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Transnational territorial cooperation Programme
MED
Call for proposals 2008
I. Context
European territorial cooperation programme 2007-2013 with a budget of
256 617 688 €, co-financed by the ERDF, the MED Programme touches the
Mediterranean and coastal regions of nine EU Member States ( Cyprus, Spain,
France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, UK, Slovenia) and two Mediterranean
countries that are candidates or potential candidates to the EU: Croatia and
Montenegro. The budget per each participating IPA country comes from IPA
(Instrument of Pre-Accession) funds.
The main objectives of the programme are:
- Improving the competitiveness of the cooperation space while guaranteeing
growth and employment for the future generations
- Promoting territorial cohesion and protecting environment in coherence with
sustainable development
The MED Programme finances transnational cooperation projects.
Following the decision of the Monitoring Committee taken in the meeting of 24th and
25th January, the first call for proposals for the year 2008 is launched.
II. Documents of reference
Before submission of any project, it is fundamental to refer to the Commission
Regulations, in particular EC1080/2006 EC 1083/2006 , EC 1828/2006, EC
1085/2006, EC 718/2007, as well as to the framework documents of the programme
(Operational Programme, Implementation Guide and Evaluation Chart)
These documents can be consulted and downloaded on the programme website in
the following address: www.programmemed.eu
III. Two step procedure
The MED Programme call for proposal is a two-step procedure: the first is preapplication,
open to all typologies of beneficiaries described in the implementation
guide; and the full proposal which is reserved for selected pre candidates.
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Selected pre-candidates will then have three months to submit a full application form.
These forms will be then assessed to select the projects which will be financed by the
MED Programme. Each candidate will receive the official communication from the
Managing Authority concerning its pre selection result. The two-step procedure forms
one unique call for proposal.
IV. Priority Axes and objectives concerned
This Call for proposals concerns the “Traditional Projects” and it is open to all priority
axes and objectives of the Operational programme.
V. Eligible beneficiaries
All eligible beneficiaries as defined by the MED Programme can participate in this
call. Nevertheless, only beneficiaries from eligible regions in the EU can benefit from
ERDF funding. Those from the eligible pre-accession countries (Croatia and
Montenegro) participate with IPA funding.
VI. Budget available (ERDF and IPA)
The global budget allocated for this first call includes 2007 and 2008 annual budgets,
in total 51 312 447 M€,
The Selection Committee reserves the right to not allocate the total budget, should
the project quality criteria defined by the Programme not be met.
The maximum amount of Community contribution for the participation of Croatia to
this call, through the 2007 funds of the IPA cross-border co-operation component,
shall be 53,020 € as approved by Commission Decision C(2007)6121 of 12
December 2007. The indicative amount, through the 2008 IPA funds, for the
participation of Croatia is 106,080 EUR.
The maximum amount of Community contribution for the participation of Montenegro
to this call, through the 2007 funds of the IPA cross-border co-operation component,
shall be 200.000 € as approved by Commission Decision C(2007)6429 of 20
December 2007. The indicative amount, through the 2008 IPA funds for the
participation of Montenegro, is…… EUR.
Information concerning IPA countries only:
The conclusion of the grant agreements for Croatia resulting from this call for proposal is subject to the
fulfilment of the following 2 events:
1. The adoption by the Commission of a decision conferring to the national authorities of Croatia
management powers to implement funds under the "Cross-border cooperation component" of the
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006);
and
2. the conclusion between the Commission and Croatia of a Financing Agreement implementing the
"Programme on financing the participation of Croatia in the ERDF European Territorial Co–operation
transnational programmes "South–East European Space" and "Mediterranean Space" under the IPA
Cross–border Co–operation component, for the year 2007".
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The conclusion of the grant agreements for Montenegro resulting from this call for proposal is subject
to the fulfilment of the following event:
The conclusion between the Commission and Montenegro of a Financing Agreement implementing
the "Programme on financing the participation of Montenegro in the ERDF European Territorial Co–
operation transnational programmes "South–East European Space" and "Mediterranean Space" under
the IPA Cross–border Co–operation component, for the year 2007".
VII. Contents of proposals
The pre-proposal has to contain the following elements:
- The project application form
- Letters of intention from all participating partners
The list of the documents to be used and to be taken into account for presenting a
pre-proposal is available on the MED Programme web site:
http://www.programmemed.eu/
VIII. Modalities for submission
The pre-proposals must be sent to the Joint Technical Secretariat from 3 March until
2 May 2008.
The interested partnerships have to fill in and to submit the pre-proposal online in the
monitoring system of the MED Program: http://med.presage-cte.org
(Should any technical problem occur, the Joint Technical Secretariat – JTS- must be
contacted immediately)
A complete paper copy of the application has to be sent within the deadline
indicated above to the JTS:
- By post, by registered letter, with the mention : « call for pre-application MED
Programme » on the envelope and the project name, name of the lead partner,
number of the priority axis and objective to the following address:
Joint Technical Secretariat MED Programme
Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
27, Place Jules Guesde
13481 Marseille Cedex 20, France
- And a copy has to be sent by email to the following address:
stc-med@regionpaca.fr
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ATTENTION:
Only the postal stamp, or the online submission by the monitoring system of
the program, proves that the application has been sent within the deadline. The
email is not considered official without these other means of submission. In
case of differences between the hard copy and the version registered in the
monitoring system, the hard copy prevails.
The Pre-proposal (containing the application form and the letters of intention)
has to be filled in English or in French. However, some fields should be filled in
both languages.
The elements in the application form must not exceed the maximum amount of
characters and have to respect the indicated text format and typing character
size.
IX. Selection criteria
The Project selection criteria are the following:
Pre-application
I. Coherence of the project with the strategy of the MED Programme
• Coherence of the project with the orientations of the Axis and of the objective of the
programme related to the project
II. Transnational dimension of the project
• Geographical balance of the partnership
• Transnationality of the project
III. Quality of the project
• Origin of the project
• Dissemination, promotion, valorisation of actions and results
• Quality of the drafting and consistency of the description of the project
• Impact of the project
IV. Quality of the partnership
• Experience and credibility of the partners
• Nature and composition of the partnership
V. Financing
• Relation budget-activities-results
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More information is available in the “Implementation Guide” published on the MED
Programme web site: http://www.programmemed.eu
X. Additional information
Additional information can be obtained from the JTS and from the national points of
contact of the Programme countries, at the following addresses:
Joint Technical Secretariat
MED Programme
Conseil Régional PACA
27 Place Jules Guesde, 13481 Marseille Cedex 20, France
Tél +334 91 57 52 96
For Spain :
Ms Marian Uriarte
Ministerio de Economia y Hacienda
DG Fondos comunitarios
Paseo de la Castellana, 162 E-28046 Madrid
+34 (91) 58.35.091
muriarte@sgpg.minhac.es
For France :
Laetitia Arnaud
Chargée de Mission Coordination nationale Espace MED
Région Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, mission Europe
Hôtel de Région
27, Place Jules Guesde
13481 Marseille Cedex 20
Tél: +33.488107639
Fax: +33.491575505
larnaud@regionpaca.fr
For Greece:
Ms Mercia Panagiotakou,
Unit B2 – “Monitoring and management”, Managing Authority of C.I.P. Interreg,
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Leoforos Georgikis Sholis 65
Gr-570 01 Pilea, Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel.: +30 2310 469660
Fax: +30 2310 469602
mpanagiotakou@mou.gr
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Mr Evangelos Vidalis,
Head of Unit B2 – “Monitoring and management”, Managing Authority of C.I.P. Interreg,
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Leoforos Georgikis Sholis 65
Gr-570 01 Pilea, Thessaloniki, Greece
Tel.: +30 2310 469658,
Fax: +30 2310 469602,
evagvida@mou.gr
For Italy:
Carmela Cotrone
Regione Campania
Studio e Gestione Progetti UE
via S.Lucia 81
80121 Napoli
Tel. +39.081.7962635
Fax. +39.081.7962459
c.cotrone@regione.campania.it
For Malta :
Ms. Celia Mintoff
Senior Manager
Territorial Cooperation Unit
Planning and Priorities Coordination Division
Office of the Prime Minister
Valletta VLT 1210
Malta
Tel:+356 2200 1864
celia.mallia@gov.mt
For Portugal:
Dr. Fernando Nogueira
IFDR - Chefe do Núcleo de Cooperação Territorial e Iniciativas Comunitárias
Rua da Alfândega nº 170 - 3º - 1100-016 Lisboa
Tel: +351.218807064
Fax: +351.218807079
fernando.nogueira@interreg.gov.pt
For United Kingdom:
Henry J. Casciaro
Interreg Co-ordinator
EU Programmes Secretariat
Government of Gibraltar
Suite 631, Europort
Gibraltar.
Tel: +350 73255
Fax: +350 71406
dtiadvice@gibtelecom.ne
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For Cyprus :
Ms Anthi Philippidou
Planning Officer A´
29 Byron Avenue
1409 Nicosia
Cyprus
Tel : +35722602892
Fax.:+35722666810
aphilippidou@planning.gov.cy
For Slovenia:
Tomaz Miklavcic
Senior Advisor
Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning
Directorate for European Affairs and Investments, International Relations Division
Dunajska 47, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel : +386 1 478 7008
Fax : +386 1 478 7247
tomaz.miklavcic1@gov.si
For Croatia:
Darko Stilinovic
Head of Section
Ministry of the sea, tourism, transport and development
Directorate for integrated regional development
Department for cross border, interregional
and transnational cooperation
Vlaška 106
10 000 Zagreb, Republic of Croatia
Tel: +385 1 4695 835
Fax: +385 1 4695 819
For Montenegro
Darko Kasalica
Secretariat for European Integration
Government of Montenegro
Stanka Dragojevica 2, 81000 Podgorica
Montenegro
Tel: +382 81 246 264
Fax: +382 81 244 824
darko.kasalica@mn.yu
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