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Open call “Implementation of the Model of Well-being Advisers”

Title of the call for project proposals	Open call “Implementation of the Model of Well-being Advisers” of the European economic area (EEA) financial mechanism 2014-2021
Call number	LT03-1-SAM-K03
Objective	The general objective of the Programme is to improve prevention and reduce inequalities in health. The Programme will provide support for mental health promotion and prevention measures with emphasis on the well-being of children and youth and their families, primarily through strengthening the community-based mental health services (Outcome 1) and improving well-being of children and youth (Outcome 2) by establishing clearly defined, expected results. Through the open call “Implementation of the Model of Well-being Advisers” (hereinafter – the Call) the Programme Operator seeks to select and support projects that best contribute to achieving Outcome 1 of the Health Programme. The Call will strengthen the community mental health services and promote the provision of Well-being adviser services in the Lithuania. To ensure enhanced bilateral relations between Lithuania and the donor states, projects supported under this call may be prepared and implemented in partnership with entities from Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway under this call.
Eligible applicants and partners	Potential Applicants are Public institutions of the Republic of Lithuania (national, regional and local authorities which are a state or municipal institution or body. State or municipal institution or body - representative, head of state, executive, judicial authority, law enforcement institutions and bodies, institutions and bodies performing audit, control (supervision), other state and municipal institutions and bodies financed from the state or municipal budgets and state monetary funds and to which public administration powers have been granted in accordance with the procedure established by the Law on Public Administration of the Republic of Lithuania). Project Partners are public institutions of the Republic of Lithuania and donor countries (national, regional and local authorities which are a state or municipal institution or body. State or municipal institution or body - representative, head of state, executive, judicial authority, law enforcement institutions and bodies, institutions and bodies performing audit, control (supervision), other state and municipal institutions and bodies financed from the state or municipal budgets and state monetary funds and to which public administration powers have been granted in accordance with the procedure established by the Law on Public Administration of the Republic of Lithuania), as well as non-profit legal entities and non-governmental organizations which will make a real contribution during the project activities and/or will actively use the results that have been generated during the project. In this Call, the same institution can submit one application only as an Applicant/Project Promoter. Should an Applicant submit more than one application, the first submitted application only shall be assessed (based on the date and time of its submission), and all other applications shall be rejected. The number of project partners is unlimited.
Eligible activities	Assistance under Programme will be provided to the following activities: Equipping the places of the provision of Well-being adviser services; Provision of Well-being adviser service; Activities and initiatives that increase the publicity of Well-being Advisers services and the interest of service recipients in the specific municipality (municipalities). Financing shall be allocated for projects that contribute to the pursuit of objectives of the Programme and this Call, and that meet the following special project eligibility criteria (all criteria listed below are mandatory for all Projects): Candidates for the training program for Well-being Advisers must have at least the Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in the fields of health or social sciences that are referred to in point 2.1.1 of Annex 1 to the Guidelines and meet the other criteria for candidates set out in Section 8 of Annex 1 to the Guidelines; The list of candidates to Well-being Advisers must include the number of professionals who will provide the services and at least one additional candidate; Recruitment of a Well-being Adviser(s) who has/have completed the training for a Well-being Adviser to work at least 0.5 full-time; Establishment of a place for the provision of a Well-being Adviser service, which ensures the privacy and confidentiality of the services provided to an individual, in a place that is convenient and easily accessible to the service recipients; Provision of free services of a Well-being Adviser to the service recipients. In the implementation of the project the Applicants shall contribute to the achievement of the following outcome indicators: Number of service recipients provided. Applicants shall contribute to the achievement of the following Programme output indicators: Number of individuals who approached a Well-being Adviser with mild symptoms of anxiety, stress, insomnia, depression or with signs of psychological adaptation problems and completed a full course of consultations. The Applicants submitting an application in partnership with Donor State entities shall also contribute to the bilateral outcome of the Programme: “Enhanced collaboration between Donor and Beneficiary State entities involved in the Programme”, expressed by the following indicators: 1. Level of trust between cooperating entities in Beneficiary States and Donor States (disaggregated by State type) Level of satisfaction with the partnership (disaggregated by State type) Share of cooperating organisations that apply the knowledge acquired from bilateral partnership (disaggregated by State type) Number of participants from Beneficiary States in exchanges (disaggregated by gender, Donor State) Number of participants from Donor States in exchanges (disaggregated by gender, Donor State) Number of projects involving cooperation with a Donor Project Partner (disaggregated by Donor State) Applicants shall aim for this monitoring indicator related to the continuity of the project, whose values will have to be ensured and achieved during the project continuity period: Number of individuals having received the service per year after the end of the project implementation period.
Deadline for submitting applications	7 September 2021 (17:00 Lithuanian time) Open calls for project proposals shall be announced on www.cpva.lt and www.eeagrants.lt). In order to receive financing, the Applicant shall online via the DMS fill in an application.
Selection process	Evaluation of projects shall be organized by the Central Project Management Agency (Programme Operator). The evaluation takes place in three phases: 1. Eligibility evaluation 2. Benefit and quality evaluation 3. Administrative compliance (only for projects which have been selected for funding). The CPMA has the right to decide which evaluation - either evaluation of the benefits and quality of projects or evaluation of the eligibility of projects - should be carried out first, or to carry out both of these evaluations simultaneously. Priority will be given to projects that : Increase the publicity of services and the interest of service recipients; (including the organization of a publicity campaign that meets the needs of the target group); Cooperate with occupation promoting institutions and organizations; Provide for provision of services in the municipality (municipalities) with a higher demand for the services in terms of assessment of incidence of depression and anxiety, and of the number of psychologist positions occupied; Are implemented in weak territories and in territories with a set of social indicators of moderate weakness. At least two independent experts shall conduct the benefit and quality evaluation of each eligible application. Applications shall be scored in accordance with benefit and quality evaluation criteria, which may not be changed in the course of the evaluation of projects. The criteria and the maximum possible score according to each criterion are indicated in Annex 7 to the Guidelines. The overall maximum score, which may be given according to all criteria of evaluation of the project’s benefit and quality, shall be 100. 50 shall be the minimum mandatory score for projects to receive support under this call. At the time of the eligibility evaluation of applications, the CPMA may ask the Applicant to submit the missing information and/ or documents. Applications shall be evaluated for no more than 90 days after the deadline for the submission of applications specified in the call for applications.
Total budget of the Call	€ 271 690
Minimum and maximum grant applied	The minimum grant applied for shall not be less than €45.000,00 The maximum grant applied for shall not be more than €142.000,00
Project grant rate	The grant rate is up to 100% of the total eligible expenditure of a project.
Duration of the projects	Up to 29 months
Contacts for more information	Central Project Management Agency (CPMA) E-mail: eeagrants@cpva.lt, Tel. (+370) 653 65265 Reply to questions posed by e-mail will be provided within 5 working days after the receipt of the enquiry at the CPMA.
Important	Guidelines for the applicants Annex No 1 Annex No 2 Annex No 3 Annex No 4 Annex No 5 Annex No 6 Annex No 7 Annex No 8 Annex No 9 Annex No 10