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Grant case study
LXVII International Council Meeting
19th – 25th April, Cluj-Napoca Romania
The European Law Students’ Association
Purpose of the Workshop
• To study and discuss obligations
related to grants through three reallife cases
• To discuss acceptable level of
limitations in general
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Basics
• Grants are financial support given
for a purpose chosen by a donor
• Compare to shopping or buying a
service
• This means that all grants have
certain obligations based upon
beneficiary by the granting party
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Case 1: International
activity grant of EYF (1/2)
• European Youth Foundation is
sub-organization of the Council of
Europe, which funds youth
activities
• Latest grant received was 18.000
EUR for final LRG conference in
fall 2015
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Case 1: International
activity grant of EYF (2/2)
• Common obligations are:
– Placing logo on event materials and
mentioning funding
– Fundraising 1/3 of the expenses by
organizers
– Limited possibility to make profit
• Special request for this time was to
host the conference in Strasbourg,
which is home of the both Social
Charter and EYF
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Case 2: Erasmus+ Key Action
3 operational grant (1/2)
• Eramus+ is a major grant program
of the European Commission,
which, among other things, funds
youth organizations
• Latest grant received was 35.000
EUR for the general expenses of
the year 2015
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Case 2: Erasmus+ Key Action
3 operational grant (2/2)
• Obligations
– Placing EU logo and mention of the
funding on materials
– Balancing general income and
expenses
– Question of the VAT liability
– Reporting does not follow ELSA
term
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Case 3: Erasmus+ grant for
partner of a local group X
• Local group, ELSA X, was approached by
one of its partners, who wanted to apply
for Eramus+ funding for a conference
together with other associations
• ELSA X would not receive money directly
on its accounts, but would take part in
organizing the event and have free
participant spots in the event
• ELSA International had same time grant
application pending for Erasmus+
program
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Group work
• Divide in 6 groups
• Group 1 will discuss arguments pro
ELSA taking grant in the case 1
• Group 2 will discuss arguments
contra ELSA taking grant in the
case 1 etc.
• Also discuss what are generally
acceptable limitations for grants
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Open floor
and Q&A
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