COMCEC Project Funding

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1 COMCEC Project Funding Rules and Procedures at a Glance 1/21

2 MEMBER DRIVEN MECHANISM COMCEC STRATEGY STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OUTPUTS COMCEC Project Funding WORKING GROUPS MEMBER COUNTRIES AND OIC INSTITUTIONS 2/21

3 COMCEC Project Funding Simple Rules Clearly defined Financial Framework Flexible Procedures Backstopping by the CCO Tech. Support by Development Bank of Turkey 3/21

4 Project Management Process (PCM) IDEA (initiation) Evaluation (closing) Identification (planning) CCO Backstopping Monitoring (&controlling) Appraisal Implementation (execution) 4/21

5 Potential Project Owners Member Countries: relevant ministries and other public institutions registered to the Working Groups OIC Institutions operating in the field of economic and commercial cooperation 5/21

6 Project Selection Ladder SECTORAL THEMES MULTILATERALISM OUTPUT AREAS Promoting Multilateralism (at least 3 Member States) Regulatory Framework Capacity Building and Training Programs Private Sector Involvement Community-Based Tourism (CBT) Programs Marketing Strategies STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE Developing a sustainable and competitive tourism sector in the COMCEC region PRINCIPLES Enhancing Mobility Strengthening Solidarity Improving Governance 6/21

7 Appraisal Criteria Compliance with COMCEC Strategy s Principles Relevance to Strategic Objective of Respective Cooperation Area Relevance to Output Areas of Respective Cooperation Area Promotion of Multilateral Cooperation Among COMCEC Member Countries Regular participation of the PO s focal points to the relevant Working Group Meetings 7/21

8 Sectoral Themes Enhancing the Capacity of Tourism Workforce in the OIC region. Travel Facilitation for Enhancing Mobility in the OIC Member Countries Effective Marketing Strategies: ICT-Based Solutions for the OIC Member Countries Muslim Friendly Tourism (MFT) 8/21

9 Importance of Multilateralism Selection of at least 2 other OIC Member Countries/Institutions as project partners Common problems and joint solutions Effective communication and networking among member nations Strengthening solidarity and collaboration among OIC members Enhanced mobility of people and ideas among partners Sharing experiences and good practices Developing common understanding and ensuring policy approximation Before submission of the project proposals, communication among the partner countries/institutions of the project is vital. 9/21

10 The Mechanism Application PROJECT OWNERS Feedback CCO Financing List of Successful Operational and Financial Reporting DEVELOPMENT BANK OF TURKEY Program Reporting 10/21

11 Grant Limits Project Owner Project Budget Lower Limit (USD) Project Budget Upper Limit (USD) Minimum Co-Finance Rates by the PO CCO Grant Limits (USD) Member Countries % OIC Institutions % /21

12 Second Call for Project Proposals September 1 st, 2014: Second Call for Project Proposals Great interest from countries and OIC Institutions 62 project proposals submitted by 20 Member Countries and 3 OIC Institutions 15 projects are being implemented in Implementation of all projects will be completed as of December 31st, /21

13 2015 (Tourism) The Gambia Project Title: Strengthening Community Resilience through eco-tourism. Project Owner: Ministry of Tourism and Culture (The Gambia) Project Purpose: Building resilient communities in The Gambia, Senegal and Guinea Bissau through eco-village practices Activities: Eco-village design (EDE) education (training of the trainers), Report on EDE practices 13/21

14 Third Call for Project Proposals September 2015 Preliminary project proposals can be submitted until September 30 th, /21

15 The Third Call - What s New? Updated and user-friendly COMCEC Project Management Information System project.comcec.org New Sectoral Themes for Third Call for Project Proposals (Parallel to the 2014 / 2015 / 2016 WG Themes) Revised timetable Revised and updated appraisal criteria Selection of the project personnel (Nationality and Educational/Professional Background) 15/21

16 The Third Call Online Project Submission System - 1 Please use the project.comcec.org Please access the Online Project Submission system via using specified user names and passwords 16/21

17 The Third Call Online Project Submission System - 2 After accessing the system please use add new project button to add your project You will also see the relevant project documents in this section please download and read necessary files 17/21

18 The Third Call Online Project Submission System - 2 Please fill all the necessary parts without doing that you will not proceed. Please save each step not to lose any project info. 18/21

19 The Third Call Online Project Submission System - 3 In the last section you may preview and revise your project proposal Please be aware that after submission you will not make any revisions in your project proposal 19/21

20 Revised Timetable September (1 st -30 th ): Project Call and Preliminary Submission October: Preliminary appraisals Early November: Declaration of the short-list November-Mid-December: POs submit the final version of their project Mid January: Declaration of the final list Mid-March: Completion of Operational and Financial Contracts April-December: Implementation Period (9 months max) 20/21

21 Thank You 21/21