National Contact Points for the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) strand of ESF+
ESF Lump Sum Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- ESF-2021-AG-NCP
- Programme
- National Contact Points for the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) strand under ESF+
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- June 10, 2021
- Deadline
- August 25, 2021
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €2,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- €40,000
- Max Grant Amount
- €70,000
- Expected Number of Grants
- 27
- Keywords
- ESF-2021-AG-NCPESF-2021-NCP
Description
Fully operational National Contact Points reaching out to a larger pool of potential applicants and stakeholders, supporting the submission of better quality proposals under the programme and disseminating project results, thus facilitating their replication and upscaling, in synergies with other sources of funds
Expected Outcome:Support national authorities in establishing and maintaining a National Contact Point (one per country) to inform about the EaSI strand, its opportunities, application requirements, projects and results in their country, assist in sharing and promoting results and support (potential) beneficiaries, the public, stakeholders, and optionally support other NCPs in their tasks.
In order to achieve the expected impact regarding replication and scaling of the results as indicated below in this call, the National Contact Points shall establish seamless cooperation with the National Competence Centres for Social Innovation, which are currently supported by the EaSI programme and ESF technical assistance.
Objective:Assist the national authorities in establishing or maintaining a National Contact Point in support of the EaSI strand.
Scope:The financial support shall take the form of a lump sum contribution for a standard package and an optional package. The standard packages should cover at least:
1. setting up and running a helpdesk within three months from starting the implementation period by establishing and maintaining a functional mailbox and dedicated phone number available 20 hours per week over 5 working days,
2. setting up and running a functional website within three months from starting the implementation period, which explains EaSI in the national language and contains contact details of the NCP,
3. organising and running two EaSI related events or webinars with at least 15 participants and a minimum duration of a 4 hours for half a day.
The optional package should contain at least the following deliverables:
- organising and running an additional EaSI related event or webinar under the same conditions as above;
- visiting an EaSI related project, which brings added value for the implementation of the EaSI programme,
- translation costs of EaSI related documents,
- sending employees for job shadowing to another NCP,
- receiving employees for job shadowing from another NCP
The overall lump sum will be calculated based on unit costs for these various activities.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Eligible countries: as described in the Call document.
• EU Member States (and their overseas countries and territories) ;
• EEA countries, in accordance with the EEA Agreement;
• EU acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidate countries, in line with the agreements concluded with them.
• Third countries having signed an agreement to participate in the strand or a third country listed in the EaSI work programme if necessary for the achievement of the objectives of an action.
Do note that for certain calls only EU Member States and EEA countries are eligible
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: as described in the Call document.
Applications must be submitted before the call deadline and electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System. Paper submissions are NOT possible.
Applications (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System.
Applications must be complete and contain:
- Application Form (Part A)
- Application Form (Part B)
- Annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded as PDF files).
At proposal submission, the lead applicant will have to confirm that it has the mandate to act for all applicants; that the information in the application is correct and complete and that the participants comply with the conditions for receiving EU funding (especially eligibility, financial and operational capacity, exclusion, etc). Before signing the grant, each beneficiaries and affiliated entities will have to confirm this again by signing a declaration of honour (DoH).
Applications must be readable, accessible and printable, not exceeding [70] pages.
3. Evaluation
The award criteria for this call are as follows:
- Relevance: clarity and consistency of project, objectives and planning; extent to which they match the themes and priorities and objectives of the call; impact/interest for the country concerned (Max. 40 points)
- Quality:
- Project design and implementation: technical quality; logical links between the identified problems, needs and solutions proposed (logical frame concept); methodology for implementing the project (concept and methodology, management, procedures, timetable, risks and risk management, monitoring and evaluation, communication); feasibility of the project within the proposed time frame; best value for money) (Max. 20 points)
- Project team and cooperation arrangements: quality of the consortium, if applicable, and project teams; appropriate procedures and problem-solving mechanisms; engagement with stakeholders, (co-) beneficiaries, (potential) applicants (Max. 20 points)
- Impact: ambition and expected long-term impact of results on target groups/general public; appropriate dissemination strategy for ensuring sustainability and long-term impact; sustainability of results after EU funding ends (Max. 20 points).
4. Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement: as described in the Call document.
5. Proposal templates, guidance and model grant agreements (MGA):
Standard proposal template
Call document
Mono/Multi-beneficiary Model Grant Agreement
Support & Resources
For help related to this call, please contact: [email protected]
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Please be aware that the Manual is currently drafted for the H2020 Programme and may not entirely fit for other programmes. However, a revision is being completed to make it corporate.