Key Benefits:
Law 13/2013 of 2 August, promoting the integration of cooperatives and other associations of agricultural and food sectors, promotes a structural reform of the agri-food sector to provide the institutions with The most competitive partners, through their integration.
The law contains two development instruments. On the one hand, the State Plan of Associative Integration; and on the other, the Royal Decree 550/2014, of 27 June, for which the requirements and the procedure for the recognition of the Priority Associative Entities are developed and for their registration and low in the National Register of Priority Associative Entities, provided for in Law 13/2013, of August 2. In this way, a legal regime of associative entities whose territorial scope extends to more than one autonomous community is established.
On the other hand, the policy of supporting the formation of leaders and managers of priority associative entities, is a fundamental measure within the actions to be developed in the framework of the rural development programming. for the period 2014-2020.
The procedure followed for this has been the following. Following the adoption of the Association Agreement between Spain and the European Union which established the main strategic lines for the European Structural and Investment Funds, the National Framework for the Programming of Rural Development (adopted by Commission Implementing Decision of 13 February 2015 approving the National Framework for Rural Development of Spain (National Framework for Rural Development) is the document marking the most concrete guidelines for actions that can be established in the National Programme of Rural development and includes a reference to " a set of measures to support the processes of cooperative integration, the beneficiaries of which will be associative entities classified as priorities under Law 13/2013 of 2 August. "
As stated above, the National Framework for Rural Development 2014-2020 presented by the Kingdom of Spain and approved by the European Commission through the Implementing Decision of the Commission of 26 May 2015 approving the National Programme for Rural Development of Spain (hereinafter NDRC) 2014-2020 for the purpose of granting aid from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (JRC 2014ES06RDNP001) with the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013, concerning support for rural development through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.
This Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 allows Member States to present a National Programme and a set of national programmes as a novelty for the period 2007-2013. regional programmes, ensuring coherence between national and regional strategies.
On the other hand, in the Sectoral Conference on Agriculture and Rural Development of 24 and 25 July 2013, the elaboration of a NDRC with a maximum EAFRD allocation of 238 million euros was agreed, with the amount of funds being additional rural development allocated to Spain in the period 2014-2020 compared to the previous period.
In the NDRC, one of the measures included is support for vocational training and skills acquisition actions, as provided for in Article 14.1 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2015 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 and reflected in measure 8.2.1. M01 (8.2.1.3.1 submeasure 1.1) of the NPNR. The action included in the above plan focuses on support for vocational training actions and the acquisition of skills for managers or leaders of priority associations of a supra-regional nature, and agri-food.
Therefore, the aid established by this royal decree of regulatory bases is framed within the NDRC, financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment and the EAFRD and regulated by the Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December.
These aids to vocational training and the acquisition of skills seek to facilitate innovation and the incorporation of new technologies and knowledge, increasing the productivity and efficiency of these entities and, in Finally, improving their ability to compete in a global market, promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, enabling higher levels of employment, productivity and contributing to greater economic, social and economic cohesion. territorial.
The associative integration operations envisaged in the NDRC are part of the policy of promoting the integration of the first links in the food chain aimed at strengthening the negotiating position of the supply chain. from the sector, in all the trade relations that govern trade in the food chain.
It is therefore intended to change the current agro-food associative configuration to adapt it to the new challenges, by means of instruments and measures that entrust the associative entities with a greater role in our system agri-food, through the configuration of more effective structures which are set up as a model of cooperation and cooperation par excellence, making their business structures within the framework of business excellence and a more efficient and more competitive productive system which is in the interest of all members of the food chain to the final consumer and continue to be a vertebrate and dynamic living, coherent and inclusive fabric of the rural fabric.
As a result of this knowledge transfer, competitiveness and sustainability, including energy efficiency and innovation, are expected to be promoted and the knowledge base of the priority associative entities will be increased. Thus, the ultimate goal of this transfer of knowledge will be to improve the living conditions of rural areas where the priority associative entity is located.
In relation to the rule range and in accordance with the established constitutional case law (STC 175/2003, of September 30) (STC 156/2011, of October 18) it is appropriate for its regulation to establish by royal decree, to the These are basic rules of state competition. Likewise, from the formal point of view, the doctrine of the Constitutional Court requires the establishment of the regulatory basis for grants by means of a rule with a law or royal decree, in its judgment 156/2011 of 18 October (FJ 7). states that ' In the case of a formal perspective, the subvencional regulation in question must also satisfy the formal requirements of the basic rules contained in the previously reproduced STC 69/1988, FJ 5. From this formal perspective, it is necessary to start from the fact that in the areas of shared competence in which, as in this case, it is up to the State to establish the basic norms and the autonomous communities the normative development and the implementation of these bases, the implementation of the subsidized programs must be made with the support of the formal law whenever possible, or, in any case, through the regulatory norm of the government that regulates the central aspects of the the legal system of grants, which must include at least the purpose and purpose of the aid, its mode or technical modalities, the beneficiaries and the essential requirements for access ... This criterion regarding the formal coverage of the basic regulation must be demanded, even with greater rigour, in the cases of state subsidies centralized in the material areas in which the Constitution reserves the State This is a basic principle, since this centralised management is an exception which limits the ordinary exercise by the autonomous communities of their powers. "
Taking into account the doctrine of the Constitutional Court the centralized management of the funds allocated to the grants referred to in this royal decree is foreseen as the most appropriate means to ensure the full effectiveness of the measures within the basic management of the sector, and to ensure the same possibilities of obtaining and enjoyment by their potential recipients throughout the national territory, by establishing a uniform criteria for access to aid, which are essential in this case where the aid is not it is compartmentalized, but extends to the whole of the production system, while at the same time being a necessary means of preventing the total amount of such aid from exceeding the European Union funds allocated to them. In addition, this form of management is supported by the fact that the promotion measures, the implementation of which is intended to achieve this rule, affect the whole of the sector, so they only make sense if their character is maintained. supra-land.
In this respect and in accordance with the established constitutional jurisprudence in the field of public aid, in this royal decree the circumstances that will protect the centralization of the aids are given, according to the "fourth assumption" of the Judgment of the Constitutional Court 13/1992, in its Legal Foundation (8.D) described in the preceding paragraph, thus corresponding to the centralised management, when it is essential to ensure the full effectiveness of the measures of promotion within the basic management of the sector, to guarantee the same possibilities of to obtain and enjoy the same by their potential recipients throughout the national territory, while at the same time being a means necessary to avoid exceeding the overall amount of the funds or appropriations which have been allocated to the sector (SSTC 95/1986; 152/1988 and 201/1988).
This system of support for the actions of professional training and acquisition of competences is managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, based on article 149.1.13. which attributes to the State the competence on the basis and the general coordination of economic activity.
Thus, in the words of the judgment of the Constitutional Court 45/2001 of 15 February, ' Article 149.1.13 EC may cover both State rules laying down the guidelines and the overall criteria for the management of sectors. (a) specific economic measures, such as forecasts for actions or special measures which are essential for the achievement of the objectives proposed in that order (STC 155/1996, 9 October, F. 4 and the case-law cited). In short, the State has reserved, by the aforementioned Article 149.1.13, a management competence in which they have basic rules and, likewise, forecasts of actions or singular measures that are necessary to achieve the objectives proposed in the field of industry management (STC 117/1992 of 16 September).
This is due to its cross-cutting character, since there is still competition on an economic sub-sector which an autonomous community has assumed to be 'exclusive' in its Statute, this competence does not preclude competition In order to establish the bases and coordination of this sub-sector, the autonomous exercise of this exclusive competence may be conditioned by State measures, which in the exercise of their own and differentiated competence can be deployed. autonomously on various fields or subjects, provided that the aim pursued responds effectively to an objective of economic planning " (Judgment of the Constitutional Court 74/2014, of May 8).
Likewise, the STC 11/2015, FJ 4, for referral to STC 79/1992, of 28 May, FJ 2, has recalled that " the field of agriculture and livestock is of those that for its importance tolerate the fixing of guidelines and global planning criteria as well as forecasts of actions or unique measures that are necessary to achieve the proposed objectives within the management of each sector, highlighting that " ... in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry, being the specific competence of the autonomous communities ... the State may intervene by virtue of its general powers on the general management of the economy. ""
The doctrine on the use of supra-land as a criterion for the allocation of powers to the State is recalled in STC 27/2014 of 13 February, FJ 4, in the following terms: The principle of subsidiarity is a determining criterion for the allocation or transfer of the ownership of powers to the State in areas, in principle, reserved for the autonomous powers, in accordance with our doctrine, which may only take place " where no connection point allowing the exercise to be established (a) of the autonomous powers or where, in addition to the supra-regional character of the phenomenon which is the subject of competition, it is not possible to split public activity on it and, even in this case, provided that such action cannot be (a) to be exercised by means of cooperation or coordination and, therefore, require a degree of homogeneity which can only guarantee its attribution to a single holder, necessarily the State, and where it is necessary to have recourse to a supra- ability to integrate competing interests of its partial components, without forgetting the imminent danger of irreparable damage, which places us in the field of state of need (STC 102/1995, 26 June, FJ 8) "(STC 35/2012, FJ 5, by appointment of STCl 194/2011, FJ 5)".
Article 149.1.13. EC may in certain cases justify the reservation of executive functions to the State and also allow the use of supra-land as a title of jurisdiction to the State, but to (a) it is possible to be considered in accordance with the competition law two conditions must be fulfilled: that the action in question must be reserved for the State to ensure that the purpose of economic planning is completed; is pursued, which could not be achieved without such a reservation, and, on the other hand, that the use of Supra-land criterion is justified in the terms of our doctrine, that is, taking into account both the reasons provided and the congruence of the reserve of the function with the rule of the norm.
According to the High Court's doctrine, it is a matter of exercising certain measures of promotion for the integration of agricultural associative entities whose scope of action is supra-regional, that is, that they act beyond the territorial scope which constitutes the limit within which the autonomous communities exercise their powers, the principle of territoriality, which is fundamental in this case in which the aid is not compartmentalised, but extends to the Spain as a whole. Centralised management by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment ensures that uniform criteria are applied to avoid fragmentation in access to such aid and thus favour the same possibilities. to obtain and benefit from the potential recipients who live in different autonomous communities but which are integrated into a single entity with a supra-territorial scope.
In this way, an adequate application is guaranteed with the same criteria to all the possible stakeholders throughout the national territory and avoid partial or incomplete visions, as when the criterion of a community It will prevail against the rest and will administratively affect operators with no territorial and economic links. It is also intended to avoid overlaps with other regional aid which is granted for the same purposes and which are fully managed by the autonomous communities. Therefore, the potential beneficiaries of such aid are required to have members or activity in several autonomous communities, so that the regional powers are not only not affected but the objectives of the The integration of entities is reinforced with this line of state management aids.
In this sense, it is intended, jointly, to strengthen our agro-food associationism, to break with the current atomization of the food industries and to overcome economic and regional borders, through the faculty state of laying the foundations and coordinating the general planning of economic activity and the general power to lay foundations in the field of cooperativism. In this respect, the judgments of the Constitutional Court 72/1983, 44/1984, 165/1985 and 88/1989, which expressly attribute exclusive competence to the State on cooperatives of the supra-regional scope, must be recalled.
The management and implementation of the programme's operations is the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, through the Directorate-General for Rural Development and Forestry Policy, as the managing authority of the the programme, as set out in Article 7 of Royal Decree No 1080/2014 of 19 December 2014 establishing the arrangements for the coordination of the management authorities for rural development programmes for the period 2014-2020.
For the operations of professional training and acquisition of competences, regulated in this royal decree, the Directorate General of Rural Development and Forestry Policy has delegated the management and execution of the same in the Directorate General of the Food Industry and the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA) jointly, by means of the corresponding delegation agreement dated October 30, 2015.
Entities applying for this aid may not receive support for the same purpose and subject to Regional Rural Development Programmes, or other public or private, national or public authorities, or
This royal decree is issued under the protection of Article 149.1.13 of the Constitution, which attributes to the State exclusive competence in the field of bases and coordination of the general planning of economic and social activity. Pursuant to the provisions of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, General of Grants, the regulatory bases for these grants are established.
In the procedure for drawing up this royal decree, the autonomous communities and the entities representing the interests of the sectors concerned have been consulted.
In addition, the mandatory reports of the Delegate Intervention and the State Advocate have been issued in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of Law 38/2003 of 26 November.
In its virtue, on the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, with the prior approval of the Minister of Finance and Public Administrations and after deliberation of the Council of Ministers at its meeting of the day 29 July 2016,
DISPONGO:
Article 1. Object.
The present royal decree aims to establish the regulatory bases for the granting, in competitive competition, grants for the performance of professional training and acquisition of Competencies addressed to managers and leaders of priority associative entities of agri-food and supra-regional character, recognized in accordance with Royal Decree 550/2014, of 27 June, for which the requirements and the procedure for the recognition of the Associative Entities Priority and for registration and low in the National Register of Priority Associative Entities, provided for in Law 13/2013 of 2 August, promoting the integration of cooperatives and other associative entities of character agri-food.
The actions regulated by this royal decree of bases are framed in the National Program of Rural Development (PNDR), financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) and the Fund European Agricultural Rural Development Fund (EAFRD) and regulated by Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December on support for rural development through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005.
Article 2. Definitions.
For the purposes of applying this royal decree, the following definitions shall apply:
1. Beneficiary: The training service provider. Such training entities shall undertake to carry out the entire activity subject to aid in accordance with the provisions of this royal decree and may be public or private entities.
2. Priority associative entity: Aquella that has been recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, in accordance with the procedure set out in Royal Decree 550/2014, of June 27,.
3. Leader: Member (holder or alternate) of the Governing Council of the priority associative entity in the year in which the grant is requested. Members of the Governing Councils or Boards of Directors of the base entities or companies that are part of the priority associative entity are excluded.
4. Manager: Person employed by the priority associative entity, with contract in force in the year of application of the grant and who provides high management, management and representation tasks, in the terms established in Article 1 of the Royal Decree 1382/1985 of 1 August, which regulates the special employment relationship of senior management staff, as well as those responsible for the departmental areas of the priority associative entities. Advisers with or without a contractual relationship with the priority associative entity and the managers or advisors of the entities or companies of bases that are part of the priority associative entity are excluded.
5. Training programme: Functional application and implementation unit, with a defined budget. Their description and requirements are set out in Article 6.
6. Budget year: From 1 January to 31 December.
Article 3. Beneficiaries.
The aid provided for in this royal decree may be eligible for the training providers of training services as defined in Article 2.1 which meet the requirements of Article 5.
Article 4. Objectives of the training.
1. The training directed to managers and leaders of the priority associative entities will be focused on the business administration studies, which will allow them to design strategies and competitive business models. This training shall be carried out in a training programme as described in Article 6.
2. Training should contribute to the improvement of competitiveness, sustainability, including energy efficiency and innovation of products offered by the priority associative entities to which managers and leaders belong, as well. as an increase in the knowledge base of such entities.
Article 5. Requirements of the beneficiaries.
1. Beneficiaries are to comply with the requirements and obligations laid down in Articles 13 and 14 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, General of Grants, as well as Article 29 of the same law.
2. They shall demonstrate appropriate economic resources by means of the required documentation referred to in Article 11 (1) (i)
3. They shall demonstrate experience of at least 2 years in this type of training by means of the documentation required for this purpose in Article 11.1.h
4. They must prove that they have sufficient and appropriate staff in relation to the scope of the training service and the significant experience in the specific field in which this training is intended to be provided through the documentation required in Article 11 (1) (j)
5. Those entities which are in a crisis situation, as defined in the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty, cannot be beneficiaries of this aid, according to the Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial firms in difficulty (Communication 2014 /C 249/01 of the Commission of 31 July 2014).
Article 6. Training programme (PF).
1. The beneficiary shall submit a document called the Training Programme together with the aid application.
2. The Training Programme consists of a set of actions which the beneficiary will complete within the framework of each grant application. This is an instrument developed by the service provider, which may be adapted in terms of the agenda imparted and the number of hours dedicated to each of the aspects referred to in point 3.b), after a first workshop in which the process of identification and analysis of the training needs for leaders and managers of the priority associative entities will be carried out. These possible adaptations shall not be considered as amendments to the effect of Article 14 of this Royal Decree.
3. The Training Programme shall consist of three types of activities to be carried out in the training programme:
a) Workshop: a performance used as a tool to identify or identify training needs of the priority associative entities to whose managers or leaders the training is directed. It will consist of:
1. A theoretical-practical session in which the learning model or learning system will be designed.
2. º Questionnaires and interviews on training needs of the whole.
3. Meetings of no more than 15 people, maximum 2 (16 hours) days, combining theory and practice.
b) Training and learning activities: training courses with a minimum duration of 100 hours and related to the following:
1. Description of the agro-food cooperative sector in Spain and the European Union. The socio-economic, legal and institutional framework in which it is framed with particular reference to the common agricultural policy and the specific regulations of agricultural enterprises, in general, and cooperative societies in particular.
2. Modos to develop strategies and policies from the organizational, financial and decision-making perspective, acquiring capabilities to differentiate strategic decisions from those executive.
3. Knowledge on commercial tools for the promotion of agri-food products, providing tools for the application of innovation and its intangible derivatives that allow for the greater visibility of national and international markets. Establish marketing strategies that seek to innovate and internationalize the products of the cooperative society.
4. Knowledge about the keys to the analysis of financial statements with specific application to the cooperative society in order to understand in practice the financial analysis of the cooperative society and the sector.
5. Tools to ensure the efficiency of the priority associative entity from the financial and management point of view. This efficiency will include the incorporation of energy efficiency criteria into business management.
6. Tools to improve the integral sustainability of the priority associative entity: Environmental sustainability and the fight against climate change, economic sustainability and social sustainability (including Corporate Social Responsibility).
7. General knowledge on environmental regulations. Knowledge on Environmental Management Systems may be included.
8. Specific knowledge and skills on the methods of production of production plans, real and financial, as well as the necessary tools of management and business administration.
9. Knowledge of skills in the use of certain specific computer applications for specific needs of the priority associative entities: organizational, productive, commercial, financial, etc. Make it possible to use the new management tools that exist in the market. Transmit the necessary improvement in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
10. Knowledge for the permanent analysis of the financial instruments with which the priority associative entity can count to obtain the necessary financing, own and foreign to develop investment projects. Knowledge on the instruments of public funding, of autonomous, national or European Union communities could be given at this point. Show the methods of investment valuation and business valuation analysis applicable to priority associative entities.
11. º Knowledge for the analysis of the keys to success and failure of the integration processes in Spain and abroad to develop models that will allow to increase the dimension of the priority associative entities and their efficiency.
12. º Analysis of the integration processes (including mergers) of cooperative societies from the point of view of the partner and society, taking into account the processes that are developed in the company.
13. Strategies for maintenance in the time of putting in value achieved after training. Enable stable internal communication within the priority associative entities.
14. Other topics of interest for the management and management of priority associative entities.
c) Strengthening acquired knowledge and skills. It will consist of the development of training activities and start-up of the priority associative entity (coaching in company) as personalized services to respond to specific needs, training the managers or leaders to put into practice the knowledge and skills to be acquired.
4. The Training Programme shall have at least the following contents:
a) Memory of the performances:
1. Objectives.
2. Justification.
3. Territorial Scope/Localization.
4. Description of concrete actions.
5. º Recipients of each of the formative performances.
6. Budget.
b) For each of the training actions:
1. Objectives.
2. º Mode:
In the case of workshops, the proposed questionnaires and interviews will also be included.
In the case of courses, the content will be described in detail.
In the case of the reinforcement of the knowledge and skills acquired, the number of actions and the length of stay of the teaching staff in the priority associative entity will be described in particular.
3. Duration.
4. No. Estimated number of students or participants.
5. Province.
6. Date (sufficient indication of the quarter of the year in which the activity is estimated to be carried out).
7. Schedule Schedule.
8. Budget.
c) Resources for each of the training actions:
1. Location.
2. Technical means and expected materials: texts and consumables used in the activities.
3. Human Resources:
Own or external teaching staff (full name, title and curriculum vitae).
Support staff (full name, title and curriculum vitae).
4. Budget of the planned expenditure for the training programme as a whole, broken down into line items, detailing workshops, courses and scheduled training.
5. The maximum duration of the implementation of the Training Programme shall be determined in the relevant call for aid, not exceeding one year from the submission of the aid application.
6. No aid shall be granted for activities undertaken prior to the submission of an aid application.
Article 7. Incompatibility with other aids.
1. The perception of the aid provided for in this royal decree will be incompatible with the perception of other subsidies, aid, revenue or resources for the same purpose, from any public or private authorities or authorities. national, European Union or international bodies.
2. In particular, they shall be incompatible with aid granted in accordance with:
(a) Order AAA/1834/2014 of 2 October establishing the regulatory basis for the award of high training grants for managers and managers of food chain companies.
(b) Training grants from the European Social Fund for the period 2014-2020.
(c) Training grants from the Rural Development Programmes of the Autonomous Communities for the period 2014-2020.
3. The applicant shall provide a declaration at the time of the aid application that it does not receive any incompatible aid.
Article 8. Eligible expenditure.
1. Expenditure directly related to the organisation, implementation and delivery of the actions referred to in the training programme, in particular the following concepts, shall be eligible:
(a) Direct staff costs: teaching and coordination staff.
b) Indirect costs: costs that are not linked or cannot be directly linked to a specific activity of the entity concerned. These costs include, for example, telephone, water or electricity costs. These costs shall be calculated at a fixed rate of 15% of the direct costs of eligible personnel (referred to in paragraph a), as set out in Article 68 (1) (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of 17 December 2013.
c) Purchase of teaching materials, texts and consumables used in the activities. Storage computing devices provided to attendees such as CDs or USB sticks are included.
d) Rental of third-party facilities required for the development of the activity.
e) Costs of displacement, accommodation and maintenance of external teachers and students, motivated by the realization of didactic trips provided for in the Training Program.
(f) Insurance for the accident of teaching staff and students and, where appropriate, the amount of the policy or financial guarantee covering civil liability in order to deal with the risks to property and persons arising from the implementation of the training activities.
2. Eligible expenditure shall be those which are incurred within the eligible period and do not exceed the maximum eligible limits laid down in Annex I. The eligible period of expenditure shall be from the submission of the aid application up to the date fixed by the relevant call. However, until the relevant concession resolution is published, no right to the perception of aid will be generated.
3. Expenditure must be in response to actual expenditure actually incurred, paid and justified by means of invoices or accounting documents of equivalent probative value. Such justification shall not be necessary in the case of indirect costs referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 of this Article in accordance with Article 60 (4) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 17 December 2013.
4. No eligible expenditure shall be:
a) Financial expenses: interest, leasing, etc.
b) Purchase of computer equipment (other than data storage), equipment or buildings.
c) Installations of installations.
(d) Value added tax, except where it is not eligible for recovery by the beneficiary.
Article 9. Intensity, duration and amount of aid.
1. The aid may be one hundred per cent of the eligible expenditure incurred for the action, within the limits laid down in the second subparagraph.
2. The maximum help limit per Training Program is:
a) By workshop: maximum of 500 euros per student participant.
b) For training and learning activities: maximum of 5,000 euros per pupil to be trained.
c) By training: maximum of 2,500 euros per student participant.
3. The maximum amount to be paid to the beneficiary after the justification for expenditure referred to in Article 16 shall be conditional on the students having obtained the title of use.
Article 10. Submission of requests for help.
1. Once the corresponding call is published in the National Database of Grants (BDNS), http://www.igae.pap.minhap.gob.es, and an extract thereof, in the "Official State Gazette", the requests will be addressed to the President of the Fund Spanish de Garantía Agraria, and will be presented in the General Register of the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund, c/Beneficencia, n. º 8, Madrid, or in any of the places provided for in Article 38.4 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, of Regime Legal of Public Administrations and of the Common Administrative Procedure.
2. The time limit for the submission of applications shall be that laid down in the relevant notice and, if not established, within the period of 20 days from the day following that of the publication of the extract of the call in question. "Official State Gazette".
3. Applications shall be formalised in accordance with the model of the instance accompanying each call.
4. The electronic submission of the application, as appropriate, as well as the additional documentation specified in the respective calls, shall be made in the terms provided for in the call, in accordance with the provisions of Law 11/2007, of 22 June, for the electronic access of citizens to Public Services.
5. A request shall be made for each Training Programme, submitted in accordance with Article 6, on which the grant is intended to be awarded.
Article 11. Documentation accompanying the request.
1. The application shall be accompanied by the following documentation, without prejudice to the possibility that such documentation may be extended or modified for each annual call.
(a) Declaration of not being incourseable in any of the assumptions of Article 13.2 and 3 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, according to the model to be established in the corresponding call.
(b) Statement of failure to receive any incompatible aid, as well as aid, where appropriate, obtained for the same purpose from public authorities or public or private entities, according to the model which shall be set out in the relevant call.
(c) The applicant's statement of the sources and amounts of the requested funding from public or other public or private authorities for the same purpose.
(d) Declaration of not being in a crisis situation in accordance with Community legislation or pending recovery of any financial assistance from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), according to model set out in the relevant call.
The application for aid involves authorization to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, to obtain from the Tax Agency and the General Treasury of Social Security, information regarding compliance with the tax and social security obligations. However, the applicant may expressly refuse the consent, and must provide the corresponding certificates together with the application to establish compliance with the tax and social security obligations.
e) A Training Program as specified in Article 6.
(f) Declaration by the priority associative entity on the interest of the entity in relation to the Training Programme which is the subject of the grant.
g) If the beneficiary has applied for the Tax Administration to be classified as a private entity or establishment in accordance with the provisions of Article 20.3 of Law 37/1992 of 28 December 1992, Value added tax must be provided by the document issued for that purpose.
(h) a declaration stating that it has the experience referred to in Article 5.3, 5.4 or Annex II in training services, in the social economy and in cooperation and, where appropriate, in training activities aimed at young people and women, according to the model to be established in the relevant call.
i) Documents showing that they have appropriate economic resources in relation to the extent of the provision of the training service.
j) Proof of constitution, resources, personnel and experience, in accordance with the provisions of Article 5.4.
k) Declaration of collaboration in the monitoring and evaluation tasks according to the model set out in Annex III.
l) Presentation of three offers from different suppliers when the amount of eligible expenditure exceeds the amount of EUR 18,000 in the case of supply of equipment or equipment, except for the special features of the eligible expenditure does not exist on the market sufficient number of entities supplying or providing them, in accordance with the provisions of Law 38/2003 of 17 November. This item shall be accompanied by a memory indicating the option chosen when it is not the most advantageous economic proposal.
m) Any other documentation that the data subject considers necessary and accurate so that all the valuation criteria listed in Annex II to this royal decree can be properly valued.
2. The application shall contain the express authorisation to the instructor to verify the identity data of the legal representative of the requesting entity, by consulting the Identity Data Verification System provided for in the Article Only, paragraph 3, of Royal Decree 522/2006 of 28 April 2006 abolishing the provision of photocopies of identity documents in the administrative procedures of the General Administration of the State and its public bodies linked or dependent. If the person does not give his consent, he/she must provide a certified photocopy of the corresponding document or identity card, as provided for in the aforementioned article. The power of the applicant, sufficient and subsisting, shall also be accredited.
Article 12. Instruction of the assessment procedure and commission.
1. The instruction and management of the procedure will be carried out by the Directorate General of the Food Industry, which will carry out, in accordance with the provisions of Article 24 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, the number of actions considers necessary for the determination, knowledge and verification of the data by virtue of which the decision is to be made, before the submission of the reports to the assessment committee.
2. The valuation fee shall be composed of:
(a) President: The Deputy Director-General for Industrial Development and Innovation, from the Directorate-General for Food Industry.
b) Vocals: Three officials attached to the General Secretariat for Industrial Development and Innovation, appointed by the Director General of the Food Industry and three officials appointed by the President of the Spanish Fund Agricultural Guarantee. All of them with minimum technical rank or head of section and exercising one of those appointed by the Director General of the Food Industry the function of secretary.
For the composition of that collegiate body, the principle of the balanced presence of women and men shall be addressed, except for justified and objective reasons, duly substantiated.
3. That committee shall specify the assessment of the applications in a report which it shall forward to the instructor, taking into account the assessment criteria referred to in Annex II as provided for in Article 24 of Law 38/2003 of 17 May November, General of Grants. The assessment criteria shall always apply even in cases where the available budget for the measure or call exceeds the demand for financing. Only projects that exceed a minimum threshold of 30 points will be selected.
4. The functioning of the valuation commission shall be in accordance with the law on the legal status of the collective bodies of the State Public Sector.
The creation and operation of the commission shall be in accordance with the personal, technical and budgetary means assigned to the body in which it is integrated, as provided for in Article 2.2 of Royal Decree 776/2011 of 3 of June.
5. The instructor, in the light of the dossier and of the report of the assessment committee, shall draw up the proposal for a provisional resolution which shall contain a list of applicants for which the aid is proposed and the amount of the aid, as well as another list. of the excluded applicants specifying the reason for such exclusion. The draft interim resolution does not create any right in favour of the proposed beneficiary vis-à-vis the Administration.
6. For the resolution of scoring situations which may be presented in the preparation of the provisional list referred to in the preceding paragraph, the following priority criteria shall be taken into account in the order shown:
a) In the first place, priority will be given to those training activities that are more in line with the conditions of the Strategic Environmental Declaration of the 2014-2020 National Rural Development Programme.
(b) In the second term, priority will be given to those training activities whose applicant has a longer teaching experience in the agri-food field.
(c) If the status of a tie still persists, those training actions whose applicant is a public entity shall be a priority.
7. In accordance with the provisions of Article 59.6 of Law No 30/1992 of 26 November 1992, the individual notification of the motion for a resolution is replaced by the publication of the motion for a resolution on the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, granting a period of ten days from the publication to submit claims.
8. After examination of the allegations, where appropriate, the assessment committee shall make the proposal for the grant of the grant, which the instructor shall raise as a proposal for a final decision, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 22.1 and 24.4 of Law 38/2003, of 17 November, to the President of the FEGA.
Article 13. Resolution.
1. The President of the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund shall be the body responsible for resolving the aid.
2. The resolutions shall be reasoned, in any event the grounds for the decision to be adopted shall be accredited.
3. The resolution will be communicated to the National Grant Database (BDNS), in accordance with the provisions of Articles 18 and 20 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November. It will also be published in the terms of Articles 58 and 59 of Law 30/1992, of 26 November, on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment.
4. The maximum period for resolving and publishing the decision of the procedure may not exceed six months from the date of publication of the extract of the call for aid, unless the latter has postponed its effects to a later date, compliance with Article 25.4 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November.
Elapsed the maximum period established without the express and published express resolution, the application may be understood to be dismissed, in accordance with Article 25.5 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November.
5. The resolution shall also include an orderly relationship of all applications which, in compliance with the administrative and technical conditions laid down in the regulatory bases to acquire the status of beneficiary, have not been estimated as the valuation phase does not reach a minimum of 30 points or the maximum amount of the credit fixed for each call is exceeded, in order to be able to proceed with the provisions of Article 63.3 of the Regulation of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, approved by Royal Decree 887/2006 of 21 July.
6. This Resolution may be brought before the holder of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment.
Article 14. Amendment of the Training Programme.
1. The beneficiary may request the modification of the training programme provided for in the application up to two months before the deadline for the submission of payment applications.
2. Any changes to the Training Programme for which the grant is requested shall be communicated to the Food Industry Directorate-General for report and referral to the FEGA, in order to assess their eligibility for this programme. In view of the following conditions and limitations:
(a) Amendments to the training programme shall be accepted only after a first workshop provided for in the training programme (as provided for in Article 6.2).
b) No modifications that result in a change of beneficiary will be accepted.
(c) No modifications affecting the fulfilment of the eligibility conditions or the score obtained in the assessment criteria shall be permitted.
(d) No modifications affecting the increase to the approved budget for each execution period shall be permitted.
3. Similarly, amendments involving non-execution in the conditions laid down at least 70% of the aid initially approved in the granting decision shall also be admissible. The modifications that result in a decrease in the approved budgets will result in the proportional reduction of the grant.
4. The EFGA may exceptionally amend the granting resolution in cases of force majeure or exceptional circumstances within the meaning of Article 2.2 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013. 2013.
Article 15. Obligations of the beneficiaries.
1. Beneficiaries shall be subject to the fulfilment of the obligations referred to in Article 14.1 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, as well as to register the grant they receive in the corresponding accounting books.
2. The beneficiaries of the grants covered by this royal decree will have the following specific obligations in relation to the assistants/participants in the training activities. These obligations shall be the responsibility of the beneficiary:
(a) Ensure that the recipients of the training actions are exclusively leaders and managers of priority associative entities as defined in Article 2 and through the documentation of the article 16.6.d).
b) Ensure that students have attended and taken advantage of the training received. The title of use shall be granted only where it is ensured that the student has attended at least 90% of the total hours provided for in the apprenticeship in which he was registered or registered. The faults, therefore, shall be a maximum of 10% of the total hours provided for and shall be justified by the presentation of a document issued by the official body or the fulfilment of an inexcusable duty.
(c) To ensure the control of assistance, the beneficiary shall ensure that the pupils are duly signed on the attendance sheets both at the beginning and at the end of each day attended to the learning action. corresponding.
3. The beneficiaries of the grants covered by this royal decree will have the following specific commitments:
(a) Adopt the measures for the dissemination of the activity required by the EAFRD fund in compliance with Article 13.2 and Annex III (Responsibilities of the beneficiaries) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014, of 17 July 2014 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).
(b) Carry out the data necessary for the development of indicators and those which, for statistical purposes, may be used for studies relating to technical, economic, labour and social aspects.
c) Communicate to the Food Industry Directorate-General any changes to the planned training actions, and in particular changes in location, schedules and assistants or participants, prior to their celebration.
4. Beneficiaries shall be a single bank account for the income of the aid and from which they shall make the relevant movements related to the grant.
5. The beneficiaries shall carry out analytical accounts enabling the identification of the revenue and expenditure relating to the performance of the activities concerned, while keeping that information at the disposal of the national authorities. and the European Commission for possible checks.
6. The beneficiaries must be legalized in the accounting books as laid down in the national and regional rules of application.
7. The activities carried out by the beneficiaries must be free of charge for the students or participants.
8. The beneficiaries undertake to provide all the information necessary for the monitoring and evaluation of the programme as specified in Annex III.
Article 16. Payment requests and documentation to be submitted.
1. Payment applications shall be filed with the General Register of the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund on the street Beneficencia, 8, Madrid, or anywhere in the places provided for in Article 38.4 of Law 30/1992, of November 26, according to the model set in the corresponding call.
The electronic submission of the payment request, if any, as well as the additional documentation specified in the respective calls, will be made in the terms provided for in the call, in accordance with the provided in Law 11/2007, of June 22.
2. A single payment application shall be submitted for each training programme submitted.
The deadline for submitting the payment request and the related documentation will be set out in the corresponding call.
3. The actions for which the payment is requested shall be implemented, justified and paid to be eligible, except for the derogation concerning the justification of the indirect costs referred to in Article 8 of the actual present decree.
4. The payment shall be made on the basis of justified and proven performance of the supported actions and the total expenditure of the actions. However, where the total implementation of the Training Programme does not reach 70% of the grant initially approved, no aid shall be paid.
5. For the payment application, it shall be submitted:
a) An extract from the single bank account, corresponding to the execution period for which the payment is requested.
b) Related payment invoices and justifications ..
c) Invoice repayable table, where each invoice is related to its corresponding payment justifications and notes in the bank account.
d) All supporting documentation of the actions taken.
e) A declaration of not being in place in any of the assumptions of article 13.2 and 3 of Law 38/2003, of 17 November, according to model to be established in the corresponding call.
(f) Certificates of being aware of the tax and social security obligations, only in the event that more than six months have elapsed since the issue of the certificates required in the application for aid, in accordance with Article 11.1.
(g) Statement of the requesting entity stating that it has not received any incompatible aid for the same purpose and object nor is it immersed in a process of reintegrating grants, according to a model which set out in the relevant call.
h) Bank details of the account chosen to receive the help.
(i) Nominates of the exclusive working staff, and documents TC1 and TC2 of the month or months in which the preparation and completion of the training activity in question took place, as well as other expenses incurred by the worker the company during the exercise of the subsidised activities. In the case of non-dedicated staff, in addition, the teachers ' time tables will be attached.
j) Schedule-schedule of each training activity, in relation to the teachers, participants and coordinators as well as the budget allocated to each concept within the activity.
k) Statement that the directors and leaders of the base entities referred to in Article 2.3 and 2.4 have been excluded, according to the model to be established in the relevant call.
l) Certification of the performance of the activities contained in the approved training program and in accordance with the current regulations, issued by the person responsible for the entity or organization that submitted the application help.
m) A recapitulative financial statement where the planned and actual expenditure is recorded, each related to the corresponding actions.
6. In addition, the following specific documentation will be provided:
a) Elements used in advertising.
b) Relation of material delivered to students participating in the performance.
c) Received from the didactic or practical material according to the model indicated in the call.
d) List of enrolled students and justification for their membership, as a manager or leader, to a priority associative entity recognized according to Royal Decree 550/2014, of June 27.
e) Control of daily attendance according to the model collected in each call.
f) Copy of the corresponding certificates or certificates in the name of the students who have completed the activity of the corresponding training programme.
(g) In addition, in order to provide the technical justification for the approved actions, the beneficiary may be asked to provide the means of proof to prove that they are being carried out.
7. However, additional supporting documentation may be required for the justification of the expenditure incurred.
Article 17. Funding.
The financing of this aid will be carried out through the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund by 80 percent from the EAFRD, and the remaining 20 percent from the corresponding budget heading of the FEGA, which will be indicate in the relevant call, not being able to exceed the limit laid down in the call and always subject to the existing budgetary resources.
Article 18. Payments.
1. Payment shall be made by bank transfer to the single account which the applicant has indicated in the payment application.
2. Payments shall be made by the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund within 60 days of receipt of the payment request.
3. However, at any time during the period of 60 days following the first registration of the application for payment, this period may be interrupted by notification of the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund to the applicant for failure to comply with the or accompany the required documents and other necessary elements of judgment.
4. The period shall be resumed from the date of receipt of the information requested, which shall be sent or made, respectively, within 10 days of the notification. If you do not do so, you will have to withdraw your request, upon resolution.
5. The justification for the aid shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Article 30 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, and taking into account, where appropriate, the application of Article 68 (1) (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of 17 May 2013. December.
Article 19. Controls.
1. Checks shall be carried out during the implementation of the training activities and after the finalisation of the payments.
2. In accordance with Article 59 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013, systematic administrative checks shall be carried out on 100% of the payment applications, which shall be supplemented by on-the-spot checks.
3. The on-the-spot checks shall represent at least 5% of the expenditure co-financed by the EAFRD as well as 5% of the beneficiaries.
4. The implementation of the on-the-spot checks will be framed within a Control Plan and will be included in a report.
Article 20. Refit.
In the event of undue payment, the beneficiary shall be obliged to reimburse all or part of the amount in question, taking into account the criteria laid down in Article 37.1 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November, which shall be added the interest for late payment in accordance with the procedure described in Title II of that Law and in Title III of its Regulation, approved by Royal Decree 887/2006 of 22 July.
Article 21. Return at the initiative of the recipient.
The beneficiary may make the voluntary return of the amounts received without prior request from the Administration, to which the corresponding interest for late payment shall be added, in accordance with Article 90 of the Regulation of the General Law of Grants, approved by Royal Decree 887/2006, of July 21. The refund will be made in accordance with the procedure for the collection of non-tax revenues regulated by Order PRE/3662/2003 of 29 December, which regulates a new procedure for the collection of non-tax revenues. raised by the Economy and Finance Delegations and cash income in the Deposit Box and its branches, through the model issued by the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund.
Article 22. Penalties.
1. The appropriate sanctions regime shall apply to such aid in accordance with Articles 63 and 64 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013.
2. Subject to Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the financial interests of the European Communities, the system of infringements and penalties provided for in that Regulation shall apply. Law 38/2003, dated November 17.
Article 23. Advertising.
Articles 18 and 20 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November on advertising and transparency will apply. The extract of the call will be published in the "Official State Gazette" in accordance with article 17.3.b of Law 38/2003 of 17 November.
In addition, the beneficiaries will be required to advertise the grants and aid received under the terms and conditions laid down in Law 19/2013 of 9 December of transparency, access to public information and good government.
Furthermore, the provisions laid down in the rules on information and advertising, as detailed in Annex III to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014 of 17 July 2014, shall be complied with. action co-financed by the EAFRD.
Final disposition first. Applicable rules.
In any event not provided for in this royal decree, Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall apply. of 17 December 2013, and its implementing and implementing rules, as well as Law 38/2003 of 17 November and its Rules of Procedure, adopted by Royal Decree 887/2006 of 21 July.
Final disposition second. Legislative references.
The references contained in this royal decree to Law 30/1992, of November 26, and to Law 11/2007, of June 22, will be construed as references to Law 39/2015, of October 1, of the Common Administrative Procedure of the Public administrations, and Law 40/2015 of 1 October, of the Legal Regime of the Public Sector, according to the subject matter they regulate, when their entry into force occurs.
Final disposition third. Competence title.
This royal decree is issued in accordance with the provisions of Article 149.1.13 of the Constitution, which attributes to the State exclusive competence in the field of bases and coordination of the general planning of the activity. economic.
Final disposition fourth. Entry into force.
This royal decree will enter into force on the day following its publication in the "Official State Gazette".
Given in Madrid, July 29, 2016.
FELIPE R.
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Environment,
ISABEL GARCÍA TEJERINA
ANNEX I
Maximum eligible limits
(Article 8. Eligible expenditure)
1. Coordination costs and teaching staff.
Within this heading, you will differentiate between the coordinator and the teaching staff of the course, and it can be a single person who performs both functions.
For the purposes of this royal decree, the coordinator will be understood to be responsible for the organizational aspects of the training activity in question, from the beginning to the delivery of the corresponding documentation in the Directorate General of the Food Industry. The grant of the costs of the own coordination activities will be € 300 per workshop, € 600 per training activity and € 300 for learning or training
It will be understood by teaching staff, the person in charge of the distribution of the different didactic units from which the workshops are composed, and the learning and training activities. In this case the maximum grant will be 75 €/hour.
2. Expenditure on means and teaching material.
Eligible maximum of 3 €/pupil and hour of training activity.
3. Transportation and accommodation expenses.
The travel, accommodation and maintenance costs will be subject, where appropriate, to the provisions of group 2 in Royal Decree 462/2002 of 24 May on compensation for the service, as well as on the Resolution of 2 December 2005, by the Secretariat of State for Finance and Budget, which makes the Council of Ministers Agreement of 2 December 2005 public, whereby, in compliance with the provisions of the final provision Fourth Royal Decree 462/2002 of 24 May, the amount of the daily subsistence allowance is reviewed in established national territory in Annex II
.| Euro Cuantia per day | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Manufacturing | Entire | ||
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2 | 65.97 | 37.40 | 103.37 | |
In case of travel by own vehicle, the eligible amount will be € 0.19 /km travelled in accordance with Order EHA/3771/2005 of 2 December 2005, which reviews the amount of the costs of locomotion and the allowances in the Income Tax of the Physical Persons.
4. Expenditure arising from the subscription of accident and civil liability insurance.
Workshops: 200 €.
Training and learning activities:
-100-hour course: 400 €.
-Course over 100 hours: 550 €.
-"Coaching" (no duration specified): 200 €.
ANNEX II
Assessment Criteria
(Criteria for selecting applications in compliance with Article 12. Instruction of the assessment procedure and commission)
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Assessment Criteria | Maximum Score (113 Points) | |
|---|---|---|
| . Assessment of the structure of the training service provider (Maximum 15 points, each sub-section is subpar): | ||
| 1.1 Entity with experience 5-year accredited training service delivery. | 5 | |
| 1.2 Entity with 2-Year Accredited Experience in Social Economy and cooperativism. | 5 | |
| 1.3 Entity with proven experience in youth and women-oriented training performances. | 5 | |
| 2. Assessment of the capacity of the training service provider (Maximum 15 points, each sub-section is subpar): | ||
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2.1 Entity that counts teaching staff with a university degree in payroll, with related qualifications. | 5 | |
| 2.2 Entity that has teaching staff with a doctor's degree. | 5 | |
| 2.3 Entity that has sufficient technical and material media structure to develop the activity: | ||
| 2.3.1 Own technical media for perform the training. | 3 | |
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2.3.2 Own support staff for training. | 2 | |
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3. Information and Communication Technologies Employment Assessment (Maximum 3 Points): | ||
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whose application includes at the time of application, use of technologies information and communication. | 3 | |
| 4. Assessment of the receipt of aid for training programmes, aimed at rural professionals and financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment (maximum 5 points): | ||
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that has not received EAFRD funds for training activities, in previous calls for the 2014-2020 National Rural Development Program for this same submeasure. | 5 | |
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5. Assessment of the adequacy of the Training Program to the training needs of the collective to whom the activity is directed and the objectives of the operation (maximum 45 points, each of the subsections are subheadings): | ||
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5.1 Adequation of Workshops: | 15 (maximum. Subsections) | |
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5.1.1 Assessment of the number of workshops proposed. | 3 | |
| 5.1.2 Assessment of hours spent in the workshop. | 3 | |
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5.1.3 Assessment of proposed questionnaires for the workshop. | 3 | |
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5.1.4 Valuation Workshop interviews. | 3 | |
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5.1.5 Quality assessment and adaptation of the proposed workshop. | ||
| 15 (maximum. Sub-sections) | ||
| 5.2.1 Adaptation of contents to the "Minimum content of a learning performance" set out in Article 6. | ||
| 5.2.2 Quality assessment and adaptation of the proposed course. | 5 | |
| 5.3 Training Performance Adequation: | 15 (maximum . Sub-sections) | |
| 5.3.1 Number of performances and length of stay of teaching staff in training (coaching in company) and starting up in the Associative Entity itself Priority. | 10 | |
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5.3.2 Quality assessment and adaptation of the proposed training (coaching in company) |
5 | |
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6. Assessment of the adequacy of the proposed Training Program to the 2014-2020 PNDR objectives (maximum 10 points, each sub-section is subpar): | ||
| 6.1 Adequacy to the focal area for fostering innovation, cooperation and knowledge base development in rural areas. | 1 | |
| 6.2 Adequation to the focal area of lifelong learning and vocational training in the agricultural sector and the sector forest. | 1 | |
| 6.3 Adequation to the primary producers ' competitiveness improvement focal area by integrating them better into the Agri-food chain through quality schemes, adding value to agricultural products, promotion in local markets and short distribution circuits, producer groups and organisations and inter-branch organisations. | 1 | |
| 6.4 Adequacy to the focal area of achieving more efficient use of energy in agriculture and food processing. | 1 | |
| 6.5 Inclusion in the Innovation Knowledge Improvement Measures Training Program. | 1 | |
| 6.6 Inclusion in the Environmental Knowledge Improvement Measures Training Program. | 1 |
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| 6.7 Inclusion in the Training Program for Measures to Improve the Presence of Women in the Rural Environment. | 2 | |
| 6.8 Inclusion in the Youth Presence Improvement Measures Training Program. | 2 | |
| 7. Assessment of the final recipients of the Training Program (maximum 10 points, each sub-section is exclusionary): | ||
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7.1 Proposed Training Program adapted to form fewer than 10 leaders or managers. | 4 | |
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7.2 Proposed Training Program adapted to form 10 to 10 30 leaders or managers. | 6 | |
| 7.3 Proposed Training Program adapted to form 31 to 50 leaders or managers. | 8 | |
| 7.4 Proposed Training Program adapted to train more than 50 leaders or managers. | 10 | |
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8. Assessment of the scope of the training activity (maximum 10 points, each of the sub-sections are subpar): | ||
| 8.1 Coverage of coverage Proposed training plan geographic. | 5 (maximum. Exclusionary Subsections) | |
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8.1.1 Proposed Training Program adapted to cover performances in at least 3 Autonomous Communities. | 1 | |
| 5 | ||
| 8.2 Scope assessment of the scope and sector contents of the proposed plan training. | 5 (maximum. Exclusionary Subsections) | |
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8.2.1 Proposed Training Program adapted to cover at least 2 sectors according to those set out in Royal Decree 550/2014. |
1 | |
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8.2.2 Proposed Training Program adapted to cover at least 3 sectors according to those set out in Royal Decree 550/2014. | 3 | |
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8.2.3 Program Proposed training adapted to cover at least 5 sectors according to those set out in Royal Decree 550/2014. | 5 |
ANNEX III
Statement
Based on what is specified in article 11.1.k)
The declaration of collaboration in the monitoring and evaluation tasks referred to in Article 11.1.k shall have the following text:
I, the undersigned, representative of the applicant for a grant (Company name/entity XXXX), convened by (name of the CONVOCATION) and regulated in its basic aspects by (Royal Decree 312/2016, July 29), declares:
Meeting its obligations under Article 71 of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development through the European Agricultural Fund Rural development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 and therefore undertakes to provide data and any non-confidential information necessary for the analysis of the contribution of the activities to be carried out in a subsidised manner to the objectives and priorities of the National Programme Rural Development, if the grant is granted.
That this data and information shall be provided within a maximum period of 15 days, when required by the agencies responsible for the implementation of the National Rural Development Program or the auditors designated by them.
That this input of data and information will be addressed whether it is required in a written form or through a face-to-face or telephone survey.
