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First Call Cross-border Programme Bosnia and Herzegovina - Montenegro (Concept note)

Funding Program

IPA III Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro

Call number

EuropeAid/177739/DH/ACT/Multi

deadlines

Opening
05.06.2023

Deadline
25.07.2023 14:00

Funding rate

85%

Call budget

€ 2,160,000.00

Estimated EU contribution per project

between € 250,000.00 and € 450,000.00

Link to the call

ec.europa.eu

Link to the submission

ec.europa.eu

Call content

short description

This calls falls under the following thematic objective: Sustainable natural and cultural heritage tourism contributes more to the tourism of the programme area.

Call objectives

  1. Development of cross-border tourism products based on sustainable use of local cultural, natural and other resources
  2. Investments in renovation of cultural and natural sites and related visitors' infrastructure
  3. Awareness raising and motivational activities for potential tourist providers, tourism and tourism related business start-up support based on local potentials and needs
  4. Training and related activities
  5. Setting up new or strengthening existing cooperation forms to manage cross-border tourism products
  6. Joint promotion and marketing activities

Specific focus should be given to the activation of rural territories and/or their linkage with well-established traditional tourist destinations, which can become gateways for visiting the hinterlands. Among target groups, the young population and men and women in rural areas should be specifically encouraged to participate as to generate new employment opportunities. 

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Expected results

Indicative types of activities which may be financed under this call for proposals are given below. The list is not exhaustive and appropriate innovative activities that are not mentioned below may also be considered for financing when they can clearly contribute to the achievement of the call’s priorities: 

Development of cross-border tourism products based on sustainable use of local cultural, natural and other resources

  • Development of new sustainable, circular and/or low-waste tourist products/experiences based on local cultural, natural and other resources, ensuring compliance with valid regulations on decent working conditions and employment, and using innovative methods and technical approaches or diversification of eco- and sustainable tourist offers to new target groups and markets
  • Small scale cross-border research related to tourism product development and innovation
  • Mapping and valorization of cultural and natural heritage in a sustainable way, ensuring balance between protection (including biodiversity) and development
  • Preparation of Visitor Management Action Plans, which should define the visitor capacity of areas in order to achieve sustainability of the activities
  • Development of complementary offers based on local resources, such as local food, handicrafts products, etc.
  • Creation, improvement and connection of local offers in specific cross-border thematic products (e.g. hiking, biking, culture, nature, food)
  • Development of itineraries and packages, including links between urban and rural offers.

Investments in renovation of cultural and natural sites and related visitors' infrastructure

  • Small scale investments in conservation, restoration and preservation of the cultural and natural sites and values
  • Investments in enhancing visitors' infrastructure (e.g. interpretation centres, info points, physical access to cultural and natural sites) and necessary accessibility measures, including special needs for people with disabilities
  • Supply of equipment to improve visitors' experience, specific measures to enable experience to people with disabilities or other specific vulnerable groups
  • Establishment or improvement of visitor management in nature and other areas under pressure by increased visits, where preservation of the heritage and environment is necessary

Awareness raising and motivational activities for potential tourist providers, tourism and tourism related business start-up support based on local potentials and needs

Training and related activities

Capacity building for the actors of local/regional tourism ecosystems, such as training, mentoring, awareness raising, exchange of good practices, mobility, study visits in relation to relevant areas.

Setting up new or strengthening existing cooperation forms to manage cross-border tourism products

  • Connecting operators of cultural and natural sites, businesses, tourist organizations and other actors in cross-border cooperation and management forms, like local value chains, clusters, networks, product-based management
  • Cross-border exchanges and networks for the management of unsustainable forms of tourism in the programme area

Joint promotion and marketing activities

  • Development of innovative marketing concepts, including branding, and (digital) promotion tools
  • Promotion of new tourism offers through collaboration with already established destinations
  • Implementation of joint promotion/marketing actions to address domestic and international markets.

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Eligibility Criteria

Regions / countries for funding

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина), Montenegro (Црна Гора)

eligible entities

Education and training institution, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University

Mandatory partnership

Yes

Project Partnership

The applicant must act with at least one co-applicant as specified hereafter. If the applicant is established in Bosnia and Herzegovina, at least one co-applicant must be established in Montenegro, and vice versa. The maximum number of co-applicants that could be involved in the action is not set. However, CBC partners must carefully bear in mind the most appropriate conditions to ensure an intra-project efficient coordination when deciding on this.

In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:

  • be a legal person
  • be non-profit-making
  • be effectively established in either Bosnia and Herzegovina or Montenegro
  • be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary
  • be one of the following institutions or organisations:
    • Local and regional authorities
    • Local and regional organisations engaged in tourism or tourism related activities
    • Organisations, institutions and authorities responsible for protection and management of the cultural and natural heritage
    • Organisations and institutions working in the field of rural development
    • Education and training organisations and institutions
    • Research organisations and institutions
    • CSOs active in the field of cultural or natural heritage, education, rural development and other related fields.

Co-applicant(s) must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant himself.

The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with affiliated entity(ies). Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s): Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant), in particular a legal or capital link.

other eligibility criteria

Applicants may not propose financial support to third parties.

Actions or operations selected under this cross-border cooperation programme shall deliver clear cross-border impacts and benefits, that is, they must:

  • foresee cooperation of the cross-border applicant and co-applicant(s) in both:
    • joint development: applicant and co-applicant(s) cooperate in designing the action, filling in a joint application form and drawing up their respective budget;
    • joint implementation: grant beneficiaries coordinate, in the frame of the operation, their activities across the border, and carry out most of the project activities together and not as independent, unrelated, mechanically reproduced and country-bound initiatives;
  • foresee cooperation of the cross-border applicant and co-applicant(s) in either:
    • joint staffing: staff on both sides of the border act as one project team (e.g. some staffers carry out their duties for all entities in the partnership: procurement, financial management, overall coordination, training planning, etc.); or
    • joint financing: activities are financed by the applicant’s and co-applicant(s)’s own budget;
    • or both joint staffing and financing.

There are 70 cities and municipalities in the programme area, of which 56 in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 14 in Montenegro.

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH, 35 cities and municipalities):

  • Zeničko-dobojski kanton: Breza, Olovo, Vareš, Grad Visoko
  • Bosansko-podrinjski kanton: Foča (FBiH), Grad Goražde, Pale (FBiH)
  • Srednjobosanski kanton: Fojnica, Kiseljak, Kreševo
  • Hercegovačko-neretvanski kanton: Grad Čapljina, Čitluk, Jablanica, Konjic, Grad Mostar, Neum, Prozor-Rama, Stolac, Ravno
  • Zapadno-hercegovački kanton: Grude, Grad Ljubuški, Posušje, Grad Široki Brijeg
  • Kanton Sarajevo: Centar Sarajevo, Hadžići, Ilidža, Ilijaš, Novi Grad Sarajevo, Novo Sarajevo, Stari Grad Sarajevo, Trnovo, Vogošća
  • Kanton 10: Kupres, Grad Livno, Tomislavgrad

Republika Srpska (RS, 21 cities and municipalities):

  • Berkovići, Bileća, Višegrad, Gacko, Istočni Mostar, Istočna Ilidža, Istočni Stari Grad, Istočno Novo Sarajevo, Pale, Sokolac, Trnovo, Kalinovik, Kupres, Ljubinje, Nevesinje, Novo Goražde, Rogatica, Rudo, Grad Trebinje, Foča, Čajniče.

Montenegro (14 cities and municipalities):

  • Northern region: Berane, Bijelo Polje, Kolašin, Mojkovac, Petnjica, Pljevlja, Plužine, Šavnik, Žabljak
  • Central region: Danilovgrad, Nikšić
  • Coastal region: Herceg Novi, Kotor, Tivat

Additional information

Topics

Air Quality, Biodiversity & Environment, Climate & Climate Change, Water quality & management, 
Arts & Culture, Cultural Heritage, Tourism, 
Competitiveness of Enterprises, Employment/Labour Market, SME & entrepreneurship, 
Mobility & Transport, 
Rural & Urban Development/Planning

Relevance for EU Macro-Region

EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region

UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)

project duration

between 12 and 24 months

Additional Information

The lead applicant may not submit more than 1 application under this call for proposals. The lead applicant may not be awarded more than 1 grant under this call for proposals. The lead applicant may be a co-applicant or an affiliated entity in another application at the same time. A co-applicant/affiliated entity may not be the co-applicant or affiliated entity in more than 2 applications under this call for proposals. A co-applicant/affiliated entity may not be awarded more than 1 grant under this call for proposals.

 

To apply for this call for proposals, lead applicants need to:

  1. Provide information about the organisations involved in the action. To this end, lead applicants, co-applicants and affiliated entities should register in PADOR. Lead applicants must register at the concept note step. Co-applicants and affiliated entities must register at the full application step. Please note that the registration of this data in PADOR is obligatory for this call for proposals. It is strongly recommended to register in PADOR well in advance and not to wait until the last minute before the deadline to submit your application. 
  2. Submit their concept notes (including the declaration by the lead applicant) in PROSPECT. 
Concept notes: 
  • Applications must be submitted in accordance with the concept note instructions in the grant application form annexed to these guidelines (Annex A.1). 
  • Applicants must apply in English
  • In the concept note, lead applicants must only provide an estimate of the requested EU contribution as well as an indicative percentage of that contribution in relation to the eligible costs of the action. A detailed budget is to be submitted only by the lead applicants invited to submit a full application in the second phase. 
  • Only the concept note form will be evaluated. It is therefore of utmost importance that this document contains all relevant information concerning the action. No additional annexes should be sent.
Full applications:
  • Lead applicants invited to submit a full application following pre-selection of their concept note must do so using Annex A.2 ‘full application form’ annexed to these guidelines. Lead applicants should then keep strictly to the format of the grant application form and fill in the paragraphs and pages in order
  • Full applications (i.e., the full application form, PADOR registration form, the budget, the logical framework matrix, and the declaration by the lead applicant) must be submitted online via PROSPECT
  • The deadline for the submission of full applications will be indicated in the letter sent to the lead applicants whose application has been pre-selected. This letter will appear online automatically in the PROSPECT profile of the lead applicant.

Call documents

EuropeAid/177739/DD/ACT/BA - GuidelinesEuropeAid/177739/DD/ACT/BA - Guidelines(519kB)

Contact

IPA Bosnia and Herzegovina-Montenegro Joint Technical Secretariat
+387 33 788 780
infoJTS@cbc.bih-mne.org
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