The official text of the third call for proposals published on 5^th June 2018 announces the launch of this call  for three priority axes, with € 22.900.000 ERDF budget as it follows:

You can download the official text of the call for proposal in French, Portuguese and Spanish.

• Who can apply?

Private and public entities, with or without profitmaking aims, as well as companies (except big companies), located in the eligible area of Sudoe Programme.

IMPORTANT: the official text of the call for proposals provides details on the type of actors who must be part of the application regarding each priority axis.

• How can you  apply?

The Call for Proposals is organised in two stages.

The first stage

Step 1, published on 5th June 2018 and opened from the 1st to 21st September 2018, both included. The applications have been built by the National Authorities and the Joint Secretariat being subject of a first selection by the Steering Committee according to the admissibility and selection criteria of the first phase, as detailed in the factsheet nº6 of the Sudoe Programme Manual. At the closure, the Joint Secretariat received 127 project proposals. The list of shortlisted projects was published on the 18th January 2018, after the decision of the Steering Committee, that met on the 18th of January in Toulouse (France).

The second stage 

The second stage of the call is open from 21th January 2019 to 29th March 2019. 

• Results

On 18/06/2019, the Steering Committee met in Toulouse where the Third Call for Proposals’ projects have been approved. 17 projects have been approved with 7 projects from axis nº2 with € 8239161,67 ERDF budget, 4 projects from axis nº3 with € 6397930,63 euros and 6 from axis nº4 with € 6552432,3 ERDF budget.

Management of approved projects - Proposal process of first level controller

In order to support the beneficiaries of the third call's approved projects, the National Authorities and the Joint Secretariat have organized several information sessions.

• Session for Spanish beneficiaries

The National Authority organized a seminar in Madrid on January 23th, 2020. Spanish beneficiaries are invited to attend as well as their first level controller if necessary.

Presentations are available  here. 

• Session for French beneficiaries

The National Authority and the Joint Secretariat organized a webinar on January 10, 2020. The video is available here. 

The presentations presented can be downloaded here.

The documentation to be presented by French beneficiaries for their first level controller's proposal to the National Authority can be downloaded here.

• Session for Portuguese beneficiaries

The National Authority and the Joint Secretariat organized a webinar on January 13, 2020. The video is available here.

Presentations can be downloaded here.

Documentation to be presented by Portuguese beneficiaries for their first level controller's proposal to the National Authority can be downloaded here.