CERV-NT Networks of Towns: the application, step by step

What it is

Networks of Towns invites municipalities, regions and associations working together in a long-term perspective to develop networks of towns, make their cooperation more sustainable and exchange good practice. Networks are expected to bring a range of activities around subjects of common interest related to the CERV programme's objectives. The grant is a prefixed lump sum per event, from €100,000 with no maximum.

Who can apply

Every applicant, the coordinator included, must be a non-profit making town or municipality, their twinning committees or networks, other local or regional authorities, federations or associations of local authorities, or other non-profit organisations representing local authorities — established in an EU Member State (including overseas countries and territories) or a country associated to the CERV Programme. A non-profit organisation representing municipalities must explain in the proposal the role and involvement of the municipalities.

Partnership

At least 4 applicants (not affiliated entities or associated partners) from at least 4 different eligible countries, at least 2 of them EU Member States. Activities must take place in at least 2 different eligible countries.

Duration

Normally 12 to 24 months.

Grant

From €100,000, with no maximum. The grant is a prefixed lump sum per event.

Deadlines

Deadlines are set in each call. Check the current deadline on the call's topic page on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

How many applications

Applicants may submit more than one proposal for different projects under the same call, but if there are several proposals for very similar projects, only one will be accepted and evaluated.

How it is scored

To be considered for funding a proposal must score at least 70 points out of 100 overall, and reach the individual threshold of 25 on Relevance. The other criteria have no individual threshold.

Proposals that pass the individual threshold for the criterion ‘Relevance’ AND the overall threshold will be considered for funding — within the limits of the available call budget. Other proposals will be rejected.

Proposals with equal scores are prioritised by their score for ‘Relevance’, then ‘Quality’, then ‘Impact’.

The form structure

Part B, the technical description, in the order of the CERV Part B template (V3.0). Part A — administrative data and the lump-sum budget — is filled in online on the Funding & Tenders Portal.

1. 1.Project summary
   • See Abstract (Application Form Part A)
2. 2.1. Relevance
   • 1.1 Background and general objectives
   • 1.2 Needs analysis and specific objectives
   • 1.3 Complementarity with other actions and innovation — European added value
3. 3.2. Quality
   • 2.1 Concept and methodology
   • 2.2 Consortium set-up
   • 2.3 Project teams, staff and experts
   • 2.4 Consortium management and decision-making
   • 2.5 Project management, quality assurance and monitoring and evaluation strategy
   • 2.6 Cost effectiveness and financial management
   • 2.7 Risk management
4. 4.3. Impact
   • 3.1 Impact and ambition
   • 3.2 Communication, dissemination and visibility
   • 3.3 Sustainability and continuation
5. 5.4. Work plan, work packages, activities, resources and timing
   • 4.1 Work plan
   • 4.2 Work packages, activities, resources and timing
6. 6.5. Other
   • 5.1 Ethics and EU values
   • 5.2 Security
7. 7.6. Declarations
8. 8.Annexes

How you write it in AvenEU

• ✦Part B section by section, with every question of the template and an estimate of the pages your text fills against the call's 70-page limit.
• ✦EUri analyses each section against the call's own award criteria, including the individual threshold on Relevance.
• ✦An event lump-sum calculator: each event's amount from the CERV lump-sum decision, from its participants and countries, with the total checked against the call's minimum.
• ✦Partner suggestions from Erasmus+ data, filtered to the countries CERV admits, with the call's own rule on who may take part.
• ✦A Word file of Part B that keeps the template's instructions and processing tags, ready to move into the official template.