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Joint technical Secretariat in Riga info @latlit.eu

Latvia–Lithuania Cross Border Cooperation Programme 2007–2013 WORKSHOP “How to prepare good application?”. I “Project Description” II “Partnership”. 18 January 2010, Klaipėda 19 January 2010, Panevėžys & Saldus 21 January 2010, Līvāni. Joint technical Secretariat in Riga info @latlit.eu.

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  1. Latvia–Lithuania Cross Border Cooperation Programme 2007–2013 WORKSHOP “How to prepare good application?” • I “Project Description”II “Partnership” 18 January 2010, Klaipėda 19 January 2010, Panevėžys & Saldus 21 January 2010, Līvāni Joint technical Secretariat in Riga info@latlit.eu

  2. WORKSHEET I Project Description

  3. 1. Good Project Title. HOW? • Project title – project business card • Choose words clearly reflecting the focus of your project. The most important words first, then less important words • Remove unnecessary for understanding words Good title – a quick picture for the reader of the key ideas of your project! 3

  4. 1. Is it a Good Project Title? Extra words: Illogical Two titles in one project Country abbreviations Spelling mistakes Not easy understandable • Establishment of Cooperation systems between sport facilities in Latvia–Lithuania Cross border region • Harmonious Cross Border Co-operation in traffic safety of LV-LT border regions • Development of infrastructure and services for entrepreneurship “Innovative Border” •  Improvement of water quality in small settlements Vriclava (LV) and Sauginiai (LT) •  Continuance of Latvia-Lithuania Cross Border Cooperation in Protection of Population and Environment 4

  5. 2. Short Title of the Project • LVLTMARINEImprovement of the labor force competitiveness in Latvia–Lithuania Maritime Sector • Mid-Baltics CraftCross-border network of craft as promoter of attractiveness of Latvia–Lithuania borderlands •  Museum AccessDevelopment of Accessible and Attractive Museums in Zemgale and Northen Lithuania • THESPIRITOFCURONIASport games THESPIRITOFCURONIA of Curonian region in Skuodas and Liepaja • RCBR Reconstruction of the Latvia–Lithuania cross border road Blankenfelde – Vaineikiai 5

  6. 3. Priority and Direction Only one Direction of Support! 3rd Call For Proposals: I Priority Direction of Support 1 Facilitating Business, Labour Market and R&T Development Direction of Support 2 Improvement of Internal and External Accessibility of the Border Region II Priority Direction of Support 1 Enhancing Joint Management of Public Services and Natural Resources Direction of Support 3 Development of Active and Sustainable Communities (Small Project Facility) Quality Criteria Project is relevant to Programme Objectives Check supported activities!!! 6

  7. 4. Project Duration • Project start date: • First costs incurred or paid • Eearliest – the day after the decision of the Joint Monitoring and Steering Commitee • Latest – within 1 month after LP signs the Subsidy Contract • Project end date: • First date + duration = end date Onedateforallproject! Start and end date is fixed in the Subsidy Contract 7

  8. 5. Brief Summary of Project Gives a first impression about the project! Published on the Programme website, presented to media Answer to the questions: • Who (project partners) • Where (place of implementation) • Why (justification of project) • What (aims of the project) • How (main activities) • What (outputsand benefit for the target groups) • and PERSUADE DON’T GO TOO MUCH INTO DETAILS BE SPECIFIC, CONCISE 8

  9. 6. Total Project Budget • Filled in autmatically from • Worksheet V ‘Project Budget’ 9

  10. 7. Problem and Justification It is your chance to persuade assessors about project significance!!! • Problem you want to solve, situation to improve? • Background of project/partnership – has it origin in any previous project? • Why partnership is needed? Problem Joint / Common? 10

  11. 7. Problem and Justification: Recommendations • Justify, not only describe problem/situation • Avoid general stereotypic statements, use statistics, researches and other relevant concrete data • Choose problem that you can solve (instead of big problem that you can’t or even don’t have competence to solve • Justify the need of the target group, not the project partners’ organisations unless they are project target group • Answer if the project idea has cross border nature? Can’t it be solved separately on a national, local scale? 11

  12. 8. Objectives and Sub-objectives If you don’t know where to go how would you know that you have came there? Possibility to get funding is not target itself! • 1 overall and at least 2 sub-objectives • Overall –strategic long term vision, non-achievable within project time, but projectcontributes to its achievement • Sub-objective – operational aim, achievable within project RESULTS PROBLEM OBJECTIVES 12

  13. 9. Project TargetGroups • Describe and indicate and describe direct target groups of the project and quantify the • Indicate and explain what will be the effect or benefits for the project target groups from your project activities • Interested parts: • Target groups • Project implementers • Decision makers • Financial source

  14. 10. Approach and Methodology • Describe coherence between: • Justify chosen Work Packages and thematic link between them • Coherence between investments and project objectives/activities PROBLEM OBJECTIVE ACTIVITIES RESULTS Quality Criteria The proposed methodology and approach is coherent with project rationale

  15. 11. Contribution to Programme Objectives and Development Plans • Describe coherence between project and Programme objectives • Indicate compliance to regional and/or local planning/strategic documents Quality Criteria Project objectives are included into the local and/or regional planning documents

  16. 12. Contribution to EU Horizontal Policies • Does the project contribute to: • Sustainable development • Equal opportunities • Competition • Partnership • Additionality NEWS: European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region Quality Criteria Project is in line and contributes to the relevant EU and national legislation and policies as well as facilitate implementation of the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.

  17. 13. Cross Border Impact and Innovative Approach • Cross border v.s. national/local implementation • Benefits for the border area • Difference from existing solutions

  18. WORKSHEET II Partnership

  19. Partnership • Indicate: • Involvement of each Partner in preparation of the application • Commitment of the involved partners • Justification of partner who is not from the Programme territory • Involved personnel, duration of their work, monthly remuneration rate • Justification of not balanced budget or partnership 19

  20. Partnership • Shortcomings of partnership: • Little knowledge about the partners • No clear common understanding of the project targets • Planned outputs and results not relevant for all the project partners • Weak commitment of some partners to the project 20

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