Beneficiaries

The financing is available to operational groups consisting of: 

• the already established LAGs; 
• the lead partner in the grouping of the LAG being set up, whose local development strategy is eligible for funding under Submeasure 19. 2; 

Applicants must: 

• receive a positive evaluation of local development strategies (achievement of sufficiency in the evaluation carried out under Submeasure 19.2). 

Objectives

The submeasure promotes the activities carried out by existing Local Action Groups (LAGs) or those in the process of being set up for the preparation and elaboration of participatory Local Development Strategies (LSDs).

Selection principles

The assessment of submeasure 19.1 shall comprise a subdivision into macro-criteria, a minimum permissible score of 56 points and a maximum permissible score of up to 100 points, as defined for:

• territorial scopes, with a maximum score of 20 points;
• types of operations activated, specifically by structure and setting of the PAL, with a minimum score of 25 points and a maximum of 45 points;
• beneficiaries, as far as the structure of the Local Action Group - partnership is concerned, with a minimum score of 25 points and a maximum score of 45 points.

In the case of equal scores between several beneficiaries, priority will be given to those with the highest scores under the territorial criterion. In the event of further parity of points, priority will be given to proposals that require less public resources. 
 

Eligible expenditure

Eligible costs are: 

• costs of studies/projects of local actors on the area concerned; 
• costs for the local development strategy; 
• consultancy and personnel costs; 
• the costs of setting up the partnership; 

Scope of support

The support will be guaranteed at the rate of 100%, for a maximum amount of 100,000 euros.