The Interreg Sudoe Programme launches Step 2 of the first call for project proposals from the 29^th of February 2016 to the 29^th of April 2016.

Step 1 of the first call was open between the 21^st of September and the 6^th of November 2015. After the closure, the Joint Secretariat received 496 project proposals. Since then, the managing bodies of the programme have been working on the assessment of each application.

The list of project proposals accepted for Step 2 can be downloaded here.

Steering Committee in Lisbon on the 23^rd of February 2016.

How does Step 2 work?

Beneficiaries that passed Step 1 must submit to Step 2 a full application form, developing the simplified application submitted to Step 1.

You can download the template of Step 2 application kit here (available in Spanish, French and Portuguese).

Step 2 of the first call for proposals is subject to the same conditions that applied to Step 1, described in the text of the first call’s announcement (in Spanish, French and Portuguese).

How to submit a project proposal

As with Step 1, the project proposals for Step 2 must be submitted twice:

• The online application, written in all the languages of the partnership, must be submitted through the online application system eSudoe before the 29^th of April 2016 at 12 noon (Santander's local time).
• The paper application, written in the language of the lead beneficiary and unbound, must be sent by post to the Joint Secretary before the 29^th of April at 11.59 pm (Santander's local time).

Technical meeting on Step 2

The Joint Secretariat will organise on the 16^th of March in the afternoon and the 17^th of March in the morning a technical meeting about Step 2 of the first call for proposals. Applicants that passed Step 1 will receive the invitation to this event by email.

The meeting, that will take place in Santander, will focus on technical aspects related to the submission of applications, as well as certain content issues in order to improve the quality of the proposals. 

You can see here the draft programme (available in Spanish, French and Portuguese).

Contact with the Joint Secretariat

The Joint Secretariat will only reply to queries related to data entry on the eSudoe application system. It will not provide information to develop the technical content of the application, due to the competitive nature of Step 2.

Inquiries must be conducted by the lead benefiiary of the project proposal by email at [email protected] or by phone at +34 942 23 83 62, from Monday to Friday from 10am to 2pm.

Assesment and approval

After the closure of Step 2, the managing bodies will analyse the admissibility and eligibility of the project proposals.

If the application does not meet an admissibility criterion of corrigible nature, the joint Secretariat will contact the lead beneficiary and fix a deadline of 20 days to rectify. In the absence of correction, the application will be presented to the Steering Committee as ineligible.

At this stage, the Programme will not provide information about the eligibility of the projects to the beneficiaries.

The assessment period will continue until the end of June 2016. The notification of the projects approved will take place immediately after the decision of the Steering Committee on the 30^th of June 2016, in order to enable the projects to start their activity on the 1^st of July 2016. 

For more information about the assessment of projects, read the fact sheet 6 of the Sudoe Manual for project development and management (available in Spanish, French and Portuguese). 

See also

All the information about the first call for proposals is available here.

The complete informations about all aspects related to the submission of a project proposals can be found in the Sudoe programme manual for project development and management.

You can download the Step 2 application kit here (available in Spanish, French and Portuguese).

Not ready to submit your project to the first call? The Programme foresees to launch other four calls for proposals applying to different priorities. Read more here.