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Fund for Bilateral Relations at National Level IMPLEMENTATION OVERVIEW

This document provides an overview of the implementation of the Fund for Bilateral Relations at the National Level, including disbursements and number of supported initiatives. It also highlights the scope of awarded grants and the types of initiatives supported by the program. The achievements and indicators reached are also presented, along with the organizations involved and the new guidelines for applicants. Lessons learned and specific concerns regarding expenditures are also discussed.

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Fund for Bilateral Relations at National Level IMPLEMENTATION OVERVIEW

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  1. Fund for Bilateral Relations at National Level IMPLEMENTATION OVERVIEW Eva Vavřínková BF Working Group – 9th September 2015, Praha

  2. Disbursement First Open Call (01/21/2013 – 12/31/2014) • Allocation 150.000 EUR • Number of supported initiatives: 26 Second Open Call (10/20/2014 – 12/31/2016) • Allocation 80.000 EUR • Number of supported initiatives: 1 Third Open Call (01/05/15 – 12/31/2016) - Allocation 150.000 EUR - Number of supported initiatives: 3 Scope of awarded grants: 14.500 – 397.500 CZK (590 – 15.000 EUR)

  3. Bilateral initiatives Type of supported initiatives: • 1 – participation in contact seminars/conferences (courses, working sessions, study visits) • 2 – purchase of external services • 3 – feasibility studies/ analyses • 4 – organisation of seminars, conferences, workshops, working sessions • 5 – publicity and promotional activities

  4. Supported initiatives

  5. Programme areas

  6. Indicators achieved • Number of participants (types 1, 4 ): 477, 156 of them from donor states • Number of organized events (type 4): 10 • Number of analyses/studies (type 3): 2 • Number of external services (type 2): 4 (translation, interpretation) • Number of publicity initiatives (type 5): 2

  7. Organisations involved

  8. New Guideline for Applicants Guidelines for Applicants and Final Beneficiaries from the Fund for Bilateral Relations at National Level Effective from 3.9.2014, inactual updates http://www.eeagrants.cz/cs/programy/cz01-technicka-asistence-a-bilateralni-f/fond-pro-bilateralni-spolupraci/vyzvy-k-predkladani-navrhu/2014/vyhlaseni-3-vyzvy-k-predkladani-zadosti-1668 New chapters: Documentation of final beneficiary´s and foreign partner´s expenditures, Publicity, Changes in Applications, On-site inspection of the initiatives In September/October, the new Guideline comes into force Extension of eligible expenditures

  9. I. - Lessons learned General misunderstadings: Including expenditures not approved in the original Application - No regards for expenditure limits (Annex 1 to the Guidelines) No regards for Time eligibility of expenditures - Pure attention paid to completeness of conclusive documents for incurred expenditures

  10. II. - Lessons learned Specific concern to: - correct data (time of spending, ECB exchange rate, provable documents) - right application of instructions in the Guidelines/annexes (e.g. eligibility of taxi, non-eligibility of some bank/travel service fees etc.)

  11. Thank you for attention

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