1. 1 « Civil Society Organisations and Local Authorities » thematic programme

2. External action financial instruments 2014-2020 2

3. CSO-LA 2014-2020 Successor of the NSA-LA thematic programme 1.907 billion € budget for the period 2014-2020 Recognizes CSOs and LRGs as key players for development cooperation Application scope extends to all countries beneficiaries of the European development policies 3

4. Priorities Priority 1: Enhancing CSOs and LAs contributions to governance and development – actions in partner countries Priority 2: Reinforcing regional and global CSO and LA networks Priority 3: Development Education and Awareness Raising Initiatives fostering citizen’s awareness of and mobilization for development issues 4

5. Priority 1 65-75% of the budget Support local authorities and associations of local authorities in partner countries ►Strenghten capacities in the field of democratic governance ►Strenghten capacities in service delivery ►Support to territorial approach in pilot countries 5

6. Implementation modalities Delegations in the driving seat Project co-financing Call for Proposals/Direct award Multi-actor partnerships encouraged throughout the programme Support to decentralised cooperation 6

7. Country allocation for 2014-2017 7 2014-2017Call for Proposals Armenia2M€2015 and 2017 AzerbaijanYes2016 or 2017 Belarus3,5M€2014 and 2015 or 2016 GeorgiaAt least 750,000? Moldova?? UkraineAt least 2M€?

8. Allocations per region for 2014-2017 8

9. Programming cycle 9 Multi-annual Indicative Programme (MIP) (2014-2020) Multi-annual Indicative Programme (MIP) (2014-2020) MIP 2014-2017 MIP 2018-2020 Annual Action Programme 2014 Multi-annual Action Programme (MAAP) 2015 - 2017 MAAP 2018- 2020 2017 Mid-term review

10. External action financial instruments 2014-2020 10

11. Other EU funds Bilateral programmes Regional programmes Cross-border cooperation Global Public Goods and Challenges programme 11

12. Some advices Engage with the EU Delegations Shape the Call for Proposals Influence the programming 12

13. More information www.platforma-dev.eu Florent Resche-Rigon ►Florent.resche-rigon@ccre-cemr.org 13