Call for proposals — EAC/S06/12 — Preparatory Action: European Partnership on Sports (Open call)
Date: 2012-04-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, invitation to tender, sports body








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17.4.2012   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 110/4





Call for proposals — EAC/S06/12
Preparatory Action: European Partnership on Sports
(Open call)
2012/C 110/04
1.   Objectives and description

This call for proposals serves to implement the Preparatory Action European Partnership on Sports in accordance with the Commission Decision adopting the 2012 annual work programmes on grants and contracts for the Preparatory Action — European Partnership on Sports and for the Pilot Project — Knowledge Partnerships.
The main objective of this Preparatory Action is to prepare future EU actions in this field, on the basis of the Sport Chapter of the proposed Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport for 2014-2020 ‘Erasmus for All’, building on the priorities set in the 2007 White Paper on Sport and the 2011 Communication on Developing the European Dimension in Sport.
This call for proposals will support transnational projects put forward by public bodies or not-for-profit organisations in order to identify and test suitable networks and good practices in the field of sport, in the following areas:






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The fight against match-fixing.










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The promotion of physical activity supporting active ageing.










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Awareness-raising about effective ways of promoting sport at municipal level.










4.


Trans-frontier joint grassroots sport competitions in neighbouring regions and Member States.




The Commission department responsible for implementation and management of this action is the Sport Unit of the Directorate-General for Education and Culture.
2.   Eligibility

2.1.   Applicant

Eligible applicants are limited to:






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Public bodies;










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Not-for-profit organisations.




Applicants must:






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Have a legal status;










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Have their registered head offices in one of the EU Member States.




Natural persons may not submit applications under this call for proposals.
2.2.   Proposals

Under this call for proposals, the following proposals are eligible:






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proposals submitted using the official application form and complying with its requirements, completed in full and signed,










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proposals received by the deadline stipulated in this call for proposals,










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proposals involving actions fully carried out in the Member States of the European Union,










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proposals including a transnational network with partners from a minimum of five EU Member States.




3.   Budget and project duration

The budget available for this call for proposals is EUR 3 500 000, under the heading ‘Preparatory Action European Partnership on Sports’ (Article 15.05.20).
EU co-financing will be provided to a maximum of 60 % of the total eligible costs. A minimum of 20 % of the total eligible costs must be provided by third-party private funding. Staff costs may not exceed 50 % of the total eligible costs. Contributions in kind are not accepted as co-financing. Depending on the number and quality of the projects submitted, the Commission reserves the right not to award all the funding available.
Projects must start between 1 January 2013 and 31 March 2013 and end no later than 30 June 2014.
The eligibility period for costs is the project duration as specified in the contract.
4.   Deadline for applications

Applications must be sent no later than 31 July 2012, date as per postmark, to:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Education and Culture — Unit E3




MADO 20/73




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË




5.   Further information

The other texts relating to this call for proposals, which include the application form and the programme guide containing the technical and administrative specifications, can be found at the following Internet address:
http://ec.europa.eu/sport/preparatory_actions/doc1009_en.htm
Applications must comply with the above mentioned texts and must be submitted on the forms provided.