2. EU Funds
Knowledge Building across Community Land Trusts
July, 2 2013

3. Knowledge Center Social Europe
Knowledge Center Social Europe has two
main activities
• Informing the federations of the non
profit sector and the Flemish regional
authorities, among others department of
wellfare, public health and family, about
European Policy
• Informing and supporting non profit
organizations (both public and private) in
EU funds and projects

4. EU funds and projects
An opportunity to work with European partners
on innovative themes…
• Develop innovative expertise or adapt and
transfer existing expertise
• Technological and more and more about
Social Innovation
• Innovation in the internal work
organization
• Specific training for employees,
international exchange, development of
professional expertise
• Develop an offer towards the target group:
mobility, education, …

5. What are EU subventions? (1)
EU programmes: Framework for 7 years
1. Multiannual Financial Framework
2007-2013: More then 100 subvention
programmes with own objectives,
priorities, …
!2014 – 2020: New Framework for 7
years
2. Annual work plan: priorities for the work
year
3. Call for proposals
4. Project Implementation

6. What are EU subventions? (2)
3 different types of grants
1. Project grants: call for proposals –
projects / actions that are in the interest of
the European policy
2. Operating grants: Operating costs for a
European structure
3. Tenders: call for tenders issued by the
European Commission for services,
research, …
+ Projects via the European Parliament

7. What are EU subventions? (3)
Different types of EU programmes
1. Structural Funds – cohesian policy:
decrease socio-economic differences
between European regions (ESF, EFRD,
Interreg, …)
Managed by member states and/or regions
2. European programmes – mixed centralized
/ decentralized (Erasmus for All, …)
 Some of the actions are managed by the
member states, others by the European
Commission
3. Community Programmes – Thematic
programmes (EaSI …)
 managed by the European Commission or
by an executive agency of the European
Commission

8. What are EU subventions? (4)
Some important characteristics concerning
content
1. Based on European policy and priorities
2. Each European programm has clear
objectives
 Match the own organisation objectives with
the European policy priorities
3. Most of the time transnational: partnership with
other EU countries (exceptional with non EU
partners)
4. Dissemination and valorisation

9. What are EU subventions? (5)
Some important financial characteristics
1. European grants finance projects – no
structural funding
2. Subventions = repayment of eligible costs
3. Cofinancing – no profit
4. Prefinancing
5. One subvention per project

10. The EU 2020 strategy
10European Commission Secretariat-General
Europe 2020: 7 flagship initiatives
underpin the targets
Smart GrowthSmart Growth SustainableSustainable
GrowthGrowth
Inclusive GrowthInclusive Growth
Innovation
« Innovation Union »
Climate, energy
and mobility
« Resource efficient
Europe »
Employment and
skills
« An agenda for
new skills and jobs »
Education
« Youth on the
move »
Competitiveness
« An industrial
policy for the
globalisation era »
Fighting poverty
« European
platform against
poverty »Digital society
« A digital agenda
for Europe »
10

11. Themes in de EU 2020 strategie
1. (Social and technological) innovation: finding
answers for social needs and stimulating new
collaborations
2. Access to the labour market
3. Combating poverty
4. Training and education
5. Climate, energy, mobility
+ Social Investment Package: Social Investment
for Growth and Cohesion
-Child Poverty
-Long Term Care
-Homeless people

12. What are the EU funds to keep an
eye on?

13. EU funds – a selection
Overview EU Funds
EU programme 2007-2013 EU programme 2014-2020
Structural Funds
European Social Fund (ESF) European Social Fund (ESF)
European Fund for Regional Development European Fund for Regional Development
Interreg Interreg
Rural development programme Rural development programme
Mixed centralized / decentralized
Life Long Learning, Leonardo da Vinci Erasmus for All
Life Long Learning, Grundtvig Erasmus for All
Youth in Action Erasmus for All
European Integration Fund Fund for Asylum and Migration
European Integration Fund Fund for Asylum and Migration

14. Overview EU Funds
Community Programmes
Preparatory Action in the field of Sport Erasmus for All
Progress EaSI (Programme for Employment and Social
Innovation)
7th Framework programm for Research Horizon 2020
Competitiveness en Innovation (CIP) Horizon 2020
Eureka Horizon 2020
Urbact Urbact
Life + / Environment LIFE programma voor milieu en klimaatactie
Daphne Programme for Rights and Citizenship
Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme for Rights and Citizenship
Public Health programm Health for Growth programma
Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Ambient Assisted Living (AAL)
Drug Prevention and Information Programme for Justice
Prevention of and fight against crime Programme for Justice
Europe for Citizens Europe for Citizens

15. Education, training, development
and exchange of expertise & skills
(1)
Different programmes for different target
groups
• Leonardo da Vinci: programme for
vocational education and training
• Grundtvig: programme for adult education
• Youth in Action programme: for youth and
youth workers
 2014 -2020: Erasmus for all

16. Education, training, development
and exchange of expertise (2)
2014 - 2020

17. Education, training, development
and exchange of expertise (3)
Leonardo Da Vinci, Grundtvig and Youth in
Action … good to know
• Fixed actions with fixed deadlines (except
for some activities within the youth in action
programme – call for proposals)
 possibility to prepare in advance
(preparatory visits – Grundtvig en
Leonardo)
• National agencies are a big help

18. Policy Analysis and Preparation (1)
New Program for Employment and Social
Innovation (EaSI)
 Social Investment package
1. Analysis, mutual learning and grants
2. Specific budget for social innovation and
social policy experimentation, i.e. testing of
innovative policies on a small scale with the
aim of up-scaling the most successful ones.

19. Research and Development
 In 2014-2020: Horizon 2020
1. What? Funds for long-term-research –
integration of ideas en products over a
period of 5 to 10 years. In the new
programme more attention for social
innovation!
2. For who? Research institutes in
collaboration with authorities, companies,
…ngo’s,
3. Technical Information
 Managed by European Commission
 Difficult programme

20. Regional Socio-Economic
Development
 Structural Funds
1. What? EFRD, ESF, Interreg
2. Technical Information
 Managed by Member States / Regions

21. How to start …
• Clear view on the own objectives + match
with one or more European programmes
• Keeping an eye on the call for proposals +
do not wait to already prepare (short time
between launch of the call and the deadline)
• Promoter = preferably someone who has
already experience with European projects
• Possibility of joining another consortium
• …

22. Knowledge Center Social Europe
Jos Sterckx, Director
Jos.sterckx@kcse.be / +32 02 205 00 47
An Rommel, European Project Advior
An.rommel@kcse.be / +32 02 205 00 46
Kolonel Bourgstraat 122 bus 4,
1140 Brussel
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