Local Economic Partnerships

Implementation period: April 27, 2010 – July 31, 2011

Sponsor: East-Europe Foundation

Goal: Providing consultancy assistance in order to improve local authorities’ capacities to plan and implement local economic and social development projects in close cooperation with civil society organizations and business environment.

Objectives 

To provide consultancy assistance in identifying, developing, implementing and monitoring economic and social development projects;

To contribute to the establishment and development of local economic partnerships. 

Results 

• Standard documents for the Program realization: Guidelines for the applicants for funding;  and
• Application forms for the pre-selection and selection stages 
• Evaluation criteria for the project ideas
• Presentation of the Grant Program elaborated
• 15 presentations of the project on local level 
• Consultancy provided to the beneficiaries of presented project ideas
• Selection and evaluation of 12 most relevant and innovative project ideas
• 10 economic projects completed 
• 5 local economic projects selected
• Technical and logistical consultancy provided to 6 grant beneficiaries
• 6 work visits in the localities of grant beneficiaries.