OLAF - Hercule II: Sector External Anti-Fraud Training Programme
The Hercule II Programme promotes activities designed to make the European Union more effective in preventing and combating fraud affecting its financial interests, including cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting. The Call for Proposals 2011 is an expression of OLAF's willingness to support training activities contributing in a preventative and/or operational way to combating fraud and corruption which is or may be detrimental to the financial interests of the European Union. This Call for Proposals relates to line 24.0201 ''Operational programmes in the fight against fraud '' of the budget of the European Union for 2011, subject to availability of appropriations.
TYPES OF ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED
- Training activities;
- Seminars;
- Conferences;
- Any other activity/event that serves to achieve anti-fraud objectives will be eligible (including measures to combat cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting).
OLAF is particularly interested in putting forward proposals covering the areas on which its own investigations are focused, such as structural measures, direct expenditure, external aid, customs and agriculture. This can be achieved by:
- Creating a forum for the exchange of experience, information and best practices between competent national authorities, including exchanges of personnel;
- Providing opportunities to facilitate, encourage and develop cooperation between the various partners in the fight against fraud, including cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting, and combating corruption;
- Encouraging joint activities organised by national authorities;
- Developing common methods of preventing fraud and corruption and promoting better knowledge of these areas;
- Facilitating the analysis and exchange of information in the field of protection of the European Union's financial interests, including the fight against cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting;
- Promoting and supporting over time a vigorous and vigilant approach to the design of measures to prevent and combat fraud and corruption.
Events which fulfil some or all of the above criteria are eligible and those focusing particularly on the fight against cigarette smuggling and cigarette counterfeiting are encouraged and will be especially welcomed.
The Programme targets the following beneficiaries:
1. All national or regional administrations which promote the strengthening of Community action to protect its financial interests;
2. All research and education institutes that have had legal personality for at least one year, are established and operating in a Member State or in a country outside the Community , as defined in Article 3 of the basic legal act, and that promote the strengthening of Community action to protect its financial interests;
3. All non-profit-making bodies that have had legal personality for at least one year, are legally established in a Member State or country outside the Community, as defined in Article 3 of the basic legal act, and promote the strengthening of Community action to protect its financial interests.
Available Budget for 2011
Indicative budget envisaged for grant awards: € 1.000.000. If the budget is not exhausted after this call, a possible second call will be launched in the second half of the year.
Financial provisions
- Co-financing shall require that part of the cost of an action is borne by the beneficiary of a grant, or by contributions other than the EU contribution . The projects must not be financed entirely out of EU funds .
- OLAF's financial contribution in the form of a grant will not exceed 80% of the total eligible cost of the project. The applicant must guarantee a minimum of 20% of the financing. This same percentage will be used when calculating the actual grant to be paid. If the final expenditure turns out to be lower than the expenditure budgeted, the Commission's contribution will be calculated on the basis of the percentage shown in the grant agreement. If the final expenditure turns out to be higher than the expenditure budgeted, the actual grant can not be increased, and will be limited to the maximum amount set out in the grant agreement.
- Sources of financing other than any EU grant may take the following forms (see guidelines: budgeted income): applicant's contribution, other external resources, direct receipts from the action, other EU contributions.
- Contributions in kind will not be accepted .
- The total amount of any grant awarded will be calculated according to the number and quality of successful projects, as well as the cost-effectiveness ratio of the corresponding budgets.
- The grants are awarded for specific actions and confer no automatic right to financing in subsequent years. They cover only the period during which the project is carried out. A grant cannot be awarded retrospectively.
- Before awarding a grant, the European Commission carries out a number of checks on the budget proposed in the application. These checks can lead to a revision of the budget and sometimes to a reduction of the maximum eligible costs of a project. Applicants might therefore not necessarily be awarded the full amount requested in the application. Where the Commission contacts an applicant, this does not in any way constitute or indicate a pre-selection of the proposal on the part of the Commission.
Meer lezen: http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/programmes/training/2011/en.html
Contact: Olaf-anti-fraud-training@ec.europa.eu
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