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Programme funded by the

EUROPEAN UNION

Joint Managing Authority: Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Housing

Joint Operational Programme Romania-Ukraine-Republic of Moldova

2007-2013

Grant Application Form

Reference: 1st call for proposals, 1st of July, 2009

Deadline for submission of concept notes and applications, 28th of September, 2009

For economical and ecological reasons, we strongly recommend that you submit your files on paper-based

materials (no plastic folder or divider).

We also suggest you use double-sided printouts as much as possible.

Title of the action and

acronym:Preserving Our Cultural Identity - POCI

Number and title of the

priorityPriority 3 “People to people co-operation”

Number and title of the

measureMeasure 3.2 Educational, social and cultural exchanges

Locations of the action:Mihailesti village, Vaslui County, Romania

Brateni village, Ungheni County, Republic of Moldova

Name of the applicant Mihailesti village

Nationality of the

applicant1Romanian

Dossier No

(for official use only)

1 The statutes must make it possible to ascertain that the organisation was set up by an act governed by the national law of the country concerned. In this respect, any legal entity whose statutes have been established in another country cannot be

considered an eligible local organisation.

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Legal status2 Local public administration

Partner(s)3Brateni Commune

Local public administration

Moldovan nationality

Total eligible cost of the action

(A)

Amount requested from

the Joint Managing

Authority (B)

% of Joint Managing Authority

co-financing divided to total

eligible cost of action (B/Ax100)

EUR 113 600 EUR 102 240 90 %

Total duration of the action:12 months

Contact details of the applicant for the purpose of this action:

Postal address: Mihailesti village, Vaslui County, postal code 730400

Telephone number: Country

code + city code + number 0040+235+454010

Fax number: Country code +

city code + number 0040+235+454010

Contact person for this

action:Popescu Ion

Contact person’s emailaddress:

popescu [email protected]

Website of the Organisation www.mihailesti vaslui.ro

Any changes in the addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers and in particular e-mail, must be notified

in writing to the Joint Managing Authority and Joint Technical Secretariat. The Joint Managing

Authority and the Joint Technical Secretariat will not be held responsible in case it cannot contact an

applicant.

2See section 2.1.1 “Eligibility of applicants: who may apply?” of the Guidelines for grant applicants

3Add as many rows as partners

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART A. CONCEPT NOTE.................................................................................................................................4

I. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DRAFTING OF THE CONCEPT NOTE.........................................................4

II. CHECKLIST FOR CONCEPT NOTE...........................................................................................................9

III. DECLARATION BY THE APPLICANT ..................................................................................................12

IV. ASSESSMENT GRID FOR CONCEPT NOTE.........................................................................................14

PART B. FULL APPLICATION FORM..........................................................................................................15

I. THE ACTION................................................................................................................................................15

DESCRIPTION...............................................................................................................................................15

1.7.1. GROUP OF ACTIVITIES 1 ........................................................................................24

1.7.1. GROUP OF ACTIVITIES 1 ........................................................................................24

1.7.2. GROUP OF ACTIVITIES 2..........................................................................................25









1.7.2. GROUP OF ACTIVITIES 6..........................................................................................28BUDGET FOR THE ACTION...................................................................................................................... .39

EXPECTED SOURCES OF FUNDING................................................................................................. .......39EXPERIENCE OF SIMILAR ACTIONS.......................................................................................................41

GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................... .........43

II. THE APPLICANT........................................................................................................................................44

1. IDENTITY..................................................................................................................................................44

2.PROFILE......................................................................................................................................................453. CAPACITY TO MANAGE AND IMPLEMENT ACTIONS....................................................................52

LIST OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD/COMMITTEE OF YOUR ORGANISATION.................... ......55

III. PARTNERS OF THE APPLICANT

PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTION................................................................................................................56

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1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTNERS.......................................................................................................562. PARTNERSHIP STATEMENT........................................................................................................ .........58

2. PARTNERSHIP STATEMENT........................................................................................................ .........59

IV. ASSOCIATES OF THE APPLICANT

PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTION................................................................................................................60

V. CHECKLIST.................................................................................................................................................61

VI. INDICATORS..............................................................................................................................................63

VII. ASSESSMENT GRID……………………………………………………………… .43.

PART A. CONCEPT NOTE

I. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DRAFTI NG OF THE CONCEPT NOTE

1. Relevance of the Action• Provide a general presentation and analysis of the problems and their interrelation at all levels.The project addresses the problems of inadequate use of tourism and cultural resources, the low level of socialand cultural abilities of young persons and the perception of EU border as barrier in cross border communicationand exchange.The cross border area features large number of tourism and cultural objectives, many of them enjoying regionaland national recognition. Although the region features beautiful churches, monasteries, folk art collections,spectacular customs and traditions and natural landscapes, tourism activity in the area is under developed. Manyof these objectives are unknown to the common tourist, while services in the local tourism companies may requiresignificant improvement. Local professionals have to learn the basic notions of tourism marketing, especially thecultural marketing, in order to be able to capitalize the cultural legacy the cross border area possesses.The rural area both in Romania and Republic of Moldova faces severe underdevelopment of educationinfrastructure and great lack of resources for the youth abilities enhancing. This brings young persons from thisarea in the urgent need of social and cultural abilities development.External EU border is perceived as strong obstacle in communication and co-operation at local level. Experienceshows that social and civil actions grouping youth from both sides of the border are very limited and restrained asvolume and impact. In this context, the UE border appears as barrier, especially for youth for when sharingexperiences, ideas and opinions, or working together as a team.The presented problems get correlated as the border is still considered dividing line between neighbors. Carryingon with this will only worsen the current situation of local communities and will maintain constant negative socialand economic lack of balance on both sides of the border.

• Identify clearly specific problems to be addressed by the action.Specific problems to be addressed by the action:- Inadequate use of tourism and cultural resources in the target area of the project- The low level of social and cultural abilities possessed by young persons- Perception of the EU border as major barrier in working together, communicating and developing commonactions/projects related to new generations interests and difficulties

• Include a brief description of the target groups and final beneficiaries.Direct beneficiaries:- 30 local professionals (representatives of the public administration, tourism companies, cultural organizations,opinion leaders, local entrepreneurs) from Romania, Mihailesti village- 30 local professionals (representatives of the public administration, tourism companies, cultural organizations,opinion leaders, local entrepreneurs) from Republic of Moldova, Brateni Village- 70 young persons (at most 25 years old) from Romania, Mihailesti village, Vaslui County- 30 young persons (at most 25 years old) from Republic of Moldova, Brateni village, Ungheni County

Indirect beneficiaries:- Local public authorities from both sides of the border - Local tourism companies from both sides of the border

- Local culture organizations from both sides of the border - Population from the cross border region

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• Demonstrate the relevance of the proposal to the needs and constraints in general of the target country(ies) or region(s) and to the target groups/final beneficiary groups in particular.Needs A. To ensure successful use of tourism and cultural resources of the local communityIn the cross border area visitors can discover large number of impressive tourism and cultural objectives, many of them with regional and national recognition. Objectives such as ancient churches, monasteries, folk artcollections, spectacular customs and traditions and historical monuments lack the necessary marketingpromotion. As tourism activity in the area is seriously underdeveloped, many of these objectives are unknown tothe common tourists, while services in the local tourism companies may require significant improvement. Localprofessionals have to learn the basic notions of tourism marketing, especially the cultural marketing, in order to be

able to capitalize the cultural legacy the cross border area possesses. The project deals with this problem usingtraining sessions and cross border experience exchange in order to facilitate necessary gaining of tourism andmarketing knowledge.B. To encourage communication and co-operation across the border areaThe UE border is seen by young persons as powerful barrier in communication and co-operation. The project willshow them how to transform it in excellent opportunity for establishing closer relations and shared experiences.They will have the chance to work together in multiple activities types within the “Our Cultural Identity” Festival:traditional music recital, exhibitions on traditional themes (painting, ceramics, etc.), field ecologic cleaning,personal development, training participants’ interviews and commentaries. This will develop their cultural andsocial abilities and stimulate cross border future co-operation on various topics.

Constraints A. Migration of labor force

According to The Statistical National Bureau of Republic of Moldova, 21% from Moldovan citizens which aremigrating over the border of the country are at most 25 years old. Also, the statistical data indicate that thenumber of the people gone to work in foreign countries is increasing year by year. Also Romania is confronting with a strong migratory phenomenon, the liberalization of the labor market from the1st of January 2007 contributing at this aspect. According to a report of The World Bank, the afflux of the workersfrom 8 states which have adhered to the UE in 2004 to the states with a developed economy had a meaningfulimpact over the provenience worker’s country. In the other hand, the report indicates an increasing of theeconomy of those countries and a deficit of labor force in some field of the economy. Another sociological study made by GEA (The Applied Economy Group) in collaboration with The National Bankof Romania reveals that only from Vaslui Country 35 000 persons (most of them young) are gone to work inforeign countries. A lot of them are coming back in the country and they are investing their earned money in their own business.B. Legislative differences between the two countries

Romania is in a fast development and modernization’s process induced by integration in institutional andeconomical structure of the EU, and also by more implication of the economical fluxes and global competition.Once with Romania’s adhesion to the European Union, at 1st January of 2007, the agreement of free commercewith Moldavian Republic was stopped, Romania being forced to modify the economical relationships with theneighbor country. From the point of view of the assistant manager of The Chamber of Commerce and Industryfrom Moldavian Republic, Mister Tudor Olaru, “the impact won’t be so negative if Moldavian Republic will succeedto negotiate with the country members of European Union a preferential commerce.” (www.bbcromanian.com)

• Demonstrate the relevance of the proposal to the objectives and priorities and requirements of the call for proposals (point 1.2 of in the Guidelines for grant applicants).The project corresponds to the general aim of the Joint Operational Programme Romania-Ukraine-Republic of Moldova 2007-2013 that is "to improve the economic, social and environmental situation in the Programme areathrough increased contact of partners on both sides of the borders" and regards the Priority 3. People to people

co-operation as:- It aims at social development of the cross border region through training sessions on topics needed by the localprofessionals- It aims at strengthening the cross border cooperation between the two countries through the facilitation of relationships between young persons from the Republic of Moldova and Romania- It aims at sustainable development of youth from the border region as it organizes the “Our Cultural Identity”Festival in Romania, with participation of youth from Republic of Moldova. This facilitates youth exchangeexperiences in educational, cultural, social and environmental domains.

The project responds to the Measure 3.2 Educational, social and cultural exchanges through activities like:- sustaining 4 training sessions in the tourism economy and cultural marketing for 60 local professionals fromthe border area (30 from the Republic of Moldova and 30 from Romania) in order to bring significant improvementof the tourism and cultural resources the local communities possess but are not capable to adequately use

- organizing “Our Cultural Identity” Festival, focused on youth cultural, social and environmental exchangeactivities- setting up website for the festival that feature resources, database and testimonials from the participants- editing and distributing the documentary film on cross border traditions

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- promoting greater interaction between people and communities living in the border areas

• Demonstrate the cross border impact by mentioning the role of the participating cross-border partnersThe target group of the project belongs to the both sides of the border. Professionals from both countries aretrained in the same marketing themes, such as tourism produce policies, tourism price, promotion and placement,tourism economy and cultural tourism, writing and management of cultural projects, artistic entrepreneurship. Thetrainees are selected from local representatives of the public administration, tourism companies, culturalorganizations, opinion leaders, local entrepreneurs. The training sessions feature equal number of trainees ineach country with similar structure of the training group. This ensures identical effect of the training in each part of the border, while promoting better project benefits for the local communities.

Also, youth involved in Festival activities follow the same type of activities and work together to raise their level of personal development. Young persons on the both sides of the border often face the same difficulties indeveloping their carrier and improving life quality. The project aims to identify solutions to this social problemusing co-operation, ideas and opinion exchange and team work. This fact ensures positive effects on both sides of the border and clear premises for future common actions.The role of the partner is to discuss the general framework of the project and the partners role, offer feed-back for the project proposal, support for promoting the project activities and attract the target group, participating in all theactions developed in Moldova and in Romania, participating in the evaluation meetings, support for the projectsustainability in both countries, feed-back for all the actions.

2. Description of the action and its effectiveness• Provide a description of the proposed actionThe overall objective of the project is to achieve sustainable preservation of cultural identity and ethnographic

heritage on both sides of the border. The main activities are project plan and project team preparation, runningpublic acquisition procedures, editing and printing promotion and information materials, setting up MihailestiEthnographic museum, training in tourism economy and cultural marketing, organizing “Our Cultural Identity”Festival at Mihailesti with guests from Moldova, editing and distributing the documentary film on cross border traditions, creating website as virtual promotion and dissemination tool. The duration is set to 12 months. Asmain results, it shows 60 local professionals trained on tourism economy and cultural marketing, the “Our Cultural Identity” Festival organized at Mihailesti with participants from Brateni, 100 young persons attending 5types of festival activities, the documentary film on cross border traditions and 1 website that features freeresources and database of Festival. The partner has active role in the project, both in planning andimplementing phase. Its main responsibilities consist in discussing the general framework of the project and thepartners role, offering feed-back for the project proposal, supporting promotion of the project activities andattracting the target group, participating in all the actions developed in Moldova and in Romania, participating inthe evaluation meetings, support for the project sustainability in both countries and feed-back for all the actions.

• Readiness for implementation for the infrastructure projects (land acquisition, construction permit other legalobligations)Due to “soft” type of the project, the activities may begin as soon as the financing contract is signed. There is noland acquisition, construction permits or any other limiting obligations to be fulfilled.

3. Sustainability of the action• Provide an initial risk analysis and possible contingency plans.

ActivityRisk category / riskimpact

Measures to take Reply strategies

1. Project planand project team

preparation

Professionals departureLow risk

Signing commitment declarationsFinancial motivation of the team

professionals

Reducing risk impactthrough probability

decreasing2. Running publicacquisitionprocedures

Delays in the inacquisition processLow risk

Completing acquisitiondocumentation according tolegislation specifications; including allnecessary information

Reducing risk impactthrough probabilitydecreasing

Legislative changesLow risk (legislation isadapted to UE aquis)

Action plan for unexpected situations Accepting the risk

5&6 - Trainingand festivalactivities

Professionals departureLow risk

Signing commitment declarationsFinancial motivation of the trainer


9 - Promoting,

monitoring andevaluating theproject

Professionals departure

Low risk

Signing commitment declarations

Financial motivation of the teamprofessionals

Reducing risk impact

through probabilitydecreasing

Delays in acquisition of the promotion materials

Completing acquisitiondocumentation according to


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ActivityRisk category / riskimpact

Measures to take Reply strategies

Low risk legislation specifications; including allnecessary information

decreasing

Delays of the paymentsMedium risk

Including in the partners budget of necessary resources to continueactivities in case of delays of Contracting Authority payments


Delays in deliveringterms

Medium risk

Including specific clauses regardingdelivering terms in the acquisition

contracts

Reducing risk impactthrough contract

negotiationOther activities Professionals departure

Low riskSigning commitment declarationsFinancial motivation of the teamprofessionals


• Give the main preconditions and assumptions during and after the implementation phase.The main preconditions and assumptions:- Partner availability to take active part in project activities- Constant participation of the target group in the project activitiesFactors and conditions outside the Beneficiary's responsibility necessary to achieve project objective:- Maintaining active interest of the partners to take part in the action- Other projects not to interfere and overlap with this project activities- The target group keeping high interest in the action

• Explain how sustainability will be secured after completion of the action. This can include aspects of necessarymeasures and strategies built into the action, follow-up activities and ownership by target groups etc.

Applicant and partners from this project have in their strategy to develop supporting activities for youth and topromote active civic spirit, especially among young persons. Also, the applicant integrates in its strategy thepromotion of educational, cultural, social and environmental activities through out the “Our Cultural Identity”Festival. Future editions of the festival will be carried out, at least one edition per year. Also, applicant and hispartner plan to sustain sessions training in various themes like marketing and management in order to improvelocal professionals’ abilities in developing efficient social and economical actions.

After the grant ends, the “Our Cultural Identity” Festival will be organized in Romania and/or Moldova at least oneedition per year. Its activities will be offered to larger groups of youth who want to plan and develop their carrier

and obtain communication abilities. All costs will be supported by applicant and his partner, but also by varioussponsors from the local communities.

The applicant will continue to raise funds from different sources (private sector and other sources) and will initiateactions to attract governmental funds available since this year through national programs.From this perspective, the organization will act in the future in consortium with other institutions interested insupporting the youth actions, personal and professional development of youth. The present action will bedeveloped in a partnership of organizations with experience in this type of activities.The applicant and partners from this project will work in a new framework of collaboration, very challenging andalso very transferable to other groups of partners or collaborators.

Realizing experience exchanges between youth from Romania and Moldova it will be created long-term workingrelationships and social and economic advantages for the both parts of border region. Also, all the young persons

who will participate to the project’s activities will continue to develop their own carrier and will be invited to futureeditions of the Festival in order to enlarge their experience in this filed.The “Our Cultural Identity” Festival will continue to be in the administration of the applicant and its future editionswill continue to offer permanent experience exchange and training in order to sustain youth development andyouth social initiatives.

Due to the strong cross border impact of the action, the partner organizations from Romania and Moldova willcontinue collaboration on their specific actions after the end of the project. The applicant creates the frame of collaboration and encouraged through the project design the direct contacts and working together for issue of common interest. The partner organizations will strengthen the collaboration during the implementation period andalso after the end. All the organizations from the project will be more empowered to initiate other projects together and to participate in other major actions related to their work.

The structural impact of the project at the policy level will be focused on the following directions:- Transferring methods for promoting and sustain youth development and youth experience exchange: workingmethods, procedures and instruments, methods for exchange experience, methods for cross border cooperation

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- Transferring know-how to Moldova: all the materials realized can be used in further actions in Moldova, all themethodology of the project may be extended to other local actions, expertise of the trainers may be also used insimilar activities developed in Moldova.

The project has positive effects on ecological sustainability due to the environmental activities organized within thefestival editions. Youth from cross border region will participate in ecological cleaning of various areas in theMihailesti. This type of activities will inspire civic spirit of the participants, will help them develop pro active manner of life and will encourage them to initiate future environmental protecting actions.

On the other hand, the social and cultural activities of the project have small impact on the environment and do

not pollute it. The buildings in which the project activities take place comply with specific international qualitystandards, the low energy consumption and efficient management of the electricity consumption conducting tosignificant energy savings and reducing of greenhouse gas emissions.

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II. CHECKLIST FOR CONCEPT NOTE

1ST CALL FOR PROPOSALS, 1ST OF JULY, 2009

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA To be filled in by the applicant

Name of the Applicant MIHAILESTI COMMUNE

Country4

and date of registration Romania, 21/07/1998

Legal status5

Local public administration

Partner 1 Name: Brateni Commune

Country of registration: Republic of Moldova

Legal status: Local public administration

4For organisations.

5E.g. non profit making, governmental body, international organisation…

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BEFORE SENDING YOUR CONCEPT NOTE, PLEASE CHECK THAT EACH OF THE FOLLOWING

COMPONENTS IS COMPLETE AND RESPECTS THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA :

To be filled in bythe applicant

Title of the Proposal: Preserving Our Cultural Identity – POCI Yes No

PART 1 (ADMINISTRATIVE)1. The instructions for concept note, published for this call for proposals, have been followed

Yes

2. The Declaration by the applicant has been filled in and has been signed Yes

3. The proposal is typed and is in English.Yes

4. One original and four copies are includedYes

5. An electronic version of the concept note (CD-Rom) is enclosedYes

PART 2 (ELIGIBILITY)6. The action will be implemented in the programme area.

Yes

7. The duration of the action is equal to or lower than 18 months (the maximum allowed)Yes

8. The duration of the action is equal to or higher than 6 months (the minimum allowed).Yes

9. The requested contribution is equal to or higher than 30,000 EUR (the minimum allowed). Yes

10. The requested contribution is equal to or lower than 150,000 EUR (the maximum allowed). Yes

11. There is at least one partner from Romania and one partner from Ukraine and/or Republic of Moldova. Yes

12. The requested contribution is equal to or lower than <90 %> of the total eligible costs (maximum percentageallowed) Yes

13. The present Checklist and the Declaration by the applicant are filled in and sent with the Concept Note Yes



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III. DECLARATION BY THE APPLICANT

The applicant, represented by the undersigned, being the authorised signatory of the applicant,in the context of the present call for proposals, representing any partners in the proposedaction, hereby declares that

the applicant has the sources of financing and professional competence and qualificationsspecified in section 2 of the Guidelines for Applicants;

the applicant undertakes to comply with the obligations foreseen in the partnershipstatement of the grant application form and with the principles of good partnership

practice;

the applicant is directly responsible for the preparation, management and implementationof the action with its partners, if any, and is not acting as an intermediary;

the applicant and its partners are not in any of the situations excluding them from participating in contracts which are listed in Section 2.3.3 of the Practical Guide to contract procedures for EC external actions (available from the following Internet address:http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/procedures/implementation/index_en.htm , which meansthat they will be excluded from participation in procurement procedures if:

a) they are bankrupt or being wound up, are having their affairs administered by the courts, have

entered into an arrangement with creditors, have suspended business activities, are the subject of

proceedings concerning those matters, or are in any analogous situation arising from a similar

procedure provided for in national legislation or regulations;

b) they have been convicted of an offence concerning their professional conduct by a judgment which

has the force of res judicata; (i.e. against which no appeal is possible);

c) they have been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the Joint

Managing Authority can justify;

d) they have not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions or the

payment of taxes in accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which they are established

or with those of the country of the Joint Managing Authority or those of the country where the contract

is to be performed;

e) they have been the subject of a judgment which has the force of res judicata for fraud, corruption,

involvement in a criminal organization or any other illegal activity detrimental to the Communities'

financial interests;

f) they are currently subject to an administrative penalty referred to in Article 96(1) of the Financial

Regulation (BUDGET)/ Article 99 of the Financial Regulation (10th EDF).

Points (a) to (d) shall not apply in the case of purchase of supplies on particularly advantageous termsfrom either a supplier which is definitively winding up its business activities, or the receivers or

liquidators of a bankruptcy, through an arrangement with creditors, or through a similar procedure

under national law.

The cases referred to in point (e) applicable are the following:1) cases of fraud as referred to in Article 1 of the Convention on the protection of the European

Communities' financial interests drawn up by the Council Act of 26 July 1995;6

2) cases of corruption as referred to in Article 3 of the Convention on the fight against corruption

involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European

Union, drawn up by the Council Act of 26 May 1997;7

6OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p.48.

7OJ C 195, 25.06.1997, p. 1.

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3) cases of participation in a criminal organization, as defined in Article 2(1) of Joint Action

98/733/JHA of the Council;8

4) cases of money laundering as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 91/308/EEC.9

Furthermore, it is recognised and accepted that if we participate in spite of being in any of thesesituations, we may be excluded from other procedures in accordance with section 2.3.5 of the

Practical Guide;

the applicant and each partner is in a position to deliver immediately, upon request, thesupporting documents stipulated under section 2.4 of the Guidelines for Applicants.;

the applicant (beneficiary, lead partner) has the legal capacity to transfer funds to foreigncountries and to hold a bank account in euros.

the applicant and each partner are eligible in accordance with the criteria set out under sections 2.1.1 and 2.1.2 of the Guidelines for Applicants;

if recommended to be awarded a grant, the applicant accepts the contractual conditions as

laid down in the Standard Contract annexed to the Guidelines for Applicants (annex F);

the applicant and its partners are aware that, for the purposes of safeguarding the financial

interests of the Communities, their personal data may be transferred to internal audit

services, to the European Court of Auditors, to the Financial Irregularities Panel or to the

European Anti-Fraud Office.

The following grant applications have been submitted (or are about to be submitted) to theEuropean Institutions, the European Development Fund and the EU Member States in the last12 months:

• <list only actions in the same field as this proposal>

The applicant is fully aware of the obligation to inform without delay the Joint ManagingAuthority to which this application is submitted if the same application for funding made tothe Contracting Authorities of other programmes, European Commission departments or Community institutions has been approved by them after the submission of this grantapplication.

Signed on behalf of the applicant

NamePopescu Ion

Signature

PositionMayor

Date23/09/2009

8OJ L 351, 29.12.1998, p. 1. Joint Action of 21 December 1998 making it a criminal offence to participate in

a criminal organisation in the Member States of the European Union.9

OJ L 166, 28.06.1991, p. 77. Directive of 10 June 1991, as amended by Directive 2001/97/EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2001 (OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p.76).

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IV. ASSESSMENT GRID FOR CONCEPT NOTE

(FOR THE USE OF THE JOINT MANAGING AUTHORITY ONLY)

YES NO

1. The submission deadline has been respected

2. The Concept Note satisfies all the criteria specified in part 1 of the Checklist (Section II of the Concept Note).

The administrative verification has been conducted by:

Date:

DECISION 1: The Evaluation Committee has decided to recommend the Concept Note for further evaluation after having

passed the Administrative check.

DECISION 2: The Evaluation Committee has approved the Concept Note and decided to proceed with the evaluation of the

full proposal.

The evaluation of the Concept Note has been conducted by:Date:

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PART B. FULL APPLICATION FORM

I. THE ACTION

To be submitted by all applicants

For economical and ecological reasons, we strongly recommend that you submit your files on paper-

based materials (no plastic folder or divider).

We also suggest you use double-sided print-outs as much as possible

Title of the Call for Proposals 1st call for proposals, 1st of July, 2009

Name of the applicantMIHAILESTI COMMUNE

N° of the Priority Priority 3 “People to people co-operation”

N° of the Measure Measure 3.2 Educational, social and cultural exchanges

Type of action10 Simple project

DESCRIPTION

1.1. Title

Preserving Our Cultural Identity - POCI

1.2. Location(s)

Country Region (s) (County/Oblast) District11 Town (s)/village

(s)/community (s)

Romania Vaslui County - Mihailesti Village

Republic of

Moldova

Ungheni County - Brateni Village

1.3. Cost of the action and amount requested from the Joint Managing Authority

Total cost of the action (A) Amount requested from the

Joint Managing Authority (B)

% of total eligible cost of action

(B/Ax100)

EUR 113 600 EUR 102 240 90 %

10According to the art. 41 of the COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 951/2007 laying down implementing rules

for cross-border cooperation programmes financed under Regulation (EC) No 1638/2006 of the European Parliament

and of the Council laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument;

see also section 2.1.3”Eligible actions: actions for which an application may be made” from the Guidelines for grantapplicants11

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Please note that the cost of the action and the contribution requested from the Joint Managing Authority

have to be expressed in EURO.

1.4. Summary (max 1 page)

Total duration of theaction

12 months

Objectives of the action Overall objective

The overall objective of the project is to achieve sustainable preservation of

cultural identity and ethnographic heritage on both sides of the border.

Specific objectives

The first specific objective of the project is to increase knowledge and experience

in tourism economy and cultural marketing for professionals from both sides of

the border.

The second specific objective of the project is to persuade youth to disclose the

cultural heritage through cross border co-operation and exchange.

The third specific objective of the project is to promote ethnographic heritage with

modern marketing tools.

Partner(s)

Applicant MIHAILESTI COMMUNE (Romania)

Partner no.1 BRATENI COMMUNE (Republic of Moldova)

Target group(s)12 - 30 professionals from Romania, Mihailesti village, Vaslui County

- 30 professionals from Republic of Moldova, Brateni Village, Ungheni County

- 70 young persons (at most 25 years old) from Romania, Mihailesti village

- 30 young persons (at most 25 years old) from Moldova, Brateni village

Final beneficiaries13 - Local public authorities from both sides of the border

- Local tourism companies from both sides of the border

- Local culture organizations from both sides of the border

- Population from the cross border region

Estimated results14 1. Necessary resources for the project to be implemented and multiplied

2. Mihailesti Ethnographic Museum established

3. 60 local professionals trained in tourism and cultural marketing

4. 100 young persons involved in cross border festival activities

5. “Our Cultural Identity” Festival organized

6. 5 types of festival activities carried out

12“Target groups” are the groups/entities who will be directly positively affected by the project at the Project Purpose level –

See paragraph 2.3 in Section II for the list.13

“Final beneficiaries” are those who will benefit from the project in the long term at the level of the society or sector

at large.14 A project result is generally a product of the actions/activities of a number of different

stakeholders.

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7. 400 copies of documentary film on cross border traditions distributed

8. 1 website that feature resources and database on Festival activities

Main activities Activity 1 - Project plan and project team preparation

Activity 2 - Running public acquisition procedures

Activity 3 - Editing and printing promotion and information materials

Activity 4 - Setting up Mihailesti Ethnographic Museum

Activity 5 - Professionals trained in tourism economy and cultural marketingActivity 6 - Organizing “Our Cultural Identity” Youth Festival in Mihailesti

Activity 7 – Editing and distributing the documentary film on cross border

traditions

Activity 8 - Creating website that contains festival data and information

Activity 9 - Promoting, monitoring and evaluating the project

The project would apply for Education Facilities And Training theme, in the Romania – Republic of

Moldova cross border region.

Note: Please indicate the sector 15

, theme, or geographical area specified in the call for proposals to which

the proposed action would apply:

1.5. Objectives (max 1 page)

Describe the overall objective to which the action aims to contribute towards and the specific objectives

that the action aims to achieve, with the clear explanation of the cross-border impact.

The overall objective of the project is to achieve sustainable preservation of cultural identity and

ethnographic heritage on both sides of the border.

The project aims to offer to the target group on both sides of the border a set of activities that consist in

training on specific themes and social, cultural and environmental exchange. The target group is acomplex one, featuring both local professionals and youth – persons at most 25 years old. Each group

faces specific problems and develops the same needs on the both side of the border. The project aims to

use specialized training and social, cultural and environmental co-operation in order to solve the problems

and fulfill their needs.

The 1st specific objective of the project is to increase knowledge and experience in tourism economy and

cultural marketing for professionals from both sides of the border.

The action aims to inform and train professionals from the cross border area in tourism economy and

cultural marketing themes, such as tourism produce policies, tourism price, promotion and placement,

tourism economy and cultural tourism, writing and management of cultural projects, artistic

entrepreneurship. The trainees will be selected from local representatives of the public administration,tourism companies, cultural organizations, opinion leaders, local entrepreneurs. They will receive

information and develop abilities to successfully manage tourism and cultural activities in the local

community. This will enable better use of local tourism and cultural resources, along with improvement

of social and economic living conditions.

The 2nd specific objective of the project is to persuade youth to disclose the cultural heritage through

cross border co-operation and exchange.

One of the most important activities of the project is the organization of “Our Cultural Identity” Festival

in Romania with participant from Republic of Moldova. This will offer the chance for the young persons

from the cross border area to work together in social, cultural and environmental actions and exchange

15See paragraph 2.2 in Section II for the list of Sectors.

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ideas, opinions and experiences. They will develop together 5 types of activities, within the Festival:

traditional music recital, exhibitions on traditional themes (painting, ceramics, etc.), field ecologic

cleaning, personal development, training participants’ interviews and commentaries. This will encourage

cultural exchange and help young people know each other and develop together social and cultural cross

border actions in the future.

The 3rd specific objective of the project is to promote ethnographic heritage with modern marketing

tools.

This objective will be fulfilled while editing and distributing the documentary film on cross border

traditions and creating website that contains festival data and information.

The action addresses Priority 3 “People to people co-operation”, Measure 3.2 Educational, social and

cultural exchanges because it contributes to the improvement of the social, cultural and economic

environment in the border area. The project leads to improved abilities for the target group through

training and social, cultural and environmental exchange actions. It involves local professionals and

young persons in common activities meant to ensure better use of local tourism and cultural resources,

along with improvement of social and economic living conditions.

1.6. Relevance of the action (max 3 pages)

• Provide a detailed presentation and analysis of the problems and their interrelation at all levels.

The project addresses the problems of inadequate use of tourism and cultural resources, the low level of

social and cultural abilities of young persons and the perception of EU border as barrier in cross border

communication and exchange.

The cross border area features large number of tourism and cultural objectives, many of them enjoying

regional and national recognition. Although the region features beautiful churches, monasteries, folk art

collections, spectacular customs and traditions and natural landscapes, tourism activity in the area isunder developed. Many of these objectives are unknown to the common tourist, while services in the

local tourism companies may require significant improvement. Local professionals have to learn the basic

notions of tourism marketing, especially the cultural marketing, in order to be able to capitalize the

cultural legacy the cross border area possesses.

The rural area both in Romania and Republic of Moldova faces severe underdevelopment of education

infrastructure and great lack of resources for the youth abilities enhancing. This brings young persons

from this area in the urgent need of social and cultural abilities development.

External EU border is perceived as strong obstacle in communication and co-operation at local level.

Experience shows that social and civil actions grouping youth from both sides of the border are very

limited and restrained as volume and impact. In this context, the UE border appears as barrier, especially

for youth for when sharing experiences, ideas and opinions, or working together as a team.The presented problems get correlated as the border is still considered dividing line between neighbors.

Carrying on with this will only worsen the current situation of local communities and will maintain

constant negative social and economic lack of balance on both sides of the border.

• Provide a detailed description of the target groups and final beneficiaries and estimated number.

Direct beneficiaries:

- 30 professionals (representatives of the public administration, tourism companies, cultural

organizations, opinion leaders, local entrepreneurs) from Romania, Mihailesti village

- 30 professionals (representatives of the public administration, tourism companies, cultural

organizations, opinion leaders, local entrepreneurs) from Republic of Moldova, Brateni village

- 70 young persons (at most 25 years old) from Romania, Mihailesti village, Vaslui County

- 30 young persons (at most 25 years old) from Republic of Moldova, Brateni village Ungheni County

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Indirect beneficiaries:

- Local public authorities from both sides of the border

- Local tourism companies from both sides of the border

- Local culture organizations from both sides of the border

- Population from the cross border region

• Identify clearly the specific problems to be addressed by the action and the perceived needs and

constraints of the target groups.

Specific problems to be addressed by the action:

- Inadequate use of tourism and cultural resources in the target area of the project

- The low level of social and cultural abilities possessed by young persons

- Perception of the EU border as major barrier in working together, communicating and developing

common actions/projects related to new generations interests and difficulties

Needs of the target groups:

A. To be informed and trained tourism economy and cultural marketing

As tourism and cultural local resources remains inadequately used, professionals from the local

communities experience the need to develop necessary abilities and know-how. With out this type of

knowledge and experience, the amazing legacy the both communities possess will remain unknown and

inadequately utilized. The project offers to the local professional the chance to make the best from the

local churches, monasteries, traditions and customs, folk events, art collections and historical monuments.

They will be trained in tourism economy and cultural marketing related issues so that all cultural and

historical legacies will become available on the tourism market, will be proper used and will attract

improvement of the social and economic local environment.

B. To communicate and co-operate with young persons from the other side of the border

The EU border will no longer be perceived as obstacle to youth communication and co-operation as

young persons will participate and develop together educational, social, cultural and environmental

activities during “Our Cultural Identity” Festival in Romania and Republic of Moldova. The festival willencourage cultural exchange and help young people know each other and develop together social and

cultural cross border actions in the future.

Constrains of the target groups:

A. Difficult access to public information

According to sociological study accomplished by Eduard Mihailov in the “Sustaining and implementing

Actions Plan in human rights area in Republic of Moldova”, 64% of the interviewed persons agreed with

strong lack of public information in the Moldovan population, especially in the rural areas and youth.

This is why informing and training actions do not guarantee that these persons will keep the knowledge or

will be interested in developing their experience, population passivity being a strong reason of all this

situations.

B. The social and economic situation from the two regions

The poverty from Moldova and the corruption phenomenon that affects the state institutions reduce many

human rights, inclusively the right to information. The youth is easy victim of lack of information and

lack of social and economical rights protection. From these reasons young people stop being politically

active and follow civic obligations.

Also, the North-East Region of Romania features the lowest social and economical development in the

country in comparison with all the other regions. Poverty means lack of financial resources and restrained

citizens’ access to health services, jobs and political decisions („National strategy international co-

operation policy”).

• Demonstrate the relevance of the action to the needs and constraints of the target country(ies) or

region(s) in general and to the target groups/final beneficiaries in particular and how the action will provide the desired solutions, in particular for the targeted beneficiaries.

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Needs

A. To ensure successful use of tourism and cultural resources of the local community

In the cross border area visitors can discover large number of impressive tourism and cultural objectives,

many of them with regional and national recognition. Objectives such as ancient churches, monasteries,

folk art collections, spectacular customs and traditions and historical monuments lack the necessarymarketing promotion. As tourism activity in the area is seriously underdeveloped, many of these

objectives are unknown to the common tourists, while services in the local tourism companies may

require significant improvement. Local professionals have to learn the basic notions of tourism economy,

especially the cultural marketing, in order to be able to capitalize the cultural legacy the cross border area

possesses. The project deals with this problem using training sessions and cross border experience

exchange in order to facilitate necessary gaining of tourism and marketing knowledge.

B. To encourage communication and co-operation across the border area

The UE border is seen by young persons as powerful barrier in communication and co-operation. The

project will show them how to transform it in excellent opportunity for establishing closer relations and

shared experiences. They will have the chance to work together in multiple activities types within the

“Our Cultural Identity” Festival: traditional music recital, exhibitions on traditional themes (painting,

ceramics, etc.), field ecologic cleaning, personal development, training participants’ interviews and

commentaries. This will develop their cultural and social abilities and stimulate cross border future co-

operation on various topics.

Constraints

A. Migration of labor force

According to The Statistical National Bureau of Republic of Moldova, 21% from Moldovan citizens

which are migrating over the border of the country are at most 25 years old. Also, the statistical data

indicate that the number of the people gone to work in foreign countries is increasing year by year.

Also Romania is confronting with a strong migratory phenomenon, the liberalization of the labor market

from the 1st of January 2007 contributing at this aspect. According to a report of The World Bank, theafflux of the workers from 8 states which have adhered to the UE in 2004 to the states with a developed

economy had a meaningful impact over the provenience worker’s country. In the other hand, the report

indicates an increasing of the economy of those countries and a deficit of labor force in some field of the

economy.

Another sociological study made by GEA (The Applied Economy Group) in collaboration with The

National Bank of Romania reveals that only from Vaslui Country 35 000 persons (most of them young)

are gone to work in foreign countries. A lot of them are coming back in the country and they are investing

their earned money in their own business.

B. Legislative differences between the two countries

Romania is in a fast development and modernization’s process induced by integration in institutional and

economical structure of the EU, and also by more implication of the economical fluxes and globalcompetition. Once with Romania’s adhesion to the European Union, at 1st January of 2007, the

agreement of free commerce with Moldavian Republic was stopped, Romania being forced to modify the

economical relationships with the neighbor country. From the point of view of the assistant manager of

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry from Moldavian Republic, Mister Tudor Olaru, “the impact

won’t be so negative if Moldavian Republic will succeed to negotiate with the country members of

European Union a preferential commerce.” (www.bbcromanian.com)

• Demonstrate the relevance of the action to the objectives and priorities of the Guidelines.

The project corresponds to the general aim of the Joint Operational Programme Romania-Ukraine-

Republic of Moldova 2007-2013 that is "to improve the economic, social and environmental situation in

the Programme area through increased contact of partners on both sides of the borders" and regards the

Priority 3. People to people co-operation as:

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- It aims at social development of the cross border region through training sessions on topics needed by

the local professionals

- It aims at strengthening the cross border cooperation between the two countries through the facilitation

of relationships between young persons from the Republic of Moldova and Romania

- It aims at sustainable development of youth from the border region as it organizes the “Our Cultural

Identity” Festival, in Mihailesti, with participants from Republic of Moldova. This facilitates youth

exchange experiences in educational, cultural, social and environmental domains.

The project responds to the Measure 3.2 Educational, social and cultural exchanges through activities

like:

- sustaining 4 training sessions in the tourism economy and cultural marketing for 60 professionals from

the border area (30 from the Republic of Moldova and 30 from Romania) in order to bring significant

improvement of the tourism and cultural resources the local communities possess but are not capable to

adequately use

- organizing “Our Cultural Identity” Festival, focused on youth cultural, social and environmental

exchange activities

- setting up website for the festival that feature resources, database and testimonials from the participants

- editing and distributing documentary film on cross border traditions

- promoting greater interaction between people and communities living in the border areas

• Demonstrate how the project integrates the crosscutting themes of the programme as regards the

sustainable development, equal opportunities and territorial cohesion.

The project support sustainable development as its informing, training and festival activities do not

pollute or create any waste products.

The action promotes equal opportunities ensuring necessary knowledge and abilities to the disadvantaged

group of youth affected by lack of social and cultural abilities. In all implementation steps, partners will

support equal opportunities principles regarding prevention and punishment of all discrimination forms

related to gender, age, religion, etc.

Also the project promotes well balanced spatial development of the cross border region as the activitiesare developed both in Romania and Republic of Moldova. Also the target group is equally divided in

order to ensure similar benefits on the border sides and increase cross border effect.

1.7. Description of the action and its effectiveness (max 14 pages)

Provide a description of the proposed action including, where relevant, background information that led

to the formulation of the action. This should include:

• Expected results (max 5 pages). Indicate how the action will improve the situation of target

groups/beneficiaries as well as the technical and management capacities of target groups and/or any local

partners where applicable. Be specific and quantify results as much as possible. Indicate notably foreseen publications. Describe the possibilities for replication and extension of the action outcomes (multiplier

effects).

The target-group of the action will beneficiate of multiple services which will improve their situation as

follows:

- Professionals from the target area (representatives of the public administration, tourism companies,

cultural organizations, opinion leaders, local entrepreneurs) will benefit of tourism economy and cultural

marketing knowledge and experience needed to capitalize the tourism and cultural resources of the both

local communities

- Young persons from one border area will develop capacity to co-operate with persons same age from

the other area; as result of Festival participation, youth will develop capacity to plan, organize and

implement educative, social, cultural and environmental activities in collaboration and will overtake border obstacle

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The indirect beneficiaries of this action will beneficiate as follows:

- Local public authorities, tourism companies and culture organizations from both sides of the border will

posses necessary knowledge to proper use of tourism and cultural resources; this will be translated in

increased number of tourist and higher incomes from this type of activities

- Population from the cross border region will benefit of developing tourism and economic activities

- Local social environment will benefit of significant improvement as result of the increased youth skillsand abilities

The project activities and results are aimed to improve the technical and management capacities for local

professional due to following reasons:

- They will possess necessary knowledge to use the local resources with high efficiency

- They will receive instruments useful to plan and organize tourism activities in their communities

according to modern standards

The project activities and results are aimed to improve the technical and management capacities for local

youth due to following reasons:- Youth from cross border are will obtain free resources to multiply project activities (website resources,

training printed support, documentary film on cross border traditions). These resources will be available

for long period of time, due to website characteristics.

- Young persons will exchange information, procedures, other materials with youth from the region and

this will contribute to the improvement of their technical capacity to handle their own carrier

The management of partner’s organizations (both Romanian and Moldovan) will be developed and

improved due to the system of partnership: the partners will ensure the specificity of the action in each

activity; in this context, each partner will have a specific input on the action according to their internal

management. Also, all the partners both from Moldova and Romania will work in a new framework of

collaboration with high standards and requirements from all those involved.

The publications elaborated within the project will be:

- Leaflets, which will be edited in 1000 color copies. They will be distributed to partners and local youth

institutions in both countries in order to inform about the project activities and to attract the target group.

- A3 color posters, which will be edited in 100 color copies and distributed the same way the leaflets are.

- 1 Banner with project title, which will be installed outside, on the building of applicant.

- documentary film on cross border traditions will be edited and multiplied in 400 copies on DVD support

and distributed to partners and local youth institutions in both countries in order to increase general level

of information.

- 60 tourism economy and cultural marketing training printed supports, which will be offered to the participants to those actions.

- 2 Press releases will be sent in both countries to regional newspapers, TV and radio stations at the end

of the project

- 4 press announces to be published at the beginning and the final step of the project (2 in Romania and 2

in Republic of Moldova)

- 1 Website that features free resources and discussions forum on labor market

The project outputs:

• 30 professionals from Romania trained on tourism economy and cultural marketing – 2 days training

• 30 professionals from Moldova trained on tourism economy and cultural marketing – 2 days training• 5 tourism and cultural marketing themes

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• 2 training sessions (2 days each) in Mihailesti village with 15 participants/group

• 2 training sessions (2 days each) in Brateni village with 15 participants/group

• 60 training printed support offered to participants

• 60 evaluation questionnaires completed

• 1 Mihailesti Ethnographic Museum established

• 1 edition of the “Our Cultural Identity” Festival organized in Mihailesti village

• 70 young persons from Romania attend the festival in Mihailesti village

• 30 young persons from Moldova attend the festival in Brateni village

• 5 types of festival activities carried out: traditional music recital, exhibitions on traditional themes

(painting, ceramics, etc.), field ecologic cleaning, personal development, training participants’ interviews

and commentaries

• Purchased equipments: museum furniture, exhibit support, photo camera

• Promoting and informing materials: 1000 color leaflets, 100 A3 color posters, 1 banner

• 2 Press conferences to present project objectives and results

• 4 press announces

• 1 audit report on the project expenses• 1 specific evaluation report

• 1 website that features free resources and database on Festival

• 400 DVD copies of the documentary film on cross border traditions distributed

The multiplier effects of the project are given by the following reasons:

The project activities can be multiplied by other professionals from the partner organization from

Moldova or Romania that had responsibilities in project designing and implementing.

Thus, all the information offered in the frame of the project about different themes related to youth and

tourism economy and cultural marketing can be used by partner’s organizations to be disseminated to

other local public administrations, NGO’s or other institutions from Moldavia or Romania. This

information will be published on the project website and also in the documentary film on cross border

traditions, which will be disseminated to the all persons who will be interested to inform themselves or to

develop the same activities to other locations or target groups, by each partner from the project.

The methods used to sustain project activities will be transmitted further to other organizations or

institutes during future editions of the “Our Cultural Identity” Festival. This component of the project will

be resumed on the applicant expense as it offers opportunity to continuously enlarge the target group and

maximize the results. After the ending of the grant the services of training and informing will be

continued and developed for all the young persons that are interested.

All the activities of the project are meant to sensitize the community from cross border area, local

authorities and companies in order to sustain local tourism and youth interests.

• Complementarities with other projects (max 1 page). Describe how the project builds upon or

complement other projects and initiatives implemented by the applicant or by other partners in the same

field.

This action is not part of other projects or actions of the applicant. Still, this is based on the analysis of the

similar activities carried out by applicant in the last years, such as informing and training activities for

young and women, local tradition and custom promotion, providing information and support for local

tourism entrepreneurs.

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Applicants are asked to divide the project into maximum 5 thematically diversified components – Group

of Activities (GA). A Group of Activities is a grouping of activities interlinked thematically in the

project. The project must provide a comprehensive description of the activities and the implementation

process planned under each GA, including also the budget foreseen for the specific GA. The description

under GAs must be as precise as possible to deliver a clear picture of the planned activities and their

outputs and results, to allow for proper assessment of the relevance and necessity of the project, as well as

its cost-effectiveness and cross-border impact.

The first GA must always contain information about the overall project management, coordination and

communication activities. The remaining GAs will be defined by the project. First, the project must

define the names of the GAs, describe their aim and purpose (justification), and then provide the

description of the GAs as defined below in the GA tables.

In the tables below, the project must identify and describe also each activity to be undertaken in different

GA to produce the outputs and results and which partners are involved in implementing these activities.

Also, it must justify the choice of the Group of Activities, indicating their sequence and interrelation and

specifying where applicable the role of each partner (or associates or subcontractors) in each activities. In

this respect, the detailed description of activities must not repeat the action plan to be provided in section

1.10 below.

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BRATENI COMMUNEPartner no 1:

Aim and purpose

(general description

of the GA)

Forming project team and setting down responsibilities for each member of

it, meeting in Mihailesti with Moldovan partner to discuss activities plan

and each partner’s responsibilities in running project activities, other

administrative actions.

All the project duration, the implementation team will follow consistency

between planned activities and initial plan. It will also monitor the way the

persons involved in the project accomplish their tasks, the involvement and

co-operation rate among project team and the way the partnership

agreement was run.

Activities description Partners involved

Activity 1: Project plan and project team preparation Applicant, partner

Activity 9: Promoting, monitoring and evaluating the

project

Applicant, partner

Expected outputs17 (quantified)Months 1-4

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- monthly meeting in Mihailesti of the project team

- job file for each member of the project team

- informing and promotion materials distributed

- press conference to present project objectives

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- press conference to present project results and future actions

- audit report on the project expenses

- press announces

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- completion of the project objectives- perfect co-operation between partners

- smooth reporting to the programme

- significant visibility of the project actions


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of the GA)

To achieve necessary infrastructure and resources for the project to be

implemented and multiplied


Activity 2 Running public acquisition procedures Applicant, partner

Activity 3 Editing and printing promotion and

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Applicant, partner

Activity 4 Setting up Mihailesti Ethnographic Museum Applicant, partner

Expected outputs (quantified)

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• Mihailesti Ethnographic Museum

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- necessary resources for project activities to be implemented and multiplied

- significant visibility of the project

- high interest of the target group in the project activities


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• 30 local professionals from Romania trained on tourism economy and

cultural marketing – 2 days training• 30 local professionals from Moldova trained on tourism economy and

cultural marketing – 2 days training

• 5 tourism and cultural marketing themes

• 2 training sessions (2 days each) in Mihailesti village with 15 participants /

group

• 2 training sessions (2 days each) in Brateni village with 15

participants/group

• 60 training printed support offered to participants

• 60 evaluation questionnaires completed

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- increased tourism economy and cultural marketing knowledge and experience of professionals

from both sides of the border

- better use of local tourism and cultural resources

- improvement of social and economic living conditions


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• 1 edition of the “Our Cultural Identity” Festival organized in Mihailesti

village

• 70 young persons from Mihailesti (Romania) attend the festival

• 30 young persons from Brateni (Moldova) attend the festival

• 5 types of festival activities carried out: traditional music recital,

exhibitions on traditional themes (painting, ceramics, etc.), field ecologic

cleaning, personal development, training participants’ interviews and

commentaries


- Young persons from one border area will develop capacity to co-operate with persons same age

from the other area; as result of Festival participation, youth will develop capacity to plan, organize

and implement educative, social, cultural and environmental activities in collaboration and will

overtake border obstacle

- Youth across border area will raise their level of information and to improve personal development

skills in order to be able to access better carrier opportunities in the future

- Local social environment will benefit of significant improvement as result of the increased youth

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Editing and distributing documentary film on cross border traditions.


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traditions edited and distributed


- All the information offered in the frame of the project about different themes related to youth and

tourism economy and cultural marketing will be included into a documentary film on cross border

traditions, which will be distributed to the all persons who will be interested to inform themselves or

to developed the same activities to other locations or target groups, by each partner from the project


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Creating website that contains festival data and information.


Activity 8 Activity 8 - Creating website that contains

festival data and information

Applicant, partner


Months 1-4

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Months 5-8

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Months 9-12


• 1 website that features free resources and database on Festival


- All the information offered in the frame of the project about different themes related to youth and

tourism and cultural marketing will be published into a website, which will allow to be disseminated

to the all persons who will be interested to inform themselves or to developed the same activities to

other locations or target groups, by each partner from the project

- Large visibility of the project activities

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1.8. Cross- border impact (max 1 page)

Please check the type of project:

Integrated project

Symmetrical project

Project implemented mainly or entirely in a single participating-country but having a cross-

border impact

Demonstrate:

how does the project create basis to develop cross- border co-operation

Activities of the project imply common effort of the target group from the both sides of the border.

Professionals from the border area face the same lack of technical and management capacities related to

tourism economy and cultural marketing knowledge and experience. The project offers them the

framework to improve their skills in order to start using local tourism resources with high efficiency.

Also, the cross border co-operation among local professionals is reinforced with instruments useful to

plan and organize tourism activities in their communities according to modern standards.

Cross-border co-operation will also be achieved through future editions of the “Our Cultural Identity”

Festival. Activities will be carried out together, by youth from both sides of the border, such as traditional

music recitals, exhibitions on traditional themes (painting, ceramics, etc.), field ecologic cleaning,

personal development training sessions, participants’ interviews and commentaries.

On the other hand, the project website will ensure free access for youth from cross border area to lots of

resources designed to multiply project activities (website resources, training printed support, best

practices). The same type of information will be delivered by documentary film on cross border traditions

too. These resources will be available for long period of time, due to website characteristics. In this way,

young persons will exchange information, procedures and other materials with youth from the other part

of the border. This will contribute to the enlargement and continuous improvement of cross border youth

co-operation initiated within this project.

how the project results affect both sides of the border?

The target group of the project belongs to the both sides of the border. Professionals from both countries

are trained in the same marketing themes, such as tourism produce policies, tourism price, promotion and placement, tourism economy and cultural tourism, writing and management of cultural projects, artistic

entrepreneurship. The trainees are selected from local representatives of the public administration,

tourism companies, cultural organizations, opinion leaders, local entrepreneurs. The training sessions

feature equal number of trainees in each country with similar structure of the training group. This ensures

identical effect of the training in each part of the border, while promoting better project benefits for the

local communities.

Also, youth involved in Festival activities follow the same type of activities and work together to raise

their level of personal development. Young persons on the both sides of the border often face the same

difficulties in developing their carrier and improving life quality. The project aims to identify solutions to

this social problem using co-operation, ideas and opinion exchange and team work. This fact ensures

positive effects on both sides of the border and clear premises for future common actions.

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1.9. Methodology (max 4 pages)

Describe in detail:

• the methods of implementation and reasons for the proposed methodology (including a justification

for the project duration);

Act.no

Activity name Methods of implementationReasons for the proposed methodology :

1Project plan and

project team preparation

The activity will be realized with the

following methods:- organizing co-ordination meeting with

project team to plan activities

- establishing responsibilities for teammembers

- organizing working meeting with partner to set out responsibilities

- setting up job file for each team member

Reasons for the proposed methodology:

- allows project team to know type ogactivities that will be developed, duration

and starting moment

- job files will indicate for each teammember responsibilities, subordination,

working schedule, etc.- partner meeting will facilitate planning

future activities of the project

2Running public

acquisition procedures


following methods:- posting auction announces

- contact with the bidder for the auctions

- contact with the winner of the auctions- realizing the contracts


- the methods are selected due to the currentlegislation

3

Editing and printing

promotion andinformation

materials


following methods:- analyzing all the needs for information

identified within the target group- centralizing all the information

- distributing the materials to all the partners and the stakeholders


- it allows meeting all the responsibilitiesand deadlines

- distributing the materials is the best procedure that enable information reach the

most interested persons

4

Setting up

MihailestiEthnographic

Museum

The activity will be realized with thefollowing methods:

- arranging the building for proper exhibit presentation

- setting up promotion plan of the museum

Reasons for the proposed methodology:- it allows meeting all the responsibilities

and deadlines

5Training in tourism

economy andcultural marketing


following methods:- booking accommodation

- administrative organization of thetrainings: evaluation questionnaires,

participants lists, the training room, logistics- scheduling the training session

- faxing the invitations and trainings agendato the participants

- trainings materials, printed support, presentation materials (slides)

-presentation using the flipchart, markers,

post-its, video projector,- group work, case studies, brainstorming

- final evaluation questionnaires


- training is a process that require very goodorganizing in order to prevent

misunderstandings and to ensure a fully participation

- using the email and the fax will facilitatethe accurate communication

- written materials are use-full for theunderstanding of the issues presented

- video presentations are the most adequatemethods for visual impact

- the other methods are classic for training

delivery and have a high level of efficacy- the evaluation questionnaires give the

possibility to trainers and organizers to

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improve their services

6

Organizing the“Our Cultural

Identity” Festival in

Mihailesti


following methods:- booking accommodation

- administrative organization: participantslists, event lists, events’ locations, mobile

scene, logistics

- scheduling the festival activities- sending the invitations and festival agendato the participants

- monitoring festival activities


- this event requires very good organizing inorder to prevent lack of interest from

participants and to ensure a fully participation

- using the email and the fax will facilitate

the accurate communication- the mobile scene will prove useful to hostmost festival events

7

Editing and

distributing thedocumentary film

on cross border traditions


following methods:- meetings with partners and target group to

establish content of documentary film- group work and contact with young

persons interested to appear in the film- preparing and reviewing the final version

of the documentary- multiplying it and distributing


- it ensures quality material for the film- it allows expressing opportunities to all

participants in the project- it allows meeting all the requirements and

deadlines

8

Creating websitethat contains

festival data andinformation

The activity will be realized with thefollowing methods:

- analyzing all the needs for informationidentified within the target group

- centralizing all the information- monitoring information and website

content

Reasons for the proposed methodology:- it ensures quality service for the website

users and top quality content- it allows meeting all the requirements and

deadlines

9

Promoting,monitoring and

evaluating the

project


following methods:- periodical working meetings of the project

team, individual and collective evaluationsand monitoring

- feedback from the partners

- reports of the periodical meetings- internal feedback of the project team

- periodical reports


- the working meetings of the project teamwill facilitate organization, evaluation and

monitoring of the activities in the project- the reports of the periodical meetings will

estimate the progress of the activities

- the internal feedback will help the team toimprove the quality of the activities

developed and to undertake specific

measures if necessary

The project duration (12 months) offers necessary time resources for the activities to be well implemented

and allows project team to accomplish all responsibilities in high quality manner.

• where the action is the prolongation of a previous action, explain how the action is intended to build

on the results of this previous action. Give the main conclusions and recommendations of evaluations that

might have been carried out;

This action is not a really prolongation of a previous action, but it is based on the analysis of the similar activities carried out by applicant in the last years; in this respect, we concluded that the best results in

informing and training activities could be obtained in an integrated system of support which should

include a large area of activities (not only training and informing). In our previous actions good results

were obtained in individual actions such as: training for young and women, artistic activities for children,

providing information for youth personal development.

The lessons learned from the previous actions are the following: an integrated system of support for youth

is the best practice for achieving significant results with the target group.

• where the action is part of a larger programme, explain how it fits or is coordinated with this

programme or any other possibly planned project. Please specify the potential synergies with other

initiatives, in particular from the European Commission;

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The action is not part of a larger programme or project. Still the project is planned in coherence with

European and national plans and strategies such as:

- The Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (EGPRSP) for the Republic of Moldova

2004-2007, that aims to improve the living standards of the nation’s citizens and stimulate social and

economical development. The project contributes to this strategy objective providing access to

specialized education services to disadvantaged groups and building high quality human capital.

- The National Development Plan of Republic of Moldova, which focus on several priorities in order toensure the targeting of available resources. The present action contributes to achieving the objectives of

this plan supporting economic and social development of the country.

- The National Strategic Reference Framework 2007 – 2013 of Romania, that provides the strategic focus

for the economic and social policies. The project support accomplishment of the priorities that related to

“the regions located in the vicinity of the border that are both regions with a significantly low economic

development and relatively high rate of unemployment”.

• the procedures for follow up and internal/external evaluation;

Procedures for follow up:

- The “Our Cultural Identity” Festival itself is a follow up of the action due to the next editions to be

organized in Romania and Republic of Moldova

- The materials elaborated within the action can be used for other youth looking for personal development

- Applicant and partner’s staff and collaborators will be able to provide information and support to other

members of the local communities

- The applicant and his partner will promote the services through the regional stakeholders both for

Romania and from Moldova (local authorities, Chambers of Commerce, Business incubators, the local

and regional offices for SME’s, Regional Development Agency N-E, NGO’s, other entities)

Procedures for internal evaluation:

- Monthly meetings with the project team members for monitoring the project progress

- Permanently checking the Gant diagram

- Monthly meetings with the partners’ representatives in order to discuss the project impact and results

based on the logical framework

- Monthly evaluation of quantitative and qualitative indicators of the project

- Meetings with the partner’s representatives and feed-back from them

- Evaluation the level of reaching the objectives

Procedures for external evaluation:

- Evaluation forms for the training process (evaluation made by the trained professionals and youth)

- Evaluation forms for the festival activities (the level of satisfaction for the information/support received)

evaluation made by young persons)

- Evaluation made by mass media (articles, TV and radio presentations)

- Evaluation of the level of interest of the regional stakeholders

• the role and participation in the action of the various actors and stakeholders (local partner(s), target

groups, local authorities, etc.), and the reasons for which these roles have been assigned to them;

1. The role and participation of the Brateni village:

- Discussing the general framework of the project and the partners role

- Feed-back for the project proposal

- Support for promoting the project activities and attracting the target group

- Participating in all the actions developed in Moldova and in Romania

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- Participating in the evaluation meetings

- Support for the project sustainability in both countries

- Feed-back for all the actions

Reasons:

- This entity was set up for the development of the cross border region

- Very good collaboration with applicant in previous actions

- Big interest for cross border cooperation

- High commitment for the project activities due to their role

- Experience in implementing projects on cross border cooperation component

• the organisational structure and the team proposed for the implementation of the action by function

( there is no need to include the names of individuals, but a job description of the project management

team will be provided as a supporting document (see 2.2.2 of Guidelines for applicants )

The project team:- Project manager – 1 person part time (4 hours/day)

- Project assistant – 2 persons part time (4 hours/day)

- Partner expert 1 for project management – 1 person part time (4 hours/day)

- Partner expert 2 for project management – 1 person part time (4 hours/day)

- Trainer in tourism and cultural marketing – 1 person, 4 days (full time)

- Financial manager – 1 part time (4 hours/day)

Main responsibilities for the project manager:

- coordinate all the project activities

- coordinate the project team

- participate in all the meetings and trainings

- responsible for the project promotion

- realize the intermediary and final reports

- implementing the best procedures and practices for good project management

- organize the monitoring and evaluation activities

Main responsibilities for partner experts for project management:

- coordinate the relation with all the partners and stakeholders from the project

- responsible for the budget allocation and cash flow- solve all the unexpected situation within the project implementation period

- support for the training process and the festival activities

Main responsibilities of the trainers:

- participate in setting up the training materials

- participate in all the training activities

- evaluate the trainings

- participate in the internal evaluation of the action

• the main means proposed for the implementation of the action (equipment, materials, and supplies to

be acquired or rented);The main means proposed for the action are:

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- the applicant infrastructure (training room, rooms for the project staff, bathroom, other annexes)

- computers, laser printer, lap top, video projector, flipchart, magnetic table, digital camera, adequate

furniture, multifunctional phone, cars, digital copy machine, other resources.

• the attitudes of all stakeholders towards the action in general and the activities in particular;

All stakeholders did participate in drawing the present proposal and are interested in getting involved in

the project activities. Applicant’s and partner’s personnel are enthusiastic about this project as long as itoffers opportunity to work with youth from all the cross border area and exchange experience and ideas in

such attractive manner.

1.10. Duration and indicative action plan for implementing the action

The duration of the action will be 12 months.

Applicants should not indicate a specific start up date for the implementation of the action but simply

show "month 1", "month 2", etc.

Applicants are recommended to base the estimated duration for each activity and total period on the mostprobable duration and not on the shortest possible duration by taking into consideration all relevant

factors that may affect the implementation timetable.

The activities stated in the action plan should correspond to the activities described in detail in section

1.7. The implementing body shall be either the applicant or any of the partners, associates or

subcontractors. Any months or interim periods without activities must be included in the action plan and

count toward the calculation of the total estimated duration of the action.

The action plan for the first 12 months of implementation should be sufficiently detailed to give an

overview of the preparation and implementation of each activity. The action plan for each of the

subsequent years may be more general and should only list the main activities foreseen for those years.

To this end, it shall be divided into six-month interim periods (NB: A more detailed action plan for each

subsequent year will have to be submitted before receipt of new pre-financing payments, pursuant to

Article 2.1 of the General Conditions of the grant contract).The action plan will be drawn up using the following format:

Table 1

Year 1

Semester 1 Semester 2

Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

GA1

Activity 1 (Project plan and project

team preparation)

Preparation Activity 1 (Project plan

and project team preparation)

Execution Activity 1 (Project plan

and project team preparation)

Activity 9 (Promoting, monitoring

and evaluating the project)

Preparation Activity 9 (Promoting,

monitoring and evaluating the

project)

Execution Activity 9 (Promoting,

monitoring and evaluating the

project)

GA 2

Activity 2 (Running publicacquisition procedures)

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Preparation Activity 2 (Running

public acquisition procedures)

Execution Activity 2 (Running

public acquisition procedures)

Activity 3 (Editing and printing

promotion and information

materials)

Preparation Activity 3 (Editing and

printing promotion and information

materials)

Execution Activity 3 (Editing and

printing promotion and information

materials)

Activity 4 (Setting up Mihailesti

Ethnographic Museum)

Preparation Activity 4 (Setting up

Mihailesti Ethnographic Museum)

Execution Activity 4 (Setting up

Mihailesti Ethnographic Museum)GA 3

Activity 5 (Training in tourism

economy and cultural marketing)

Preparation Activity 5 (Training in

tourism economy and cultural

marketing)

Execution Activity 5 (Training in

tourism economy and cultural

marketing)

GA 4

Activity 6 (Organizing the “Our

Cultural Identity” Festival in

Mihailesti)

Preparation Activity 6 (Organizing

the “Our Cultural Identity” Festival

in Mihailesti)

Execution Activity 6 (Organizing the

“Our Cultural Identity” Festival in

Mihailesti)

GA5

Activity 7 (Editing and distributing

the documentary film on cross

border traditions)Preparation Activity 7 (Editing and

distributing the documentary film on

cross border traditions)

Execution Activity 7 (Editing and

distributing the documentary film on

cross border traditions)

GA6

Activity 8 (Creating website that

contains festival data and

information)

Preparation Activity 8 (Creating

website that contains festival dataand information)

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Execution Activity 8 (Creating

website that contains festival data

and information)

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Sustainability (max 3 pages)

• Describe the main preconditions and assumptions during and after the implementation phase.

The main preconditions and assumptions:

- Partner availability to take active part in project activities

- Constant participation of the target group in the project activities

Factors and conditions outside the Beneficiary's responsibility necessary to achieve project objective:

- Maintaining active interest of the partners to take part in the action

- Other projects not to interfere and overlap with this project activities

- The target group keeping high interest in the action

• Provide a detailed risk analysis and possible contingency plans. This should include at least a list of

risks associated with each activity proposed accompanied by relevant corrective measures to mitigate

such risks. A good risk analysis would include a range of risk types including physical, environmental,

political, economic and social risks.

ActivityRisk category / risk

impactMeasures to take Reply strategies

1. Project plan and

project team preparation


Low risk


Financial motivation of the team professionals



2. Running publicacquisition

procedures

Delays in the in acquisition process

Low risk

Completing acquisition documentationaccording to legislation specifications;

including all necessary information


decreasing

Legislative changes

Low risk (legislation isadapted to UE aquis)

Action plan for unexpected situations Accepting the risk

5&6 - Trainings

and festivalactivities


Low risk


Financial motivation of the trainer



9 - Promoting,

monitoring andevaluating the

project


Low risk


Financial motivation of the team professionals



Delays in acquisition of the promotion materials

Low risk

Completing acquisition documentationaccording to legislation specifications;

including all necessary information


decreasing

Delays of the payments

Medium risk

Including in the partners budget of

necessary resources to continue activitiesin case of delays of Contracting

Authority payments



Delays in delivering terms

Medium risk

Including specific clauses regarding

delivering terms in the acquisitioncontracts


through contractnegotiation

Other activities Professionals departure

Low risk


Financial motivation of the team

professionals


through probability

decreasing

• Explain how sustainability will be secured after completion of the action. This can include aspects of

necessary measures and strategies built into the action, follow-up activities, ownership by target groups

etc. In doing so, please make a distinction between the following dimensions of sustainability:

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• Financial sustainability (financing of follow-up activities, sources of revenue for covering all future

operating and maintenance costs, etc.);

Applicant and partners from this project have in their strategy to develop supporting activities for youth

and to promote active civic spirit, especially among young persons. Also, the applicant integrates in its

strategy the promotion of cultural, social and environmental activities through out the “Our Cultural

Identity” Festival. Future editions of the festival will be carried out, at least one edition per year. Also,applicant and his partner plan to sustain sessions training in various themes like marketing and

management in order to improve local professionals’ abilities in developing efficient social and

economical actions.

After the grant ends, the “Our Cultural Identity” Festival will be organized in Romania and Moldova at

least one edition per year. Its activities will be offered to larger groups of youth who want to plan and

develop their carrier and obtain communication abilities. All costs will be supported by applicant and his

partner, but also by various sponsors from the local communities.

The applicant will continue to raise funds from different sources (private sector and other sources) and

will initiate actions to attract governmental funds available since this year through national programs.From this perspective, the organization will act in the future in consortium with other institutions

interested in supporting the youth actions, personal and professional development of youth. The present

action will be developed in a partnership of organizations with experience in this type of activities.

• Institutional level (which structures would allow, and how, the results of the action to continue be in

place after the end of the action? Address issues about the local "ownership" of action outcomes);

The applicant and partners from this project will work in a new framework of collaboration, very

challenging and also very transferable to other groups of partners or collaborators.

Realizing experience exchanges between youth from Romania and Moldova it will be created long-termworking relationships and social and economic advantages for the both parts of border region. Also, all

the young persons who will participate to the project’s activities will continue to develop their own carrier

and will be invited to future editions of the Festival in order to enlarge their experience in this filed.

The “Our Cultural Identity” Festival will continue to be in the administration of the applicant and its

future editions will continue to offer permanent experience exchange and training in order to sustain

youth development and youth social initiatives.

Due to the strong cross border impact of the action, the partner organizations from Romania and Moldova

will continue collaboration on their specific actions after the end of the project. The applicant creates the

frame of collaboration and encouraged through the project design the direct contacts and working

together for issue of common interest. The partner organizations will strengthen the collaboration duringthe implementation period and also after the end. All the organizations from the project will be more

empowered to initiate other projects together and to participate in other major actions related to their

work.

• Policy level where applicable (What structural impact will the action have - e.g. will it lead to

improved legislation, codes of conduct, methods, etc.);

The structural impact of the project at the policy level will be focused on the following directions:

- Transferring ideas and experience (within the visits for exchanging experiences)

Romania is in a fast development and modernization’s process induced by integration in institutional and

economical structure of the EU, and also by more implication of the economic fluxes and globalcompetition. The activities of this project will enforce this process through informing and training

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activities necessary to develop new abilities for youth when trying to integrate in the local social and

economic environment.

- Transferring methods for promoting and sustain youth employment and youth experience exchange:

- Training methods

- Working methods

- Procedures and instruments

- Methods for exchange experience

- Methods for cross border cooperation

- Transferring know-how to Moldova:

- All the materials realized can be used in further actions in Moldova

- All the methodology of the project may be extended to other local actions

- Expertise of the trainers may be also used in similar activities developed in Moldova

• Environmental sustainability (what impact will the action have on the environment – have conditions

put in place to avoid negative effects on natural resources on which the action depends and on the broader natural environment).Please fill in the Annex H Environmental information

- The project has positive effects on ecological sustainability, because…

- The project has no effects on ecological sustainability, as…

- The project has negative effects on ecological sustainability, but…

The project has positive effects on ecological sustainability due to the environmental activities organized

within the festival editions. Youth from cross border region will participate in ecological cleaning of

various areas in the Mihailesti and Brateni villages. This type of activities will inspire civic spirit of the

participants, will help them develop pro active manner of life and will encourage them to initiate future

environmental protecting actions.

On the other hand, the social and cultural activities of the project have small impact on the environment

and do not pollute it. The buildings in which the project activities take place comply with specific

international quality standards, the low energy consumption and efficient management of the electricity

consumption conducting to significant energy savings and reducing of greenhouse gas emissions.

1.11. Logical framework 29

Please fill in Annex C30

to the Guidelines for applicants.

BUDGET FOR THE ACTION

Fill in Annex B (worksheet 1) to the Guidelines for applicants for the total duration of the action and for its first 12 months. For further information see the Guidelines for grant applicants (Sections 1.3, 2.1.4 and

2.2.2).

EXPECTED SOURCES OF FUNDINGFill in Annex B (worksheet 2) to the Guidelines for applicants to provide information on the expected

sources of funding for the action.

Please note that there are two different sheets to be completed.

29Optional where the total amount of the grants to be awarded under the call for proposals is EUR 100 000 or less.

30Explanations can be found at the following address:

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EXPERIENCE OF SIMILAR ACTIONSMaximum 1 page per action. Please provide a detailed description of actions managed by your organisation over the past three yearsThis information will be used to assess whether you have sufficient and stable experience of managing actions in the same sector and of a comparable scale to the

one for which a grant is being requested.

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Project title: Local road

modernization DN24

Mihailesti - Valea Silistei -

Stiobarani

Sector (see section 2.2 of section II):

Road Transport

Location of

the action

Cost of the

action (EUR)

lead manager

or partner

Donors to the action (name) Amount contributed

(by donor)

Dates (from dd/mm/yyyy to

dd/mm/yyyy)

Mihailesti 1 194 620 Lead manager SAPARD 748 176,75 EUR May 2004 – October 2005

Objectives and results of the

action

The main result of the action was the modernization of the local road having 8,63 Km length. In the 3 villages – Bousori, Valea

Silistei and Stiobarani now there access for the emergency means, common transportation means and al l other vehicles. Thiscontributes to the economic development of the rural area and the capital izing of local and national tourism resources.

Project title: Hands stretched over Prut river Sector (see section 2.2 of section II): Social/welfare services

Location of

the action

Cost of the

action (EUR)

lead manager

or partner


(by donor)


dd/mm/yyyy)

Mihailesti 53 927 Lead manager

Phare CBC 2006, Priority 2 „People to people”

Action, Neighborhood Programme Romania

Republic of Moldova 2004 - 2006

48 527 EUR 30/11/2007 – 30/11/2008


action

The overall objective is to achieve improvement of the local cross border co-operation between Romania and Republic of Moldovathrough “people to people” actions. This objective was accomplished through organizing folk festivals that represents important

bridge between communities. The main results were the increased artistic level of the troupes, improving of the repertoire,improvement of the relations between local public administrations involved in the project.



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Project title: Elena Cuza Daytime centre for 30 children that come from families facing

special difficulties

Sector (see section 2.2 of section II):

Social/welfare services

Location of

the action

Cost of the

action (EUR)

lead manager

or partner


(by donor)


dd/mm/yyyy)

Mihailesti 165 500 Lead manager Phare CBC 2006, Neighborhood Programme

Romania Republic of Moldova 2004 - 2006148 950 EUR 30/11/2007 – 30/07/2009


action

The main result of the action was the establishment in the Serbotesti village, Mihailesti Commune, of the Elena Cuza Daytimecentre where 30 children that come from families facing special difficulties benefit of social protection measures according to

existing laws.

Project title: Residency Centre for 20 third age persons in Valea Sil istei Sector (see section 2.2 of section II):


Location of

the action

Cost of the

action (EUR)

lead manager

or partner


(by donor)


dd/mm/yyyy)

Mihailesti 237 860 Lead manager Phare CBC 2006, Neighborhood ProgrammeRomania Republic of Moldova 2004 - 2006

142 716 EUR October 2008 – to date


action

Project overall objective is to develop cross border co-operation between Vaslui and the Hancesti Counties from Romania and

Republic of Moldova in the social assistance of third age persons from the both sides of the border in order to improve lifequality.

The results will be setting up the Centre for 20 persons in Valea Silistei village, Mihailesti commune, developing social

assistance system in the rural areas, creating new premises and opportunities, improving life and health conditions of the

beneficiaries.



GENERAL INFORMATION

Has the project applied to other funds for support to all or some of the

activities proposed under this call (e.g.national funds, EU funds: PhareCBC, other ENPI programmes, Structural Funds)?

If YES, please, specify within which programme and provide details of its

scope and of its timeframe.

NO

YES -

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II. THE APPLICANT

Name of the organization MIHAILESTICOMMUNE

1. IDENTITY

Registration Number (or equivalent)4447693

Date of Registration21/05/1998

Place of Registration Mihailesti village, Vaslui County

Official address of RegistrationMihailesti village, Vaslui County, postal code 700400

Country of Registration Romania

Region(s) North-East Development Region

County (Oblast) Vaslui

District -

Town(s)/ Village (s)/Community (s) Mihailesti village, Vaslui County

E-mail address of the Organisation

Telephone number: Country code +

city code + number 0040+235+454010

Fax number: Country code + city code

+ number 0040+235+454010

Website of the Organization -

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2.PROFILE

Legal status Local public administration

Profit-Making□ Yes

No

NGO□ Yes

No

Value based31 □ Political

□ Religious

□ Humanistic

Neutral

Is your organization linked with

another entity?

□ Yes, parent entity:

Yes, controlled entity(ies)

□ Yes, family organization / network entity32

□ No, independent

2.1. Category

Category33 Public

Public Administration

□ Decentralised representatives of

Sovereign States

□ International Organisation

□ Judicial Institution

□ Local Authority

□ Implementation Agency□ University/Education

□ Research Institute

□ Think Tank

□ Foundation

□ Association

□ Media

□ Network/Federation

□ Professional and/or Industrial

Organisation

□ Trade Union

□ Cultural Organisation

□ Commercial Organisation

Private

Implementation Agency

University/Education

Research Institute

Think Tank

Foundation

Association

Media Network/Federation

Professional and/or Industrial

Organisation

Trade Union

Cultural Organisation

Commercial Organisation

Other Non State Actor

2.2. Sector(s)34

□ Education

31Please choose only one set of values.

32E.g. confederation / federation /alliance

33Please specify 1) the Sector to which your organisation belongs, as defined in its statutes (or equivalent

document): Public (established and/or funded by a public body) or Private (established and/or funded by a

private entity); 2) in the appropriate column, the Category to which your organisation belongs (ONE CHOICEONLY).

34Please tick the box for each sector your organisation has been active in the past 7 years. The sectors come from

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□ Education, level unspecified

□ Education Policy & Admin. Management

Education Facilities And Training

□ Teacher Training

□ Educational Research

□ Basic education

□ Primary Education□ Basic life skills for youth and adults

□ Early childhood education

□ Secondary education

□ Secondary education

□ Vocational Training

□ Post-secondary education

□ Higher Education

□ Advanced Tech. & Managerial Training

□ Health

□ Health, general

□ Health Policy & Admin. Management□ Medical education/training

□ Medical Research

□ Medical Services

□ Basic health

□ Basic Health Care

□ Basic Health Infrastructure

□ Basic Nutrition

□ Infectious Disease Control

□ Health Education

□ Health Personnel Development

□Population programmes

□ Population polices/programs and reproductive health

□ Population Policy And Admin. Mgmt

□ Reproductive Health Care

□ Family planning

□ Std Control Including HIV/Aids

□ Personnel development for population & reproductive health

□ Water Supply and Sanitation

□ Water supply and sanitation

□ Water Resources Policy/Admin. Mgmt

□ Water Resources Protection

Water supply & sanitation - Large systems

□ Basic drinking water supply & basic sanitation

□ River Development

Waste Management/Disposal

Education & training in water supply and sanitation

□ Government and Civil Society

□ Government and civil society, general

□ Economic and development policy/planning

□ Public sector financial management

□ Legal and judicial development

Government administration

□ Strengthening civil society□ Elections

□ Human Rights

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□ Free Flow Of Information

□ Women's equality organisations and institutions

□ Conflict prevention an resolution, peace and security

□ Security system management and reform

□ Civilian peace-building, conflict prevention and resolution

□ Post-conflict peace-building (UN)

□ Reintegration and SALW control□ Land mine clearance

□ Child soldiers (prevention and demobilisation)

□ Other Social Infrastructure and Service


□ Employment policy and admin. mgmt.

□ Housing policy and admin. management

□ Low-cost housing

□ Multisector aid for basic social services

Culture and recreation

□ Statistical capacity building

□ Narcotics control□ Social mitigation of HIV/AIDS

□ Transport and Storage

□ Transport and storage

□ Transport Policy & Admin. Management

Road Transport

□ Rail Transport

□ Water Transport

□ Air Transport

□ Storage

□ Education & Training In Transport & Storage

□ Communications□ Communications

□ Communications Policy & Admin. Mgmt

□ Telecommunications

Radio/Television/Print Media

□ Information and communication technology (ICT)

□ Energy

□ Energy generation and supply

□ Energy Policy And Admin. Management

□ Power Generation/Non-Renewable Sources

□ Power Generation/Renewable Sources

□ Electrical Transmission/Distribution□ Gas distribution

□ Oil-Fired Power Plants

□ Gas-Fired Power Plants

□ Coal-Fired Power Plants

□ Nuclear Power Plants

□ Hydro-electric Power Plants

□ Geothermal energy

□ Solar energy

□ Wind power

□ Ocean power

□Biomass

□ Energy education/training

□ Energy research

□ Banking and Financial Services

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□ Banking and financial services

□ Financial Policy & Admin. Management

□ Monetary institutions

□ Formal Sector Financial Institutions

□ Informal/Semi-Formal Financial intermediaries

□ Education/trng in banking & fin. services

□ Business and Other Services□ Business and other services

□ Business support services and institutions

□ Privatisation

□ Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing

□ Agriculture

□ Agricultural Policy And Admin. Mgmt

□ Agricultural development

□ Agricultural Land Resources

□ Agricultural Water Resources

□ Agricultural inputs

□Food Crop Production

□ Industrial Crops/Export Crops

□ Livestock

□ Agrarian reform

□ Agricultural alternative development

□ Agricultural extension

□ Agricultural Education/Training

□ Agricultural Research

□ Agricultural services

□ Plant and post-harvest protection and pest control

□ Agricultural financial services

□ Agricultural co-operatives

□ Livestock/Veterinary Services

□ Forestry

□ Forestry Policy & Admin. Management

□ Forestry development

□ Fuel wood/charcoal

□ Forestry education/training

□ Forestry research

□ Forestry services

□ Fishing

□ Fishing Policy And Admin. Management

□ Fishery development

□ Fishery education/training

□ Fishery research

□ Fishery services

□ Industry, Mining and Construction

□ Industry

□ Industrial Policy And Admin. Mgmt

□ Industrial development

□ Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development

□ Cottage industries and handicraft

□ Agro-Industries

□ Forest industries

□ Textiles - leather & substitutes

□ Chemicals

□ Fertilizer plants

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□ Cement/lime/plaster

□ Energy manufacturing

□ Pharmaceutical production

□ Basic metal industries

□ Non-ferrous metal industries

□ Engineering

□ Transport equipment industry□ Technological research and development

□ Mineral resources and mining

□ Mineral/Mining Policy & Admin. Mgmt

□ Mineral Prospection And Exploration

□ Coal

□ Oil and gas

□ Ferrous metals

□ Non-ferrous metals

□ Precious metals/materials

□ Industrial minerals

□Fertilizer minerals

□ Offshore minerals

□ Construction

□ Construction Policy And Admin. Mgmt

□ Trade and Tourism

□ Trade policy and regulation

□ Trade Policy And Admin. Management

□ Trade facilitation

□ Regional trade agreements (RTAs)

□ Multilateral trade negotiation

□ Trade education & training

□ Tourism

□ Tourism Policy And Admin. Management

□ General Environment Protection

□ General environmental protection

□ Environmental Policy And Admin. Mgmt

□ Biosphere protection

□ Bio-diversity

□ Site Preservation

□ Flood Prevention/Control

□ Environmental education/training

□ Environmental research

□ Other multisector

□ Other multisector

□ Multisector Aid

□ Urban Development And Management

Rural Development

□ Non-agricultural alternative development

Multisector education/training

□ Research/scientific institutions

□ General budget support



□ Development food aid/food security

□ Development food aid/food security assistance

□ Food Aid / Food Security Programmes

□ Other commodity assistance

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□ Other commodity assistance

□ Import support (capital goods)

□ Import support (commodities)

□ Action relating to debt



□ Debt forgiveness□ Relief of multilateral debt

□ Rescheduling and refinancing

□ Debt for development swap

□ Other debt swap

□ Debt buy-back

□ Emergency and distress relief

□ Emergency and distress relief

□ Material relief assistance and services

□ Emergency food aid

□ Relief coordination; protection and support services

□Reconstruction relief and rehabilitation

□ Reconstruction relief and rehabilitation

□ Reconstruction relief and rehabilitation

□ Disaster prevention and preparedness



□ Administrative costs of donors

□ Administrative costs of donors

□ Administrative Costs

□ Support to NGO

□ Support to NGO

□ Support to national NGOs

□ Support to international NGOs

□ Support to local and regional NGOs

□ Refugees

□ Refugees (in donor countries)

□ Refugees (in donor countries)

□ Unallocated/unspecified

□ Unallocated/unspecified

□ Sectors Not Specified

□ Promotion of Development Awareness

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2.3. Target group(s)

□ All

□ Child soldiers

□ Children (less than 18 years old)

□ Community Based Organisation(s)

□ Consumers

□ Disabled

□ Drug consumers

□ Educational organisations (school, universities)

Elderly people

□ Illness affected people (Malaria, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS)

□ Indigenous peoples

Local authorities

□ Migrants

□ Non Governmental Organisations

□ Prisoners□ Professional category

□ Refugees and displaced

□ Research organisations/Researchers

□ SME/SMI

□ Students

□ Urban slum dwellers

□ Victims of conflicts/catastrophes

Women

Young people

□ Other (please specify): ……………………………..

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3. CAPACITY TO MANAGE AND IMPLEMENT ACTIONS

3.1. Experience by Sector (for each sector selected in 2.2.)

Sector Year(s) of Experience

Experience in the past 7 years

Number of Projects in the

past 7 years

Estimated Amount(in thousand Euros) in

the past 7 years

Activities regarding

local community

development in

economic, social and

infrastructure domains,

national and

international

networking

□ Less than 1

□ 1 to 3 years

□ 4 to 7 years

7 years +

□ Less than 1 year

□ 1 to 3 years

□ 4 to 7 years

7 years +

1 to 5

□ 6 to 10

□ 11 to 20

□ 21 to 50

□ 51 to 200

□ 200 to 500

□ 500+

□ Less than 1

□ 1 to 5

□ 5 to 20

□ 20 to 50

□ 50 to 100

□ 100 to 300

□ 300 to 1.000

1000+

□ Unknown

□ Less than 1□ 1 to 3 years

□ 4 to 7 years

□ 7 years +

□ Less than 1 year □ 1 to 3 years

□ 4 to 7 years

□ 7 years +

□ 1 to 5□ 6 to 10

□ 11 to 20

□ 21 to 50

□ 51 to 200

□ 200 to 500

□ 500+

□ Less than 1□ 1 to 5

□ 5 to 20

□ 20 to 50

□ 50 to 100

□ 100 to 300

□ 300 to 1.000

□ 1000+

□ Unknown

□ Less than 1

□ 1 to 3 years

□ 4 to 7 years

□ 7 years +


□ 1 to 3 years

□ 4 to 7 years

□ 7 years +

□ 1 to 5

□ 6 to 10

□ 11 to 20

□ 21 to 50

□ 51 to 200

□ 200 to 500

□ 500+

□ Less than 1

□ 1 to 5

□ 5 to 20

□ 20 to 50

□ 50 to 100

□ 100 to 300

□ 300 to 1.000

□ 1000+

□ Unknown

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3.2. Experience by Geographical area (country or region)

By

Geographicalarea (country

or region)Year(s) of

Experience

Number of Projects in this

geographical

area in the past

7 years

Estimated

Amount

(in thousand

Euros) invested

in this

geographical

area in the past 7

years

Indicative list of regions

− Europe EU

− Europe non-EU

− Eastern Europe

− Central America

− South America

− South-East Asia

− North-East Asia

− South Asia

− Central Asia

− Mediterranean

− Gulf Countries− Eastern Africa

− Central Africa

− Western Africa

− Southern Africa

− Indian Ocean

− Caribbean

− Pacific

Europe EU,

North-East

Region of

Romania, Vaslui

County


□ 1 to 3 years

□ 4 to 7 years

7 years +

1 to 5

□ 6 to 10

□ 11 to 20

□ 21 to 50

□ 51 to 200

□ 200 to 500□ 500+

□ Less than 1

□ 1 to 5

□ 5 to 20

□ 20 to 50

□ 50 to 100

□ 100 to 300□ 300 to 1.000

1000+

□ Unknown


□ 1 to 3 years

□ 4 to 7 years

□ 7 years +

□ 1 to 5

□ 6 to 10

□ 11 to 20

□ 21 to 50

□ 51 to 200

□ 200 to 500

□ 500+

□ Less than 1

□ 1 to 5

□ 5 to 20

□ 20 to 50

□ 50 to 100

□ 100 to 300

□ 300 to 1.000

□ 1000+

□ Unknown□ Less than 1 year

□ 1 to 3 years

□ 4 to 7 years

□ 7 years +

□ 1 to 5

□ 6 to 10

□ 11 to 20

□ 21 to 50

□ 51 to 200

□ 200 to 500

□ 500+

□ Less than 1

□ 1 to 5

□ 5 to 20

□ 20 to 50

□ 50 to 100

□ 100 to 300

□ 300 to 1.000

□ 1000+

□ Unknown

Cross-reference of experience by Sector and by Geographical area:

Sector(s)

(as selected in 2.2)Geographical area(s) (country or region, as identified previously)

Rural Development, Educational

Training

Europe EU, North-East Region of Romania, Vaslui County

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3.3. Resources

3.3.1 Financial data. Please provide the following information, if applicable, on the

basis of the profit and loss account and balance sheet of your organisation,

amounts in thousand Euros

Year Turnover or

equivalent

Net earnings

or equivalent

Total

balance

sheet or

budget

Shareholders’

equity or

equivalent

Medium and

long-term debt

Short-term

debt

(< 1 year)

2008 56.7 8.9 - - - -

2007 45.2 12.4 - - - -

2006 39.8 11.2 - - - -

3.3.2. Financing Source(s) (please tick the source(s) of the revenues of your

organisation and specify the additional information requested)

Year Source Percentage (total for a

given year must be equal to

100%)

Number of fee-

paying members

(only for source =

Member's fees)

2008 EU Commission 70% N/A

2008 Public funds 30% N/A

2008 Total 100% N/A

Year Source Percentage (total for a

given year must be equal to

100%)

Number of fee-

paying members

(only for source =

Member's fees)



2007 Total 100% N/A



2006 Total 100% N/A

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3.3.3. Number of staff

Members of the team of the Action should be directly employed by the Beneficiary’s and/or

partner(s)’ organisation(s) on the basis of a regular work contract between themselves as employees

and the Beneficiary’s and/or partner(s)’ organisation(s) as employer(s).

The employee(s) could work full-time or part-time for the Action.

In instances where the Beneficiary’s and/or partner(s)’ organisation(s) do(es) not have the adequate

professionals to perform the tasks related to the Action, external experts may be employed/contracted

for these tasks.

Total

number of staff

Number of staff

which could be used for project

implementation

Number of external experts

contracted35

Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time- 2 officials

- 11 public

functionaries- 2 project coordinators

- 1 project assistant- 1 financial manager

- - 1 project coordinator

- 1 project assistants

- 1 financial manager

- - -

LIST OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD/COMMITTEE OF YOUR

ORGANISATION

Name Profession FunctionCountry of

Nationality

On the board

since

Mr. Popescu IonPublic Administration Mayor Romanian June 2004

Mr. Neagoie

Mihai Constructor

Vice-mayor

Romanian June 2004Mr. Danut Adrian

Public AdministrationSecretary

Romanian June 2004

Mrs. Oana

ParcalabFinancial manager

Financial

manager Romanian June 2004

35 If it is the case

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III. PARTNERS OF THE APPLICANT

PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTION

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTNERS

This section must be completed for each partner organisation within the meaning of section 2.1.2 of the Guidelines for Applicants. Any associates as defined in the same section need not be mentioned.

You must make as many copies of this table as necessary to create entries for more partners.

Partner 136

Full legal name BRATENI COMMUNE

Date of Registration21/04/2006

Place of Registration Brateni Commune, Ungheni County

Legal status37 Local public administration

Official address of

Registration38

Brateni Commune, Ungheni County

Country of Registration39 Republic of Moldova

Region(s) -

County/Oblast Ungheni

District -

Town(s) -

Contact person Victor Mihaiescu

Telephone number: country

code + city code + number

0037+323+750247

Fax number: country code +city code + number

0037+323+750247

E-mail address [email protected]

Number of employees 112

Other relevant resources The association has a bureau arranged with all the equipment

necessary to develop an adequate activity and great expertise in

36To be multiplied for each partner

37 See section 2.1.1 “Eligibility of applicants: who may apply?” of the Guidelines for grant applicants38

If not in one of the countries listed in section 2.1.1 of the Guidelines, please justify its location39

For organisations

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youth training activities on different themes.

Experience of similar

actions, in relation to the

role in the implementation

of the proposed action

The organization has significant experience in implementing

projects as main applicant and the members have been participated

actively in implementation of other projects in Republic of Moldova

and North-East Region of Romania, such as:

1. “Rehabilitation of the secondary roads in the Brateni commune,

Ungheni County” project, were the Brateni commune was main

applicant. The project was financed by Neighborhood Programme

Romania Republic of Moldova 2004 – 2006, Tacis component. The

project partner was Harlau town from Iasi County, Romania.

2. “Hands stretched over Prut river”, were the Brateni commune

was partner of the Mihailesti commune, Vaslui County. The project

was financed through Phare CBC 2006, Priority 2 „People to

people” Action, Neighborhood Programme Romania Republic of

Moldova 2004 – 2006.

History of cooperation with

the applicant

Participating in some actions developed in Romania but mainly in

Brateni village– Moldova by other bodies.

Role and involvement in

preparing the proposed

action

Discussion of the general concept of the project.

Role and involvement in

implementing the proposed

action

Effective participation at all project activities (training, festival

actions, exchange experience meetings contributing to the

promoting activities, elaborating the project documentation

materials (training materials, brochures).

Support for communication with the target group from Moldova.

Important: This application form must be accompanied by a signed and dated partnership

statement from each partner, in accordance with the model provided.

Financial data: Please provide the following information, if applicable, on the basis of the profit and

loss account and balance sheet of your organization40, amounts in thousands EUR

Year Turnover or

equivalent

Net earnings

or equivalent

Total

balance

sheet or

budget

Shareholders’

equity or

equivalent

Medium and

long-term

debt

Short-term

debt

(< 1 year)

2008 - 254 640 678 711 - - -

2007 - 218 057 688 841 - - -

2006 - 191 776 657 928 - - -

40Not applicable for public authorities.

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2. PARTNERSHIP STATEMENTA partnership is a relationship of substance between two or more organisations involving shared

responsibilities in undertaking the action funded by the Joint Managing Authority. To ensure that the

action runs smoothly, the Joint Managing Authority requires all partners to acknowledge this by

agreeing to the principles of good partnership practice set out below.

1. All partners must have read the application form and understood what their role in the

action will be before the application is submitted to the Joint Managing Authority.

2. All partners must have read the standard grant contract and understood what their

respective obligations under the contract will be if the grant is awarded. They authorise

the lead applicant to sign the contract with the Joint Managing Authority and represent

them in all dealings with the Joint Managing Authority in the context of the action's

implementation.

3. The applicant must consult with its partners regularly and keep them fully informed of the

progress of the action.

4. All partners must receive copies of the reports - narrative and financial - made to the JointManaging Authority.

5. Proposals for substantial changes to the action (e.g. activities, partners, etc.) should be

agreed by the partners before being submitted to the Joint Managing Authority. Where no

such agreement can be reached, the applicant must indicate this when submitting changes

for approval to the Joint Managing Authority.

6. Where the Beneficiary does not have its headquarters in the country where the action is

implemented, the partners must agree before the end of the action, on an equitable

distribution of equipment, vehicles and supplies for the action purchased with the EU

grant among local partners or the final beneficiaries of the action.

7. All partners has the decision of the empowered bodies (county council, board of directors

etc.) regarding the availability of own human and financial resources and appointing the

representatives in the project management team.

8. All partners are aware of their obligation to sign a Partnership Agreement specifying their

tasks and obligations in the project, before the Applicant is signing the Grant Contract

with the Joint Managing Authority.

I hereby certify that the Mihailesti Commune commits itself to the operation, and intends to provide

EUR 11 360 as (national) co-financing to the project.

I confirm that no expenditure related to the activities foreseen to be implemented by Mihailesti

Commune the above-mentioned project has been or will be funded by any other EU programme.

I have read and approved the contents of the proposal submitted to the Joint Managing Authority. I

undertake to comply with the principles of good partnership practice.

Name41

: Popescu Ion

Organisation: Mihailesti Commune

Position: Mayor

Signature:

Date and place: 29/09/2009

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2. PARTNERSHIP STATEMENT

A partnership is a relationship of substance between two or more organisations involving shared

responsibilities in undertaking the action funded by the Joint Managing Authority. To ensure that the

action runs smoothly, the Joint Managing Authority requires all partners to acknowledge this by

agreeing to the principles of good partnership practice set out below.

1. All partners must have read the application form and understood what their role in the

action will be before the application is submitted to the Joint Managing Authority.

2. All partners must have read the standard grant contract and understood what their

respective obligations under the contract will be if the grant is awarded. They authorise

the lead applicant to sign the contract with the Joint Managing Authority and represent

them in all dealings with the Joint Managing Authority in the context of the action's

implementation.

3. The applicant must consult with its partners regularly and keep them fully informed of the

progress of the action.

4. All partners must receive copies of the reports - narrative and financial - made to the JointManaging Authority.

5. Proposals for substantial changes to the action (e.g. activities, partners, etc.) should be

agreed by the partners before being submitted to the Joint Managing Authority. Where no

such agreement can be reached, the applicant must indicate this when submitting changes

for approval to the Joint Managing Authority.

6. Where the Beneficiary does not have its headquarters in the country where the action is

implemented, the partners must agree before the end of the action, on an equitable

distribution of equipment, vehicles and supplies for the action purchased with the EU

grant among local partners or the final beneficiaries of the action.

7. All partners has the decision of the empowered bodies (county council, board of directors

etc.) regarding the availability of own human and financial resources and appointing the

representatives in the project management team.

8. All partners are aware of their obligation to sign a Partnership Agreement specifying their

tasks and obligations in the project, before the Applicant is signing the Grant Contract

with the Joint Managing Authority.

I hereby certify that the Brateni Commune commits itself to the operation, and intends to provide

EUR 0 as (national) co-financing to the project.

I confirm that no expenditure related to the activities foreseen to be implemented by Brateni

Commune the above-mentioned project has been or will be funded by any other EU programme.

I have read and approved the contents of the proposal submitted to the Joint Managing Authority. I

undertake to comply with the principles of good partnership practice.

Name42

: Mihaiescu Victor

Organisation: Brateni Commune

Position: Mayor

Signature:

Date and place: 29/09/2009

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IV. ASSOCIATES OF THE APPLICANT

PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTION

This section must be completed for each associated organisation within the meaning of section 2.1.2 of

the Guidelines for Applicants. You must make as many copies of this table as necessary to create

entries for more associates.

Associate 1

Full legal name

Country of Registration

Legal status

Official address

Contact person

Telephone number: country code + city code + number

Fax number: country code + city code + number

E-mail address

Number of employees

Other relevant resources

Experience of similar actions, in relation to role in the

implementation of the proposed action

History of cooperation with the applicant

Role and involvement in preparing the proposed action

Role and involvement in implementing the proposed

action

Relevance and added value of the associates

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V. CHECKLIST

1ST CALL FOR PROPOSALS, 1ST OF JULY, 2009

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA To be filled in by the applicant

Name of the Applicant MIHAILESTI COMMUNE

Country

43

and date of registration Romania, 21/10/1998Legal status

44Local public administration

Partner 1 Name: Brateni Commune

Country of registration: Republic of Moldova

Legal status: Local public administration

43For organisations

44See section 2.1.1 “Eligibility of applicants: who may apply?” of the Guidelines for grant applicants

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BEFORE SENDING YOUR PROPOSAL, PLEASE CHECK THAT EACH OF THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS IS COMPLETEAND RESPECTS THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

To befilled inby the

applicant

Title of the Proposal: Preserving Our Cultural Identity – POCI Yes No

PART 1 (ADMINISTRATIVE) and filled in1. The correct grant application form (published for this call for proposals), has been used and filled in.

Yes

2. The Declaration by the applicant has been filled in and has been signed. Yes

3. The proposal is typed and is in English. Yes

4. One original and four copies are included. Yes

5. An electronic version (CD-Rom) of the project proposals (which includes the complete Application Form, budget and logical framework)is enclosed

Yes

6. Each partner has completed and signed a partnership statement and the statements are included. Yes

7. The budget is presented in the format requested is expressed in € and is enclosed. Yes

8. The logical framework has been completed and is enclosed (if applicable). Yes

PART 2 (ELIGIBILITY)10. The duration of the action is equal to or lower than 18 months (the maximum allowed)

Yes

11. The duration of the action is equal to or higher than 6 months (the minimum allowed). Yes

12. There is at least one partner from Romania and one partner from Ukraine or Republic of Moldova. Yes

13. The requested contribution is equal to or higher than 30,000 EUR (the minimum allowed). Yes

14 The requested contribution is equal to or lower than150,000 EUR (the maximum allowed). Yes

15. The requested contribution is equal to or lower than <90 %> of the total eligible costs of the action (maximum percentage allowed) Yes



VI. INDICATORS

The project will contribute to the following programme output indicator(s). (Please check the

boxes of the output indicators to which your project will contribute):

Output indicators:

PRIORITY 3PleaseCheck

OUT 1: Number of bodies involved in cooperation initiatives OUT 2: Number of joint cultural events/networks promoting regional CBC

identity, including awareness campaigns for environmental protection in the

area

OUT 3: Number of trainings/meetings for professionals OUT 4: Number of information campaigns for citizens and rehabilitation

courses for victims of people trafficking

OUT 5: Number of exchanges and joint events for young people OUT 6: Number of trainings/meetings for professionals

The project will contribute to the following programme result indicator(s). (Please check the

boxes of the result indicators to which your project will contribute):

Result indicators:

PRIORITY 3PleaseCheck

RES 1: Supporting common planning initiatives, exchange of experience,

cooperation networks

RES 2: Creating permanent social and cultural exchanges

RES 3: Fighting against organised crime, people trafficking in the border area

RES 4: Creating activities for young population in the area

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VII. ASSESSMENT GRID(TO BE USED BY THE JOINT MANAGING AUTHORITY AND EVALUATION

COMMITTEE)

Title of the project proposal: Preserving Our Cultural Identity – POCI

STEP 1: OPENING SESSION AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHECK YES NO

1. The submission deadline has been respected

2. The Application form satisfied all the criteria specified in part 1 of the Checklist (Section

V of Part B of the Grant application form).

The administrative verification has been conducted by:

Date:

DECISION 1:

The Evaluation Committee has recommended the Concept Note for Evaluation after having

passed the Administrative check.

STEP 2: EVALUATION OF THE CONCEPT NOTE

DECISION 2:

The Evaluation Committee has approved the Concept Note and decided to proceed with the

evaluation of the full proposal after having pre-selected the best Concept Notes.

The evaluation of the Concept Note has been conducted by:

Date:

STEP 3: EVALUATION OF THE FULL APPLICATION FORM

DECISION 3:

A. The Evaluation Committee has recommended the proposal for Eligibility verification

after having been provisionally selected within the top ranked scored proposals within the

available financial envelope.

B. The Evaluation Committee has recommended the proposal for Eligibility verification

after having been put on the reserve list according to the top ranked scored proposalsThe verification of the proposal has been conducted by:Date:

STEP 4: ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION

3. The Application form satisfied all the criteria specified in part 2 of the Checklist (SectionV of Part B of the Grant application form).

4. The supporting documents listed hereunder, submitted according to the Guidelines(Section 2.4), satisfied all the eligibility criteria of the applicant and its partner(s) (if any)

a. The applicant's statutes.

b. The statutes or articles of association of all partners.

c. Legal Entity Sheet

d. The Financial Identification form

e. Certificate of Fiscal registration/Certificate of tax payer registration for applicantorganisation and of each partner organisation.

f. Copy of the applicant’s latest accounts.

01 Annex a Cerere de Finantare

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