Division 3 Management quality of the project and budget (30 points, threshold: 15 points)

1. (a)

   Planning and organisation of the project (5 points)

   Applicants must describe the activities to be undertaken, timetable and milestones, deliverables, nature and distribution of tasks, risk analysis.

2. (b)

   Organisational capacity (5 points)

   Applicants must describe the management structure, competency of staff, responsibilities, internal communication, decision making, monitoring and supervision;

3. (c)

   Quality of partnership (5 points)

   Applicants must describe the partnerships envisaged in terms of extensiveness, roles and responsibilities, relationships among the different partners, synergy and complementarity of the various project partners and network structure.

4. (d)

   Communication strategy (5 points)

   Applicants must describe the communication strategy in terms of planning, target groups, adequacy of channels used, and visibility of Community co-funding.

5. (e)

   Overall and detailed budget including financial management (10 points, threshold: 5 points)

   Applicants must ensure that the budget is relevant, appropriate, balanced and consistent in itself, between partners and in relation to the specific objectives of the project. The budget should be distributed within partners at a minimum reasonable level, avoiding excessive fragmentation.

   Applicants must describe the financial circuits, responsibilities, reporting procedures and controls.

Any project failing to achieve the threshold will be rejected.

Following the evaluation, a list is drawn up of proposals recommended for funding, ranked according to the total number of points awarded. Depending on budget availability, the highest ranked proposals will be awarded for co-funding. The remaining proposals recommended for co-funding will be placed on a reserve list.