Call for proposals: Shape with us the EU's communication in Cyprus!
Selection of proposals for communication actions to reinforce the European Commission's communication efforts in Cyprus.
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| The Representation has launched a call for proposals for communication actions promoting awareness and dialogue on European Union themes, more specifically the Political guidelines of the next European Commission 2024-2029. |
What type of communication actions: The following types of activities are eligible under this call for proposals:
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Who can submit an application?
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| EU grant - (co-financing max 80%) : from 5 000 euro to 25 000 euro |
| Language of the proposal: must be submitted in English or Greek. |
| Deadline for submission: Extended until 7 October 2025 |
| Read the full call for proposals here. |
Other documents available in the Call for Proposals are:
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Submit your questions by 26 September, exclusively via the email address: COMM-REP-CY-TENDERS-OPER ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (COMM-REP-CY-TENDERS-OPER[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) |
Submit your proposals by post: European Commission Representation in Cyprus Administration Ref: COMM/GRANT/CY/2025 EU House, 30 Byron Avenue, 1096 Nicosia Cyprus
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SUBMITTED
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| As mentioned in the call (ref.: 5. Admissibility requirements):
An applicant may only submit one single application and the application must be linked to at least one or more of the six EU themes specified in sections 2.1-2.6.
An application may include one or more eligible activities (ref.: 6.2. Eligible activities) under one single action.
The grant amount available per action is from 5.000 to 25.000 EUR (ref.: 4 Budget available).
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| 2 | Specifically, in relation to the budget: • Can the activity be open to sponsorship? • If yes, and if you are able to disclose this information, how would such sponsorship affect the selection and award criteria? • Would this also have an impact on the total amount of the grant awarded? | The call explicitly states that co-financing of the action may take the form of […] financial contributions from third parties. (11.5. Balanced budget). Only i) contributions in kind from third parties are not to be accepted(11.3. Ineligible costs).
The co-financing with financial contributions from third parties may have an impact on the Criterion 3: Quality of the intended results (total 30 points, pass mark 18 points): • 3.1 Relevance, level of ambition and achievability of the intended quantitative and qualitative results and impact of the activity (20 points). (9. Award Criteria)
About the co-financing, please note that the call explicitly states that the grant contribution shall correspond to a maximum of 80% of the total budget needed to implement a project (6.4. Eligible project co-financing).
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| 3 | Criterion 1 – 1.2 (“The extent to which the EU is a substantive part of the activity and included in the external communication on the activity”) Could you please clarify whether proposals will be evaluated on:
| Both interpretations, as in the first two bullets of the question, are correct.
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| 4 | Checklist for applicants – Bank Account Form and Legal Entity Form In the checklist, the links provided for the Bank Account Form and the Legal Entity Form appear to be leading to the same document. Am I missing something, or should these forms be accessed through different links? | The two links to this page Forms for contracts - European Commission are correct. The page gives access to the following forms: Financial identification
Download the Financial Identification form to communicate the banking coordinates necessary to the authorisation of payments from the EU. Legal entities
Business partners – legal entities and bank accounts The Legal Entity form for natural person, private companies, and public law bodies necessary for the awarding of EU funding. The form IDENTIFICATION FORM PRIVATE LAW BODY is the single form to use for the Bank Account Form and the Legal Entity Form for Private Companies, as stated on the page Business partners – legal entities and bank accounts (see ref. Forms for contracts - European Commission in the Annex IIc: Checklist for applicants 2025)
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| 5 | Application Form – Formatting Can we include tables, charts, or simple design elements in the application form (to enhance clarity and readability), or should the form be completed strictly in plain text?
| There is no restriction to use plain text only in the application form.
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