Between 27 January and 27 March the third call for proposals for Lot III of the „Equal opportunities and social integration” took place. The operator received 555 grant applications in total, as compared to 666 grant applications in the second call and 1232 in the first. Similarly to the 2nd Lot it was caused by the fact that a part of potential Applicants implemented their projects within the first and second call, also the influence came from the lack of possibility for ESF financing in the period of the first call.
Following the decision of the Steering Committee from 7th August 2009, 37 Applicants received grants from the NGO Fund. Despite the fact that the allocation amount was smaller by half, the number of assigned grants was not significantly different from the number from previous calls.
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Summary of three calls in Lot III
Within three calls for Lot III „Equal opportunities and social integration” 2453 applications were submitted and 127 of them received granting, which is 5% of all applications. Total value of the grants amounts to 12 930 286 euro (49 093 789 zł), whereas the average value of implemented projects was 386 565 zł. Among all applications the most projects fit into the Support and reinforcement of position of the underprivileged and discriminated focus area. Second most represented focus area was Vocational activation of socially excluded groups. This tendency was kept in all three calls. Explanation for this phenomenon can be found in the activity fields declared by Polish NGOs – 21% of the organisations declared “social services and social support”.
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