Capacity Building projects are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of sport in Programme and third countries not associated to the Programme in Region 1 (Western Balkans) and Region 2 (Neighbourhood East).

OBJECTIVES OF THE ACTION – The action will aim at:

• raising the capacity of grassroots sport organisations;
• encouraging the practice of sport and physical activity in third countries not associated to the Programme;
• promoting social inclusion through sport;
• promoting positive values through sport (such as fair play, tolerance, team spirit);
• fostering cooperation across different regions of the world through joint initiatives.

WHAT ARE THE FUNDING RULES?
This action follows a lump sum funding model. The amount of the single lump sum contribution will be determined for each grant based on the estimated budget of the action proposed by the applicant. The granting authority will fix the lump sum of each grant based on the proposal, evaluation result, funding rates and the maximum grant amount set in the call.

The EU grant per project should vary between €100.000 and €200.000.

Applicants must fill in a detailed budget table according to the application form, taking into account the following points:

• the budget should be detailed as necessary by beneficiary/ies and organized in coherent work packages (for example divided into ‘project management’, ‘training’, ‘organisation of events’, ‘mobility preparation and implementation’, ‘communication and dissemination’, ‘quality assurance’, etc.);
• the proposal must describe the activities covered by each work package;
• applicants must provide in their proposal a breakdown of the estimated costs showing the share per work package (and, within each work package, the share assigned to each beneficiary and affiliated entity);
• costs described can cover staff costs, travel and subsistence costs, equipment costs and subcontracting as well as other costs (such us dissemination of information, publishing or translation).

Proposals will be evaluated according to the standard evaluation procedures with the help of internal and/or external experts. The experts will assess the quality of the proposals, against the requirements defined in the call and the expected impact, quality and efficiency of the action.

Following the proposal evaluation, the authorising officer will establish the amount of the lump sum, taking into account the findings of the assessment carried out.

The co-financing rate of 80% will be applied to the total estimated eligible costs determined after evaluation.

• Culture
• Education and training
• New Entrepreneurship
• Public Administration
• Sports

• Central Government
• Educational Institutions
• International Organisations
• Legal Entities
• Non Profit Organisations
• Other Beneficiaries
• Private Bodies
• Semi-governmental organisations
• State-owned Enterprises
• Training Centres

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities, if applicable) must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• be active in the field of sport
• be established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme or in third country not associated to the Programme from Region 1 (Western Balkans) or Region 2 (Neighbourhood East).

The coordinator of the consortium must be a non-for-profit organisation.

Such organisations can, for example, be:

• a public body in charge of sport at local, regional or national level;
• a sport organisation at local, regional, national, European or international level;
• a National Olympic Committee or National Sport confederation;
• an organisation representing the ‘sport for all’ movement;
• an organisation active in the field of physical activity promotion;
• an organisation representing the active leisure sector.

Consortium composition:
Capacity Building projects are transnational and involve at least 4 organisations from minimum 3 countries and respect the following conditions.

• A minimum of 1 and a maximum of 2 organisations from EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme. If 2 organisations are involved, they cannot be from the same EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme.
• A minimum of 2 organisations from at least 1 eligible third country not associated to the Programme from Region 1 (Western Balkans) or Region 2 (Neighborhood East). Organisations from Region 1 and Region 2 cannot participate in the same proposal (i.e. partnerships including Regions 1 and 2 are not eligible).
• The number of organisations from EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme cannot be higher than the number of organisations from third countries not associated to the Programme. Affiliated entities and associated partners do not count for the consortium composition.

Geographical location:
The activity must take place in the countries of the organisations participating in the activity except in duly justified cases related to the objectives of the action. In addition:

• activities can also take place at the seat of an Institution of the European Union, even if in the project there are no participating organisations from the country that hosts the Institution;
• activities involving sharing and promotion of results can also take place at relevant thematic transnational events/conferences in EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme or third countries not associated to the Programme.

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For help related to this call, please contact:  ERASMUS-SPORT@ec.europa.eu

• Funding&Tenders
• 2025 Programme Guide, page 347
• 2025 Annual Work Programme