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Elaborating grant applications is the basic service provided. Euro Managers has experience in elaborating grant applications across various sectors, in the areas of both soft and investment projects. Elaborating soft projects is generally less demanding in terms of the project documentation extent. Investment projects always include a feasibility study the extent and level of detail of which differ according to the nature of the project, the total investment expenditures and the subsidy required. Such investment projects that include construction also require as standard the final planning permission at the moment of submitting the grant application.

Formulating a project intent in relation to subsidy program acceptability criteria

By our experience, work on a project is always a dialog between the client and the consultant. Whatever the degree of project intent completion is, bringing the project intent to such phase when it is comprehensive and acceptable in terms of the subsidy title is always the first and necessary stage of cooperation between the client and the consultant. Completing or altering the intent both in accordance with the basic acceptability categories and also as regards defining the project in larger context is involved:

• the authorized applicant entity and its history and financial health;
• branch relevant references of the grant applicant;
• the project schedule;
• the project budget and the sources of financing;
• the target group definition;
• the long-term sustainability of the intent;
• the project management and the management base;
• the synergic projects;
• the involvement of the partners; and
• related areas, such as state aid and competitive biddings.

At the moment when a grant applicant becomes a beneficiary by signing a grant contract, the phase of so-called grant administration begins. Services connected with the grant administration are more intensive during the realization of the project when it is necessary to communicate relatively often with the managing authority for the purpose of proving the progress of the project and drawing the grant granted.

During the project realization stage, monitoring reports at intervals set by the managing authority and payment requests according to the phasing plan are elaborated and the managing authority carries out various types of project control (on-site, ex-post, etc.) within the administration. This administration phase is closed with the so-called final project report.

The subsequent administration phase during the five-year project sustainability period is less demanding: duties to report to the subsidy grantor connected with proving the sustainability of the project outcomes are ensured at semi-annual to annual intervals within this phase.

The subject-matter of these services is representing a client towards EU fund administrators at the CR and EC levels with the aim of ensuring the creation or an alteration of the EU fund subsidy conditions so that the client can apply for subsidy means. When providing grant management services, our experience and deep knowledge of the principles of how the EU funds work bears the highest “interest”. This system can be entered in the most effective way with suggestions in the programming phase before the start of a programming period itself; however, it is also possible to work very effectively at the stages that follow, when more and more detailed strategic and implementing documents, from an operational program through the implementing document to the specific calls, are created. Our working processes in consultancy in grant management are always transparent to the maximum extent, based on working with arguments and informing objectively all entities concerned.

Our comprehensive Assistance in Establishing Grants Offices service includes the activities mentioned below:

Selecting Employees

Co-operation in selecting grants office employees.

Searches

A consultant will elaborate a detailed search of all the relevant subsidy sources that the client should monitor on a regular basis.

Training

Grants office employee training is always prepared individually according to the grants office specialization and the size of the staff.

The First Project

Within the preparation of the first project for financing within EU funds (following after the completion of a training cycle), a consultant will provide grants office employees with his or her consultancy services.