1. EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Directorate-General Enlargement
TASK FORCE
Turkish Cypriot Community
Rural Development Sector Programme Community Development through Village Initiatives (Third Call for Proposals – CD3) Guidelines for Grant Applicants
June 2013

2. Table of contents:
Background
Objectives
Financial allocation
Eligibility criteria
The actors
The actions
The costs
Procedure to apply
Evaluation procedure

3. Rural Development Sector Programme
Background:
EU Aid Programme to encourage the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community (TCc)
Rural Development Sector Programme
Previous Calls for Proposals for Community Development
LEADER Approach and 3 Local Development Strategies
North West Area
Eastern Mesarya Area
Karpas/Karpaz Area

4. The Global Objective of the CfP is:
Objectives:
The Global Objective of the CfP is:
"To improve the living conditions of the people living in rural areas in the northern part of Cyprus"
The Specific Objectives of the CfP are:
To enhance the natural heritage and the intangible cultural heritage assets in rural areas
To improve basic community services in rural areas
To reinforce the social cohesion and local governance in rural areas

5. Financial allocation:
Overall indicative amount available is € 3M in 3 lots
€ 1M allocated to the North West Area
€ 1M allocated to the Eastern Mesarya Area
€ 1M allocated to Karpas/Karpaz Area
Size of grants:
Minimum €
Maximum €
EU Contribution per grant:
Minimum 50% - Maximum 85%

6. Eligibility criteria – The actors:
Requirements:
Be legal persons, be non-profit making, be established in the northern part of Cyprus, be responsible for the action, and
Be a local community, or
Be a Civil Society Organisation:
NGO,
Association,
Chamber,
Union or
Foundation

7. Eligibility criteria – The actors:
Co-applicants (PARTNERSHIPS)
Compulsory in all cases
Minimum 2 (1 Applicant + 1 co-applicant) for projects up to €
Any 2 partners
Minimum 3 (1 Applicant + 2 co-applicants) for projects equal or greater than €
In this case, at least 1 local community and 1 CSO must be part of the partnership
Memorandum of Understanding will be required
Financial support to 3rd parties (sub-granting) is an option up to €

8. Eligibility criteria – The actions:
Duration:
Minimum 12 months – Maximum 36 months
Sectors:
Natural heritage and intangible cultural heritage
Community services
Social cohesion and governance

9. Eligibility criteria – The actions:
Types of actions – Quality:
Contribution to the specific objectives of the call
Problem analysis and response strategy
Logical framework
Oriented to achievement of results
As opposed to oriented to activity implementation
SMART indicators and targets
Monitoring mechanisms and resources
Realistic budget estimates and time planning
Sustainability strategy

10. Eligibility criteria – The actions:
Ineligible actions:
Individual activities
Infrastructure-oriented projects (budget limit of 50% for Works and Supplies)
Human Resources-oriented projects (budget limit of 35% for Human Resources)
Duplication of other EU funded programmes
Projects in sectors in which local communities do not have the main responsibilities
Restoration, conservation or protection of historical sites and monuments
Road / pavement works, except street works

11. Eligibility criteria – The costs:
Ineligible costs:
Debts and debt service charges (interest);
provisions for losses or potential future liabilities;
costs declared by the Beneficiary(ies) and financed by another grant;
purchases of land or buildings;
currency exchange losses;
credit to third parties;
interests owed;
rent of land, buildings and offices
works, infrastructures and renovation/refurbishment of buildings where property rights of natural and legal persons have not been respected

12. Procedure to apply:
Restricted procedure = Two phases
Phase one = Concept Note (5 pages)
Phase two = Full Application Form
Registration in PADOR is obligatory
Phase one = only applicant
Phase two = all partners
Both, Concept Note and FAF in English
Deadline for Concept Note:
15 JULY :00h local time
Notification for phase two: August 2013
Deadline for FAF: Mid October 2013

13. Evaluation procedure:
Concept Notes will be evaluated according to relevance and design of the action
Minimum 30/50 points to continue to phase two + inside financial threshold (double the allocation per lot)
Only successful applicants are invited to submit FAF
FAF evaluated according to:
Financial and operational capacity
Effectiveness and feasibility
Sustainability of the action
Budget and cost-effectiveness
Relevance and design score comes from CN
Applications ranked and granted according to score
Eligibility verification is final step prior to signature of contracts.

14. Further information: Guidelines document available at:
EuropeAid and RDSP websites
Information sessions + Training on LEADER approach
03 June in Morfou/Güzelyurt
04 June in Chatoz/Serdarlı
05 June in Gialousa/Yenierenköy
Trainings on PCM + LFA + Procedures (3 day training)
Mid June in the 3 locations
Questions can be sent until 24th June 2013 to
They will be replied in writing and published as Q+A document by 4th July 2013

15. Thank you very much
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