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MATTONE

NEWS

UPCOMING EVENTS OF MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

25-27 September 2013 Rome

14-16 October 2013 Genova

21-23 October 2013 Salerno

NFP III Module

Course B “ Project management”

Info: www.progettomattoneinternazionale.it

13 September 2013 Bibione (Ve)

Workshop”Tobacco and Health”

Info:

www.progettomattoneinternazionale.it

FURTHER EVENTS

4 September 2013 Bari

Workshop “Puglia Regional EIP

Awareness Event”

Info:

www.progettomattoneinternazionale.it

23-24 September 2013 Roma

Workshop II” DIR-MI Project:

actions in support of the

implementation process of the

Directive 2011/24/EU

26 settembre 2013 Roma

Meeting:

Active and Healthy Ageing: the

role of epidemiological

surveillance

Info:

www.progettomattoneinternazionale.it

N. 29 - August 2013

WORKSHOP: " TOBACCO AND HEALTH

" - INTEGRATED POLICIES THAT

PROMOTE HEALTH . BIBIONE ,

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

It will be held on September 13th at the

Savoy Beach hotel in Bibione the

workshop entitled " Tobacco and Health - Integrated policies that

promote health ."

The event, organized as part of the Mattone Internazionale project - MI

with the collaboration of Veneto Region and the Ministry of Health , is an

opportunity for analysis , discussion and debate on the exposure

consequences to tobacco and its consumption and on the framework of

regulatory and preventive measures currently provided at national,

European and international level also in view of "a policies integration in

favour of health."

The event detailed program and the registration form are available on the

website of the Mattone Internazionale project

www.progettomattoneinternazionale.it .

The request form must be completed in all its parts and sent within

Tuesday, 3 September 2013, at the following e-mail address:

progettomattoneinternazionale@ulss10.veneto.it or by fax at 0421-

1799804.

The registration to the event is free.

Welcome to n.29 of MATTONE NEWS, the newsletter proposed by the Project Mattone Internazionale,

an information service on health topics and social-health project at European and International level.

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HEALTH WORKSHOP 2020: A NEW APPROACH TO HEALTH AND WELL-

BEING IN EUROPE

It will take place in mid-October a workshop focused on the new policy of

the European reference "Health 2020””. The event, organized as part of

the Mattone Internazionale project – PMI, will involve some experts of

the European Office for Investment in Health and Development of the

World Health Organization (WHO). This event is intended to provide a

clear understanding of the challenges and opportunities outlined in

"Health 2020" for the Italian regions in improving population health,

reducing health inequalities caused by social factors, providing person-

centered health systems, that will be universally, equitably , affordably

and able to deliver high quality.

Among the various topics, the following will be analyzed in depth:

social and economic sustainability of "universal" European health

systems that have to face of the current economic crisis;

multisectoral approach to chronic diseases;

transmittable diseases;

vulnerable groups: the needs of resident and migrants population.

the program of the event will be available online in September on the

PMI website.

For more information please see: progettomattoneinternazionale@ulss10.veneto.it

THE EU ALLOCATES € 400 MILLION TO 287 EARLY-CAREER

RESEARCHERS FOR BASIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

On 19 July 2013, the European Research Council (ERC) selected 287 high-

level scientists at the beginning of their career granting funds under the

Sixth competition for starter grants. Thanks to the funds, scientists will be

able to carry out fundamental vanguard researches. This competition was

the last under the Seventh Framework Programme for EU research. The

next calls will fall under the new EU program for research and innovation

Horizon 2020 initiative, which provides a substantial increase in funding

for the ERC.

The funds were granted to researchers of 34 nationalities from

institutions across Europe (researchers with 2-7 years of experience

gained after completion of the doctorate, or equivalent, and with a

promising scientific career. Mean Age: 34 Years ). 44% of the candidates

were selected in the field of "Physics and Engineering", 38% in that of

"life science" and 18% in the "social and humanities sciences field”. The

candidates were selected by a committees made up of renowned

scientists from around the world.

PAST EVENTS funded by notice n.1 OF MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

3 June 2013 Bologna

Workshop: “Living actively and

healthy in an ageing continent”

27-28 June 2013 Venice

"European policies and financing

programs for health promotion:

which opportunities for Veneto

Region health units? "

10 May 2013 Perugia

Workshop: " Directive 24/2011/UE Application of patients rights re la ted to cros s border healthcare"

19 April 2013 Naple

Workshop “La Partnership Europea per l’Invecchiamento Attivo ed in Buona Salute ( E IPAHA) come s t rumento operative di innovazione”

5-6 March 2013 Ancona

Training Course “Efficient use of

energy resources and public-

private partnerships in the health

sector: best practices and skills

development in order to use

Structural Funds and EU

Programmes 2014-2020"

10 - 11 January 2013 Tourin

Workshop “Group hea l th

promotion and psychological

consultation

17 - 18 January 2013 Tourin

W o r k s h o p ” G r o u p

psychodiagnosis and networking

organization

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The research activity must be carried out within a public or private

research organization (called the host institution) located in one of the EU

Member States or in one of the associated countries. The financial budget

amounts to a maximum of 2 million euro (per grant), and is granted for a

maximum period of five years. The calls for proposals shall be published

once a year. The funds will enable beneficiaries scientists to form their

own research group, involving a total of over 1,000 graduate students

and post-doctoral students as members of the ERC team.

Italy hosts 8 of the 287 projects that were awarded funding. The

researchers who were awarded funds are: Dario Bonanomi (San Raffaele

Hospital), Valentina Bosetti (Università Commerciale "Luigi Bocconi"),

Paola Cappellaro (European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy),

Olivier Collignon (University of Trento), Francesco Ricci (University of "Tor

Vergata"), Marco Sgarbi (University of Verona), Maximum Tavoni

(Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei) and Marco Vignati (Sapienza University of

Rome). The following project will be developed in the health sector: Dario

Bonanomi (San Raffaele Hospital) "Development of high technologies

applied to radiation therapy that can help patients suffering from cancers

of the head and neck"; Francesco Ricci (University of "Tor Vergata ")"

Nature-inspired theranostic nanodevices for imaging of cancer, early

detection and targeted release of the drug. "

Established in 2007 by the EU, the European Research Council is the first

pan-European funding agency for frontier research. ERC has a total

budget of 7.5 billion euro for the period 2007-2013.

INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST NARCOTIC USE AND TRAFFICKING -

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION CALLS FOR A EUROPEAN-WIDE BAN

ON THE SYNTHETIC DRUG 5-IT

On the occasion of the International Day against the use and illicit drug

trafficking, the European Commission proposed a ban on a European

scale of 5 - (2-aminopropyl) indole (also known as "5-IT") a synthetic

substance with stimulants and hallucinogens effects. The Commission

asked the Member States to prevent the free spread of this drug in

Europe subjecting it to control measures. The drug was detected mostly

in the form of powder but also in the form of tablet and capsule. It is

available for sale on the Internet and in stores specialized in psychotropic

substances (head shop), and it’s generally marketed as a "research

chemical". It has also been found in samples of a product sold as licit

psychoactive substance (legal high), called "Benzo Fury", and in tablets

similar to ecstasy.

PAST EVENTS funded by notice n.1 OF MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

3 -10 -17 December 2012 Ancona

Workshop “ Facilitate and

promove the European exchange

and benchmarking on the

implementation of ICT solutions

and for the use of the electronic

health record”

12-13 December 2012 Tourin

Training event: "We put the

Network into the network:

developing the Adolescent

Psychology Network of the

P iedmon t Reg ion i n t he

perspective of EU health policy"

8/9/22/23/29 November 2012 Ancona

Training course "Capacity

building. New skills to become a

good EU project planner for the

regional health system"

22-23 November 2012 Gorizia

Workshop: "Alcoholism (Policy,

projects and networks, methods

and approaches, from idea to

project)"

26 October 2012 Rome

Workshop "Organization and

uncomfortable work environments:

n e w t o o l s t o i m p r o v e

competitiveness and prevention at

European level"

30 - 31 October 2012 Ancona

Workshop "Managing Chronic

conditions by the point of view of

community. Experiences, ideas,

solutions to be compared at

national and international level "

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A risk assessment carried out by the Scientific Committee of the European

Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) in Lisbon

showed that 5-IT can have serious adverse effects, such as tachycardia

and hyperthermia, and it may also cause mydriasis, agitation, and tremor.

The 5-IT has no known therapeutic properties or other lawful purposes,

and it’s already subject to control measures in at least seven EU Member

States (Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Sweden)

and in Norway. Only between April and August 2012 were reported at

least 24 deaths in four Member States (Germany, Hungary, Sweden and

the UK), in which autopsy found traces of 5-IT, alone or combined with

other substances. Other 21 cases of poisoning related to this new

psychoactive substance were reported. "The 5-IT is a harmful

psychoactive substance and has lethal effects," declared Vice-President

Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Justice. "I urge Member States to

rapidly adopt the Commission's proposal to subject it to criminal law

measures." The Commission's proposal bans the production and

marketing of the 5-IT, making it subject to penalties throughout Europe.

EU governments must now decide whether to enforce those measures.

New psychoactive substances legislation

In recent years, new psychoactive substances appear at an

unprecedented rate: last year were reported 73 new substances, that is

three times the number notified in 2009. The rapid spread of new

psychoactive substances is a major challenge for the narcotics fight

policy. On 24-25 of the last June, about 40 civil society organizations

active in the field of drugs have met the Commission to discuss how to

respond to new challenges in the fight against drugs. The European Civil

Society Forum on Drugs makes contributions to the Commission on major

issues of policy to combat narcotics.

In 2010 the European Commission proposed and obtained the European-

wide ban for mephedrone, a drug similar to ecstasy (MEMO/10/646), and

in early 2013 for the substance "4-MA" similar to amphetamine (IP/

13/75). On 25 October 2011, the Commission announced a revision of EU

rules for new psychoactive substances that mimic the effects of

dangerous drugs like ecstasy or cocaine, causing growing concern across

Europe (IP/11/1236). A legislative proposal is expected during 2013.

According to a Eurobarometer survey of 2011, the new substances with

effects similar to those of illegal drugs are becoming more widespread

and used: 5% of young Europeans claims to have taken at least once. The

highest amount were recorded in Ireland (16%), followed by Poland (9%),

Latvia (9%), the UK (8%) and Luxembourg (7%). The Eurobarometer

survey shows that in all 27 Member States of the European Union the

vast majority of young people between 15 and 24 years are in favor of

disqualification of such substances.

PAST EVENTS funded by notice n.1 OF MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

12 -13 September 2012 Florence

Workshop "Patient Safety and

Prevention from the infections due

to health care services provided

by Hospitals: Acting against

Sepsis"

8 June 2012 Palermo

Workshop "Global Health: the

Challenges of the Millennium

Goals (in collaboration with

WHO)". The protection of health

among new frontiers and

backwardness "

PAST EVENTS (2013) OF

MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

2-3 July 2013 Roma

Workshop” DIR-MI Project: actions

in support of the implementation

process of the Direct ive

2011/24/EU

7-10 May 2013 Bologna

16-19 April 2013 Venice

9-12 April 2013 Rome

Trainig course A: “Project

drafting”

14-17 May 2013 Rome

Training course B: “Project

management”

9-10 April 2013 Turin

“Management for the containment

and control of foodborne

diseases. “

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WHO REPORT ON MEDICINES PUT FOCUS ON THE PPP

A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) sets out a

number of priority disease areas where research is urgently needed to

meet the healthcare needs of the population. The report was

commissioned by the European Commission and is designed to aid policy

making. ‘Priority medicines for Europe and the World’ identified the

disease areas on the basis of ‘treatment gaps’.

Treatment gaps may exist because although treatments exist, they are

likely to become ineffective in the near future (e.g. antimicrobial

resistance and pandemic influenza). Elsewhere, treatments exist but the

delivery mechanism is not patient friendly – an example here is

depression, where many medicines come with side effects so unpleasant

that many patients stop treatment. Another type of gap identified is

where effective treatments simply do not exist yet; this is the case for

Alzheimer’s disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and

many rare diseases. Finally, the report underlines the importance of

prevention, with a focus on tobacco use, alcohol, and obesity.

A large section of the report is devoted to public-private partnerships

(PPPs), including IMI, whose first Strategic Research Agenda was based on

the previous Priority Medicines Report from 2004. A background note

explores the successes of and challenges faced by PPPs. Meanwhile the

report’s conclusions state that IMI and other PPPs have ‘developed into

effective partnerships focusing on precompetitive research.

OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS / TENDER

Also available online in the new section calls to the following address: www.progettomattoneinternazionale.it/servizi/bandiUE/bandi_fase01.aspx

COMPETITIVENESS AND INNOVATION FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

(CIP)_ ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION PROGRAMME (EIP)

“Facilitating transnational low season tourism exchanges in Europe

encouraging Senior Citizens to travel” (75/G/ENT/CIP/13/B/N03S01)

Deadline: 26 September 2013

Description: the general objective of this call for proposals is to facilitate

transnational tourism flows of seniors within Europe in the low season

with a view to:

foster the demand and supply of transnational tourism for seniors;

Improve tourism seasonality patterns across Europe, by

contributing to the extention of the tourism season;

create innovative tourism packages for seniors, which will be

available and sustainable after the EU co-financed period;

PAST EVENTS (2013) OF

MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

2-3 April 2013 Rome

Meeting with OECD

26 February 2013 Bruxelles

Workshop “Challenges and opportunities related to the implementation of the Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare”

27 February 2013 Bruxelles

Meeting between the Brussels o f f i c e s a n d r e g i o n a l representatives of the Project Mattone Internazionale”

17 January 2013 Rome

Infoday “European Health

Programme” - call 2013

PAST EVENTS (2012) OF

MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

8 November 2012 Turin

"The internationalization of health

systems: best practice and

experimental models compared”

12 -14 September 2012 Venice

26 - 28 September 2012 Rome

03 - 05 October 2012 Bari

10 - 12 October 2012 Perugia

17 - 19 October 2012 Milan

"Course on the tools and

strategies for designing and

managing projects in the health

context - MI Project"- second

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set up and strenghten sustainable public-private European

partnerships, to contribute creating a European tourism domestic

market for seniors in the long term.

Specific objectives:

a. To set up and/or strengthen public and private partnerships at

European, national and/or regional levels, with the participation of

tourism SMEs, with a view to facilitate transnational tourism

exchanges for seniors in the low season within Europe;

b. To develop innovative and sustainable transnational tourism

package(s) for seniors, aiming at increasing tourism flows in Europe

off-season, involving at least two countries, and carry out an

appropriate number of pilot tests to assess it(their) effectiveness

within the EC co-financed period;

c. to strengthen synergies with existing initiatives and transnational

projects in the field of tourism;

d. to develop promotion and communication activities to disseminate

the transnational packages and raise awareness on the tourism

offer for seniors.

Who may apply: EU Member States; European Free Trade Association

countries (EFTA) which are members of the European Economic Area

(EEA) in accordance with the conditions laid down in the EEA Agreement:

Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein; other countries participating in the

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme of the CIP: Croatia, the

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro,

Albania and Israel. Eligible applicants: Public National Governmental

Authority responsible for Tourism or any other field related to the object

of this call for proposal; National Tourism Organisations (NTOs); Public

Regional Governmental Authorities in charge of tourism; Regional

Tourism Organisations; Local Governmental Authorities (or their

associations or consortia) in charge of tourism; Umbrella associations

representing a specific tourism related sector (travel agents, tour

operators, tourism accommodations, transport, destination management

companies, unions, consumers, etc); Chambers of commerce and industry

and their umbrella associations; Not-for profit/Non-governmental

organisations, civil society organizations, foundations, think-tanks,

federations of public or private bodies, whose core activity falls within the

tourism field; Universities, Research Centres, academic training/

education establishments; Private SMEs, business associations and

organisations whose core activity falls in the field of tourism.

Partnership: the consortium must be composed by a minimum of 4 and

maximum of 8 partners.

Budget tot.: 1.000.000 € .

For more information: www.progettomattoneinternazionale.it/servizi/bandiUE/

bandi_fase02.aspx?ID=86

PAST EVENTS (2012) OF

MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

15-16 -17–18 May 2012 Milan

(Italy)

29 - 30 - 31 May 2012

01 June 2012 Rome (Italy)

5 - 6 - 7- 8 June 2012

26 - 27 - 28 - 29 June 2012

Palermo (Italy)

Training course : Policies and

European and international health

relations in the framework of the

Project Mattone Internazionale"

first module

7 - 8 - 9 May 2012 Brussels

Study visit to European Institutions

13 April 2012 Milan (Italy)

18 April 2012 Trento (Italy)

19 April 2012 Rome (Italy)

Infoday: Europe and support to

Health : opportuni t ies and

perspectives

19 - 20 March 2012 Geneva

Study visit to WHO

21 February 2012 Turin (Italy)

Infoday: Europe and support to

Health : opportuni t ies and

perspectives

24 January 2012 Perugia (Italy)

Infoday “Europe and Health:

opportunities and perspectives”

19 January 2012 Rome (Italy)

National Information Day 2012

European Health Programme

(2008-2013) - “Together for

health”

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INNOVATIVE MEDICINES INITIATIVE_9TH CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2013

(IMI-JU-9-2013)

Deadline: 9 October 2013

Description: the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking (IMI JU)

is a unique pan-European public private partnership between the

European Commission and European Federation of Pharmaceutical

Industries and Associations (EFPIA) driving collaboration between all

relevant stakeholders including large and small biopharmaceutical and

healthcare companies, regulators, academia, and patients.

The 9th Call topics are:

WEBAE – Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Pharmacovigilance;

developing Innovative Therapeutic Interventions Against Physical

Frailty and Sarcopenia (ITI-PF&S) as a Prototype Geriatric Indication

And, under the theme: “Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance:

NewDrugs4BadBugs (ND4BB)”:

ND4BB TOPIC 4: Driving re-investment in R&D and Responsible Use

of Antibiotics;

ND4BB TOPIC 5: Clinical development of antibacterial agents for

Gramnegative antibiotic resistant pathogens.

Rules for Submission:

Stage 1: all interested parties (academia, SMEs, patient

organisations, regulatory agencies, large non-EFPIA companies etc.)

are invited to form Applicant Consortia and to submit an Expression

of Interest (EoI) in response to the Call;

Stage 2: the Applicant Consortium of the best Expression of Interest,

and the EFPIA consortium already associated to the topic, are

invited to submit a Full Project Proposal.

Budget: tot. 135.370.000 €. (for this Call the total available financial

contribution from the IMI JU to participants eligible for funding will be

maximum 63.120.000 €; EFPIA “in kind” contribution will be 72.250.000

€).

Per more information: www.imi.europa.eu/content/stage-1-7

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SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH (FP7) 2007 –

2013

FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG _MARIE CURIE ACTION: CAREER INTEGRATION

GRANTS (CIG)

Deadline for submitting proposals: 18 September 2013.

Indicative total budget: 40 M€.

Objective: to strenghten the European Research Area (ERA) by

encouraging researchers to establish themselves in a Member State or in

an associated country, thereby attracting and retaining the best talents in

Europe.

The action is designed to support researchers in the first steps of their

European research career and to attain lasting professional integration in

the ERA.

This action should also allow the transfer of knowledge that the

researchers have acquired prior to the Career Integration Grant, as well

as to the development of lasting co-operation with the scientific and/or

industrial environment of the country from which they have moved.

Who may apply?: this action addresses researchers of any nationality

who, at the relevant deadline for submission of proposals, correspond to

the definition of experienced researchers, and who comply with the

mobility rule. A researcher who has benefited or is benefiting from a

reintegration or career integration grant (including IRG and ERG grants

under both FP6 and FP7) is ineligible for funding under this call.

The application is made jointly by a researcher and a host organization

located in a Member State or an associated country.

Funding scheme: Support for training and career development of

researchers.

The grant can cover a period of up to 4 years (It corresponds to a flat rate

contribution of 25 000 € per researcher and per year for the benefit of

the recruited researcher, to contribute to his/her research costs at the

career integration host).

For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people?

callIdentifier=FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG#

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SPECIFIC PROGRAMME "PROGRESS" (2007-2013) SECTION 4 -

ANTIDISCRIMINATION AND DIVERSITY Support to national activities

aiming at combating discrimination and promoting equality (Restricted

Call for proposals JUST/2013/PROG/AG/AD)

Deadline: 10 September 2013

The objectives of this call are to support national authorities in charge of

equality and non-discrimination of PROGRESS participating countries in:

1. Developing their national policy to combat discrimination and

promote equality beyond legislation;

2. Fostering the dissemination of information on EU and national

policy and legislation in the non-discrimination field;

3. Identifying best practices which could be transferable to other

participating countries.

In this call, the Commission wishes to support activities which tackle at

least one of the following groups at risk of discrimination: ethnic

minorities, persons with disabilities, older/younger people, religious

minorities and LGBT people (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender).

The Commission would in particular encourage activities on the following

topics, all of which are key policy areas under the PROGRESS funding

programme:

1. Non-discrimination mainstreaming: practical integration of equality

issues in other national/regional/local policies, guidance to support

that process, dissemination of results and development of tools

such as equality impact assessment, equality plans. The activities

could also take the form of training on equality issues for civil

servants responsible for policy design and/or elaboration and

management of programmes both at national and regional/local

levels, elaboration and dissemination of manuals, creation of

specific curricula in public servants' training programmes.

2. Diversity management in the public and private sector:

identification of existing practices, research work on their impact

and awareness-raising on their results. The proposed activities may

for example focus on general provisions, like adapting daily routines

and work processes within organisations, and combine it with

provisions which target individuals or vulnerable groups.

3. Roma: activities aiming to raise awareness of the situation of Roma

and supporting their integration into mainstream society. Analysis

of the situation of Roma and identification of good examples in the

country across different fields related to Roma social inclusion and

combating discrimination in: education, healthcare, employment,

housing, etc.

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4. Multiple discrimination: research work on the phenomenon,

awareness-raising of its existence and consequences, identification

and dissemination of good practices in combating multiple

discrimination.

5. Measurement of discrimination: production and collection of data

on discrimination of vulnerable groups at the national/regional level

in order to improve the monitoring of actions to combat

discrimination.

6. Discrimination on the ground of religion or belief: research work on

the phenomenon, links between discrimination on the grounds of

religion and ethnic origin, awareness-raising of its existence and

consequences, identification and dissemination of good practices in

combating this form of discrimination.

7. Discrimination of LGBT people: data collection, awareness-raising

campaigns, activities aiming to increase the level of tolerance

amongst citizens towards LGBT groups and the level of awareness of

rights amongst the LGBT community, and dissemination of good

practices tackling discrimination at the work place and/or bullying at

school.

8. Communication and awareness raising: to display cases of

discrimination through digital storytelling by social media and local

and internet television.

Budget tot.: 3.929.884 €. The EU grant applied for should not be lower

than 75 000 € and shall not exceed 250 000 €. (80% of overall eligible

project costs). Each participating country can submit one or two

applications.

For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/grants/

just_2013_prog_ag_ad_en.htm

“NON STATE ACTORS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN DEVELOPMENT”_

PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY THROUGH POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND

ECONOMIC RIGHTS FOR WOMEN (EuropeAid 134-478) _Country:

Gambia

Deadline for submission of proposals (Concept Note and Full Application

Form): 23 September 2013.

Gambian women presently constitute half the population of the country.

Improvements to maternal health (MDG 4), strengthening secondary

education and eliminating gender disparities in school (MDG 3) are

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In health, maternal mortality rates remain unacceptably high, fertility

levels high, although declining. Antenatal care and immunization levels

are very high. Other health related issues confronting women, include

infertility, early marriage, boy-child preference, harmful traditional

practices and inadequate representation of women in decision-making. In

the non-formal sub-sector, factors such as heavy work load of women,

lack of labour saving devices, and poor attitude of men towards women’s

literacy continue to be major constraints. Due to the foregoing, women’s

access to employment is limited in terms of getting employed in the first

place, staying there and making it to the top, thus making it difficult for

women to get out of the vicious circle of poverty. The practice of Female

Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains wide-spread in The Gambia, where up

to 80% of girls are submitted to this practise. Many communities remain

unaware of the harmful impact of FGM on sexual and reproductive health

of women and children.

The overall objective of this call for proposals is to promote gender equity

and women's rights in The Gambia. The specific objectives of this call for

proposals are:

1. Promoting gender equality in access to political and others

fundamentals rights.

Applications submitted under this specific objective should contribute to

at least one of the following results:

Effective fight against gender based violence including female

genital mutilation;

Improved access to reproductive and maternal health;

Support to the development and implementation of pro-gender

equality legal provisions and reforms.

The proposed actions may include without limitation: a) Surveys and

research on the current state of implementation of laws and regulations,

prospects, opportunities and challenges of the recommended reforms; b)

Dissemination and awareness-raising about the state and respect of

women's rights; c) Support and advocacy for the rights of women and

girls (legal advice and support, social etc.); d) Awareness raising and

training focused on public servants; e) Monitoring the implementation

and respect of fundamental women rights in national development

strategies; f) Community based sensitisation, mobilization and training of

potential women candidates and of those on the exercise of local power,

with a special focus on rural areas; g) Training / capacity building in

management of women's groups, women leader etc.

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Applications submitted under this specific objective should contribute to

at least one of the following results:

Women's access to support mechanisms and funding opportunities

for the development of socio-economic activities;

Promotion of socio-economic sharing and distribution (network of

women's groups, strengthening socio-economic capacity...);

Promotion of gender equity in access to productive resources

(capital, land, energy, materials, etc.).

The proposed actions may include without limitation: a) Support to

organizations, including strategic studies and marketing, support to fund-

raising; b) Analysis and research on gender equity in access to productive

resources (land, finance, etc.); c) Advocacy, counselling and support for

women's access to production based on inputs of capital, land, energy,

materials, etc.; d) Legal advice and assistance; e) Awareness raising and

advocacy on gender equity in access to socio-economic rights; f)

Complementary actions and/ or development support of existing projects

The thematic programme "Non State Actors (NSAs) and Local Authorities

(LAs) in Development" has its legal base in the Regulation (EC) No

1905/2006 establishing a financing instrument for development

cooperation (DCI). The overarching objective of this programme is

poverty reduction in the context of sustainable development, including

the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and other

internationally agreed targets. It is an “actor-oriented” programme aimed

at strengthening the capacity of civil society organisations and local

authorities as a pre-condition for a more equitable, open and democratic

society through support to their “own initiatives”.

The programme's three main components are the following:

1. Support to development actions, to be implemented by Non-State-

Actors (NSA) or Local Authorities (LA), in close cooperation with the

local communities and the most vulnerable population groups,

aiming at promoting an inclusive and empowered society in partner

countries.

2. Support to actions in the EU and acceding countries aiming at raising

public awareness of development issues and promoting education

for development, to mobilise greater support for actions against

poverty and fairer relations between developed and developing

countries.

3. Support to actions aiming at achieving more efficient cooperation,

foster synergies and facilitate a structured dialogue in the area of

development between civil society networks and local authorities

associations from the EU and acceding countries, within their

organisations and with European institutions.

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Budget tot.: 400.000 € (EU co-financing: 75-90% of the total eligible costs.

EU co-financing for each project: min. 200.000 € and max. 400.000 €).

For more information: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/

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Europe 2020 Social Policies. Social Protection and Activation Systems.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF

COMPREHENSIVE ACTIVE AGEING STRATEGIES (VP/2013/009)

Deadline: 30 September 2013

Description: the aim of this call for proposals is to provide financial

support for Member State national public authorities willing to engage in

the development and implementation of comprehensive strategies for

active ageing. Support will be provided to national authorities wishing to

involve different policy areas as well as different levels of governance and

relevant stakeholders to enhance their capacity to take concrete actions

for tackling the challenges posed by ageing populations.

Those active ageing strategies should take due account of the “Guiding

Principles for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations”.

The use of the Active Ageing Index (AAI) could be envisaged as an

analytical tool to identify the areas with the greatest potential for

mobilising the resources of the older population and to set goals for

integrated strategies as well as a way to monitor the progress made.

The purpose of the support will be to facilitate access to experience and

expertise from other countries and/or from international organisations

(such as UNECE, OCDE or WHO).

Activities: the project proposals should start with an analysis of the

specific challenges and the potentials for promoting active ageing.

Based on this analysis of the present situation the proposals should

demonstrate how a comprehensive strategy can contribute to improving

the conditions for active ageing.

Projects could either aim for designing and implementing a new

comprehensive strategy or for improving an existing one.

Applications must be submitted using the online application SWIM.

Budget tot.: 2.000.000 € (EU grant between € 100.000 and € 500.000 for

each project. EU co-financing: 80%).

Duration: max. 24 months

For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?

catId=629&langId=en&callId=384&furtherCalls=yes

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EUROPEAN COOPERATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (COST)

Deadline: 27 September 2013

COST invites researchers throughout Europe to submit proposals for

research networks and use this unique opportunity to exchange

knowledge. COST support will cover the costs of networking activities

such as meetings (e.g. travel, subsistence, local organiser support),

conferences, workshops, short-term scientific exchanges, training

schools, publications and dissemination activities. COST does not fund the

research itself.

COST follows different evaluation procedures for Proposals submitted in

one of the nine COST Domains or, when highly interdisciplinary and

spanning several COST Domains, as Trans-Domain Proposals (TDP). COST

domains are: biomedicine and molecular biosciences; chemistry and

molecular sciences and technologies; Earth system science and

environmental management; food and agriculture; forests, their products

and services; individuals, societies, cultures and health; information and

communication technologies; materials, physics and nanosciences;

transport and urban development.

Proposals should include researchers from a minimum of five COST

countries. Financial support for an action of 19 participating countries is

in the range of EUR 130 000 p.a., normally for four years, subject to

available budget.

For more information: www.cost.eu/participate/open_call

LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAME(LLP) – CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2013

EAC/S07/12

Deadline for the submission of application:

- Comenius, Grundtvig: 17 September 2013;

- Transversal programme: Key activity 1 — Study visits: first deadline: 15

October 2013;

Budget tot.: 1,276 M €. (the level of grants awarded as well as the

duration of projects vary depending on factors such as the type of project

and the number of countries involved).

For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/official-documents-on-the-

llp_en.htm

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CALL PROGRESS: "NGOs organized at European level" - ACTION

GRANT, 2013 (JUST/2013/PROG/AG/NGOS)

Deadline: 1 October 2013

This call for proposals aims to support activities that contribute to the

development, implementation and monitoring of European and national

policies and exclusive legislation in one of the following areas:

(I) non-discrimination and integration of the Rom;

(II) equal rights for people with disabilities;

(III) equality between women and men.

Applicants must clearly indicate only one of these three areas.

(I) Non-discrimination and integration of the Rom

Under this priority, activities should contribute, in particular:

- to promote the interests of one or more groups at risk of discrimination

on the basis of their racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability,

age, sexual orientation;

- promote the integration of Rom communities;

- develop a "business case" for diversity across the EU;

- promote the integration of non-discrimination and equal opportunity

initiatives in other policy areas such as employment, social inclusion,

education, etc..

(II) Equal rights for people with disabilities

Under this priority, activities should contribute, in particular to:

- the implementation of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2012 and

the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;

- include several aspects of disability in the EU and national policies,

particularly in the field of employment, education, social inclusion, health,

human rights, development cooperation, etc..;

- improve accessibility of goods and services;

- promote the interests of people with disabilities and the full enjoyment

of their rights, in particular by strengthening equal opportunities for

people with disabilities and the fight against discrimination;

- develop a business case for disability throughout the EU.

(III) Equality between women and men

Under this priority, activities should contribute, in particular to:

- support the implementation of the EU Commission strategy for Equality

between women and men 2010-2015;

- promote equality between men and women for the implementation of

the Europe 2020 Strategy and the economic case for promoting gender

equality throughout the EU;

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- promote equality between women and men in the EU and national

policies (mainstreaming) and support the involvement of member

organizations at national level, in the promotion of gender equality

aspects of the main EU policies;

- strengthen the capacity of national member organizations and their

knowledge of EU policies on gender equality;

- improve knowledge and understanding of discrimination and inequality

between men and women in the member States;

- contribute to an effective legal protection against discrimination on the

basis of the various EU Directives that implement the principle of equal

treatment between women and men.

Budget: 4.300.000 € (priority I); € 2,100,000 (priority II) € 950,000

(priority III)

Who can submit the project: non-profit and independent NGOs organized

at European level and set up in one of the countries Progress: 28 EU

Member States, EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway),

candidate countries and potential candidate countries participating in the

PROGRESS (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey).

For more information please see: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/grants/

just_2013_prog_ag_ngos_en.htm

NOTICE (EAHC/2013/HEALTH/03) ON TRAINING PACK FOR HEALTH

PROFESSIONALS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND QUALITY OF

HEALTH SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES,

INCLUDING ROM

Deadline: 27 September 2013.

The work to prepare within this call is to review, develop, test and

evaluate training for health professionals, in order to facilitate access and

to improve the quality of health services for migrants and ethnic

minorities, such as the Rom, in the European Union.

How to participate: Award criteria: The most economically advantageous

tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation

to tender or negotiate or in the descriptive document.

Budget: 600.000 € (excluding VAT).

Duration: 27 months (from the contract award).

For more information please see: http://ec.europa.eu/eahc/health/

tenders_H03_2013.html

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TO PREVENT AND COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN, YOUNG

PEOPLE AND WOMEN AND TO PROTECT VICTIMS AND VULNERABLE

GROUPS (JUST/2013/DAP/AG) _action GRANTS

Deadline: 30 October 2013.

The projects will be focused on the following priorities:

- support for victims of violence;

- violence linked to harmful practices;

- children who are victims and / or witnesses of violence in close or

intimate relationships;

- children bullied at school;

- actions of the perpetrators and protection of victims;

- prevention of violence against children, young people and women

through projects targeting the attitudinal and behavioral changes in the

context of sexualization;

- raise awareness about violence against women.

The main target groups of the announcement are, among others:

families, men, teachers and educators, social assistants, police and border

guards, local, national and military authorities, medical and paramedical

staff, court staff, NGOs, trade unions and religious communities.

Proposals submitted must complement the efforts of the European Union

in the fight against violence to children, young people and women (who

are, or are likely to become victims of violence). Projects duplicating

existing actions will not be financed.

Who can submit the project: non-governmental organizations, local and

regional authorities, research centers and universities, international

organizations.

Eligible countries: EU countries, EFTA countries which are parties to the

EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and candidate countries

membership (only under certain conditions).

Budget: see DAPHNE III Work Programme 2013

EU co-financing: € 75,000 minimum

Duration: max. 24 months

For more information please see: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/newsroom/grants/

just_2013_dap_ag_en.htm

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS PROPOSAL ON SERIOUS CROSS –

BORDER THREATS TO HEALTH

On 3rd July, the European Parliament voted in favour of the Commission’s

proposal for a Decision on serious cross – border health threats. The

Decision will help Member States protecting citizens against cross –

border threats and possible future pandemics. It will also strengthen

preparedness coordination and planning at EU level. Commissioner Borg

welcomed the vote by the European Parliament, saying that it “marks a

major milestone for health security in the EU”. The draft decision will now

be sent for approval by the Council.

The Decision also boosts the European Union's authority in the event of a

health emergency: It allows the EU to declare a health emergency within

its territory to trigger measures under its pharmaceutical legislation so

that vaccines and medicines can be provided faster. The clear mandate

for the Health Security Committee to coordinate risk and crisis response,

including communication, during a crisis, means that coordination of

public health emergencies will be further improved.

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