EU GRANTS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

IR 4400 Lecture 1

Ayselin YILDIZayselin.yildiz@yasar.edu.tr

This teaching material is used for Jean Monnet Module; “EU Grants and Project Management”. All right arereserved.

EU Financial Assistance, Grants/Funding Programmes: General Overview

Why the EU provides

financial assistance? To achieve European integration project;

Ø Financial assistance to member states (MS) in order toclose the development gap between MS,

Ø Financial assistance to candidate countries in order toprepare them for membership. These grants aim to improveand strengthen the existing institutional capacities, providethe required resources to support the harmonization processand adaptation of EU standards

Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance AB Katılım Öncesi Mali Yardımı (IPA)

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What is “grant”?

Grant; Non-refundable financial resource given to aninstitution or individual to realize a project, address aproblem or need under a specific policy area.

The main difference between a “grant” and“charity/donation”?

You have to realize what you have proposed in yourproject application/proposal, all the activities and outputs.Grants are not free loans!

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What is an “EU Grant Programme?”

Financial resources allocated by the EU for memberstates and candidate states to be used for specificpolicy areas. Grants are given to nationalgovernments or to different segments of the society(Universities, high schools, municipalities, NGOs etc)

Exercise

• Find out and list 2 EU grant programmes that offers funding only for Member States

• Find out and list 2 EU grant programmes that offers funding for Turkey as part of IPA

In order to benefit from the grants, you have to develop PROJECTS. Grants are allocated through projects

New technologies in EU agricultural policy

To increase the human resource capacity

Municipalities Agricultural agencies Civil Society

To support scientific research and innovation

Universities

EU Policy

Grant Prog.

project

project

Project

project

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I HAVE A WONDERFUL IDEA!To develop an online platform for teachers toshare their lecture notes, best practies andassignments

Support to womenemployment

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Call forproposal

Preparingproject Application

National AgencyEuropean Commission

EACEA Development Agency

Plan and prepare a relevantproject addressing the call.

There must be a relevant, open “call for proposal”!

Logical Framework Approach

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1. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CALL FOR PROPOSAL

The call is published by the grant agency. Example: European Commission, National Agency

Check whether my institution is eligible to apply/prepare a project?

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2. PREPARING THE PROJECT

• Projects are planned in line with the priorities and objectives laid down in the call.

• Projects are prepared in line with the application form and its annexes (logical framework matrix, budget etc.)

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Before planning the project...

• Carefully examine the Grant Programme:Carefully examine the guide for proposal. Check whether the priorities address your project idea. Check the calendar for planned activities. Check the amount of

financial contribution.

Carefully read the general EU policies and policy objectives concerning specific policy area of the call.

• Carefully examine the application form and annexes

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3.SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION

• After you prepared the application in line with the guide, the project has to be submitted to the grant authority/agency no later than the deadlineannounced in the guide.

• Without an open call for proposal, you can not submit a project. Therefore, you might need to wait until a relevant, open call for proposal is announced for your project.

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WATCH OUT!• My project is relevant for the call. It addresses the objectives of

the call

• I examined the specific policy area of the call. I studied the relevant EU policies in the same field.

• My institution is eligible to submit a project for the call. • I carefully examined the guide, application form, annexes and any

other additional documents requested. • The amount of financial contribution/grant meets the project

budget.• Deadlines! Deadlines meet my calendar, I am available to prpeare

and implement the project. • My institution is aware and willing to provide its own financial

contribution, own resources.

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Calls are published at...

• Central Finance and Contracts Unit (Merkezi Finans ve İhale Birimi) www.mfib.gov.tr

• European Commission-EACEA-https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding_en

• Europeaidhttp://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm

• Delegation of the EU to Turkey (Avrupa Birliği Türkiye Delegasyonu) www.avrupa.info.tr

• Turkish National Agency (Ulusal Ajans) www.ua.gov.tr

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• Development Agencies-İzmir Development Agencyhttp://www.izka.org.tr

• Ministry of Labour and Social Security (İnsan Kaynaklarının Geliştirilmesi Program Otoritesi-IKGPRO)

• www.ikg.gov.tr/tr-tr/anasayfa.aspx• Grants Programmes by Embassies• Embassy of Australia Doğrudan Yardım Programı (DAP)

www.turkey.embassy.gov.au/ankaturkish/Development_cooperat.html

• Embassy of Japan Yerel Projelere Hibe Programı (GGP)• www.tr.emb-japan.go.jp/Hibe_Yardimi/GGP.htm• Embassy of Netherlands Matra Programı – Küçük Ölçekli

Elçilik Projeleri Programı (KAP) www.istanbul.nlconsulate.org/services/civil-society/matra-decentral-programme 16

Calls are published at...

Exercise

• Find out an open call for proposal for Turkey• List the prioritie and objectives of the call.• Determine the relevant EU policy area for the

concerned call.

Thank youayselin.yildiz@yasar.edu.tr