Drug prevention and information - Call for proposals

2009-11-25

Within the framework of the Drug Prevention and Information Programme the Commission has launched the Call for Proposals - Operating Grants 2010. The deadline for submission of applications is 17 December 2009 12:00 CET.

Operating Grants are intended to support non-governmental organisations active at the European level in the field of drug prevention. The indicative budget available for operating grants under this call is EUR 400.000. The maximum individual grant amount is EUR 100.000.

The general objectives of this programme are:

• to prevent and reduce drug use, dependence and drug related harms
• to contribute to the improvement of information on the effects of drug use
• to support the implementation of the EU Drugs Strategy.
  

Unlike an EC grant for a transnational action ('action grant'), which helps to co-finance an one-off action which is over and above the organisation's normal activities and which has a budget that is specific to that action, an operating grant is broader in scope.

Operating grants are intended to co-finance the operating expenses that enable a body to have an independent existence and to implement a range of activities envisaged in its work programme that correspond to the pursuit of its statutory objectives. The activities must contribute to the development and implementation of one or several objectives of the Drug Prevention and Information Programme.

Further information can be found at the European Commission website.