This document provides guidance on submitting a successful proposal for an EU competition law training project for national judges. It outlines the key sections of the call for proposals and important points to address in the proposal. The summary should: 1) Explain the purpose is to provide guidance on submitting proposals for EU funded training projects on competition law for judges. 2) Mention the document outlines sections to address in the call like the scope, audience, timeline, and priority areas. 3) Note it emphasizes important elements for the proposal like demonstrating EU value, strong methodology, balanced budget, and clear project description.

1. How to submit a
succesfull
proposal
Training of National Judges on
Competition Law
Presented by
Raffaella Battella
Programme Manager – DG Competition – EU Commission

2. Structure of this presentation
1. Understand the Call
1.I. Scope and expected results
2.II. Target audience
3.III. Timetable
4.IV. Priority Areas
2. Design your project
3. Do you need a partner?
4. Submitting a potential successful proposal
5. Fill in your proposal and forward budget

3. 1. Understand the Call
• First of all….
READ THE
CALL for
PROPOSALS!

4. 1.I. Scope and expected results
• Projects must (…) clearly demonstrate their EU added-value.
?
You can achieve an EU added value also with small-scale
and national actions.

5. EU added value shall be assessed in the light of criteria such
as:
-their contribution to the consistent and coherent
implementation of Union law and to wide public awareness
about the rights deriving from it;
- their potential to develop mutual trust among Member
States and to improve cross- border cooperation;
-their transnational impact, their contribution to the
elaboration and dissemination of best practices or their
potential to create practical tools and solutions that address
cross-border or Union-wide challenges.

6. The funny side of this is that
• you should demontrate it (EU value added)
we should measure it…

7. 1.II. Target Audience
"Judicial staff"
• Judges
• Prosecutors
• Judicial court staff
• Bailiffs
• Notaries
• Mediators
One or several professions
WHO?
From where? Participants from one or
several Member States
(or acceding/candidate
country)

8. What if I include in my project
participants who do not fall in the
category of "Target Audience"?
You can open the participation to
ANY individual/professionals BUT
-the costs linked to their
participation (travels,
accommodations, meals etc.) will be
NOT reimbursed
-number of non eligible should be
limited.

9. • Take in consideration that:
• - You may decide to have paying participants =
all profit will be deducted from the EU
Commission contribution
• - In some countries some professionals do not
feel at ease when trained together….

10. 1.III. Timetable
•a) Publication of the call 28/09/2015
•b) Deadline for submitting applications 29/01/2016
•c) Evaluation period March/April 2016
•d) Information to applicants May/June 2016
•e) Review of budgets and signature of grant agreement
June/July 2016
•f) Start date of the action/ work programme From August
2016
•g) Info day in Brussels for successful applicants
September 2016

11. For instance…
Your budget could be reviewed (normally
reduced) if:
-Evaluators recommend it (ex. high costs for
publications, speakers' fees are excessive etc);
-The TOJ team detect mistakes in calculations or
attribution of headings
-Your costs are not market-oriented
See also adjustments phase

12. When you design and write
your project, you must take
this in consideration!
Remember to insert in your budget a
trip to Brussels (flight,
accommodation, meals etc.)!
August 2016
September 2016

13. 1.IV. Priority areas (CALL 2015)
• 1) Improvement of knowledge, application and
interpretation of EU competition law;
• 2) Improving and/or creating
cooperation/networks;
• 3) Development of linguistic skills

14. 2. Design your project
• It is possible that you already have a project in
mind….
maybe it is simply a project you are running
since years
maybe it is a basic project you always wanted
to implement but your institution had
no money for it....

18. 3. Do you need a partner?
Think about all the tasks you will need to
perform and the resources needed:
Having a strong partnership (ministry, NCA, judicial
schools etc.) is surely a plus but not a condition for
financing!

19. 3. Do you need a partner?
• If you do need a partner and you don't have one
available:
• - think about your government;
• - think about universities;
• - think about EU networks/representation (such
as EJTN);
• - think about contacting our former beneficiaries!
• - contact us and we will publish your search on
our website!

20. 4. Submitting a potential successful
proposal
• Let's start with some basics…
• - check your target audience
• - check your priority areas (one or more)
• - check the timetable of your project
• - fill in the application form + annexes and remember to sign and
date them!
• - make sure to send your proposal before the end of the deadline
(check if the post is clearly stamping the date on it and keep the
receipt!)

22. The 5 Award criteria to assess
1. RELEVANCE (30 points) 2. QUALITY (30 points)
3. COST EFFECTIVENESS (20
points)
a) The extent to which
the proposal matches the
objectives of the call (10
points)
a) Are the methodology
(approach, detail and
specificity of the proposed
activities, quality of the
speakers, monitoring systems,
marketing strategies etc.) and
the timeframe suitable to
achieve the desired outcome
of the project? (10 points)
a) Is the forward budget
reasonable, given the
expected results (10
points)?
b) The extent to which
the proposal matches the
priority areas set in the
call (10 points)
b) Are the proposed activities
suitably designed for the
expected audience (10
points)?
b) Do the costs allocated
to the project represent a
good value for money (10
points)?
c) The relevance of the
activity/training needs
addressed by the project
and/or the relevance of
the expected results and
impact on target group
(10 points)
c) To what extent is the
project organised with a
balanced distribution of tasks
and best choice of expertise
(10 points)?
4.DISSEMINATION (10
points)
5. EU DIMENSION (10 points)
a) Are there effective
plans put in place for
appropriate and timely
disseminations/sharing
of results? (5 points)
a) How high is the added
value of the project (variety
of nationalities involved in
terms of targeted group
and/or partnership) at
European level? (5 points)
b) Are the results likely
to have a sustainable
impact? (5 points)
b) Does the proposal match
the geographical scope set in
the call (5 points)
+
To qualify for an award, the project must obtain at least 60 out of 100 points and at least
50 % of the points available for criteria 1, 2 and 3.

23. Remember
•Training in cross-border context? Think of
interpretation, translation of material, choose
speakers with linguistic skills and competences with
multi-national audience.
•Location is key for attractiveness.
•Advertise at least 3/6 months in advance.

24. 5. Fill in your proposal and
forward budget
Basic rules:
Evaluators do not know you!
Clearly describe your project!
Don't repeat yourself!
Fill in every section of your application form
(=corresponding to budget).
If you don't understand something…refer to the
Guide of Applicants available on our website or
write to us COMP-TRAINING-JUDGES@ec.europa.eu
We are talented but
we are not able to
read yourminds…
YET!

25. Applicant is who is submitting the application!
The applicant will take all the
money and will spend it!
The applicant+co-beneficiary
will share the money and will
spend it!
Application form = Annex 0

29. Date of the project- see Timetable
Total budget = total forward budget

30. =
YOUR BUSINESS CARD

33. Finished? No!
• You probably forgot something…
The award criteria!!!!

35. Basic rules
• Present a balanced budget in EURO
• Eligible costs!
• Cost of staff ≤ 50% of the total budget
• 80-90% from the EU, 20-10% from you
• If your project is well planned in advance, you will
not miss any cost (oupss, we forgot the
shuttles/meals/interpreters/advertisement costs
etc.)
• Corrections and adjustments

36. Ready to apply?
• You still have 2 months and a half to do
it!

37. Thank you
• Questions?
• COMP-TRAINING-JUDGES@ec.europa.eu
• Tel .97883