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Programme Questions
Project Application Questions
Financial Questions
Project Development Questions
Project Implementation Questions
Website Questions
Publicity - Programme Level
Publicity - Project Level
Programme Questions
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Q- What are the main aims of the Programme?
Q- What are the topics addressed by the Interreg IIIB North Sea Programme?
Q- Who can participate in a project?
Q- Can private partners participate in a project?
Q- What is the role of the lead partner?
Q- How are projects selected?
Project Application Questions
Financial Questions
Q- Where can I get information about funds available for my project idea?
Q- Auto decommitment and spending targets -
Is it true that a project risks losing part of the grant if the annual spending targets as set out in section 7,2 of the application and repeated in the Grant Offer Letter are not met?
It is true that projects risk losing part of the grant if the spending targets are not met. This is because the programme is subject to the so called 'auto decommitment rule' (the N+2 rule) which basically means that if the programme does not spend the money it receives each year within two years, it must pay the unspent money back to the European Commission. For example, to avoid decommitment the programme needs to spend and report the amount committed to the programme in 2002 (the spending target of the programme for 2002) no later then 2004. This rule applies on programme level but since the programme consists of projects, any loss resulting from projects failing to achieve the spending targets risks being passed on to these projects. The secretariat will do its utmost to avoid this from happening but you cannot rely on this if you underspend.
Some projects seem to be under the impression that the so called N+2 rule can be applied on project level, i.e. as long as the spending target for 2002 is reached in 2004 and the spending target for 2003 is reached in 2005 and so forth then the project is 'home safe'. This is not the case. It is the annual spending targets for the individual project as stated above which must be met and must be focused on. The project must meet its own spending target for 2004 by the end of 2004 etc.
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Q- Eligibility period - In what period of time are costs eligible?
Q- The Grant Offer Letter (GOL) - What is the legal form of relationship between the approved project and the Secretariat ?
Q- The Grant Offer Letter (GOL) - What do we do if we have not received the Grant Offer Letter (GOL) shortly after we have been notified that the project was approved?
Q- Auditor's statement - What is an auditor's statement and when does it have to be submitted?
Q- Auditor's statement - Who can the appointed project's auditor be?
Q- The Lead Partner Responsibility - What is the role of the Lead Partner within the project?
Q- Evidence of expenditure - Do we have to send bills, time sheets and invoices to the secretariat?
Q- Evidence of expenditure - How do I provide evidence of incurred expenditure?
Q- Staff costs and overhead - Are staff costs eligible?
Q- Ineligible expenditure - Could this expenditure not just be omitted in the reports?
Q- General costs/Overhead costs - How are general costs/overhead costs calculated?
Q- Funding and Norwegian money - Are there any special requirements concerning Norwegian project partners?
Q- Travel and accommodation - Are study tours eligible?
Q- Income - How does income generated in the project affect the ERDF grant ?
Q- External experts / consultants working as project manager - Is it possible to appoint an external expert or a consultant as project manager?
Q- Subcontractors located in- and outside the eligible area - Can project activities be subcontracted to a contractor outside the eligible area ?
Q- Travel and accommodation - Are costs for travel by car eligible?
Q- Irrecoverable VAT - To what extent is irrecoverable VAT eligible?
Q- Currency - What currency is used in financial matters?
Project Development Questions
Q- How can I get involved in a project?
Q- Does my idea fit the Programme?
Q- What is the Table of Project Ideas?
Q- How do I put my project idea on the Programme Website?
Q- Is it possible for my project to link to another Interreg Programme?
Project Implementation Questions
Q- What is a Lead Partner seminar?
Q- Where can I get information on topics already addressed by approved projects?
Q- Where can I find information on projects in my area?
Q- Can I link up to another project?
Website Questions
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Q- Where on the website can I find the application forms?
Q- Who do I contact if something on the site does not work or I have a suggestion about the site?
Q- How do I contact your web designers?
Publicity - Programme Level
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Q- What is the Secretariat's policy/strategy regarding publicity and communication of the North Sea Programme?
Q- How can projects help to achieve the programmes publicity strategy?
Q- Is there a general Interreg North Sea Programme message, which should be used in the publicity materials? Is there anything that should be emphasised?
Q- Is there a programme target group, which projects should also approach?
Q- What kind of support can project expect form the Secretariat on the publicity front?
Q- Where can I find publicity requirements of the North Sea Programme?
Q- What are the key publicity requirements of the North Sea Programme?
Q- Where do I find the relevant EU/Programme logos and flags?
Publicity - Project Level
Q- Why do I need a communication/publicity plan?
Q- What is a communication/publicity plan and what are the key points of a good one?
Q- What is a message?
Q- Why a (common) project message?
Q- How to develop a common message for the whole partnership?
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