A quick guide to EU Funding 2014 - 2020
Grants & Incentives 2 Contents
1. Introduction 4 - 5
2. Acronyms 6
3. Overview of New Framework Programmes 2014-2020 7 - 11
4. EU Competitive Programmes 12 - 42 - Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP) 12 - Baltic Sea Research and Development Programme (BONUS) 12 - Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) 13 - Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) 14 - Consumer Programme 2014-2020 16 - Creative Europe 17 - Customs 2020 20 - Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EASI) 20 - Erasmus+ 23 - Europe for Citizens 29 - Fiscalis 2020 30 - Galileo and Egnos (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) Programmes 31 - Health for Growth 32 - Hercule III 33 - Horizon 2020 34 - Internal Security Fund – Component for Police Cooperation 37 - LIFE Programme 39 - Pericles 2020 41 - Rights and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020 42
5. Contacts 44
3 1. Introduction
“A quick guide to EU funding” is an edition measurable EU targets for 2020 that will steer the published by Deloitte Limited, Grants & Incentives process and be translated into national targets: Unit, responding to the need of researchers, for employment; for research and innovation; for public and private sector entities, and the climate change and energy; for education; and for community in general for quick, concise and combating poverty” 1. In order to achieve these accurate information on funding opportunities targets pursued through the EU policies, a wide available through the Competitive Programmes of range of Competitive Programmes are adopted the European Union (EU). It constitutes a simple providing to different types of beneficiaries tool for providing the key information available financial support, in the fields related to the to those with an interest in EU funding for the different EU policies. period 2014-2020, such as the budget available, beneficiaries, thematic categories, programme and EU Competitive Programmes are programmes sub-programme details, supported actions, level of financed directly from the EU’s budget in the form funding and links for more information. of grants and cover priorities, as defined by the EU and aimed at contributing to the implementation The main objective of the guide is to serve of EU policies. They are administrated by the as a starting point for identifying the funding European Commission and are competitive and opportunities available that match the proposers’ transnational, thus participation of partners from themes and project requirements. Potential more than one member states is often required proposers are thus equipped with the basic in order to submit a proposal. These programmes information that is necessary before studying are managed at central European level, without thoroughly the Work Programmes of each the intervention of the Institutions of the Member programme that is of interest to them and State. The proposals submitted compete with identifying the Open Calls for Proposals, which are proposals from all Member states and successful appealing to them. proposals are selected after a comparative evaluation of all proposals submitted. EU Funding Programmes In March 2010, the Commission adopted its EU Competitive Programmes in this Guide communication Europe 2020, a strategy for smart, This guide presents briefly the Programmes of the sustainable and inclusive growth, designed to Multiannual Financial Framework for the period deliver a high level of employment, productivity 2014-2020 2, which have already been adopted and social cohesion. According to José Manuel by the European Parliament and are managed Barroso, “The Commission is proposing five centrally by the European Commission.
1 COM(2010)2020 2 The functioning of the MFF 2014-20 will be reviewed by the Commission in 2016 taking full account of the economic situation at the time as well as the latest macroeconomic projections. (http://ec.europa.eu/budget/mff/introduction/index_en.cfm)
4 Funds whose management is shared between financial assistance that is necessary for improving the EU and the Member States, such as Structural the situation and developing sustainability with Funds or Cohesion Funds, are not included in the the emphasis on political, institutional, legal, present edition. administrative, social, and economic reforms that will align their practices to EU standards. The main Programmes of the 2014-2020 period which are also presented in the guide are Horizon Neighbouring Partner Countries may also with a budget of €77,03 billion, Connecting participate in certain programmes, as defined Europe Facility with €21,94 billion and Erasmus+ in the Annual Work Programmes, subject to with €14,8 billion (all amounts are in current conditions. These include the following: prices). The guide also includes programmes covering other important policies of the EU (i.e. • South East Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Employment and Social Innovation programme, Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of LIFE programme, Consumer programme, Creative Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo (under Europe, etc.) UNSC Resolution 1244/1999). • Eastern Europe and Caucasus: Armenia, Geographical Coverage Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Participating countries are usually divided into Federation, Ukraine. two groups: Programme Countries and Partner • Mediterranean Partner Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Countries. Programme Countries include the Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian 28 Member States, the European Free Trading Authority of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Association Countries/European Economic Area Syria, Tunisia. – EFTA/ EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and Candidate Countries under Framework Finally, wider cooperation with other Agreement. Partner Countries include third non-European third countries will be assessed on countries that are contributing financially to the a case-by-case basis, depending on the nature of programmes’ budget and have signed in this the activities contemplated. respect a Memorandum of Understanding.
Moreover, the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II) for EU candidate and potential candidate countries is available, with which the EU continues to offer its support during the period 2014-2020 with regard to the technical and
5 2. Acronyms
AAL Ambient Assisted Living GDP Gross domestic product AAL JP Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme GNSS Global Navigation Satellite Systems BONUS Baltic Sea Research and Development H2020 Horizon 2020 Programme ICT Information and Communication Technology CEF Connecting Europe Facility IPA Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance CIP Competitiveness and Innovation Programme KA1 Key Action 1 Co2 Carbon dioxide KA2 Key Action 2 COSME Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs KA3 Key Action 3 COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology Mbps Megabits per second DG Directorate General OER Open Educational Resources EASI Employment and Social Innovation OLAF European Anti-Fraud Office Programme PCP Pre Commercial Procurement EEA European Economic Area PPI Public Procurement of Innovative solutions EEIG European Economic Interest Grouping PROGRESS Programme for Employment and EFTA European Free Trading Association Countries Social Solidarity EGNOS European Geostationary Navigation RDI Research, development and innovation Overlay Service SIRE Safety, Information and education, Rights EIP Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme and redress, and Enforcement EIP European Innovation Partnerships SME Small and medium enterprises ERA European Research Area TEN Trans-European Networks ERC European Research Council UNSC United Nations Security Council EU European Union VET Vocational, Education and Training EURES European network of Employment Services
6 3. Overview of New Funding Programmes
Programmes per thematic category
Thematic Categories Programme
Audiovisual Sector and Media Creative Europe Consumer Safety Consumer Programme 2014-2020 Culture Creative Europe Democracy and Civic Participation Europe for Citizens Economic growth and competitiveness Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) Horizon 2020 Education and Training Consumer Programme 2014-2020 Customs 2020 Erasmus+ Fiscalis 2020 Hercule III Internal Security Fund Component for Police Cooperation Pericles 2020 Energy Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Horizon 2020 Entrepreneurship Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EASI) Environment Baltic Sea Research and Development Programme (BONUS) Horizon 2020 LIFE Programme European Citizenship Europe for Citizens Rights and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020 Health Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP) Consumer Programme 2014-2020 Health for Growth Horizon 2020 Industry Horizon 2020
7 Thematic Categories Programme
Information and Communication Ambient Assisted Living Joint Technologies Programme (AAL JP) Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) Fiscalis 2020 Galileo and Egnos (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) Programmes Horizon 2020 Internal Market Consumer Programme 2014-2020 Customs 2020 Fiscalis 2020 Hercule III Pericles 2020 Justice and Security Horizon 2020 Internal Security Fund – Component for Police Cooperation Pericles 2020 Labour Market Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EASI) Rights and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020 Law Enforcement Customs 2020 Hercule III Internal Security Fund – Component for Police Cooperation Pericles 2020 Social Affairs and Human Rights Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EASI) Horizon 2020 Rights and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020 Space Galileo and Egnos (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) Programmes Horizon 2020 Sports Erasmus+ Telecommunications Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Horizon 2020 Trade and Commerce Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) Transport Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Horizon 2020 Youth Erasmus+ Horizon 2020
8 Programme, thematic categories and beneficiaries
Programme Thematic Categories Beneficiaries
Ambient Assisted Living Joint Health Private Sector Programme (AAL JP) Information and Academic institutions and Communication Technologies research centers
Baltic Sea Research and Environment Private Sector Development Programme Public Sector (BONUS)
Competitiveness of Trade and Commerce Private Sector Enterprises and SMEs Economic growth and Public Sector (COSME) Competitiveness Information and Communication Technologies
Connecting Europe Facility Transport Public Sector (CEF) Energy Non-Profit Organizations Telecommunications Academic institutions and research centers
Consumer Programme Health Public Sector 2014-2020 Consumer Safety Non-Profit Organizations Education and Training Internal Market
Creative Europe Culture Private Sector Media and Audiovisual Public Sector Sector Non-Profit Organizations Academic institutions and research centers
Customs 2020 Internal Market Public Sector Law Enforcement Central Government Education and Training
9 Programme Thematic Categories Beneficiaries
Employment and Social Social Affairs and Human Private Sector Innovation Programme (EASI) Rights Academic institutions and Labour Market research centers Entrepreneurship Non-Profit Organizations
Erasmus+ Education and Training Private Sector Youth Public Sector Sport Non-Profit Organizations Academic institutions and research centers
Europe for Citizens European Citizenship Public Sector Democracy and Civic Non-Profit Organisations Participation Academic institutions and research centers
Fiscalis 2020 Internal Market Public Sector Information and Central Government Communication Technologies Education and Training
Galileo and Egnos (European Space Central Government Geostationary Navigation Information and Private Sector Overlay Service) Programmes Communication Technologies Public Sector Academic institutions and research centers
Health for Growth Health Non-Profit Organizations Academic institutions and research centers
Hercule III Education and Training Central Government Law enforcement Academic institutions and Internal Market research centers Non-Profit Organizations
10 Programme Thematic Categories Beneficiaries
Horizon 2020 Energy Private Sector Environment Public Sector Bodies Health Non-Profit Organizations Industry Academic institutions and Information and research centers Communication Technologies Justice Security Social Affairs and Human Rights Space Telecommunications Transport Youth Economic growth and competitiveness
Internal Security Fund – Justice and Security, Law Central Government Component for Police Enforcement, Education and Cooperation Training
LIFE Programme Environment Private Sector Public Sector Non-Profit Organizations Academic institutions and research centers
Pericles 2020 Law enforcement Central Government, Public Education and Training sector Justice and Security Internal Market
Rights and Citizenship European Citizenship Public Sector Programme 2014-2020 Social Affairs and Human Central Government Rights, Labour Market
11 4. EU Competitive Programmes
AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING JOINT • make researchers benefit from collaboration PROGRAMME (AAL JP) with other experts at European scale; • help governments gain cost efficiencies and KEY INFORMATION increased sustainability of health and social Total Budget: €700 million care, while tackling the societal challenge of Thematic Categories: Health, Information demographic ageing. Technology Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Academic SUPPORTED ACTIONS institutions and research centers The AAL JP aims to combine social, technological More information: AAL Association, Central and business aspects to deliver: Management Unit • New models of service delivery and care that http://www.aal-europe.eu/ contribute to greater self-reliance for older adults and greater support for informal carers. PROGRAMME DETAILS • Adapted living spaces that can improve the The Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme quality of their everyday lives. (AAL JP) is an initiative under Article 185 of • New ways for older people to remain active, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European including contributing as volunteers or Union. AAL JP is a funding activity that aims to providing mutual support. create better condition of life for the older adults • New ways of mobilising active and trusted and to strengthen the industrial opportunities networks, both formal and informal, in Europe through the use of information and professional and in kind, to provide all types of communication technology (ICT). It carries out its support. mandate through the funding of across-national projects that involve small and medium enterprises LEVEL OF FINANCING (SME), research bodies and user’s organizations (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) (representing the older adults). It aims to: Maximum funding from the AAL Joint Programme: • give older adults access to more and better €3 million. Total budgets for projects should range products and services for ageing well. These will between €1 million - 7 million. help them to keep living independently in their own homes and to participate in economy and BALTIC SEA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT society for more years; PROGRAMME (BONUS) • create a larger market for industry and especially SMEs at European level and improve EU KEY INFORMATION competitiveness in ICT based products and Total Budget: €100 million for the years services for ageing well; 2010-2016 Thematic Categories: Environment
12 Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Public Sector the Baltic Sea region enhancing sustainable use More information: Bonus Secretariat (EEIG) of coastal and marine goods and services of the http://www.bonusportal.org/ Baltic Sea. http://www.bonusportal.org/support/contact_us BONUS brings together the research communities PROGRAMME DETAILS of Earth system research in marine, maritime, Baltic Sea Research and Development Programme coastal terrestrial, economical and societal fields (BONUS) is an initiative under Article 185 of the to address the major challenges faced by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Baltic Sea region. The main aim of BONUS is to BONUS is a joint Baltic Sea research programme generate and disseminate knowledge and provide producing knowledge to support development necessary know-how in order to resolve challenges and implementation of regulations, policies and in the way of sustainable use of the Baltic Sea management practices specifically tailored for the ecosys¬tem goods and services in the coming Baltic Sea region. It issues calls for competitive decade and beyond. proposals and funds projects of high excellence and relevance based on its strategic research SUPPORTED ACTIONS agenda. BONUS is supported by national research • Facilitation of researchers’ collaboration, funding institutions in the eight EU member networking, human capacity building and joint states around the Baltic Sea and the European use of research infrastructures. Commission’s Research Framework Programme. • Support to European, regional and national BONUS vision is ‘Economically and ecologically coastal and marine environmental policies and prosperous Baltic Sea region where resources plans, in particular HELCOM’s (Baltic Marine and goods are used sustainably and where the Environment Protection Commission – Helsinki long-term management of the region is based on Commission) Baltic Sea Action Plan. sound knowledge derived from multi-disciplinary • The calls will include research, innovation, research.’ training and dissemination activities.
The strategic objectives of BONUS (2010-2016) LEVEL OF FINANCING are the following: (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) • Understanding the Baltic Sea ecosystem The level of financing depends on the theme structure and functioning. called but indicatively, it may range between €2 • Meeting the multifaceted challenges in linking million - €3 million per project. the Baltic Sea with its coast and catchment. • Enhancing sustainable use of coastal and marine COMPETITIVENESS OF ENTERPRISES goods and services of the Baltic Sea. AND SMEs (COSME) • Improving the capabilities of the society to respond to the current and future challenges KEY INFORMATION directed to the Baltic Sea region. Total Budget: €2,3 billion • Developing improved and innovative observation Thematic Categories: Trade and Commerce, and data management systems, tools and Economic growth and Competitiveness, methodologies for marine information needs in Information and Communication Technologies
13 Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Public Sector provide venture capital to enterprises, in More information: Directorate-General for particular in their growth phase. Enterprise and Industry • Enterprise Europe Network: a network of http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/initiatives/cosme/ business service centres. The Enterprise Europe index_en.htm Network is a “one-stop shop” for the business [email protected] needs of SMEs in the EU and beyond. • Entrepreneurship. Support will be given to PROGRAMME DETAILS encourage trans-national networks, to exchange The programme for the Competitiveness good practices and identify scope for expanding of enterprises and SMEs (COSME) aims at business activities. encouraging the competitiveness of European • Improving framework conditions for the enterprises. With small and medium-size competitive-ness of enterprises and policy enterprises (SMEs), current and potential development. Analytical work will be entrepreneurs and business support organisations undertaken to facilitate evidence-based policy- as its main targets, the programme provides better making by national and regional policy-makers. access to finance, deliver business support services • Internationalisation of SMEs. The COSME and promote entrepreneurship. It largely continues programme will provide SMEs with support the activities started under the Competitiveness to facilitate business expansion in the EU and Innovation programme (CIP) and also ensures Single Market and in markets outside the EU. continuity with initiatives and actions already International business cooperation will be undertaken under the Entrepreneurship and fostered, in particular, to reduce the differences Innovation Programme (EIP), such as the Enterprise in regulatory and business environments, Europe Network. between the EU and its main trading partners. COSME will support, complement and coordinate actions by the Member States. The programme LEVEL OF FINANCING will specifically address problems of a transnational (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) nature which, by means of economies of scale 40%-60% or by their demonstration effect, can be more effectively addressed at the European level, such CONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY (CEF) as: • overcoming market fragmentation in the Single KEY INFORMATION Market; Total Budget: € 21,94 billion • facilitating the adoption of best practices across Thematic Categories: Transport, Energy, all Member States. Telecommunications Beneficiaries: Public Sector, Non-Profit SUPPORTED ACTIONS Organizations, Academic institutions and research • Access to finance for SMEs through dedicated centers financial instruments. The financial instruments More information: target companies in different phases of their lifecycle: creation, expansion and business PROGRAMME DETAILS transfer. An Equity Facility for Growth will Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) is the new
14 funding mechanism for infrastructure projects of including by ensuring that no Member State common interest for trans-European transport, is isolated from the European network, to be energy and telecoms networks. CEF will support measured by the number of projects effectively the development of high performing, sustainable interconnecting Member states’ networks and and efficiently interconnected trans-European removing internal bottlenecks. networks in the fields of transport, energy and • Enhancing Union security of supply, to be digital services. CEF shall enable the preparation measured by the evolution of system resilience and implementation of projects of Common and security of system operations as well as interest within the framework of the trans- number of projects allowing diversification of European networks (TEN) policy in the sectors supply sources, supplying counterparts and of energy, transport and telecommunications. routes. In particular the Connecting Europe Facility shall • Contributing to sustainable development support the implementation of projects aiming and protection of the environment, notably at the development and construction of new or by fostering the integration of energy from upgrading of existing infrastructure in the field of renewable sources into the transmission transport, energy and telecommunications. network and developing carbon dioxide networks, to be measured by the transmission SUPPORTED ACTIVITIES of renewable energy from generation to major consumption centers and storage sites, and Transport the sum of Co2 (carbon dioxide) emissions • Removing bottlenecks and bridging missing prevented by the construction of the projects links, to be measured by the number of new which benefited from CEF. and improved cross-border connections and removed bottlenecks on transport routes which Telecommunications networks have benefited from CEF. • Accelerating the deployment of fast and ultrafast • Ensuring sustainable and efficient transport in broadband networks and their uptake, including the long run, to be measured by the length of by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), the conventional railway network in the EU-27 to be measured by the level of broadband and and the length of highspeed railway network in ultrafast broadband coverage and the number the EU-27. of households having subscribed for broadband • Optimise the integration and interconnection of connections for above 100 Mbps (megabits per transport modes and enhancing interoperability second). of transport services. The achievement of this • Promoting the interconnection and objective will be measured by the number of interoperability of national public services ports and airports connected to the railway online as well as access to such networks, to network. be measured by the percentage of citizens and businesses using public services on-line and the Energy availability of such services across borders. • Promoting the further integration of the internal energy market and the interoperability of electricity and gas networks across borders,
15 LEVEL OF FINANCING Energy (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) • 50% of the eligible cost of studies and/or works. May be increased to 75% for actions with a high Transport degree of regional or Union-wide security of • Grants for studies, 50% of the eligible costs. supply, strengthen the solidarity of the Union or • Grants for works: comprise highly innovative solutions. - for railway networks, and road networks in the case of Member States with no railway network Telecommunications established in their territory or in the case of a • Actions in the field of generic services: 75% of Member State, or part thereof, with an isolated the eligible costs. network without long-distance rail freight • Horizontal actions including infrastructure transport: 20% of the eligible costs; the funding mapping, twinning and technical assistance: rate may be increased to a maximum of 30 % 75% of the eligible costs. for actions addressing bottlenecks and to 40% for actions concerning cross-border sections CONSUMER PROGRAMME 2014 - 2020 and actions enhancing rail interoperability; - for inland waterways: 20% of the eligible KEY INFORMATION costs; the funding rate may be increased to Total Budget: €188,83 million a maximum of 40% for actions addressing Thematic Categories: Health, Consumer Safety, bottlenecks and to a maximum of 40% for Education and Training, Internal Market actions concerning cross- border sections; Beneficiaries: Public Sector, Non-Profit - for inland transport, connections to and the Organizations development of multimodal logistics platforms More information: Consumers, Health and including connections to inland and maritime Food Executive Agency ports and airports, as well as the development http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/index_en.htm; of ports: 20% of the eligible costs; http://ec.europa.eu/contact/index_en.htm - for actions to reduce rail freight noise including [email protected] by retrofitting existing rolling stock: 20% of the eligible costs up to a combined ceiling of 1% of PROGRAMME DETAILS the budgetary resources referred to in point (a) The Consumer programme aims to contribute of Article 5(1); to protecting the health, safety and economic - for better accessibility to transport infrastructure interests of European citizens. The programme for disabled persons: 30% of the eligible cost intends to integrate consumer interests in all of adaptation works, not exceeding in any case Community policies, and places a special focus on 10% of the total eligible cost of works; consumer protection and consumer awareness - for actions supporting new technologies and in the new Member States. The Consumer innovation for all modes of transport: 20% of Programme will support EU consumer policy in the eligible costs; the years to come, contributing to the objective - for actions to support cross-border road of placing consumers at the centre of the Single sections: 10% of the eligible costs; Market. The programme has four priorities: Safety, - Grants for telematic applications systems and Information and education, Rights and redress, services (20%-50%). and Enforcement (SIRE).
16 SUPPORTED ACTIONS CREATIVE EUROPE Under Objective 1 - Safety: • scientific advice and risk analysis relevant to KEY INFORMATION consumer health and safety regarding non-food Total Budget: €1,46 billion products and services; Thematic Categories: Culture, Media and • coordination of market surveillance and Audiovisual Sector enforcement actions on product safety Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Public Sector, • maintenance and further development of Non-Profit Organizations, Academic institutions databases on cosmetics. and research centers More information: Education, Audiovisual and Under Objective 2 – Information and Education: Culture Executive Agency • building the evidence base for policy-making in http://ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe/calls/ areas affecting consumers; index_en.htm • support to consumer organisations; [email protected] • enhancing the transparency of consumer markets and consumer information; PROGRAMME DETAILS • enhancing consumer education. Creative Europe will replace the MEDIA, MEDIA Mundus and Culture programmes of the previous Under Objective 3 – Rights and Redress: programming period 2007-2013. Creative Europe • preparation by the Commission of consumer helps the cultural and creative sectors to seize the protection legislation and other regulatory opportunities of the ‘digital age’ and globalisation initiatives; and it enables the sectors to reach their potential • facilitating access to and monitoring of the so that they can contribute to the Europe 2020 functioning and the effectiveness of dispute goals for sustainable growth, jobs and social resolution mechanisms for consumers. cohesion. Moreover, it opens up new international opportunities, markets and audiences and Under Objective 4 – Enforcement: builds on the success of the MEDIA and Culture • coordination of surveillance and enforcement programmes. actions with regard to cooperation between national authorities responsible for the The programme: enforcement of consumer protections laws; • safeguards and promotes European cultural and • financial contributions for joint actions with linguistic diversity, and fosters Europe’s cultural public or non-profit bodies constituting Union richness; networks which provide information and • contributes to Europe’s goals for smart, assistance to consumers. sustainable and inclusive economic growth; • helps the cultural and creative sectors to adapt LEVEL OF FINANCING to the digital age and globalization; (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) • opens up new international opportunities, 50%-70% markets and audiences; • builds on the success of the MEDIA, MEDIA Mundus and Culture programmes.
17 SUPPORTED ACTIONS EU and beyond; it funds cooperation projects, • Cross-border cooperation projects between literary translations, networks and platforms. cultural and creative organisations within the EU and beyond. Supported actions • Networks helping the cultural and creative • Transnational cooperation projects bringing sectors to operate transnationally and to together cultural and creative organizations strengthen their competitiveness. from different countries to undertake sectoral or • Translation and promotion of literary works cross-sectoral activities. across EU markets. • Activities by European networks of cultural and • Platforms of cultural operators promoting creative organizations from different countries. emerging artists and stimulating a truly • Activities by organizations with a European European programming of cultural and artistic vocation fostering the development of emerging works. talent and stimulating the transnational mobility • Capacity building and professional training for of cultural and creative players and circulation audiovisual professionals. of works, with the potential to exert a broad • Development of fiction, animations, creative influence on cultural and creative sectors and to documentaries and video games for European provide for lasting effects. cinema, television markets and other platforms. • Literary translation and the further promotion of • Distribution and sales of audiovisual works in translated works. and outside Europe. • Film festivals that promote European films. Budget • Funds for the international co-production of At least 31% of the total Creative Europe budget. films. • Audience development to foster film literacy and Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) to raise interest in Europe’s films through a wide 50%-80% range of events. • The European Capitals of Culture and the Sub-Programme: MEDIA European Heritage Label. The MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe supports the EU film and audiovisual industries Sub-Programme: CULTURE financially in the development, distribution and The Culture sub-programme of Creative Europe promotion of their work. It helps launch projects supports cultural and creative organisations with with a European dimension and nurtures new a view to helping them operate transnationally technologies; it enables European films and and promoting cross-border circulation of works audiovisual works to find markets beyond national of culture and mobility of cultural players. It helps and European, borders; it funds training and to launch projects with a European dimension development schemes. The training and market and to share cultural content across national, access schemes have a new “Mundus” dimension. and European, borders; it enables cultural and creative players to work internationally and to Supported actions internationalise their careers and activities in the • The development of European audiovisual
18 works in particular films and television works • Activities aiming at supporting European such as fiction, documentaries, children’s and audiovisual production companies, in particular animated films, as well as interactive works such independent production companies, with a as videogames and multimedia with enhanced view to facilitating European and international cross-border circulation potential. co-productions of audiovisual works including • Initiatives presenting and promoting a diversity television works. of European audiovisual works, including short films, such as festivals and other promotional Budget events and activities aimed at promoting film At least 56% of the total Creative Europe budget. literacy and at increasing audiences’ knowledge of, and interest in, European audiovisual works, Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) including the audiovisual and cinematographic 50%-80% heritage, in particular among young audiences. • Activities helping European and international Sub-Programme: CROSS SECTORAL STRAND co-production partners to meet and/or The cross-sectoral Strand will include the provide indirect support for audiovisual works Guarantee Fund, the support for Creative Europe co-produced by supporting international Desks which will replace MEDIA Desks and co-production funds based in a country Cultural Contact points from 2014 as well as the participating in the Programme. support for transnational policy cooperation. The • The development of a comprehensive range of cross-sectoral strand will also provide support training measures promoting the acquisition for studies, analysis and better data collection and improvement of skills and competences by to improve the evidence-base for policy-making, audiovisual professionals, knowledge sharing funding for experimental projects to encourage and networking initiatives, including the cooperation between the audiovisual and other integration of digital technologies. cultural and creative sectors, and funding for the • Facilitating access to professional audiovisual Creative Europe Desks which provide assistance to trade events and markets and the use of applicants. online business tools inside and outside the Union and facilitate circulation of European Supported actions films worldwide and of international films • Support to Creative Europe Desks. in the Union on all distribution platforms, • Support to EU Presidency conferences. via international cooperation projects in the • Policy development activities. audiovisual sector. • Studies and evaluations. • Supporting a European cinema operators’ • Communication and valorisation activities. network screening a significant proportion of • Financial guarantee facility (as of 2016). non-national European films. • The establishment of support systems for the Budget distribution of non-national European films Maximum 13% of the total Creative Europe through theatrical distribution and on all other budget. platforms as well as for international sales activities, in particular the subtitling, dubbing Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) and audio-description of audiovisual works. 50%-80%
19 CUSTOMS 2020 PROGRAMME SUPPORTED ACTIONS • Joint Actions pursuing the exchange of KEY INFORMATION knowledge and good practice between customs Total Budget: €522,9 million officials of the participating countries. Thematic Categories: Internal Market, Law • European Information Systems facilitating the Enforcement, Education and Training exchange of information and access to common Beneficiaries: Public Sector, Central Government data. More information: DG Taxation & Customs • Training activities leading to human competency Union building for customs officials across Europe. http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/customs/ cooperation_programmes/fiscus/index_en.htm LEVEL OF FINANCING http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/ (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) contact/index_en.htm For grants, 100% of the eligible costs where the latter are travel and accommodation costs, PROGRAMME DETAILS costs linked to organisation of events and daily Customs 2020 will support cooperation between allowances. Customs provides other types of customs authorities in the EU to help maximise interventions as well (not grants) such as public their efficiency and avoid mismatches in their procurement contracts and reimbursement of work, which could hinder the functioning of the costs incurred by external experts. Customs Union. It will facilitate networking, joint actions and training amongst customs personnel, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL INNOVATION while also funding IT systems to enable the PROGRAMME (EASI) development of a fully-fledged electronic customs in Europe. The Programme’s objectives are: KEY INFORMATION • to support the preparation, coherent application Total Budget: €919,47 million and effective implementation of Union law and Thematic Categories: Social Affairs and Human policy in the field of customs; Rights, Labour Market, Entrepreneurship • to develop, improve, operate and support the Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Academic European Information Systems for customs; institutions and research centers, Non-Profit • to identify, develop, share and apply best Organizations working practices and administrative More information: DG Employment, Social procedures, in particular further to Affairs and Inclusion benchmarking activities; • to reinforce the skills and competences of http://ec.europa.eu/social/main. customs officials; jsp?catId=1081&langId=en • to improve cooperation between customs authorities and international organisations, PROGRAMME DETAILS third countries, other governmental authorities, EaSI brings together three EU programmes including Union and national market managed separately in the previous programming surveillance authorities, as well as economic period 2007-2013: PROGRESS, EURES and operators and organisations representing Progress Microfinance. The main objectives of EaSI economic operators. are the following:
20 • Strengthen ownership of EU objectives and Supported actions coordination of action at EU and national level • Development and activities of EURES cross- in the areas of employment, social affairs and border partnerships where requested by services inclusion. territorially responsible for border regions; • Support the development of adequate social • Provision of information, counselling, placement protection systems and labour market policies. and recruitment services for cross-border • Modernise EU legislation and ensure its effective workers; application. • Development of the multilingual digital • Promote geographical mobility and boost platform for the clearance of job vacancies and employment opportunities by developing an applications; open labour market. • Development of targeted mobility schemes, • Increase the availability and accessibility of following calls for proposals, to fill job microfinance for vulnerable groups and micro- vacancies where labour market shortcomings enterprises, and increase access to finance for have been identified, and/or to help workers social enterprises. with a propensity to be mobile, where a clear economic need has been identified; SUPPORTED ACTIONS • Mutual learning among EURES actors and • The modernisation of employment and social training of EURES advisors, including EURES policies with the PROGRESS axis (61% of the cross-border partnership advisors; total budget). • Information and communication activities to • Job mobility with the EURES axis (18% of the raise awareness of the benefits of geographical total budget). and occupational mobility in general and of the • Access to micro-finance and social activities and services provided by EURES. entrepreneurship with the Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis (21% of the total Budget budget). The overall EURES budget is expected to be around €20 million per year. The following Sub-Programme: EURES EURES, which is the European network of minimum percentages will be respected: (a) employment services, should promote the transparency of job vacancies, applications better functioning of the labour markets by and any related information for applicants and facilitating the voluntary transnational cross- employers: 32 %; (b) development of services border geographical mobility of workers, for the recruitment and placing of workers providing greater transparency on the labour in employment through the clearance of job market, ensuring the clearance of vacancies and vacancies and applications at Union level, in applications for employment and supporting particular targeted mobility schemes: 30 %; (c) activities in the areas of placement, recruitment, cross-border partnerships: 18%. Any remaining advice and guidance services at national and amount shall be allocated to one or more of the cross-border level. Member States should be thematic sections referred to in points (a), (b), or encouraged to integrate EURES services, making (c), or to a combination of them. them available in a “one-stop shop”, where appropriate.
21 Level of Financing and social progress, in partnership with the social (EU co-financing rate) partners, civil society organisations and public and 95% private bodies.
Sub-Programme: MICROFINANCE FACILITY Supported actions & SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP • Analytical activities: The Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship axis - gathering of data and statistics; shall increase the access to, and the availability of, - surveys, studies, analyses and reports; financing for legal and physical persons. - qualitative and quantitative evaluations and impact assessments; Supported actions - monitoring and assessment of the transposition • Extend the support given to microcredit and application of Union law; providers under the current European Progress - preparation and implementation of social policy Microfinance Facility (launched in 2010). experimentation; • Provide funding for capacity-building of - dissemination of the results of those analytical microfinance institutions. activities. • Support the development of the social investment market and facilitate access to • Mutual-learning, awareness and dissemination finance for social enterprises. activities: - exchanges and dissemination of good practice, Budget innovative approaches and experience, peer The total proposed budget for the microfinance reviews, benchmarking and mutual learning at and social entrepreneurship axis is around €171,15 European level; million for the period 2014-2020. The following - Council Presidency events, conferences and minimum percentages will be respected: (a) seminars; microfinance for vulnerable groups and micro- - training of legal and policy practitioners; enterprises: 45%; (b) social entrepreneurship: - drafting and publication of guides, reports and 45%. educational material and measures relating to information, communication and media Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) coverage of initiatives supported by the Except in the case of joint actions, the financial Programme; appropriations allocated to the Microfinance and - information and communication activities; Social Entrepreneurship axis shall cover the full - development and maintenance of information cost of the actions implemented through financial systems in order to exchange and disseminate instruments. information on Union policy and legislation and on the labour market. Sub-Programme: PROGRESS PROGRAMME The Progress axis shall support the development, • Support with regard to: implementation, monitoring and evaluation of - the operating costs of key Union-level networks the Union instruments and policies and promote the activities of which relate to and contribute evidence-based policy-making, social innovation to the objectives of the Progress axis;
22 - capacity-building of national administrations and PROGRAMME DETAILS specialist services; Erasmus+ is the new EU Programme for Education, - organisation of working groups of national Training, Youth and Sport for 2014-2020. It officials; brings together the previous Lifelong Learning - networking and cooperation among specialist Programme, Youth in Action and five international bodies and other relevant stakeholders; cooperation programmes. It also includes sport. - funding of European-level observatories, Overall the programme is aimed at supporting including on key thematic sections; the development of actions, cooperation and - exchange of personnel between national tools linked to the objectives of the Europe 2020 administrations. strategy and its flagship initiatives.
Budget Erasmus+ is designed to support Member States’ The total proposed budget for Progress is around efforts to use efficiently the potential of Europe’s €500 million. The following minimum percentages human capital that remains underexploited, will be respected: while confirming the principle of lifelong learning (a) employment, in particular to fight youth by linking support to formal, non-formal, and unemployment 20%; informal learning throughout the education, (b) social protection, social inclusion and the training and youth fields. In addition to providing reduction and prevention of poverty 50%; grants for individuals, Erasmus+ will support (c) working conditions 10%. From the overall transnational partnerships among Education, allocation for the Progress axis, and within its Training and Youth institutions and organizations different thematic sections, 15% to 20%. to foster cooperation and bridge the worlds of Education and work in order to tackle the skills Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) gaps we are facing in Europe. It will also support 80% national efforts to modernize Education, Training and Youth systems. ERASMUS+ In the field of Sport, there will be support for KEY INFORMATION grassroots projects and cross-border challenges Total Budget: €14,8 billion such as combating match-fixing, doping, violence Thematic Categories: Education and Training, and racism. Youth, Sport Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Public Sector, Sub-Programme: KEY ACTION 1 (KA1) – Non-Profit Organizations, Academic institutions LEARNING MOBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS and research centers Projects under this Action promote transnational More information: Education, Audiovisual and mobility activities targeting learners (students, Culture Executive Agency trainees, apprentices, young people and http://ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/ volunteers), and staff (professors, teachers, https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/about-eacea/ trainers, youth workers, and people working in contacts_en organizations active in the education, training and youth fields).
23 Supported actions approaches in the fields of education, training and • Mobility of learners and staff: opportunities youth. More specifically, the following types of for students, trainees, young people and cooperation are supported: volunteers, as well as for professors, teachers, trainers, youth workers, staff of education Strategic Partnerships aim to support the institutions and civil society organizations development, transfer and/or implementation to undertake a learning and/or professional of innovative practices at organizational, local, experience in another country. regional, national or European levels. • Joint Master Degrees: high-level integrated international study programmes delivered by Knowledge Alliances aim at strengthening consortia of higher education institutions that Europe’s innovation capacity and at fostering award full degree scholarships to the best innovation in higher education, business and the master students worldwide. broader socio-economic environment. • Master Student Loan Guarantee: higher education students can get a loan backed up by Sector Skills Alliances aim at tackling skills the Programme to go abroad for a full Master gaps, enhancing the responsiveness of initial and Degree. Students should refer to national banks continuing Vocational, Education and Training or student loan agencies. (VET) systems to sector-specific labour market needs and demand for new skills with regard to Budget one or more occupational profiles. The sectors • At least 63% of the total Erasmus+ budget for that will be eligible under this Action are those KA1 as a whole and of which: which have constituted a European Sector Skills • At least 77,5% for the Education and Training Council (Textile/Clothing/Leather, Commerce) field. and those with skills imbalances to which • At least 10% for the Youth field. current Commission policies respond (Advanced Manufacturing). Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) For mobility activities the following lump sums Capacity Building projects are transnational apply: cooperation projects based on multilateral • For students: €700 per month partnerships between organisations active in • For staff: €70-€140 per day the field of youth in Programme and Partner • For VET learners: €24-€96 per day Countries. They can also involve organisations from the fields of education and training, as well Sub-Programme: KEY ACTION 2 (KA2) – as from other socio-economic sectors. COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND THE EXCHANGE OF GOOD PRACTICES Supported actions Transnational Strategic partnerships aimed The actions under Key Action 2 make it possible to develop initiatives addressing one or more for organisations from different participating fields of education training and youth and countries to work together, to develop, share promote innovation, exchange of experience and transfer best practices and innovative and know-how between different types of
24 organizations involved in education, training and youth organisations in Partner Countries; youth or in other relevant fields. Certain mobility • launch, test and implement youth work activities are supported in so far as they contribute practices, such as new forms of practical to the objectives of the project. training schemes and simulation of real life cases in society; new forms of youth work, Knowledge Alliances support the following notably strategic use of open and flexible activities: learning, virtual mobility, open educational • Boosting innovation in higher education, resources (OER) and better exploitation of the business and in the broader socio-economic ICT potential; environment; • cooperation, networking and peer-learning • Developing entrepreneurship mind-set and skills; activities fostering efficient management, • Stimulating the flow and exchange of internationalisation and leadership of youth knowledge between higher education and work organisations. enterprises; • Information and Communication Technologies; Budget • Environmental technologies (Eco-Innovation); • At least 28% of total Erasmus+ budget for KA2 • Cultural and Creative sectors. as a whole and of which: - at least 77,5% for the Education and Training Sector Skills Alliances support the following field. activities: - at least 10% for the Youth field. • Defining skills and training provision needs in a given specific economic sector; Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) • Designing joint curricula; • Strategic Partnerships: Maximum grant: • Delivering joint curricula. €150.000 per year (i.e. €12.500 per month). • Knowledge Alliances & Sector Skills Alliances: Capacity Building projects support the following Maximum EU contribution awarded for a 2-year activities: KA €700.000, Max. EU contribution awarded • promote strategic cooperation between youth for a 3-year KA €1 million. organisations on the one hand and public • Capacity building in the field of youth: authorities in Partner Countries on the other Maximum. grant awarded €150.000. hand; • promote the cooperation between youth Sub-Programme: KEY ACTION 3 (KA3) – organisations and organisations in the SUPPORT FOR POLICY REFORM education and training fields as well as with representatives of business and labour market; Structured Dialogue promotes the active • raise the capacities of youth councils, youth participation of young people in democratic life platforms and local, regional and national and fosters debate around topics centered on authorities dealing with youth in Partner the themes and priorities set by the Structured Countries; Dialogue and the renewed political framework • enhance the management, governance, in the youth field. Structured Dialogue projects innovation capacity and internationalisation of can take the form of meetings, conferences,
25 consultations and events. These events promote Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) the active participation of young people in Structured Dialogue Meeting: Maximum grant democratic life in Europe and their interaction awarded €50.000. with decision-makers. As a concrete result of these events, young people are able to make their Sub-Programme: Jean Monnet Activities voice heard (through the formulation of positions, proposals and recommendations) on how youth The Jean Monnet Actions aim at promoting policies should be shaped and implemented in excellence in teaching and research in the field of Europe. European Union studies worldwide. These Actions also aim at fostering the dialogue between the Supported actions academic world and policy-makers, in particular • National meetings and transnational seminars with the aim of enhancing governance of EU that offer space for information, debate policies. and active participation of young people –in dialogue with youth decision-makers -on issues Jean Monnet Module: A short teaching which are relevant to Structured Dialogue or to programme (or course) in the field of European the EU Youth Strategy. Union studies at a higher education institution. • National meetings and transnational seminars that prepare the ground for the official Youth Jean Monnet Chair: A teaching post with a Conferences organised during each semester specialisation in European Union studies for by the Member State holding the turn of university professors or senior lecturers. Presidency of the European Union. Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence: A focal point of • Events that promote debates and information competence and knowledge on European Union on youth policy themes linked to the activities subjects. organised during the European Youth Week. • Consultations of young people, with a view Jean Monnet Projects support innovation, to find out their needs on matters relating cross-fertilisation and the spread of European to participation in democratic life (online Union content. consultations, opinion polls, etc.). • Meetings and seminars, information events or Jean Monnet Support to Institutions that debates between young people and decision- enhance teacher and training activities on makers/youth experts around the theme of European Union subjects at the postgraduate participation in democratic life. level and/or for other relevant stakeholders and • Events simulating the functioning of the Associations that have as their explicit purpose democratic institutions and the roles of to contribute to the study of the European decision-makers within these institutions. integration process.
Budget Jean Monnet Networks foster the creation and At least 4,2% of total Erasmus+ budget and of development of consortia of international players which at least 10% for the Youth field. in the area of European Union studies.
26 Supported actions Jean Monnet Networks (policy debate with the academic world): Jean Monnet Modules (teaching and research): • Gathering and promoting information and • General or introductory courses on European results on methodologies applied to high-level Union issues (in particular at institutions research and teaching on EU studies. and faculties that do not yet have a highly • Enhancing cooperation between different higher developed course offering in the field). education institutions and other relevant bodies • Specialised teaching on European Union throughout Europe and around the world. developments (in particular at institutions • Exchanging knowledge and expertise with a and faculties that do already have a highly view to mutually enhancing good practices. developed course offering in the field). • Fostering cooperation and creating a high • Summer and intensive courses that are fully knowledge exchange platform with public recognised. actors and the European Commission services on highly relevant EU subjects. Jean Monnet Chairs (teaching and research): • Deepen teaching in European Union studies Jean Monnet Support to Institutions and embodied in an official curriculum of a higher Associations education institution. For institutions: • Conduct, monitor and supervise research on EU • Collect, elaborate, analyse and disseminate subjects, also for other educational levels such European Union facts and knowledge. as teacher training and compulsory education. • Organise Master level courses on European • Provide in-depth teaching on European Union Union issues or professional advanced training matters for future professionals in fields which for practitioners, civil servants of local and are in increasing demand on the labour market; regional authorities. encourage, advise and mentor the young generation of teachers and researchers in For associations: European Union studies subject areas. • Organise and carry out statutory activities of associations dealing with European Union Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence: studies and European Union issues. • Organizing and coordinating human and • Publicize European Union facts among a wider documentary resources related to European public enhancing active citizenship. Union studies. • Leading research activities in specific European Jean Monnet Projects (policy debate with Union subjects (research function). the academic world): • Developing content and tools on EU subjects to • Development and testing newly designed update and complement the current courses methodologies, content and tools on specific and curricula (teaching function). European Union topics. • Enhancing the debate and exchange of • Development of academic content and tools experiences about the EU (think-tank function). specifically designed for students of faculties/ • Systematic publication of the results of research schools not normally dealing with EU issues. activities. • Creation of virtual classrooms on specific subject
27 areas and testing them in different contexts. €30.000 (max. 75% of the total cost) • Design, production and implementation of self- • Jean Monnet Chair: Max. grant awarded training tools promoting active citizenship in the €50.000 (max. 75% of the total cost) EU. • Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence: Max. grant • Developing and delivering appropriate awarded €100.000 (max. 80% of the total cost) pedagogical content and new/adapted didactic • Jean Monnet Support to Institutions and material for the teaching of European Union Associations: issues at the level of primary and secondary - For institutions no maximum ceiling. education. - For associations maximum grant awarded • Design and implementation of teacher training €50.000. (All projects: 80% of the total cost) and continuing education for teachers, - Jean Monnet Networks: Maximum grant providing them with the appropriate knowledge awarded €300.000 (max. 80% of the total cost) and skills to teach European Union subjects. - Jean Monnet Projects: Maximum grant awarded • Provision of specifically designed activities on the €60.000 (max. 75% of the total cost) European Union to pupils at the level of primary and secondary schools and in vocational Sub-Programme: SPORT education and training institutions. • Boosting the level of knowledge and/or enhance The specific objectives in the field of sport are to: the dynamic of a “department/chair/research • tackle cross-border threats to the integrity team” in a given faculty/school which has of sport, such as doping, match fixing and expressed a specific interest/need via joint violence, as well as all kinds of intolerance and academic activities. discrimination; • Joint development of content and co-teaching • promote and support good governance in sport for students involving several institutions. and dual careers of athletes; Participating institutions may organise common • promote voluntary activities in sport, together activities, preparation of tools supporting with social inclusion, equal opportunities courses, delivery of courses on EU issues and awareness of the importance of health- particularly in those disciplines not traditionally enhancing physical activity, through increased associated with this field of study. participation in, and equal access to sport for • Supporting information and dissemination all. activities for staff of the public administration, for experts in specific subjects and for civil Supported actions society as a whole. • Organisation of conferences, seminars and/or Collaborative Partnerships that offer the roundtables in relevant European Union issues. opportunity to develop, transfer and/or implement innovative practices in different areas relating Budget to sport and physical activity between various At least 1,9% of the total Erasmus+ budget. organisations and actors in and outside sport, including in particular public authorities at local, Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) regional, national and European levels, sport • Jean Monnet Module: Max. grant awarded organisations, sport-related organisations and
28 educational bodies. Collaborative Partnerships event (conferences, seminars). support the following activities: • Implementation of legacy activities (evaluations, • Networking among key stakeholders. drafting of future plans). • Identification and sharing of good practices. • Development and implementation of training Budget and educational modules. The budget allocation for Sports is 1,8% • Activities to increase the competences of (minimum percentage). multipliers in the field of sport and to develop monitoring and benchmarking of indicators, Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) notably as regards the promotion of ethical • Collaborative Partnerships: Maximum grant behaviours and codes of conduct among awarded €500.000 (maximum 80% of the total sportspeople. eligible costs). • Awareness-raising activities on the value of • Not-for-profit European sport event support: sport and physical activity in relation to the Maximum grant awarded €2 million (maximum personal, social and professional development 80% of the total eligible costs). of individuals. • Activities to improve the evidence-base of sport EUROPE FOR CITIZENS 2014-2020 to tackle societal and economic challenges. • Activities to promote innovative synergies KEY INFORMATION between the field of sport and the fields of Total Budget: €185,47 million health, education, training and youth. Thematic Categories: European Citizenship, • Conferences, seminars, meetings, events and Democracy and Civic Participation awareness-raising actions underpinning the Beneficiaries: Public Sector, Non-Profit aforementioned activities. Organisations, Academic institutions and research centers Not-for-profit European sport events More information: DG Education, Audiovisual aiming to support the implementation of EU and Culture Executive Agency strategies in the areas of social inclusion and http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/citizenship/ equal opportunities, notably the EU Gender index_en.php Equality Strategy and the EU Disability Strategy http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/about-eacea/ and the implementation of the EU Physical Activity contacts_en Guidelines, to encourage participation in sport and physical activity and the possible organisation of PROGRAMME DETAILS the European Week of Sport. The not-for-profit Europe for Citizens aims to promote active European sport events support the following European citizenship with the main scope of actions: bridging the gap between citizens and the • Organisation of training activities for athletes, European Union through financial instruments that coaches, organisers and volunteers in the promote active European citizenship. It intends run-up to the event. to encourage cooperation between citizens • Organisation of the event. and organisations from different countries and • Organisation of side-activities to the sporting facilitate the development of a sense of belonging
29 to common European ideals and to promote the institutions and their functioning. process of European integration. The programme • Actions that exploit and further valorise the shall consist of the following two strands: results of the supported initiatives. • “Remembrance and European citizenship” - • Studies on issues related to citizenship and civic seeks to support organisations to promote participation. debate and activities on European integration • Support of programme information/advice and history at a transnational level or when a structures in the Member States. clear European dimension is addressed. It will support activities that invite to reflection on LEVEL OF FINANCING common values in the broadest sense, taking (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) into account diversity. Funds may be available Please refer to the annual Work Programmes, for initiatives reflecting on causes of totalitarian which will provide details related to the supported regimes in Europe’s modern history (especially actions, the priorities of the calls for proposals and but not exclusively Nazism and Stalinism) and to all other important elements. commemorate their victims. • “Democratic engagement and civic FISCALIS 2020 PROGRAMME participation” - seeks to develop citizens’ understanding and capacity to participate in the KEY INFORMATION Union policy making process and to develop Total Budget: €223,37 million opportunities for solidarity, societal engagement Thematic Categories: Internal Market, & volunteering. It will support activities that Information and Communication Technologies, cover civic participation in the broadest sense, Education and Training with particular focus on structuring methods for Beneficiaries: Public Sector, Central Government long-term sustainability. More information: DG Taxation & Customs Union SUPPORTED ACTIONS http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/taxation/ • Citizens’ meetings, town-twinning. tax_cooperation/fiscalis_programme/fiscus/ • Creation and operations of transnational index_en.htm partnerships and networks. http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/ • Support for organisations of a general European contact/index_en.htm interest. • Community building and debates on citizenship PROGRAMME DETAILS issues based on the use of ICT and/or social Fiscalis 2020 will support cooperation between media. tax authorities in the EU to help maximise their • Union level events. efficiency and avoid mismatches in their work, • Debates/studies and interventions on defining which could hinder the functioning of the Internal moments in European history, in particular to Market. It will facilitate networking, joint actions keep the memory alive of the crimes committed and training amongst tax personnel, while also under Nazism and Stalinism. funding IT systems to support the exchange of • Reflection/debates on common values. information between tax administrations. • Initiatives to raise awareness on the EU
30 The Programme’s objectives are: - any other activity in support of the overall, • to implement, improve, operate and support the specific and operational objectives and priorities European Information Systems for taxation; set out in Articles 5 and 6, provided that the • to support administrative cooperation activities; necessity for such other activity is duly justified; • to reinforce the skills and competence of tax • European Information Systems building: the officials; development, maintenance, operation and • to enhance the understanding and quality control of Union components of the implementation of Union law in the field of European Information Systems and new taxation; European Information Systems established • to support the improvement of administrative under Union law, with a view to interconnecting procedures and the sharing of good tax authorities efficiently. administrative practices. • Common training activities: jointly developed training actions to support the necessary SUPPORTED ACTIONS professional skills and knowledge relating to • Joint actions: taxation. - seminars and workshops; - project groups, generally composed of a limited LEVEL OF FINANCING (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) number of countries, operational during a 100% of the eligible costs where the latter are limited period of time to pursue a predefined travel and accommodation costs, costs linked to objective with a precisely described outcome; organisation of events and daily allowances. In - bilateral or multilateral controls and other addition to grants, Fiscalis provides other types of activities provided for in Union law on interventions such as public procurement contracts administrative cooperation, organised by two or and reimbursement of costs incurred by external more participating countries, which include at experts. least two Member States;
- working visits organised by the participating GALILEO AND EGNOS (EUROPEAN countries or another country to enable officials GEOSTATIONARY NAVIGATION OVERLAY to acquire or increase their expertise or SERVICE) PROGRAMMES knowledge in tax matters; - expert teams, namely structured forms of KEY INFORMATION cooperation, with a non-permanent character, Total Budget: €7,07 billion pooling expertise to perform tasks in specific Thematic Categories: Space, Information and domains, in particular in the European Communication Technologies Information Systems, possibly with the support Beneficiaries: Central Government, Private of online collaboration services, administrative Sector, Public Sector, Academic institutions and assistance and infrastructure and equipment research centers facilities; More information: DG Enterprise and Industry - public administration capacity-building and http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/contact/ supporting actions; index_en.htm - studies; http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/satnav/ - communication projects; galileo/index_en.htm
31 PROGRAMME DETAILS • Any other technical or administrative assistance Galileo is supporting the implementation and given to the Commission for the management operation of satellite navigation systems. Galileo of programmes. and EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) programmes are flagship projects LEVEL OF FINANCING (EU CO-FINANCING of the Union. In the period 2014-2020 the RATE) programme will finance the completion of the 35%-100% deployment phase of the Galileo programme, the exploitation phase of the same programme and HEALTH FOR GROWTH PROGRAMME operation of the EGNOS system. The aim of the Galileo programme is to establish and operate KEY INFORMATION the first global satellite navigation and positioning Total Budget: €449,4 million infrastructure specifically designed for civilian Thematic Categories: Health purposes. The aim of the EGNOS programme is to Beneficiaries: Non-Profit Organizations, improve the quality of signals from existing global Academic institutions and research centers navigation satellite systems (GNSS). More information: DG Health and Consumers http://ec.europa.eu/health/programme/ SUPPORTED ACTIONS policy/2014-2020/state_of_play_en.htm • Activities relating to the deployment phase of http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/ the Galileo programme, including actions to about_us/contact_en.htm manage and monitor this phase. • Activities relating to operation of the system PROGRAMME DETAILS established under the Galileo programme, The Health for Growth Programme is the third including advance or preparatory actions for this action supporting the objectives of the EU’s phase. Health strategy. The general objectives of the • Activities associated with the operation of the Health for Growth Programme shall be to work EGNOS system. with Member States to encourage innovation in healthcare and increase the sustainability of The Union budget appropriations assigned to health systems, to improve the health of the EU the programmes may also cover Commission citizens and protect them from cross-border health expenditure relating to preparation, monitoring, threats. The Programme provides possibilities to inspection, audit and assessment activities required build and strengthen cooperation mechanisms for their management and the implementation of and coordination processes between Member the objectives, in particular expenditure covering: States with a view to identifying common tools • Studies and meetings with experts. and best practices that create synergies, bring • Information and communication activities, EU added value and lead to economies of scale, including institutional communication on thus supporting reform under challenging the policy priorities of the Union where they circumstances. are directly linked to the objectives of this Regulation. It focuses on four specific objectives with a strong • IT technology networks, with the objective of potential for economic growth through better processing or transferring data. health:
32 • Objective 1: To contribute to the creation of PROGRAMME DETAILS innovative and sustainable health systems (48% The Hercule III programme is is a financial of the budget). programme specifically dedicated to fighting • Objective 2: To increase access to better and fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities safer healthcare for all EU citizens (22% of the affecting the financial interests of the EU, budget). including the fight against cigarette smuggling • Objective 3: To promote good health and and counterfeiting. The programme helps national prevent diseases by addressing the key risk law enforcement authorities in their fight against factors of most diseases, namely smoking, illegal cross-border activities by financing technical alcohol abuse and obesity (21% of the budget). and operational support and professional training • Objective 4: To protect people from cross-border activities. The operational objectives of the Hercule health threats (9% of the budget). III programme are: • improving the prevention and investigation of SUPPORTED ACTIONS fraud, smuggling and counterfeiting, especially • Contributing to innovative and sustainable of cigarettes, by enhancing transnational and health systems. multi-disciplinary cooperation; • Increasing access to better and safer healthcare • increasing the protection of the financial for citizens. interests of the EU against fraud by facilitating • Promoting good health and preventing diseases. the exchange of information, experiences and • Protecting citizens from cross border health best practices, including staff exchanges; threats. • strengthening the fight against fraud and other illegal activities by providing technical and LEVEL OF FINANCING (EU CO-FINANCING operational support to national investigations, RATE) and in particular to customs and law 60% (up to 80% in exceptional cases, such as for enforcement authorities; Member States with a low Gross National Income • enhancing the development of legal and judicial participating in joint actions) protection of the financial interests against
HERCULE III fraud by promoting a comparative legal analysis.
KEY INFORMATION SUPPORTED ACTIONS Total Budget: €110 million • Technical assistance. Thematic Categories: Education and Training, • Purchase of equipment. Law enforcement, Internal Market • Specialised training. Beneficiaries: Central Government, Academic institutions and research centers, Non-Profit LEVEL OF FINANCING Organizations (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) More information: European Anti-Fraud Office 80%-90% http://europa.eu/rapid/ press-release_MEMO-14-16_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/contacts/ index_en.htm
33 HORIZON 2020 excellence and widening participation’ and ‘Science with and for society’. The Joint Research KEY INFORMATION Centre shall contribute to the general objective Total Budget: €77,03 billion and the H2020 priorities by providing scientific Thematic Categories: Energy, Environment, and technical support to Union policies in Health, Industry, Information and Communication collaboration with relevant national and regional Technologies, Justice, Security, Social Affairs research stakeholders, where appropriate, and Human Rights, Space, Telecommunications, for example on the development of smart Transport, Youth, Economic growth and specialisation strategies. competitiveness Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Public Sector SUPPORTED ACTIONS Bodies, Non-Profit Organizations, Academic • Research and innovation actions primarily institutions and research centers consisting of activities aiming to establish new More information: Directorate-General for knowledge and/or to explore the feasibility of a Research and Innovation new or improved technology, product, process, http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/ service or solution. For this purpose they may http://ec.europa.eu/research/index. include basic and applied research, technology cfm?pg=enquiries development and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a PROGRAMME DETAILS laboratory or simulated environment. Projects The general objective of Horizon 2020 (H2020) may contain closely connected but limited is to contribute to building a society and an demonstration or pilot activities aiming to show economy based on knowledge and innovation technical feasibility in a near to operational across the Union by leveraging additional environment. research, development and innovation funding • Innovation actions primarily consisting of and by contributing to attaining research and activities directly aiming at producing plans development targets, including the target of 3% and arrangements or designs for new, altered of GDP for research and development across or improved products, processes or services. the Union by 2020. It shall thereby support the For this purpose they may include prototyping, implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale other Union policies, as well as the achievement product validation and market replication. and functioning of the European Research Area • Coordination and Support Actions consisting (ERA). primarily of accompanying measures such as standardisation, dissemination, awareness- This general objective shall be pursued through raising and communication, networking, three mutually reinforcing priorities: coordination or support services, policy (a) Excellent science. dialogues and mutual learning exercises (b) Industrial leadership. and studies, including design studies for (c) Societal challenges. new infrastructure and may also include complementary activities of strategic planning, The general objective shall also be pursued networking and coordination between through the specific objectives ‘Spreading programmes in different countries.
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Sub-theme: EXCELLENT SCIENCE Sub-theme: INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP Activities under this Pillar aim to reinforce and This pillar aims to speed up development of the extend the excellence of the Union’s science base technologies and innovations that will underpin and to consolidate the European Research Area in tomorrow’s businesses and help innovative order to make the Union’s research and innovation European SMEs to grow into world-leading system more competitive on a global scale. companies. It consists of three specific objectives: The Excellent Science pillar has main four specific • “Leadership in enabling and industrial objectives: technologies” will provide dedicated • The European Research Council (ERC) will support for research, development and provide attractive and flexible funding to enable demonstration and, where appropriate, talented and creative individual researchers for standardisation and certification, on and their teams to pursue the most promising information and communications technology avenues at the frontier of science, on the basis (ICT), nanotechnology, advanced materials, of Union-wide competition. biotechnology, advanced manufacturing and • Future and emerging technologies will support processing and space. collaborative research in order to extend • “Access to risk finance” will aim to overcome Europe’s capacity for advanced and paradigm- deficits in the availability of debt and equity changing innovation. finance for R&D and innovation-driven • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions will provide companies and projects at all stages of excellent and innovative research training development. as well as attractive career and knowledge- • “Innovation in SMEs” will provide SME-tailored exchange opportunities. support to stimulate all forms of innovation • Research infrastructure (including in SMEs, targeting those with the potential e-infrastructures) will develop European research to grow and internationalise across the single infrastructure for 2020 and beyond, foster their market and beyond. innovation potential and human capital, and complement this with the related Union policy Budget and international cooperation. €17,02 billion
Budget Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) €24,44 billion • ERA-NET (Co-fund) 33% • Coordination and Support actions 100% Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) • Research and Innovation actions 100% • Coordination and Support actions 100% • Innovation actions 70% (except for non-profit • Research and Innovation actions 100% legal entities - 100%) • Innovation actions 70% (except for non-profit legal entities - 100%) Sub-theme: SOCIETAL CHALLENGES • Pre-commercial procurement (PCP) Cofund 70% A challenge-based approach will bring together • Public procurement of Innovative solutions (PPI) resources and knowledge across different fields, Cofund 20% technologies and disciplines, including social
35 sciences and the humanities. This will cover sustainable interaction between schools, activities from research to market with a new research institutions, industry and civil society focus on innovation-related activities, such as organisations; piloting, demonstration, test-beds, and support (b) promote gender equality in particular for public procurement and market uptake. It will by supporting structural changes in the include establishing links with the activities of the organisation of research institutions and in the European Innovation Partnerships (EIP). Funding content and design of research activities; will focus on the following challenges: (c) integrate society in science and innovation (a) Health, demographic change and well-being. issues, policies and activities in order to (b) Food security, sustainable agriculture and integrate citizens’ interests and values and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water to increase the quality, relevance, social research, and the bioeconomy. acceptability and sustainability of research (c) Secure, clean and efficient energy. and innovation outcomes in various fields of (d) Smart, green and integrated transport. activity from social innovation to areas such as (e) Climate action, environment, resource biotechnology and nanotechnology; efficiency and raw materials. (d) encourage citizens to engage in science (f) Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, through formal and informal science education, innovative and reflective societies. and promote the diffusion of science-based (g) Secure societies - Protecting freedom and activities, namely in science centres and through security of Europe and its citizens. other appropriate channels; (e) develop the accessibility and the use of the Budget results of publicly-funded research; €29,68 billion (f) develop the governance for the advancement of responsible research and innovation by all Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) stakeholders (researchers, public authorities, • ERA-NET (Co-fund) 33% industry and civil society organisations), which • Coordination and Support actions 100% is sensitive to society needs and demands, and • Research and Innovation actions 100% promote an ethics framework for research and • Innovation actions 70% (except for non-profit innovation; legal entities - 100%) (g) take due and proportional precautions in research and innovation activities by anticipating Sub-theme: SCIENCE WITH AND FOR and assessing potential environmental, health SOCIETY and safety impacts; The aim is to build effective cooperation between (h) improve knowledge on science communication science and society, to recruit new talent for in order to improve the quality and effectiveness science and to pair scientific excellence with social of interactions between scientists, general awareness and responsibility. media and the public.
The focus of activities shall be to: Budget (a) make scientific and technological careers €462 million attractive to young students, and foster
36 Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) implementation and evaluation of national/ • Coordination and Support actions 100% regional research and innovation policies. • Research and Innovation actions 100% • Supporting access to international networks • Innovation actions 70% (except for non-profit for excellent researchers and innovators legal entities - 100%) who lack sufficient involvement in European and international networks, including COST Sub-theme: SPREADING EXCELLENCE AND (European Cooperation in Science and WIDENING PARTICIPATION Technology)3. • Strengthening the administrative and The specific objective “Spreading excellence and operational capacity of transnational networks widening participation” is to fully exploit the of National Contact Points, including through potential of Europe’s talent pool and to ensure training, so that they can provide better support that the benefits of an innovation-led economy to potential participants. are both maximised and widely distributed across the Union in accordance with the principle of Budget excellence. €816 million
Specific actions will facilitate the spreading of Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) excellence and widening of participation through • Framework partnership agreement 20% the following actions: • Coordination and Support actions 100% • Teaming of excellent research institutions and • Research and Innovation actions 100% low performing in research, development and innovation (RDI) regions aiming at the creation INTERNAL SECURITY FUND – COMPONENT of new (or significant upgrade of existing) FOR POLICE CO-OPERATION centres of excellence in low performing RDI Member States and regions. KEY INFORMATION Total Budget: €1,04 billion • Twinning of research institutions aiming at NOTE: The Commission’s proposal for the next significantly strengthening a defined field of multi-annual framework includes a proposal of research in an emerging institution through €4,65 million (in current prices) for the Internal links with at least two internationally-leading Security Fund for the period 2014-2020. Within institutions in a defined field. this global envelope, the resources indicatively • Establishing ERA Chairs’ to attract outstanding available for the implementation of this Specific academics to institutions with a clear potential Regulation amount to €1,13 million. Indicatively, for research excellence, in order to help these 50% of this amount (EUR 564 million) should be institutions fully unlock this potential and hereby used for national programmes of Member States create a level playing field for research and (shared management) while the other 50% (€564 innovation in the ERA. Possible synergies with million) should be centrally managed to fund ERC activities should be explored. Union actions, emergency actions and technical • A Policy Support Facility to improve the design, assistance.
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37 Thematic Categories: Justice and Security, Law information and interoperable technologies. Enforcement, Education and Training • Networking, mutual confidence, understanding Beneficiaries: Central Government and learning, the identification, exchange and More information: Home Affairs dissemination of know-how, experience and http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/financing/ good practices, information sharing, shared fundings/funding-home-affairs-beyond-2013/ situation awareness and foresight, contingency index_en.htm planning and interoperability. [email protected] • Analytical, monitoring and evaluation activities, including studies and threat, risk and impact PROGRAMME DETAILS assessments. The programme will provide financial support • Awareness raising, dissemination and to police cooperation, exchange and access communication activities. • Acquisition and/or further upgrading of technical to information, crime prevention and the equipment, secure facilities, infrastructures, fight against cross-border as well as serious related buildings and systems, especially ICT and organised crime, including terrorism, the systems and their components, including for the protection of people and critical infrastructure purpose of European cooperation on cyber- against security-related incidents and the effective crime, notably with the European Cybercrime management of security-related risks and crisis, Centre. taking into account common Union policies • Exchange, training and education of staff (strategies, programmes and action plans), and experts of relevant authorities, including legislation, practical co-operation and threat and language training and joint exercises or risk assessments. The objectives of this Programme programmes. are the following: • Measures deploying, transferring, testing and • Preventing and fighting against cross-border, validating new methodology or technology, serious and organised crime. including pilot projects and follow-up measures • Raising the levels of security for citizens and to Union funded security research projects. business in cyberspace. • Preventing terrorism and addressing Actions in third countries: radicalisation and recruitment. • Actions improving police cooperation and • Raising capabilities to protect critical coordination between law enforcement infrastructure in all economic sectors. authorities, including joint investigation teams • Increasing Europe’s resilience to crisis and and any other form of cross-border joint disaster. operation, the access to and exchange of information and interoperable technologies. SUPPORTED ACTIONS • Networking, mutual confidence, understanding Actions in Member States: and learning, the identification. • Actions improving police cooperation and • Exchange and dissemination of know-how, coordination between law enforcement experience and good practices, information authorities, including joint investigation teams sharing, shared situation awareness and and any other form of cross-border joint foresight, contingency planning and operation, the access to and exchange of interoperability.
38 • Acquisition and/or further upgrading of and promote integration and mainstreaming of technical equipment, including ICT systems and environmental and climate objectives into other their components. Union policies and public and private sector • Exchange, training and education of staff practice, including by increasing their capacity; and experts of relevant authorities, including • support better environmental and climate language training. governance at all levels. • Awareness raising, dissemination and communication activities. The programme funds the following types of • Threat, risk and impact assessments. projects: • Studies and pilot projects. • Traditional projects: best practice, innovation and demonstration projects, as well as LEVEL OF FINANCING dissemination/information projects and (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) governance projects. 90% • Integrated projects: projects aiming at the implementation on a large territorial scale plans LIFE and strategies required by EU legislation in the areas of nature, water, waste, air, climate KEY INFORMATION change mitigation and adaptation. Total Budget: €3,45 billion • Preparatory projects: projects identified by Thematic Categories: Environment the Commission to support specific needs for Beneficiaries: Private Sector, Public Sector, the implementation and development of EU Non-Profit Organizations, Academic institutions environmental or climate policy and legislation. and research centers • Capacity building projects: financial support to More information: Directorate-General for the activities required to build the capacity of Environment Member States with a view to enabling their http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/funding/ more effective participation in LIFE. lifeplus.htm http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/contact/ Sub-Programme: ENVIRONMENT lifeunit.htm Supported actions PROGRAMME DETAILS The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding Environment and Resource Efficiency instrument for the environment aiming to: • To develop, test and demonstrate policy or • contribute to the shift towards a resource- management approaches, best practices, efficient, low-carbon and climate resilient and solutions to environmental challenges, economy, to the protection and improvement suitable for being replicated, transferred or of the quality of the environment and to halting mainstreamed, including with respect to the and reversing biodiversity loss; link between environment and health, and in • improve the development, implementation support of resource efficiency-related policy and enforcement of Union environmental and and legislation, including the Roadmap to a climate policy and legislation, and to catalyse Resource Efficient Europe.
39 • To support the application, development, testing education for sustainable development. and demonstration of integrated approaches for • To support communication, management, the implementation of plans and programmes and dissemination of information in the field pursuant to Union environmental policy and of environment, and to facilitate knowledge legislation, primarily in the areas of water, waste sharing on successful environmental solutions and air. and practice, including by developing • To improve the knowledge base for the cooperation platforms between stakeholders development, assessment, monitoring and and training. evaluation of Union environmental policy • To promote and contribute to a more effective and legislation, and for the assessment and compliance with and enforcement of Union monitoring of the factors, pressures and environmental legislation, in particular by responses that impact on the environment promoting the development and dissemination within and outside the Union. of best practices and policy approaches. • To promote better environmental governance Nature and Biodiversity by broadening stakeholder involvement, • To contribute to the implementation of Union including NGOs, in policy consultation and policy and legislation in the area of biodiversity, implementation. including the Union Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, in particular by applying, developing, Budget testing and demonstrating approaches, best The budget allocation for environment is €2,59 practices and solutions. billion. • To support the further development, implementation and management of the Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) Natura 2000 network set up, in particular 50%-75% the application, development, testing and demonstration of integrated approaches for Sub-Programme: CLIMATE ACTION the implementation of the Prioritised Action Frameworks. Supported actions • To improve the knowledge base for the development, assessment, monitoring and Climate Change Mitigation evaluation of Union biodiversity policy and • To contribute to the implementation and legislation, and for the assessment and development of Union policy and legislation monitoring of the factors, pressures and on mitigation, including mainstreaming across responses that impact on the biodiversity within policy areas, in particular by developing, testing and outside the Union. and demonstrating policy or management approaches, best practices and solutions for Environmental Governance and Information climate change mitigation. • To promote awareness raising on environmental • To improve the knowledge base for the matters, including generating public and development, assessment, monitoring, stakeholders support to Union policy-making evaluation and implementation of effective in the field of environment, and to promote mitigation actions and measures and to
40 enhance the capacity to apply that knowledge dissemination of information in the field of in practice. climate and to facilitate knowledge sharing • To facilitate the development and on successful climate solutions and practice, implementation of integrated approaches, such including by developing cooperation platforms as for mitigation strategies and action plans, at between stakeholders and training. local, regional or national level. • To promote and contribute to a more effective • To contribute to the development and compliance with and enforcement of Union demonstration of innovative mitigation climate legislation, in particular by promoting technologies, systems, methods and instruments the development and dissemination of best that are suitable for being replicated, transferred practices and policy approaches. or mainstreamed. • To promote better climate governance by broadening stakeholder involvement, Climate Change Adaptation including NGOs, in policy consultation and • To contribute to the development and implementation. implementation of Union policy and legislation on adaptation, including mainstreaming across Budget policy areas, in particular by developing, testing The budget allocation for environment is €864 and demonstrating policy or management million. approaches, best practices, and solutions, for climate change adaptation. Level of Financing (EU co-financing rate) • To improve the knowledge base for the 50%-75% development, assessment, monitoring, evaluation and implementation of effective PERICLES 2020 adaptation actions and measures and to enhance the capacity to apply that knowledge KEY INFORMATION in practice. Total Budget: € 7,34 million • To facilitate the development and Thematic Categories: Law enforcement, implementation of integrated approaches, such Education and Training, Justice and Security, as for adaptation strategies and action plans, at Internal Market local, regional or national level. Beneficiaries: Central Government, Public sector • To contribute to the development and More information: European Anti-Fraud Office demonstration of innovative adaptation (OLAF) technologies, systems, methods and instruments http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/euro-protection/ that are suitable for being replicated, transferred training/index_en.htm or mainstreamed. http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/contacts/ euro-coins/index_en.htm Climate Governance and Information • And stakeholders support to Union policy- PROGRAMME DETAILS making in the field of climate, and to promote The Pericles programme is an exchange, assistance education for sustainable development. and training programme for the protection of the • To support communication, management, and euro against euro-counterfeiting in Europe and
41 worldwide. It funds exchanges, assistances and RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP 2014-2020 training for authorities, banks and others involved in the protection of euro coins and banknotes. KEY INFORMATION With the overall aim to protect the euro against Total Budget: €439,47 million counterfeiting, Pericles works to raise awareness Thematic Categories: European Citizenship, and to act as a catalyst for closer cooperation Social Affairs and Human Rights, Labour Market between relevant structures and staff. It also seeks Beneficiaries: Public Sector, Central Government improving the general understanding of relevant More information: DG Justice European and international laws and instruments. http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/ files/1_en_act_part1_v5_frc_en.pdf SUPPORTED ACTIONS http://ec.europa.eu/justice/contact/index_en.htm • Awareness raising actions on the need for close cooperation between competent authorities. PROGRAMME DETAILS • Awareness raising actions on legislation related The Rights and Citizenship Programme is the to the protection of the euro. successor of three 2007-2013 programmes: • Training related to legislation, cooperation, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, Daphne III, investigation and security features of the euro. the Sections “Antidiscrimination and Diversity” • Develop and strengthen mechanisms and and “Gender Equality” of the Programme for exchange of best practices. Employment and Social Solidarity (PROGRESS). • Purchase of equipment to be used by specialised anti-counterfeiting agencies in third countries The general objective is to contribute to the for protecting the euro against counterfeiting. creation of an area, where the rights of persons, • Exchange and dissemination of information, as enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning in particular through organising workshops, of the European Union and in the Charter of meetings and seminars including training, Fundamental Rights of the European Union, targeted placements and exchanges of staff of are promoted and protected. In particular, this competent national authorities and other similar Programme should promote the rights deriving actions. from European citizenship, the principles of • Technical, scientific and operational assistance, non-discrimination and equality between women as appears necessary as part of the programme. and men, the right to the protection of personal • Grants to finance the purchase of equipment data, the rights of the child, the rights deriving to be used by specialised anti-counterfeiting from the Union consumer legislation and from authorities for protecting the euro against the freedom to conduct a business in the internal counterfeiting. market.
LEVEL OF FINANCING (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) SUPPORTED ACTIONS 75%-90% • Analytical activities, such as collection of data and statistics; development of common
42 methodologies and, where appropriate, LEVEL OF FINANCING indicators or benchmarks; studies, researches, (EU CO-FINANCING RATE) analyses and surveys; evaluations and impact Please refer to the annual Work Programmes, assessments; elaboration and publication which will provide details related to the supported of guides, reports and educational material; actions, the priorities of the calls for proposals and monitoring and assessment of the transposition all other important elements. and application of Union legislation and of the implementation of Union policies; workshops, seminars, experts meetings, conferences. • Training activities, such as staff exchanges, workshops, seminars, train-the-trainers events, development of online/other training modules. • Mutual learning, cooperation, awareness raising and dissemination activities, such as identification of, and exchanges on, good practices, innovative approaches and experiences, organisation of peer review and mutual learning; organisation of conferences and seminars; organisation of awareness-raising and information campaigns, media campaigns and events, including corporate communication of the political priorities of the European Union; compilation and publication of materials to disseminate information as well as results of the Programme; development, operation and maintenance of systems and tools using information and communication technologies. • Support for main actors, such as support for Member States when implementing Union law and policies; support for key European level networks whose activities are linked to the implementation of the objectives of the Programme; networking among specialised bodies and organisations, national, regional and local authorities at European level; funding of experts’ networks; funding of European level observatories.
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