Information Session Brussels, 7 November 2018

Global objective of the call

to promote integrated urban development

through partnerships built among

Local Authorities of the EU Member States

and of partner countries

in accordance with the 2030 Agenda

on sustainable development

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

The proposed partnerships must address the following specific objective:

• Strengthen urban governance

and at least one out of the three following objectives

• Ensure social inclusiveness of cities

• Improve resilience and greening of cities

• Improve prosperity and innovation in cities

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3 Priorities to address:

• Contribute to the achievement of SDG 11

• promote peer-to-peer learning and/or exchanges and/or short-term deployment of public officials' expertise at subnational level towards sustainable urban development - twinning/decentralised cooperation

• Promote multi-stakeholders and multi-sectors approaches

Additional priorities:

At least one of the below listed additional priority should be targeted

• Triangular cooperation between two or more developing countries supported by a developed country

• Smart cities refers to the uses of information and communication technologies to increase cities' operational efficiency, share information with the public and improve both the quality of government services and citizen welfare

• Job creation

Geographic lots

• Lot 1: Partnerships for sustainable cities in Sub-Saharan Africa; €23.6M

• Lot 2: Partnerships for sustainable cities in Asia and the Pacific; €10M

• Lot 3: Partnerships for sustainable cities in Latin America, Central America and the Caribbean; €10M

• Lot 4: Partnerships for sustainable cities in the Neighbourhood South and East; €9.5M

Budget for each Proposal

0

1

2

3

4

5

Minimum 2M€

Maximum 5M€

EU contribution

0

20

40

60

80

100

Min 50 % Max 95 %

Duration of the actions

• The initial planned duration of an action may not be lower than 24 months nor exceed 60 months.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

Under all lots:

• the lead applicant must act with a minimum of one co-applicant

• If the lead applicant is established in a EU Member State the co applicant must be established in the beneficiary country

and vice versa

Lead applicant must be (I)

• a legal person and

• non-profit-making and

• a Local Authority (LA) or

an Association of Local Authorities (ALA)

including city networks

• 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

• be established in one of the eligible countries or territories as described in Annex N

Lead applicant must be (II)

Co-applicant(s) must be

• be a legal person

• Local Authority (LA), Association of Local Authorities (ALA) (including city networks), public or semi-public body / agency (example: water distribution, waste management…), University or a Research centre

• be established in one of the countries or territories describe in the annex N

List of eligible countries or territories (Annex N)

• EU Member States;

• Developing countries and territories, as included in the list of ODA (OECD-DAC), which are not members of the G-20 group;

• Or which are members of the G-20 group, but where the country itself is a beneficiary of the action;

• Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs)

• other countries and territories, when they are beneficiaries of the action financed by the Union under the DCI Instrument;

Nb of applications per applicants

• The lead applicant may not submit more than 1 application as lead applicant

• The lead applicant may be a co-applicant or affiliated entity in 1 more application at the same time

• A co-applicant/affiliated entity may be the co-applicant or affiliated entity in 2 applications at the same time

Affiliated entities

• The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies).

• Affiliated entities: 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.

• Affiliated entity(ies) must satisfy the same eligibility criteria as the lead applicant and the co-applicant(s).

Associates and Contractors

• Associates: Other organisations (e.g. civil society organisations) or individuals may be involved in the action. Such associates play a real role in the action but may not receive funding from the grant, with the exception of per diem or travel costs

• Contractors: The beneficiaries and their affiliated entities are permitted to award contracts. Associates or affiliated entity(ies) cannot be also contractors in the project.

Languages

• The publication language of the call is English.

• Applicants can apply in: English, French, Spanish or Portuguese

• Applicants that submit proposals in French, Spanish or Portuguese must use the English grant application form (Annex A)

• Annex P : courtesy translation in French

Indicative Calendar DATE TIME

Deadline for requesting any clarifications from

the Contracting authority

15 November 2018 16:00

Last date on which clarifications are issued by

the Contracting authority

25 November 2018 -

Deadline for submission of concept notes 6 December 2018 12:00

Information to lead applicants on opening,

administrative checks and concept note

evaluation (Step 1)

December 2018 -

Invitations to submit full applications December 2018 -

Deadline for submission of full applications February 2019 -

Information to lead applicants on the evaluation

of the full applications (Step 2)

April 2019 -

Notification of award (after the eligibility check)

(Step 3)

April 2019 -

Contract signature May 2019 -

Questions