ACP-EU Co-operation Programme in Higher Education (EDULINK II)

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HEIs; enhancing mechanisms for communication and dissemination of results from EDULINK projects;short and/or medium term study visits.Academic capacity of the ACP HEIs: developing and implementing new curricula; developingcapacities for postgraduate student exchanges, joint development of curricula, joint degrees/diplomas;academic staff exchanges; regional courses/seminars for training academic staff; teacher trainingcourses for HEI academic staff; postgraduate student and/or staff mobility; developing andimplementing credit transfer processes; the promotion, dissemination and demonstration of projectresults and/or best practices, e.g. web pages, drafting documents, studies, dissemination events.Sub-grantingSub-granting is not allowed under this Call for Proposals.VisibilityNote that the applicant must comply with the objectives and priorities and guarantee the visibility of the EUfinancing(see the Communication and Visibility Manual for EU external actions laid down and published bythe European Commission at (see http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/visibility/index_en.htm).Ineligible actionsThe following types of action are ineligible:Actions concerned only or mainly with individual sponsorships for participation in workshops,seminars, conferences, congresses;Actions that foresee individual scholarships for studies or training courses.Number of applications and grants per applicantAn applicant may submit more than one application under this Call for Proposals if the majority of thepartners are different for each application and if the proposals are for projects that are clearly different incontent or geographical coverage. Please note that, in this case, each proposal must be submitted individuallyand separately.An applicant may be at the same time partner in another application.Partners may take part in more than one application.Applicants to whom a grant was awarded under one or more of the previous EDULINK I Calls for Proposalsmay introduce a new project proposal under this EDULINK II call. Consortia that have been awarded a grantunder EDULINK I may apply with the same partnership composition provided the new project proposal isclearly different from their proposals funded under previous calls.January 2012 Page 12 of 23
2.1.4 Eligibility of costs: costs which may be taken into consideration for the grantOnly "eligible costs" can be taken into account for a grant. The categories of costs considered as eligible andnon-eligible are indicated below. The budget is both a cost estimate and a ceiling for "eligible costs". Notethat the eligible costs must be based on real costs based on supporting documents (except for subsistencecosts and indirect costs where flat-rate funding applies).Recommendations to award a grant are always subject to the condition that the checking process whichprecedes the signing of the contract does not reveal problems requiring changes to the budget (for instancearithmetical errors, inaccuracies or unrealistic costs and other ineligible costs). The checks may give rise torequests for clarification and may lead the Contracting Authority to impose modifications or reductions toaddress such mistakes or inaccuracies. The amount of the grant and the percentage of the EU co-financing asa result of these corrections may not be increased.It is therefore in the applicant's interest to provide a realistic and cost-effective budget.Claimed costs must be duly justified, and in particular, it should be noted that the financing of items such asequipment and travels should be limited to the minimum necessary for the implementation of the actionEligible direct costsTo be eligible under the Call for Proposals, costs must comply with the provisions of Article 14 of theGeneral Conditions to the Standard Grant Contract (see Annex G of the Guidelines).Note that taxes, including VAT will only be accepted as eligible costs when the Beneficiary (or, whereapplicable, its partners) can show it cannot reclaim them. Taxes shall in such case be included in the Budgetof the Action under each heading. Information on taxes can be found in Annex J to these Guidelines.Staff costsStaff cost shall mean any payment made to a person working on a regular or recurrent basis for the project,whether as staff member of a participant HEI or as sub-contracted professional.Staff costs shall be calculated on the basis of the normal salary paid by the HEI to the concerned staff member,for the number of months/days to be spent on the project (i.e. no special “international project” rate should beused). This calculation shall include all the normal charges paid by the employer, such as social securitycontributions and related costs, but shall exclude any bonus. The salary claimed should be justified by includinga copy of the HEI’s salary schedule and/or copies of the latest monthly pay slips of the individual staff members.Specific funds in the budget should be dedicated to the management of the project and to enhance the projectmanagement expertise of partners. In addition, and with the purpose of avoiding weak reporting (and inparticular financial reporting), the project application should include the necessary provisions to allocate astaff member with the appropriate administrative / accounting know-how to the tasks of document keepingand reporting, in particular financial reporting.A specific budget allocation for “Administrative/support staff (bookkeeping & financial reporting)” must beentered under 1.1.3. Annex B, Budget for the Action.For other personnel engaged in the project, the unit rates must be actual local market rates and must beexplained in the budget justification.January 2012 Page 13 of 23
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