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The actions selected are eligible under the Call, as described in the list with the indicative activities for a bilateral component in the Call:

• visits aiming at deepening partnerships across sectors and through specific common activities
• networking, exchange, sharing and transfer of knowledge, technology, experience and best practice
• visits by NGO experts / experts from Donor States entities to Greece for training / coaching purposes – and vice versa
• attendance or organization of conferences or workshops with a concrete impact on bilateral partnerships and relations
• technical cooperation and exchange of experts
• capacity building and short-term training, for instance digital/physical workshops
• working visits related to ongoing projects
• any other activities aiming at strengthening bilateral relations between eligible entities in the Donor States and Greece.

According to the Call for Proposals “Bilateral Initiative applicants & partners must be legal entities registered and established in Greece or in the Donor States. Eligible promoters could be both profit and non-profit institutions in Greece or in Norway, Lichtenstein or Iceland”.

According to that, as far as an organization is a non-profit legal entity registered and established in Greece, whether established by natural or legal persons, private or public ones, it can be considered an eligible applicant.

An ad hoc decision regarding the eligibility of a specific organization can only be taken after having reviewed the relevant application and its supporting documentation.

The funding shall be disbursed to the bank account provided by the Lead Partner on the contract, as reimbursement of all expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership. The budget allocation between the partners is agreed when planning the project (the Leader organisations – together with their project partner/s) and is to be paid as agreed between the Partners. The allocation of the budget can be entered in the column “expenses description” in the budget template.

Please find below the translation in Greek for the documents requested in the Call text:

• Valid tax statement and social insurance statement: φορολογική και ασφαλιστική ενημερότητα εν ισχύ
• Tax declarations; Balance sheets of the last two years: Φορολογική δήλωση (Εκκαθαριστικό) / Ισολογισμοί των δύο τελευταίων ετών

Although tax clearance certificate is mentioned in the question it is not mentioned in the text of the Call for proposals.

The above documentation is required for any NGO based in Greece that is involved in the initiative, while for entities based outside of Greece, their corresponding Governance Documents (Statutes and Representatives) must be submitted; More specifically from the above list what is applicable in their country of registration.

All submitted applications will be reviewed by the Fund Operator for compliance with the administrative and eligibility criteria. In case where one or more documents are missing, the applicant must submit a signed solemn declaration, mentioning any missing documents and the justification for not submitting them. The Fund Operator shall decide whether the justification is adequate and respond to the applicant with a new deadline to submit missing documents, within 5 working days after the initial online submission. The applicants will have five (5) working days to submit any missing documents following a relevant request by the Fund Operator.

Under the current scheme of the Fund Operator (SOL CROWE & HumanRights360) it is the first time we launch such a Call, therefore we cannot share something from the past.

It is up to the partnership & the agreement between partners to breakdown activities in a bilateral project. There is no such a restriction in the bilateral component.

Αt least one entity from one of the Donor States, relevant to achieving the cooperation objectives, must be involved in any initiative. Practically, if you are interested in submitting a bilateral application, you may find a partner from the database. However, in case you are already aware of a Norwegian organization, which you find that suits better with your bilateral idea you can come in contact & process accordingly.

According to the Call for Proposals “Bilateral Initiative applicants & partners must be legal entities registered and established in Greece or in the Donor States. Eligible promoters could be both profit and non-profit institutions in Greece or in Norway, Lichtenstein or Iceland”.  According to that, as far as an organization is a non-profit legal entity registered and established in Greece, whether established by natural or legal persons, private or public ones (for instance also by municipalities) can be considered an eligible applicant. An ad hoc decision regarding the eligibility of your organization can only be taken after having reviewed your application and its supporting documentation.

It is suggested to carefully read the guidelines of the Call, and specifically the indicative activities, which could be included and described in a potential application and discuss the component of your proposal with your partner(s).

An indicative non-exhaustive list of eligible activities as described in the guidelines of the Call is the following:

• visits aiming at deepening partnerships across sectors and through specific common activities

• networking, exchange, sharing and transfer of knowledge, technology, experience, and best practice

• visits by NGO experts / experts from Donor States entities to Greece for training / coaching purposes – and vice versa

• attendance or organization of conferences or workshops with a concrete impact on bilateral partnerships and relations

• technical cooperation and exchange of experts

• capacity building and short-term training, for instance digital/physical workshops

• working visits related to ongoing projects

We kindly remind that at least one entity from one of the Donor States, relevant to achieving the cooperation objectives, must be involved in any initiative your organization will submit.

According to the Call for Proposals “Bilateral Initiative applicants & partners must be legal entities registered and established in Greece or in the Donor States. Eligible promoters could be both profit and non-profit institutions in Greece or in Norway, Lichtenstein, or Iceland.“. If this is not the case for the organization, i.e. if you it is not a legal entity, profit or non-profit, registered and established in Greece, Norway, Lichtenstein or Iceland, then it cannot be considered eligible, even if it is active in Greece.

Each proposal will be submitted separately & will have a unique ID number of application; Practically, if a bilateral partnership is willing to submit two proposals, then  two applications, two budgets’ templates have to be submitted.