Call for proposals for action grants to support consumer education, awareness raising and local advice to consumers
The objective of this call for proposals is to provide financial contribution to the public and private non-profit organisatons active in consumer protection or consumer education. Action grants may be allocated to finance projects that aim to empower and to enhance consumers? knowledge of their rights, obligations, and choices in the market by providing training, assistance, and advice, paying particular attention to the most vulnerable consumers.
A wide range of activities are eligible to be supported by grants if they can be linked to the expected results. Such activities may include for instance (non-exhaustive list):
- Educational workshops, trainings, seminars, and information events.
- Multimedia awareness raising campaigns.
- Development and dissemination of educational materials, applications, websites, and online platforms.
- Development and dissemination of school-based programmes.
- Providing local assistance and advice to vulnerable consumers.
- Sharing knowledge and best practices on consumer education at national, regional, or EU-wide levels.
Capacity building activities for local organisations providing assistance and advice to consumers.
1. Eligible countries: as described in the Call document.
2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: as described in the Call document.
3. Proposal page limits and layout: as described in the Call document.
4. Evaluation
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the Call document.
5. Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement: as described in the Call document.
6. Proposal templates, guidance and model grant agreements (MGA):
Standard proposal template
Call document
Detailed budget template
Mono/Multi-beneficiary Model Grant Agreement
7. Additional documents:
Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application.
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Updates - News
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Mar 26, 2024 12:00:00 AM
The submission session is now available for: SMP-CONS-2024-EDU(SMP-PJG)