What this call funds
Expected Impact
Supported SEAPs are expected to rent office space, recruit personnel and start and uphold operations for a duration of at least one year.
Objective
This call aims to provide support for functioning of established SEAPs, including for the purpose of establishing, managing and maintaining defence industrial readiness pools.
Scope
Proposals shall aim to support established SEAPs in their initial operations for a duration of at least one year.
Budget
The Commission is considering a total budget of EUR 10 000 000 for the call for proposals.
The maximum EU contribution per funded project will not exceed EUR 2 000 000 allowing several proposals to be funded.
Depending on the number and quality of received proposals and the requested Union financial contributions, the Commission may decide to reallocate budget between calls
Eligibility & conditions+
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in section 5 of the call document (available shortly)
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible countries
described in section 6 of the call document.
3. Other eligibility conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 4 of the call document.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Call document (available shortly)
Application form templates
Available shortly
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement 
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual 
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
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