Can the Project Partnership include Partners not coming from the CADSES programme area eligible for ERDF?
As a general rule, only project partners located inside the eligible CADSES programme area can be included into a CADSES project. There may be an exception to the general rule as regards location of partners outside the area, provided the results of a project are for the benefit of the eligible area.This is the case of the public bodies which are competent in their scope of action for certain parts of the eligible area but which are located outside the area for instance ministries, federal agencies, government departments, etc. In these cases it could be accepted that such public bodies be partners in the project, and therefore the costs they would incur would be eligible for ERDF. In all other cases, expenditure incurred by external partners cannot be considered as eligible. External bodies may however participate as sub-contractors to implement certain actions or activities within a project. Private organisations or institutes located outside the area may only be eligible partners wh
