To harmonize Programme requirements to the projects under the 2nd and 3rd calls of the project proposals the Programme Manual for the 1st Call for Proposals was updated and its Version 6.0 was approved. Starting form 7 of June, 2019 it is applicable to all projects that were approved under the 1st Call of the Programme (project numbers form LLI-001 to LLI-249).

Due to the implemented changes some of the programme requirements will become more simple, and granting of additional rights to Joint Secretariat (JS) and Management Authority (MA) will allow quicker approval of the project changes and project progress reports. Version 6.0 of the Programme Manual for the 1st Call for Proposals can be found on the programme website. For the convenience of the readers the updated parts are marked in yellow.

The main changes of the Programme Manual that are important for the project under implementation:

• Project Lead partner may submit consolidated progress report without costs of one or several project partners in dully justified cases, for example, due to delayed preparation and/or verification of project partner’s report. Such costs can be included in the consolidated progress report of the following reporting period. However, this cannot be applied for the last reporting period.
• JS and MA were given right to withdraw/postpone reported costs in consolidated progress report that need clarifications. These costs can be reported in the next reporting period or will be added to the next payment to the project, if found eligible.
• To make project changes approval process more quick reallocation between budget lines and/or partners up to 15% of the initial project budget is now considered as minor project change that can be approved by JS. Also, in case of prolongation of project, decision of Monitoring Committee is needed only if initial project duration would be extended by more than six months. Other cases can be approved by decision of MA.

Please note, that the Programme Manual for the 1^st call of the project proposals is not identical to the manuals to other calls of the Programme, thus project managers should be careful if they are referring to the programme manual which is applicable to their project.

All versions of the programme Manuals can be found on programme website by following this link.