France/ NOTE TO TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES: Provisional timetable for calls for projects 2025

The Délégation pour les collectivités territoriales et la société civile (DCTCIV) of the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs has published its provisional calendar of calls for projects in support of decentralized cooperation for the year 2025.

AAP	Publication date	Opening date for applications on the platform	Closing date for applications on the platform
Generalist	Feb 17	March 01	May 30
Franco-Moroccan	15-Apr	15-Apr	June 15
Franco-Palestinian	Mar-15	Mar-15	May-15
Franco-Lebanese	27-Jan	March 01	30-Apr
Franco-Armenian	20-Jan	March 01	18-Apr
Ukrainian-French	20-Jan	March 01	25-Apr
Franco-Senegalese	20-Jan	March 01	Mar-21
Sport	20-Jan	March 01	30-Apr
Ocean	06-June	06-Jun	Sept.26
Heritage	13-Jan	March 01	11-Apr
Keys in hand	27-Jan	March 01	14-Apr

New rules for calls for projects :

Amount of co-financing

The co-financing granted by the DCTCIV can be :

- Up to 70% of total project costs for projects with least developed countries (LDCs);

- Up to 50% of total project costs for projects with other countries eligible for official development assistance (ODA ) (excluding LDCs).

• Up to 30% of total project cost, for projects with countries not eligible for official development assistance (ODA).

In the case of multi-country projects, CTFs can choose between applying these different maximum co-financing rates to each part of the project, depending on the country concerned, or applying a single rate of 60% to the whole project.

French local authorities must contribute a minimum of 10% of the overall project budget. Their development expenses, in particular those relating to the salaries of the territorial agents of the CTFs, may not exceed 50% of their total contribution (cash + development) to the project.

The DCTCIV does not valorize any component of its support. It is paid exclusively in cash.

The foreign partner local authority will be expected to make a contribution commensurate with its resources, and to seek support from the authorities of the partner state or from the private sector whenever possible.

DCTCIV co-financing is paid in annual instalments according to the breakdown in the project budget. An interim technical and financial report must be produced in order to obtain the following grant tranche

For the final tranche, 80% of the grant will be paid. The final 20% will be paid on receipt of the final technical and financial report.

Timetable :

Payments will be posted progressively on France Diplomatie.

Contact:

Secretariat

Delegation for Local Authorities and Civil Society (DCTCIV)

27, rue de la Convention, 75015 PARIS

01 43 17 62 64 │ secretariat.dgm-dctciv@diplomatie.gouv.fr

Source: CNCD

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