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Decision of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of 10 December 2014, 173/2014, establishing a subsidy ceiling and policy rules for subsidisation under the 2006 Grant Aid Scheme Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Detainee mentoring) 2015 -2016)
The Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Having regard to Article 6 of the Subsidy Decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Article 2.6 of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 2006 ,
Decision:
For grant aid in the context of Article 2.6 of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 2006 With a view to financing activities in the field of counselling for Dutch detainees abroad, the policy rules attached to this Decision shall apply.
1 For subsidy on the basis of Article 2.6 of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 2006 With a view to financing activities in the field of counselling for Dutch detainees abroad, a grant ceiling of € 2,450,000 will be applied for the period from 1 April 2015 to 31 December 2016, with the exception of: that the associated cash expenditures do not exceed € 1,050,000 in 2015 and € 1,400,000 in 2016.
2 The amounts listed in paragraph 1 are the following amounts for the following forms of assistance from Dutch detainees and foreign countries:
a. Resocial isation activities: € 962,500 (€ 412,500 in 2015 and € 550,000 in 2016);
b. Legal advisory activities: € 525,000 (€ 225,000 in 2015 and € 300,000 in 2016);
c. activities in the field of care: € 831.250 (€ 356,250 in 2015 and € 475,000 in 2016);
d. issuing a journal that supports the counseling of detainees abroad: € 131,250 (€ 56,250 in 2015 and € 75,000 in 2016).
3 Eligibility of loans is subject to the condition that sufficient funds are made available for the part of the subsidy which is charged to an outstanding budget.
Applications for a grant under Detainee Counselling 2015-2016 shall be submitted from the moment of entry into force of this Decision until 13 February 2015.
The allocation of the subsidy ceiling shall be based on an assessment carried out in accordance with the criteria set out in the Annex to this Decision, on the understanding that all applications which comply with the criteria are the applications which the aid must be granted. -best to meet those criteria for the first eligibility of the grant, within the framework of a balanced distribution as referred to in Article 2 (1). Article 8 (d) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Subsidies .
This Decision shall enter into force as from the day following the day of the Official Journal of the Official Journal, in which it is placed and shall expire on 1 January 2017.
TheMinister
from Foreign Affairs, on behalf of these,the Director-General for European Cooperation,
R.E. de Groot
One of the parts of the Minister of Foreign Affairs ' s consular policy is the policy on the custody of the detainees abroad. The aim of the detainee guidance is to contribute to the welfare of Dutch detainees in foreign prisons, by promoting humane conditions during detention, resocialisation and promoting adequate detention. rule of law with a view to ensuring a balanced commitment of available resources worldwide. The monitoring of this is carried out in the case of detainees who have indicated their price, by visiting embassy staff and through contacts with private organisations receiving subsidies for this purpose. In addition, there is consultation with lawyers and local authorities by the ministry and the posts abroad.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has for the period from 1 April 2015 until 31 December 2016 for activities in the area of detainee mentoring by private organisations € 2,450,000. Of this available amount, € 962,500 is meant for activities under resocialization, € 525,000 for legal advice activities, € 831.250 for activities in the form of provision of care and € 131,250 for the project. issue of a periodical periodical for the detainees.
Of course, the general law governing law governing the grant of subsidies in the context of the rules of detention is subject to the rule of law. Subsidizing activities for the assistance of Dutch detainees abroad applies in addition to the following: Grant Decision Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Subsidy Scheme Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2006 next.
In the case of grant aid in the context of counselling in custody, the following shall be eligible activities in the field of:
• Resocialization: supporting the resocialisation in the Netherlands of Dutch detainees who wish to return to the Netherlands after their detention, for example by deploying volunteers who visit detainees, organize courses, advise on financial matters before and after the detention.
• Legal advice: providing general legal advice for the fair and proper judicial process of Dutch detainees, for example by informing detainees and/or their contact information about the local government. legal course, the deployment of a local lawyer, Wots-requests. 1 . It is not a question of (the hiring of) legal assistance which leads to interference in the national law.
• Care for inmates who are additional to care already given by local prisons to Dutch detainees in countries that Not included in the country list of Annex 1 to this Annex. It should be a matter of social, social or mental health. 2
• The issuing of a periodical periodical in the Dutch language supporting the counselling of detainees abroad. The commitment is to inform the detainee of all the possibilities of detention offered to him and to pay attention to all elements of the prisoners ' existence, through the mutual expertise of organisations which are responsible for the development of the prisoners. subsidy received under this Decision and BZ.
Preference has to be given to these activities from the country of detention, via a local network of volunteers, employees and/or experts, preferably in the Dutch language (the journal should be entirely in Dutch). issued). The issuing of a periodical periodical does not have a preference for the country where this activity is being carried out.
Organisations eligible for grant in the context of counselling services are Dutch legal persons who are registered in the Netherlands. This is because it is the guidance of Dutch prisoners, for whom the link with the Netherlands is important. The organisation must have a local network of volunteers, staff and/or experts, or should be able to build it in the short term. In addition, the organisation should have relevant experience in the field of custody counselling in the Netherlands and/or abroad.
Each application shall relate to one of the four categories of assistance mentioned above. An organization may submit multiple requests.
Applications may also be submitted on behalf of a grouping of organisations as defined above. In the case of a joint application, one of them shall act as a manager on behalf of all of them, the other shall be the co-applicants. If such an application is to be honoured, the pener becomes the recipient of the grant. It shall be fully responsible and approachable for the execution of the activities envisaged and for the fulfilment of the obligations attached to the grant of the grant.
Eligible costs shall be eligible:
• training costs that are made to promote the expertise of (local) volunteers;
• charges for a periodical periodical for the detainees, including dissemination costs, to the extent that these costs are not covered by the other costs mentioned in this paragraph;
• costs for small prisoners;
• Course fees for inmates targeting resocialisation;
• travel expenses, on the basis of economy class and with comfort class used by Dutch airlines, or a price of a similar class of other carriers;
• costs of the hiring of legal advice for the promotion of a meticulous process of justice;
• Costs of directly productive hours, such as the elaboration of reports, accompanying volunteers, producing and writing for a leaf for the benefit of detainees;
• Any special costs which may not be included in the budget shall be subject to the authorization of the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Furthermore, the related indirect costs (overhead) are eligible.
Non-eligible costs have been incurred for taxirrides or hotel nights in the Netherlands.
In order to qualify for the grant of grants under the Eligibility Rules, a grant application must, in any event, comply with the following criteria:
(1) The applicant shall be a Dutch legal person, established in the Netherlands, with relevant experience in the field of custody of the person concerned;
2. The organisation has a local network of volunteers, staff and/or experts, or is able to build it in the short term.
(3) The application concerns activities in the field of one or more of the following forms of custody counselling:
(a) rehabilitation of Dutch prisoners who, after detention, intend to return to the Netherlands;
(b) legal advice to Dutch detainees;
(c) care of Dutch inmates, additional care already given by local prisons, socially, socially or spiritually, to detainees in countries that are not Not included in the country list of Annex 1 to this Annex;
(d) publish four times a year, with information on Dutch consular assistance, resocialization, legal advice and care.
If one or more of these criteria is not met, the application shall be rejected and not further assessed.
Grant applications in the framework of support for detention shall be assessed on the basis of the following criteria, to which a sufficient degree of eligibility must be made for eligibility to be awarded under the custody of the detention facility:
1. The extent to which the activities tailored contribute to the welfare of Dutch detainees in foreign prisons;
2. The extent to which the activities are effective;
3. The extent to which the activities are cost-effective, aiming at the maximum use of locally available expertise and limiting the number of travel movements from the Netherlands;
4. The extent to which the activities are offered in the Dutch language as far as the detainee to be accompanied has been governed by this language;
5. The extent to which the activities are carried out by deployment of local volunteers, staff members and/or experts;
6. The extent to which the proposal has been worked out in Objectives, Results, Activities and Resources and the links between them;
7. The extent to which the proposal is formulated specifically, measurable, Acceptable, Realistic and Time-bound.
8. In addition, for the individual categories of activities, the following specific assessment criteria are applicable:
a. Legal advice: The manner in which and the extent to which it is ensured that:
• advice is given only if the detainee has explicitly asked for it;
• the opinion has a demonstrable added value. This can be done, for example, in the case of unirrevocable criminal cases, legally complex cases, cases where there is no adequate local legal assistance, cases where possible the death penalty may be imposed.
b. Ensure the manner in which and the extent to which it is ensured that:
• the care is of social, social and spiritual nature;
• the care through a local network and is granted directly through personal conversations.
c. Magazine: the manner in which and the extent to which it is ensured that:
• Information to detainees is to be established in cooperation with other organisations receiving subsidy under this Decision and the Ministry of BZ;
• The magazine correctly informs the detainee of all the possibilities offered to be offered by the Dutch authorities in the case of the custody of the detainees;
• The magazine pays attention to all elements of the detention of prisoners.
If these assessment criteria are not met to a sufficient extent, the application shall be rejected.
Organisations that make a grant application in the context of counselling services should be eligible to receive grants, first of all to comply with the threshold criteria set out in Section IV. The applications that meet this will then be assessed on the basis of the assessment criteria set out in paragraph V.
The evaluation of applications and the allocation and allocation of funds available for custody counselling are carried out through a tender: the quality of all applications complying with the criteria of those policy rules is assessed. according to the same criteria. The applications which best meet the criteria will be the first to qualify for a grant. The Minister decides on the grant of subsidy in accordance with the order of precedence.
If the available resources are not sufficient to fully honour all applications which have been assessed as sufficient, the allocation of funds on these applications will then be made on the basis of a ranking of applications. in response to the outcome of the assessment. In the final distribution of resources, the extent to which an application will be honoured will be related to the extent to which the criteria are met. This method of distribution shall apply to each sub-ceiling set out in Article 2, second paragraph , of the Decision to which this Annex belongs.
The application serves with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Executive Board of Consular Affairs and Migration Policy, Department of Consular Affairs, Postbus 20061, 2500 EB Den Haag, receiving no later than on 13 February 2015 . Applications should be made complete and unqualified and signed in law.
The application shall be accompanied by: 3 :
• an activity plan,
• a specified budget,
• a liquidity forecast;
• the 2013 annual report.
If the activities extend over a period of more than 12 months, it shall also be carried forward:
• a global overview of the activities for the remaining period of the period of application of the grant application,
• a financial estimate for this period.
Andorra;
Australia
Belgium;
Bulgaria;
Canada;
Cyprus;
Denmark;
Germany;
Estonia;
Finland;
France;
Greece;
Hungary;
Ireland;
Italy;
Iceland;
Japan;
Croatia;
Latvia;
Liechtenstein;
Lithuania;
Luxembourg;
Malta;
Monaco;
New Zealand;
Norway;
Austria;
Poland;
Portugal;
Romania;
San Marino;
Singapore;
Slovenia;
Slovakia;
Spain;
Czech Republic;
Vatican City;
United Kingdom;
Sweden;
Switzerland.
