Call for proposals � EAC/S06/12: Preparatory Action: European Partnership on Sports (Open call)

This call for proposals serves to implement the Preparatory Action European Partnership on Sports in accordance with the Commission Decision adopting the 2012 annual work programmes on grants and contracts for the Preparatory Action — European Partnership on Sports, and for the Pilot Project — Knowledge Partnerships.

The main objective of this Preparatory Action is to prepare future EU actions in this field, on the basis of the Sport Chapter of the proposed Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport for 2014-2020 ‘Erasmus for All’, building on the priorities set in the 2007 White Paper on Sport and the 2011 Communication on Developing the European Dimension in Sport.

This call for proposals will support transnational projects put forward by public bodies or not-for-profit organisations in order to identify and test suitable networks and good practices in the field of sport, in the following areas:
1. The fight against match-fixing.
2. The promotion of physical activity supporting active ageing.
3. Awareness-raising about effective ways of promoting sport at municipal level.
4. Trans-frontier joint grassroots sport competitions in neighbouring regions and Member States.

Eligible applicants must be public bodies or not-for-profit organisations, with legal status and their head office in one of the EU Member States.

Proposed actions must be carried out in the EU and must include a transnational network with partners from a minimum of five Member States.

The budget available for this call is €3.5 million. EU co-financing will be provided to a maximum of 60% of the total eligible costs. A minimum of 20% of total eligible costs must be provided by third-party private funding. Staff costs may not exceed 50% of total eligible costs. Contributions in kind are not accepted as co-financing.

Projects must start between 1 January 2013 and 31 March 2013 and end no later than 30 June 2014.

The deadline for applications is 31 July 2012.

Further information is available on the Commission’s Sport pages

Reference: 2012/C 110/04

(Added 2012-04-17)