Details StatusClosedReference2020 ECFIN 001/A3Publication date 24 July 2020 Opening date24 July 2020Deadline modelSingle-stageDeadline date23 September 2020, 14:00 (CEST) DepartmentDirectorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs Description The European Commission is launching a call for proposals carrying out business and consumer surveys, as part of the Joint Harmonised EU Programme of business and consumer surveys (BCS) in all EU Member States and candidate countries (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey). The BCS programme is designed to gather information on the state of the economies in the EU and candidate countries, in order to be able to compare their business cycles for economic and monetary union (EMU) management purposes. The co-operation between the Commission and future beneficiaries shall be established in the form of Framework partnership agreements that will be concluded for the period May 2021-April 2025 (4 years). New deadline - How to submit a proposal? Please read carefully the detailed instructions in section 5) ‘Admissibility requirements of applications’ and section 14) ‘Procedure for the submission of proposals’ in the below Specifications of the call for proposals with ref. 2020 ECFIN 001/A3. 17 SEPTEMBER 2020Specifications Call for proposals Ref. 2020 ECFIN 001/A3 - Corrigendum Due to the exceptional circumstances of COVID-19, applications shall be sent electronically and exclusively to the functional mailbox ECFIN-GRANT-PROPOSALSec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ECFIN-GRANT-PROPOSALS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) no later than 23 September 2020, 14.00 (CET). Exceptionally, paper applications sent by postal mail or courier service, can also be accepted on the conditions stipulated in the above-mentioned sections 5) and 14) of the Specifications of the call for proposals. All relevant information, formalities and documentation can be found in the above Specifications of the call for proposals as well as hereafter in the: 31 AUGUST 2020Guidelines for the financial management of grant agreements - Corrigendum A checklist is available to assist you in preparing your application: 7 AUGUST 2020Checklist of documents to be provided Your proposal must include the following compulsory standard forms, accompanied where indicated by the required attachments: 20 DECEMBER 2021Form 1 - Application letter 20 DECEMBER 2021Form 2 - Administrative information 20 DECEMBER 2021Form 3 - Mandate for co-ordinating applicant (consortium only) 20 DECEMBER 2021Form 4 - Affiliated entity’s declaration 21 FEBRUARY 2020Form 5 - Declaration on honour 20 DECEMBER 2021Form 6 - Financial capacity 20 DECEMBER 2021Form 7 - Operational capacity 20 DECEMBER 2021Form 8a - Description of survey methodology Consumer survey 20 DECEMBER 2021Form 8b - Description of survey methodology Business surveys 8 SEPTEMBER 2020Form 9 - Estimated budget for year 1 - Corrigendum 8 September 2020 17 DECEMBER 2021Form 10 - Declaration on estimated costs budget year 1 24 JULY 2020Form 11 - Detailed technical proposal Forms for contractsThe forms to communicate the legal or banking coordinates for a contract or subvention, and the general conditions on low-value contracts. Model agreements Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) 24 JULY 2020Model FPA, incl. Annex II - General conditions 20 DECEMBER 2021Annex I - Action plan Annex II - General conditions (see model FPA above) Annex III - Model specific grant agreement (SGA) (see model SGA below) 21 FEBRUARY 2020Annex IV - Model technical report 24 JULY 2020Annex V - Model financial statement (see also below Annex II SGA – budget and financial statement are merged into one document) Annexes VI - VIII (not applicable) 20 DECEMBER 2021Annex IX - Model declaration on reported final costs Specific Grant Agreement (SGA) 20 DECEMBER 2021Model SGA 29 JULY 2020Annex I - Description of the action (corrigendum 29.07.2020 - page 8 and 19) Annex II - Model estimated budget (see above Annex V FPA – budget and financial statement are merged into one document) 20 DECEMBER 2021Annex III - Model declaration on estimated costs New deadline - Questions about the call Questions must be sent to ECFIN-BCS-2020-CALL-Questionsec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ECFIN-BCS-2020-CALL-Questions[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu). Applications sent to this mailbox will not be accepted. New deadline for asking questions: 17 September 2020. 22 SEPTEMBER 2020Questions and Answers
Forms for contractsThe forms to communicate the legal or banking coordinates for a contract or subvention, and the general conditions on low-value contracts.
