b-solutions 2.0 Call for Proposals

AEBR launched the present call for proposals in the framework of the b-solutions 2.0. Solving Cross Border Obstacles initiative with the aim to facilitate cooperation across borders.

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Eligibility

Eligible to apply for the b-solutions 2.0 call for proposals are:

• Public bodies at the national, regional, or local level with a national boundary limiting their territory;
• Cross-border entities such as European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs), Euroregions, Eurodistricts, Eurocities, and similar cross-border structures with legal personality, established under public or private law;
• “Bodies governed by public law” according to Art. 2(1) no. 4 Directive 2014/24/EU, if fulfilling the following criteria:
  • they are established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character;
  • they have legal personalities; and
  • they are financed, for the most part, by the State, regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law; or are subject to management supervision by those authorities or bodies; or have an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law; and
  • “Public equivalent bodies”, namely entities under private law which meet the conditions specified in 3) a)-c).

In addition, public bodies and cross-border structures must:

• be located in an EU Member State (or neighbouring EFTA country or IPA country);
• share at least one EU internal land or maritime border with another EU Member State/EFTA country/IPA country;
• have the mandate (legal competence) to intervene in certain areas and territories.

The EFTA Member States are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

IPA countries are countries under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) Cross – Border Co-operation. They are: Turkey, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, the Republic of North Macedonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

b-solution’s general eligibility criteria are the following:

• the application form has been submitted electronically via the dedicated webpage before the deadline indicated in the present call for proposals;
• the application form is completely filled in in English;
• the applicant corresponds to the applicant’s profile detailed under section 3 of the present call for proposals.

Benefits

• Funding

Application process

Click here to apply.

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