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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Frank:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"I'm not sure this annoucement is on
your radar screen, but here another <BR> opportunity to seek funding for
your projects."<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your excellent contribution</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
color=#000000>Enrique</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
color=#000000></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT color=#000000>Enrique Arrieta
Noguera</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
color=#000000>President</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
color=#000000>ISOC-Colombia</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT color=#000000>Bogotá,
Colombia</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Franck Martin" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:franck@sopac.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>franck@sopac.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 8:13
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: [Chapter-delegates] [Fwd: [PICISOC] [Fwd:
[cropict] FW: European Commission Co-financing with NGOs - Open Call for
Proposals]]</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> All,<BR>> <BR>> I'm not sure this annoucement is on your radar
screen, but here another <BR>> opportunity to seek funding for your
projects.<BR>> <BR>> I would be grateful if anybody can share additional
info on this call <BR>> for proposal.<BR>> <BR>> Needless to say
PICISOC is looking for NGO partners in EU to do some <BR>> projects. A great
opportunity to do collaboration between chapters. I'm <BR>> worried time is
running out.<BR>> <BR>> Thanks<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> *From:* Rosita
Hoffmann<BR>> *Posted At:* Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:07 AM<BR>>
*Posted To:* Hot-Topics<BR>> *Conversation:* European Commission Co-financing
with NGOs - Open Call<BR>> for Proposals<BR>> *Subject:* European
Commission Co-financing with NGOs - Open Call for<BR>> Proposals<BR>>
<BR>> *European Commission Co-financing with NGOs*<BR>> <BR>> *
*<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> *Open Call for Proposals*<BR>> <BR>> *
*<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> *_Deadline for Applications: 8
March 2006_*_ at 1600 hrs (Brussels<BR>> time)_<BR>>
<BR>> The European Commission is calling for Proposals from NGOs from
African<BR>> Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states under its Grant Application
programme<BR>> for NGOs from developing states.<BR>> <BR>> The *overall
indicative amount available* under this Call for Proposals<BR>> is *Euro 155
million.* The African Caribbean and Pacific *(ACP) region<BR>> will be
allocated 45 to 50%* of this amount.<BR>> <BR>> *1. Background*<BR>>
<BR>> The main aim of the European Commission (EC) policy of co-financing
with<BR>> NGOs is poverty reduction through support for disadvantaged people
in<BR>> developing countries[1] <#_ftn1>[1] designed to meet their
basic needs,<BR>> improve the quality of their lives and reinforce their
development<BR>> capacities. Civil society strengthening and participatory
development<BR>> promotion in partner countries will be the focus of support
in this context.<BR>> <BR>> Actions must be consistent with the EC
development policy framework and<BR>> must contribute to the achievement of
the Millennium Development Goals<BR>> (MDGs) and other internationally agreed
targets[2] <#_ftn2>[2].<BR>> <BR>> *2. Priorities*<BR>> <BR>>
* *<BR>> <BR>> Actions should aim to support sustainable social, human,
environmental<BR>> and economic development processes, as well as provide
institutional<BR>> support and capacity building for local development
structures,<BR>> including partner organisations in developing countries.
Actions will be<BR>> based on an initiative of local partners and should
ensure their<BR>> involvement in the implementation phase. They shall aim at
strengthening<BR>> local partners’ capacities, in accordance with the
thematic and<BR>> geographic criteria set out below:<BR>> <BR>> *3.
Thematic Criteria*<BR>> <BR>> § Actions that support sustainable social,
human, environmental and<BR>> economic development processes in developing
countries and that<BR>> mainstream institutional support and capacity
building for local<BR>> development structures with the aim of improving
their internal<BR>> organisation, strengthening their financial management
capacities and<BR>> developing their analytical and advocacy
skills*.*<BR>> <BR>> § Actions that support and facilitate either the
linking of relief,<BR>> rehabilitation and development (LRRD) activities in
countries emerging<BR>> from a crisis following natural or man-made disasters
or disaster<BR>> preparedness and prevention (DPP).<BR>> <BR>> §
Actions that are undertaken in countries affected by conflict and/or<BR>>
where official EC co-operation is suspended, unavailable or reduced.<BR>>
<BR>> *4. Geographic Criteria*<BR>> <BR>> * *<BR>> <BR>> §
Priority 1 – Least Developed Countries (LDCs) (in the Pacific these<BR>>
states as defined under the /Cotonou Agreement/ are *Samoa, Solomon<BR>>
Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu & Vanuatu*) and low income countries (LICs)
as<BR>> defined in the most recent OECD/DAC List of Aid Recipients.<BR>>
<BR>> _§__ _Priority 2 – Countries with an HDI ranking (Human
Development<BR>> Index) over 100 as defined in the UNDP Human Development
Report of the<BR>> last two years (website:<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/pdf/hdr04_HDI.pdf"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/pdf/hdr04_HDI.pdf</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2> and<BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2005/pdf/HDR05_HDI.pdf"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2005/pdf/HDR05_HDI.pdf</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>> <BR>> § Priority 3 – Other developing countries where
there continues to be<BR>> large numbers of poor and marginalised groups
(*all other Pacific ACP<BR>> countries*).<BR>> <BR>> *5.**
**Collaboration*<BR>> <BR>> *The local NGO applying for funding must do so
in collaboration with a<BR>> European NGO. *The latter must be constituted as
an autonomous, non<BR>> profit-making NGO in a Member State of the EU, in
accordance with the<BR>> laws in force in that state.<BR>> <BR>> They
must have their headquarters in a Member State of the European<BR>> Union and
those headquarters must be the main centre for decisions<BR>> related to
co-financed actions;<BR>> <BR>> The majority of their financial resources
must come from sources in<BR>> countries within the European Union.<BR>>
<BR>> *6.** **Deadline*<BR>> <BR>> * *<BR>> <BR>> Deadline for
applications is *8 March 2006 at 1600hrs (Brussels time).<BR>> *The
indicative date on which the EC plans to announce its decision is<BR>>
September 2006.* *<BR>> <BR>> * *<BR>> <BR>> *7.** **Documents to
Fill In*<BR>> <BR>> * *<BR>> <BR>> v Grant Application Form (Word
format)<BR>> <BR>> v Budget (Excel format)<BR>> <BR>> v Logical
Framework (Excel format)<BR>> <BR>> v Legal Entity Sheet (Excel format),
available at the following address:<BR>> <BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/budget/execution/legal_entities_en.htm"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/budget/execution/legal_entities_en.htm</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>> <</FONT><A
href="http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/budget/execution/legal_entities_fr.htm"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/budget/execution/legal_entities_fr.htm</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>><BR>> <BR>> v Financial identification form,
available at the following address:<BR>> <BR>> </FONT><A
href="http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/gestion/cont_typ/st/index_en.htm"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/gestion/cont_typ/st/index_en.htm</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2>> <</FONT><A
href="http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/gestion/cont_typ/st/index_fr.htm"><FONT
face=Arial
size=2>http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/gestion/cont_typ/st/index_fr.htm</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>><BR>> <BR>> *8//. //**Where & How to Send
Applications*<BR>> <BR>> Every application must be sent separately.
Applications must be received<BR>> in a sealed envelope by registered mail,
courier or by hand-delivery (a<BR>> signed and dated certificate of receipt
will be given to the deliverer)<BR>> at the address below:<BR>> <BR>>
_Postal address_<BR>> <BR>> European Commission<BR>> <BR>> EuropeAid
Cooperation Office, Unit 04<BR>> <BR>> Attn. Ms Sophie Liégeois<BR>>
<BR>> Office: L-41 2/72<BR>> <BR>> B-1049 Brussels (Belgium)<BR>>
<BR>> _Address for hand delivery or delivery by private courier
service_<BR>> <BR>> European Commission<BR>> EuropeAid Cooperation
Office, Unit 04<BR>> <BR>> Attn. Ms Sophie Liégeois (L-41 2/72)<BR>>
<BR>> Central Mail Service<BR>> <BR>> Rue de Genève, 1-3-5<BR>>
<BR>> B-1140 Brussels (Belgium)<BR>> <BR>> Applications sent by any
other means (e.g. by fax or by e-mail) or<BR>> delivered to other addresses
will be *rejected*.<BR>> <BR>> *9. Further Information** & TO DOWNLOAD
NECESSARY FORMS*<BR>> <BR>> Questions may be sent by e-mail no later than
21 days before the<BR>> deadline for the receipt of proposals to the
following e-mail address,<BR>> indicating clearly the reference of the call
for proposals:<BR>> </FONT><A href="mailto:EuropeAid-PVD@cec.eu.int"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>EuropeAid-PVD@cec.eu.int</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<</FONT><A href="mailto:EuropeAid-PVD@cec.eu.int"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>mailto:EuropeAid-PVD@cec.eu.int</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>>.<BR>> <BR>> * *<BR>> <BR>> *For more information and to
download forms and Official Guideline go to<BR>> **www.delfji.cec.eu.int
<</FONT><A href="http://www.delfji.cec.eu.int/"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.delfji.cec.eu.int/</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>>**
*<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> * *<BR>> <BR>>
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<BR>> [1] <#_ftnref1>[1] The eligible countries are those which figure
in Part<BR>> I of the OECD’s DAC List of Aid Recipients, excluding
accession<BR>> candidate countries. The list can be found under the following
address :<BR>> _www.oecd.org/dac/stats/daclist <</FONT><A
href="http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/daclist"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/daclist</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>>_<BR>> <BR>> [2] <#_ftnref2>[2] In the framework of this
call for proposals, actions<BR>> concerning the promotion of fair trade may
be submitted.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Franck Martin<BR>> ICT
Specialist<BR>> </FONT><A href="mailto:franck@sopac.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>franck@sopac.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> SOPAC,
Fiji<BR>> GPG Key fingerprint = 44A4 8AE4 392A 3B92 FDF9 D9C6 BE79 9E60
81D9 1320<BR>> "Toute connaissance est une reponse a une question"
G.Bachelard<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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<BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>>
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-<BR>> Franck Martin<BR>>
</FONT><A href="mailto:franck@sopac.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>franck@sopac.org</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>> "Toute
connaissance est une réponse à une question"<BR>> G. Bachelard<BR>>
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