • Chambers of commerce and crafts, associations of enterprises, clusters
      • Trade unions
      • Civil society organisations/NGOs
      • National, local and regional authorities
      • Local and regional development agencies
      • Organisations providing business support environment
    • Improving sustainable environmental planning and promotion of biodiversity
      • Central, regional and local government units (ministries, municipalities, departments, agencies) with competencies/responsibilities in the eligible area for nature protection, water supply, wastewater and solid waste management
      • Civil society organizations
      • National Parks
      • Research, development and innovation (RDI) institutions
      • Agencies for local or regional development
      • Public utility companies controlled by government units
    • Improving the management system for emergency interventions
      • Emergency services and organisations, including civil protection units
      • Educational and research institutions and organisations
      • Civil society organisations/ NGOs
      • National, local and regional authorities
      • Local and regional development agencies

Co-applicant(s)

• The lead applicant must act with at least one co-applicant as specified hereafter.
• If the lead applicant is established in the Republic of Serbia, at least one co-applicant must be established in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and vice versa.

Affiliated entities

• The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).
• Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s):
  • Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.
  • This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
    • Control, as defined in Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings:
      • Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
        • Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
        • Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
    • Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as a e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association,…) as the proposed affiliated entities.

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