In order to submit a project proposal, the Applicant must refer to the Applicant’s Package and the Project Application Guidelines and to all relevant documents for this call for proposals.

The Project Proposal must be submitted to the Programme’s Managing Authority/ Joint Secretariat (JS) in electronic version, via MIS. Project Proposal consists of:

I. Electronic submission of the project proposal into the MIS of the programme, including the “Project Detailed Description” that should be uploaded as a separate document in PDF format, stamped and signed by the Legal Representative of the Lead Beneficiary.

To facilitate applicants’ familiarity with the electronic environment of the MIS a model for the application form is attached, although it is not demanded to fill it in and submit it in paper version.The beneficiaries are strongly advised to fill in the template of the Application Form prior to inserting the relevant data onto the respective fields in the MIS.
 
 II. The digital version of the following documents that have to be uploaded into the MIS of the programme:

1. The “Application Form” (standard form provided) uploaded in XLS format
2. The “Partnership Declaration” (standard form provided), stamped and signed by all the participating beneficiaries, uploaded in PDF format
3. Annex 1: “Strategic Scope of the Project and Sustainability”, stamped and signed by the Legal Representative of the Lead Beneficiary, uploaded in PDF format
4. The “Declaration of not generating revenues” (standard form provided) completed, stamped and signed by each beneficiary separately, uploaded in PDF format. In case of revenue generating project, a cost - benefit analysis should be attached, using the “Guide to Cost-benefit Analysis of Investment Projects - Economic appraisal tool for Cohesion Policy 2014-2020” at http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/studies/pdf/cba_guide.pdf
5. The “State aid declaration” (standard form provided) completed, stamped and signed by each beneficiary separately, uploaded in PDF format
6. Decision of the designated body or similar decision by the Legal Representative of each Project Beneficiary, according to the respective national legislation, stating its agreement for submitting the particular project proposal, signed and stamped, uploaded in PDF format
7. The “Justification of Budget Costs” (standard form provided), completed for the total project budget, uploaded in Excel format
8. The relevant Bills of Quantities and Costs (BoQ) to the foreseen infrastructure activities by the beneficiaries, which must be stamped and signed by the Legal Representative, uploaded in PDF format. The JS may also request additional documentation for clarification of the above issues, during the evaluation procedure.

All the required documents of the proposal must be electronically submitted at the latest until the 30/11/2017, 23:59 local time (Eastern European standard time). In case the proposal is submitted after the above date and time it will not be considered as eligible.