Division 2 SELECTION CRITERIA

The selection criteria make it possible to assess the applicant organisation's financial and operational capacity to complete the proposed work programme.

Only organisations with the resources necessary to ensure their functioning can be awarded a grant. As evidence of this they must:

• attach a copy of the organisation's annual accounts for the last financial year for which the accounts have been closed preceding the submission of the application. If the grant application is from a new European organisation, the applicant must produce the annual accounts (including balance sheet and profit and loss statement) of the member organisations of the new body for the last financial year for which the accounts have been closed preceding the submission of the application,

• present a detailed forward budget for the organisation, balanced in terms of income and expenditure,

• attach an external audit report produced by an approved auditor in case of operating grant applications in excess of EUR 100 000, certifying the accounts for the last financial year available and giving an assessment of the applicant organisation's financial viability.

Only organisations with the necessary operational resources, skills and professional experience may be awarded a grant. To this end, the following information must be enclosed in support of the application:

• the organisation's most recent annual activity report, or, in the case of a newly constituted organisation, the curricula vitae of the members of the management board and other staff and the annual activity reports of the new body's member organisations,

• any references relating to participation in or applications for actions financed by the European Community, conclusion of grant agreements and conclusion of contracts from Community budget,