It is important to note that, in order to respect the fully competitive character of Step 2 and to give all applicants the same opportunities, the Joint Secretariat will not hear any potential beneficiary on site, nor give them any hint on potential improvements to bring to their application. However, you may contact the Joint Secretariat from Monday to Friday between 10am and 2pm (Santander local's time) for questions related to the functioning of the online application system or any administrative issue.

After having sent the application form, it can’t be modified. Therefore, we advise you to click on 'validate' while entering the application, so that the online application system eSudoe can send you warnings about the errors that it detects and especially regarding the compliance with the budget conditions.

No, the online application system does not allow to upload any other document than those required in the call for proposals. No additional document will be taken into account by the assessing bodies of the proposals, since they don’t belong to the instruction.

In the particular case of associated partners, it is not necessary to register them previously in the eSudoe system, as is the case for partners (project beneficiaries).

These entities are directly registered in the application form, where the required information is lighter. Thus, only the name of the entity, its fiscal code, its post address and contact person are required.

These expenditures must be exceptional, and they have to be foreseen in the application form. For further information on this issue you can refer to item 1.5 of the fact sheet 8.1 in the Sudoe programme manual.

These expenditures also have to be mentioned in the justification of the financial plan.

Yes, and it is even compulsory, since it is the first condition for an expenditure to be eligible. On this issue, you can refer to item 1.5 of the fact sheet 8.0 in the Sudoe programme manual.

Yes; it is foreseen that this kind of expenses can reach up to 20% of the total expenses of the whole programme. These travels must be made to the benefit of the Sudoe area. For further information on this issue, you can refer to item 1.3 of the fact sheet 8.3 and to the fact sheet 9 in the Sudoe programme manual.

In this case, the use of an agreement with a third party can be considered, provided the applicable rules are complied with. The third party can also be inside the partnership. This issue is dealt with in item 1.3 of the fact sheet 8.0 of the Sudoe programme manual.

Yes, and it is even recommended. This option must be mentioned in the cooperation agreement between the beneficiaries.

In principle, if these expenditures are linked to the project activities and are consistent, they can be eligible. These expenses are to be included in the category 'equipment expenditure'.