HORIZON 2020 – WORK PROGRAMME 2018-2020
General Annexes
Part 19 - Page 14 of 37
Proposers have to demonstrate the appropriateness of the overall coordination costs for the
proposed additional activities.
Beneficiaries that carry out trans-national projects partially or fully themselves cannot declare
coordination costs for additional activities.
The unit costs for coordination is fixed to EURO 29000 per year per beneficiary
17
. Indirect
costs for the coordination costs must be declared on the basis of the flat rate.
18
The EU contribution to coordination costs should not exceed 20% of the total EU contribution
to the action.
The total duration of the action should normally not exceed 5 years.
European Joint Programme (EJP) Cofund actions
Description: The European Joint Programme ('EJP') Cofund under Horizon 2020 is a
programme cofund action designed to support coordinated national research and innovation
programmes. The EJP Cofund aims at attracting and pooling a critical mass of national
resources on objectives and challenges of Horizon 2020 and at achieving significant
economies of scales by adding related Horizon 2020 resources to a joint effort.
The EJP Cofund does not promote types of activities or forms of coordination, but relies on
modalities and processes agreed by the coordinated national programmes and related actors.
Eligible participants: The minimum number of participants in EJPs is five independent legal
entities from different Member States or associated countries
. Participating entities are typically
research funders or governmental research organisations participating on the basis of their institutional
funding.
Their participation has to be mandated by the "owner" of the programme, the
national/regional authorities in charge.
In addition to the minimum conditions, other legal entities may participate if justified by the
nature of the action, in particular entities created to coordinate or integrate transnational
research efforts, grouping funding from both national and private sources.
‘Sole participants’
19
may be eligible if the above-mentioned specific eligibility conditions for
EJP Cofund partners are satisfied. A sole participant forming a sole legal entity must
explicitly indicate which of its 'members' are either programme owners or programme
managers in the proposed action, and indicate for these members the respective
national/regional programmes which are at the disposal of the proposed EJP Cofund action.
In line with the objective of transnational integration though a critical mass of resources, the
required minimum number of participants is higher than the one provided in the Horizon 2020
Rules for Participation Regulation No 1290/2012. In addition, such participants must be
established in different Member States or associated countries in order to further establish an
appropriate level of cooperation and integration. Finally, EJP Cofund actions support
17
Commission Decision C(2013)8200.
18
The reimbursement rate for the action applies also to the unit costs. This would result in a maximum Union
contribution per beneficiary per year of EURO 11 962,50.
19
See Article 199 of the Financial Regulation No 966/2012.
HORIZON 2020 – WORK PROGRAMME 2018-2020
General Annexes
Part 19 - Page 15 of 37
coordination and future integration of national research and innovation programmes. It is
appropriate that core participation in these actions is limited to entities that can fully
participate through their contribution of national and regional programmes.
Funded activities: The main activity of the action is the implementation of a joint programme
of activities to attain objectives common to Horizon 2020, ranging from research to
coordination and networking activities, including training activities, demonstration and
dissemination activities, support to third parties etc.
The Horizon 2020 funding can be used to enhance and expand the activities of existing
coordinated programmes or create new ones, provided they aim at attaining the objectives of a
European transnational joint-programme established by the EJP Cofund consortium.
The EJP Cofund will identify the objectives, work and the schedules of activities to be carried
out in this context. It will be necessary to provide a detailed description of these activities for
the initial and each successive twelve-month periods of the EJP Cofund, as the joint
programme develops in line with the initial objectives. An ‘annual work programme’,
combined with a progress report on previous achievements will be a key deliverable for the
implementation of the EJP Cofund action on a rolling basis. It will be submitted and approved
by the Commission before the beginning of activities for each reporting period:
at proposal submission: a description of the overall objectives and schedule of
proposed activities, together with the 1
st
annual work programme;
before the periodic reports: an update to the annual work programme must be
submitted three months before the end of the each reporting period (and – after
evaluation and possible revision further to Commission comments – the annual work
programme will be agreed before the start of the next reporting period).
The Horizon 2020 contribution takes the form of a grant consisting of a reimbursement of the
eligible costs related to the action, in accordance with the conditions set out in the grant
agreement and relevant Commission decisions, including reimbursement of actually incurred
costs, lump sums, unit costs or flat rates. Financial support provided to third parties as part of
the joint programme implementation, for example through calls for proposals or under
otherwise defined conditions (cascade grants), is also eligible for reimbursement.
In accordance with the H2020 Rules for Participation Regulation No 1290/2013, Article
137(1)(c) of the Financial Regulation No 966/2012 and Article 210a of the Rules of
Application Regulation No 1268/2012 do not apply to financial support provided by the
participants in the EJP Cofund actions to third parties , when the financial support to third
parties is a primary aim of the action or necessary to achieve its objectives.
Funding rate: The Horizon 2020 contribution will be limited to 70% of the total eligible costs
of the action, unless otherwise specified in the call conditions, in line with the objective of
achieving a balanced funding of the EJP Cofund from Horizon 2020 and participating public
programmes.