C 362/14EN Official Journal of the European Communities 18.12.2001 Call for proposals for Asia URBS issued by the European Commission (2001/C 362/11) 1. Publication reference 4. Overall amount available for this call for proposals EuropeAid/113167/C/G. EUR 7 000 000. 5. Maximum and minimum grant amounts 2. Programme and financing source Maximum levels of co-financing and maximum and Asia URBS. Budget line B7-3000/B7-3010 (south and minimum amounts of grant for each programme south-east Asia). component are: 3. Nature of activities, geographical area and project Studies duration (a) Proposals are sought for co-financing for joint urban Maximum level of co-financing: 65 % projects to enhance the cooperation between European Maximum amount of grants: EUR 15 000 and Asian local governments. Areas of activity comprise urban management, urban socioeconomic Minimum amount of grants: EUR 10 000 development, urban environment and urban social infrastructure. For further details see the Asia Urbs website: Development projects Maximum level of co-financing: 65 % (http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/projects/asia- urbs/index_en.htm). Maximum amount of grants: EUR 500 000 Minimum amount of grants: EUR 300 000 Each activity should take place under one of the following components: Information-sharing projects Maximum level of co-financing: 65 % Study to help those who need to undertake such an exercise before formulating a development project. Maximum amount of grants: EUR 500 000 Minimum amount of grants: EUR 300 000 Development project for applicants who want to propose a full development project. 6. Maximum number of grants to be awarded 33 Information-sharing project for applicants wishing to share best practices and technical information in 7. Eligibility: who may apply urban development among Asia URBS actors and Applicants must be local governments from the EU and others in the sector. eligible Asian countries, which have established a part- nership for the implementation of the project (see section 2.1.1 of the guidelines for applicants 2002). (b) Geographical area: Geographical area is the European Union plus participating Asian countries, which are as follows: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, A proposal may be submitted by an applicant together India, Indonesia, Laos (Lao PDR), Malaysia, Maldives, with a minimum of two partners: Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. (a) if the applicant derives from an Asian participant country/territory, it must have two partners from two different EU Member States; (c) Maximum project duration: 24 months. (b) if the applicant derives from an EU Member State, it must have one partner from an Asian participant For details, see the Guidelines for applicants 2002 referred country/territory and one from a different EU to in point 12. Member State. 18.12.2001EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 362/15 8. Provisional notification date of results of the award standard application form attached to the guidelines for process applicants mentioned in point 12 must also be supplied. It is estimated that, under normal conditions, the time elapsing between the submission of an application and 11. Deadline for applications notification of the results of the award process is approximately three months. 20 March 2002, 16.00 Central European Time. 2 September 2002, 16.00 Central European Time. It is envisaged that applicants submitting proposals during Any application received after the first deadline will auto- 2002 will be notified of the results as follows: matically be included in the next batch of applications. for the 20 March 2002 deadline during June 2002, Any application received by the European Commission after 2 September 2002 at 16.00 (Central European Time) will not be considered. for the 2 September 2002 deadline during December 2002. 12. Detailed information 9. Award criteria Detailed information on this call for proposals is contained in the guidelines for applicants 2002, which are published See section 2.3 of the guidelines for applicants 2002. together with this notice on the Internet website of Please note that applications will be judged separately on EuropeAid: administrative compliance and eligibility, and on technical http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/index_en.htm, and quality. which may be downloaded from the Asia URBS website at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/ projects/asia-urbs/index_en.htm 10. Application format and details to be provided Applications must be submitted using the standard Any questions regarding this call for proposals should be application form attached to the guidelines for applicants sent by e-mail (including the publication reference of this 2002 mentioned in point 12, whose format and call for proposals shown in point 1) to europeaid-asia- instructions must be strictly observed. For each [email protected]. application, one signed original and five copies must be supplied by the applicant. All applicants are encouraged to consult the above Internet web page regularly before the deadline for applications An electronic version of the application in MS Word and since the Commission will publish the most frequently MS Excel according to the format indicated in the asked questions and the corresponding replies..