MAJJISTRAL ACTION GROUP FOUNDATION...IS-SIĠĠIEWI LOCAL COUNCIL 24 SEPTEMBER 2019 6:00 p.m. Measure 2: Strengthening a Healthy Cultural Identity LAUNCH FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2019 Measure

MAJJISTRAL ACTION GROUP FOUNDATION

INFORMATION SEMINAR

Measure 2: Strengthening a Healthy Cultural Identity

IS-SIĠĠIEWI LOCAL COUNCIL

24 SEPTEMBER 2019

6:00 p.m.


LAUNCH

FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2019


This measure is built on the premise that without the

necessary investment in the infrastructure, cultural and

social activities would not be possible. This need is

more evident when one considers that most of the

functions are run by local voluntary groups, with little

or no access to alternative sources of funding. The

intention is therefore to use the LEADER fund, through

this Measure, to provide support for the necessary

initial infrastructure to be put in place, such that the

activity/investment can be sustained in the longer

term.


Scope of action:

This measure is intended to provide support for the settingup and/or quality improvement of activities, events,experiences and sessions of cultural and social value.

This measure supports interventions that are aimed to investin the infrastructure for new or improved cultural and socialinvestments to take place within the Majjistral territory. Suchinvestment includes improvements to immoveableproperty/premises from which the group operates, andother related ancillary investments in equipment andfacilities that are necessary for the activity or event.


Eligibility investments

• Direct project costs associated with the development

and/ or creation of the cultural or social activity,

including professional fees, leasing of space and

equipment, purchase of small instruments and activity

equipment, amongst others;

• Improvements to immoveable property (construction

costs/enhancement of premises), that are necessary for

the development/creation of the activity and without

which the activity could not take place.


Indicative list of the type of operations that are likely to besupported through this measure (related to thedevelopment/creation of the activity):

• Expenses related to knowledge capacity building of historical,geographical, traditional/folkloristic documentary evidence;

• Costs of procurement of specialist services, including experts’fees (such as historians, artists, designers, chefs, etc.) andarea-specialists (literature, art, music, theatre, sports, nutrition,outdoor adventure, etc.). The costs of these specialists shallonly be supported for the duration of the project and upondemonstration of evidence of their direct contribution to theimplementation of the action. Additionally, such costs will becapped at a maximum of 10% of the total cost;


Indicative list of the type of operations that are likely to besupported through this measure (related to thedevelopment/creation of the activity) :

• Purchase of new equipment, machinery and instruments thatare to be used for the realisation of the cultural activity, suchas equipment for the high-quality delivery of the culturalactivity/event/experience, including audio-visual equipment,and instruments that are either necessary for the delivery ofthe activity/event/experience, or that are to be transmitted tothe participants to enable them to engage in the activityincluding musical instruments, sports equipment, etc;

• Project Publicity costs (refer to the Visaul identity guidelinesissued by the Managing Authority).


Indicative list of the type of operations that are likely to besupported through this measure (related to thedevelopment/creation of the activity) :

• Procurement of durable activity aids and accessoriesincluding traditional costumes, props, designs, printedmaterial, graphical aids, training resources (such ascompasses, torches, maps, guidebooks, etc.), artefacts,antiques, collectable items, apparatus, etc;

• Leasing of temporary facilities and infrastructure, such asleasing of premises, mobile toilets, tents, exhibition stands,information panels, amongst others, which are needed for theorganisation of the proposed events will be capped at 20%;


Indicative eligible costs (related to the investments in infrastructure):

• The improvement of immovable property;

• The purchase of new equipment up to the market value of theasset;

• General costs linked to expenditure referred to in points above,such as architect, engineer and consultation fees. This cost iseligible up to 10% of the total eligible costs of the project.

• Improvement to immovable property and the purchase andinstallation of machinery/ equipment (fixed assets), shall notexceed 70% of the total eligible cost of the project.


Support through this action shall be limited to Capital Expenditureundertaken by:

Local Councils;

Private Entities (only small and micro enterprises within themeaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC areeligible for funding and will be subject to State aid rules) and;

Registered Voluntary Organisations that do not carry out aneconomic activity within the meaning of Article 107 TFEU(regularly registered with the Office of the Commissioner forVoluntary Organisations, in line with the Voluntary OrganisationsAct 2007, and regularly operating within the Majjistral territory).


Projects must be physically undertaken in any of the rurallocalities that constitute the GAL Majjistral Foundation territory.

L-Imtarfa Is-Siġġiewi Il-Mellieħa

Ħal Għargħur L-Imġarr L-Iklin

In-Naxxar Ħad-Dingli Ir-Rabat (Malta)

San Pawl il-Baħar Ħ’Attard Ħaż-Żebbuġ

Il-Mosta Is-Swieqi L-Imdina

San Ġwann

Only Local Councils that have become full-paid members for the(2014-2020) programming period are eligible for funding.


Eligibility Criteria

• Submitted application (including a ContractingSchedule and Disbursement Schedule) is fullycompleted and duly filled-in with details required bythe Decision Committee to evaluate theapplication for eligibility and selection;

• The applicant (project leader) is able todemonstrate that he/she forms part of (or is thelegal representative) the beneficiary/applicantorganisation;


Eligibility Criteria cont.

• The proposed project will be implemented within the

Majjistral territory;

• The applicant is able to demonstrate evidence of

sufficient financial capacity required to finance the

project and to fund the private financial component;

• At application stage, the applicant is to include the

certificate of compliance issued by the Commissioner for

Voluntary Organisations till the year ending 2018;



• The proposed project contributes to the general

and specific objectives of the measure;

• The proposed project contributes to at least one

indicator target;

• The project proposal contains evidence of the

cultural and/ or social activity that is to be created

and/ or developed as a result of the investment;



• The project proposal contains evidence of the

social/ cultural/ historical link of the activity to the

Majjistral territory, or to any of its localities;

• The project involves the setting up of one or more

regular events and not a one-time event.

State Aid Rules and Obligations

• The total amount of de minimis aid granted to a singleundertaking shall not exceed the amount of €200,000, or€100,000 in the case of a single undertaking performingroad freight transport for hire or reward, over any periodof three consecutive fiscal years. This period covers thefiscal year concerned as well as the previous two fiscalyears. ‘Fiscal year’ means the fiscal year as used for taxpurposes by the undertaking concerned.

• The de minimis declaration form must be filled in andsubmitted together with the application form.



Non-Eligibility investments

• Purchase of means of transportation;

• Activities which already form part of the annual calendar will not

be funded, if there is no improvement on the existing ones;

• Provisional installations that are not directly related to the

investment (e.g. warehouses for keeping materials for the

construction);

• Expenditures made before the launch of the call for application;

• Inputs which are the subject of a contribution in kind;

• Administration fees (salaries, insurance obligations and running

costs);

• Provision of bar and catering facilities.


Aid Intensities

• A beneficiary will be granted the following financial assistance should

the proposed investment be selected:

• 80% of the total eligible expenditure.

• The other 20% of the total eligible expenditure must be borne by the

applicant.

• The VAT element has to be borne by the applicant (except where it is

non-recoverable under National VAT legislation)


Budget

• The total allocated funds for this call is

set at €400,000 of which 75% will be

financed through the EAFRD whilst the

remaining 25% will be financed

through Malta funds.


Budget cont.

• The following capping levels shall apply:

• €40,000 for major investment, which includes majorinfrastructural works;

• €20,000 for smaller scale investments;

• €10,000 for events

• At application stage, the applicant should clearly identifywhat type of investment is being proposed.

• In the case of oversubscription of the call, the MAGF reservesthe right to allocate additional funds to this measure followingapproval by the Managing Authority and ARPA.


MEASURE 2 – BUDGET €400,000

Launch Block 1 Subject to

Funds

Availibility

Block 2 Subject to

Funds

Availibility

Block 3 Subject to

Funds

Availibility

Block 4

27.09.19 31.10.19

at noon

29.11.19

at noon

20.12.19

at noon

31.01.20

at noon

Opening of call on 27th September 2019

Closing through an Open Block Calls Procedure.

The different time block periods are subject to funds availibility. If funds

are exhausted following a block period, the following block will not

open and call will close.


Process

• Evaluation – Administrative Checks - In case an application is

submitted with missing documentation/information, a notification

letter will be sent to the applicant allowing a period of 5 working

days to submit the missing documentation and/or information. If the

requested documentation is not submitted within this timeframe, the

application will be automatically disqualified. No further additional

information will be accepted after the closing date for applications

unless it is requested by MAGF.


Process cont.

• Selection Process - A Project Selection Committee (PSC) will be

responsible for ranking and selecting applications for support. In order

to qualify for selection, the proposal needs to obtain a total of at

least 50% of the total marks of the general and measure-specific

selection criteria.

• Unsuccessful Project Proposals – Right of Appeal. In the notification

letter sent to the applicant, reasons why the project was not selected

shall be provided. The applicant shall have the right to appeal in

writing through a registered letter within 5 working days from receipt

of the email/letter of notification of result sent by MAGF.


Procurement

• Local Councils - Procurement Guidelines issued by the Department

for Local Government must be strictly adhered to. An architect’s Bill

of Quantities (BOQ) with details is to be presented. This has to be

prepared by an architect appointed by the applicant and submitted

as part of the application submitted.

• NGOs, Private Entities - 3 comparable quotations should be

submitted for each line item. In the case of infrastructural works a

BOQ (endorsed and dated by a warranted architect ) has to be

presented at application stage. They are still obliged to present three

(3) comparable quotations for each BOQ line item prior to the

project implementation.


Payment

• Advance Payment - ARPA reserves the right to make an advance

payment of up to 50% of the total eligible cost of the project. This is

subject to the submission of a financial guarantee issued by a

recognised financial institution equivalent to 100% of the amount

eligible as advance payment.

• Interim Payments - Interim payments together with the advance

payment will make up 80% of the total eligible value of the grant

agreement. They must be preceeded with a submission of a request

for reimbursement and financial documentation (including invoices

and receipts). In case of infrastructural works a provisional certificate

of works prepared by an engineer/architect must also be presented.


Payment

• Final Payment - Official certification by the architect appointed by

the beneficiary is required for settlement of final payment (in case of

infrastructural works). The final payment will be affected once an on-

the-spot-check is carried out by MAGF and ARPA and adherence to

the contract is confirmed.

• The main applicants must present a payment claim through the LAG,

so that the necessary verifications and controls are undertaken prior

to submission to ARPA for processing.


Payment

• The project, must be completed and payment claims submitted by

not later than 1 year from signature of contract agreement.

• The final claim for reimbursement of funds allocated to the project

must also be submitted within this deadline.


SELECTION CRITERIA Maximum POINTS

1. Relevance to the objective of the measure (max. 25 points)

a Evidence of cultural value of the activity (evidence ofsignificance of activity in terms of the cultural and socialheritage of the locality/area) - Will the proposed projectenhance the cultural and social heritage value of thelocality/area?

10 points

b Evidence of the tourism potential of the cultural activity (toattract non-residents) - Will the proposed investment beattracting tourists (non-residents)?

5 points

c Evidence that the activity is to be conducted on a regular basisin the national annual calendar of events - Will the proposedinvestment encourage more participation and increase theorganisation of events (such as regular exhibitions) that maybecome part of the annual calendar of events?

10 points



2. Link to the territory (max. 15 points)

a Evidence that the cultural project has a historical and social linkto the cultural heritage and traditions of the area - How doesthe investment link the historical and social characteristics withthe cultural heritage and traditions of the area?

5 points

b Evidence that the cultural activity is geographically linked tothe territory - How do the interventions proposed in the project

link with the locality, area and the Majjistral region?

5 points

c Evidence that the cultural project is linked to other activities ofcultural and/or touristic value in the same area - Will the projectbe based on a stand-alone intervention or will it be linked toother cultural / touristic activities, events, experiences in thearea? If so, how?

5 points



3. Type of project (max. 20 points)

a The activity is targeted towards the achievement of more thanone objective (cultural exchange, leisure & entertainment, skillsbuilding, etc.) - Is the investment targeting the achievement ofany of the following objectives? (Refer to ‘The LocalDevelopment Strategy’)

10 points

b The activity involves local actors from different sectors of artsand crafts and popular culture - Does the investment involvethe collaboration between local actors emanating fromdifferent sectors of arts, crafts and popular culture?

10 points



4. Social impact on the Community (max. 15 points)

a The activity is targeted to children and youths - Provide detailsof the social impact of the investment on children and youths.

5 points

b The activity is targeted toward the elderly - Provide details ofthe social impact of the investment on elderly people.

5 points

c The activity is targeted to persons with learning difficultiesand/or disabilities - Provide details of the social impact of theinvestment on persons with learning difficulties and/or mixed

abilities.

5 points



5. Preparedness (max. 15 points)

a Evidence that the necessary arrangements have been madewith local actors that are to be involved in the developmentand delivery of the activity - Were the necessary arrangementswith local actors that are to be involved in the developmentand delivery of the activity made?

10 points

b Evidence that the necessary permits (in the case ofimprovements to immoveable property) have been obtained,

or are in the process of being obtained from the relevantauthorities - Are all PA / DNO permits and other relevant permitsin hand or in the application process? Project will not be eligiblefor funding if the required Application for Permits are not inhand

5 points



6. Sustainability of the Project (max. 10 points)

a Evidence that the project has a neutral or positive impact onthe environment and the climate - Will the proposed projectpositively impact the environment and climate? How?

5 points

b Evidence that the project has a neutral or positive impact ongender and other forms of non-discrimination policies - How willthe proposed project support policies against discrimination likedisability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,political, etc.

5 points


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MAJJISTRAL ACTION GROUP FOUNDATION...IS-SIĠĠIEWI LOCAL COUNCIL 24 SEPTEMBER 2019 6:00 p.m. Measure 2: Strengthening a Healthy Cultural Identity LAUNCH FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2019 Measure