FAQ BSB JOP 2014-2020 - 1st Call for Proposals
This page contains answers to questions submitted by interested ENI CBC Black Sea Basin Program applicants, beneficiaries and controllers. The questions and answers are organized by topic of interest and are updated on a regular basis, as we collect new questions. To preview the questions, click on the topic of interest.
General Questions
1. What is the deadline for the submission of application under the first call for proposals?
2. How can we upload a project idea on the website? How can we add an organization/authority in the partners’ forum so that potential beneficiaries looking for partners can track us?
3. If an organization has created an account on programme’s website but has no project idea to be uploaded, is it possible to only add their contact details in order to be tracked by potential beneficiaries looking for partners? Which is the procedure to be followed in this case?
4. Where should be submitted the application and its annexes? Please clarify if there are one or more phases for submission of the application.
5. Is there a limitation on the number of management team members?
6. Does each partner or only the Lead Partner have to prove its financial capacity? What documents will be provided in order to demonstrate the financial capacity?
7. Is there any restriction with regard to the procedure to be followed for the ellaboration of the feasibility study?
8. What financial information are needed to be provided in the Declaration – Annex 1 or 2 to the Guidelines?
9. Should the latest annual accounts that must be submitted with the application be related to the last 3 years?
Eligibility of Applicants and Partners
1. Is there any restriction regarding the country of provenience of the Lead Partner?
2. Is there a limitation for an organization to participate as a partner in several partnerships?
3. Are associate partners eligible for this Call for Proposals?
4. Can an organization with the central office established outside the Programme eligible area, but having official offices inside the eligible area, apply for this Call for Proposals? What does the legal entity “effectively established” refers to?
5. Are counties established in the eligible area, but with no access to the Black Sea, eligible?
6. Can an association meet the requirements related to the professional situation by using and presenting the members experience in the field?
7. Are private entities such as companies eligible beneficiaries of the BSB JOP 2014 – 2020?
8. Will it be enough for the main company to prove its experience in the field in which its local office applies but has no experience?
9. What criteria (method of verification) are used to determine whether an entity is located in an ( within?) eligible area?
Eligibility of Costs
1. Which are the sources where the national co-financing can be covered from?
2. Please clarify if all projects should be based on the principle of non-profit and all incomes obtained will be deducted from the total value of the project?
3. Are the costs of rehabilitation, improvement and equipping of the respective building and adjacent land eligible?
4. Are costs for Project management consulting services eligible under this call for proposals, in case a Lead Beneficiary and/or beneficiaries do (does) not have the adequate professionals to perform some of the tasks related to the Project management?
5. Are consultancy services for the project preparation eligible, considering that they are provided before the grant contract endorsement?
6. Is the co-financing of the project mandatory for all types of applicants, including NGOs?
7. Regarding the staff costs, what rule and what type of contract will be used for the personnel involved in the implementation of the project (not contracted but employed)? Where they will be budgeted?
8. Is Project audit mandatory? Is this an eligible expenditure? On what budget line must be included?
9. Are costs for space / building acquisition and/or for renting a space / building eligible?
10. Please indicate if costs with salaries paid for internal staff that is entitled (according to their job description) to elaborate studies and documentation for projects including an infrastructure component are also eligible even if they are incurred during the project preparation period ?
Eligibility of Partnership
1. Which is the minimum and maximum number of partners including the lead partner?
2. Is there any limitation on the number of maximum applications that can be submitted as a Lead Partner?
3. In case there are two applications of the same Lead Partner, scored and ranked in positions for financing under the same Specific Objective, can the partners for one of the applications change the Lead Partner by designating one of them so that both applications be awarded financing?
eMS
1. In several sections of the electronic application form, up to maximum 2000 characters can be written, any text exceeding this limit being deleted. In other sections, the system automatically stops us and delivers the message „limit reached”. Is it possible this message to appear for every section?
Indeed, the system delivers the message „limit reached” only for some sections. However, the system counts the number of characters introduces in all sections and displays the number of remaining characters. Therefore, please pay attention to this aspect when filling in the application.
2. Please explain why in Section “Workplan – Group of activities” – Management, there are no outputs foreseen.