Eligibility issues
Participation in the award of grant contracts is open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons and, after prior approval from the relevant services of the Commission, to entities which do not have legal personality under the applicable national law, provided that their representatives have the capacity to comply with the legal obligations on their behalf and assume financial liability and are established in an eligible country in accordance with the basic act (i.e. legal basis) governing the programme in question.
Eligibility criteria for applicants and implementing partners are stated in the guidelines for applicants of each specific Call for Proposals.
In general, only non-profit Non State Actors (including Civil Society Organisations) pursuing an aim of general interest to the EC are eligible for grants:
- a European body involved in education, training, information, innovation or research and study on European policies, any activities contributing to the promotion of citizenship or human rights;
- a European network representing non-profit bodies active in the Member States or in the candidate countries and promoting principles and policies consistent with the objectives of the Treaties.
Proposed actions must be in line with the priorities described in the call for proposals.
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