Public call for applications for a subsidy from the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic to support drug activities for 2018

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A public call for applications for a subsidy from the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as "the Ministry') to support drug activities for 2018 (hereinafter referred to as "the call') shall be published in accordance with Article 5 (8) (a). (c) Act No 525/2010 Coll. on the granting of subsidies within the scope of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, as amended.

1. Legislation governing the granting of subsidies
Act No. 525/2010 Coll. on the granting of subsidies within the scope of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Subsidies Act') available at www.slov-lex.sk, in line with the National Drugs Strategy of the Slovak Republic for the period 2013 Ц 2020.
Act No 523/2004 Coll. on the Financial Regulation of the Public Administration and on the amendment of certain laws as amended (hereinafter referred to as the Financial Regulation) available at www.slov-lex.sk.
Act No 343/2015 Coll. on Public Procurement and on the amendment of certain laws as amended (hereinafter referred to as "the Public Procurement Act') available at www.slov-lex.sk.

2. The approved budget for subsidies under the Ministry chapter for the year in question and the following two years.

Budget 2018	520 000,00 €
Budget 2019	520 000,00 €
Budget 2020	520 000,00 €

3. Procedure for applying for a subsidy
A call from the State Budget of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic to finance drug activities will be published by the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic on the website www.health.gov.sk (in part Projects & Challenges "Drug Policy " Subsidy support) located on the left side of the website).
The call shall include:

• the date by which the application for a subsidy may be submitted,
• the method of submission of the subsidy application,
• the basic objective of the project,
• the application form in electronic form,
• available resources for the call,
• the highest and lowest amount of one subsidy,
• how to remedy formal deficiencies in applications,
• the date of the evaluation procedure for applications,
• the composition of the commission,
• a draft subsidy contract.

4. The deadline for submitting a subsidy application is 15 May 2018. 

5. Method of submitting a subsidy application
a)
The applicant shall submit the complete documentation in documentary form, in the Slovak language, once the original of the application, signed by the applicant's statutory representative, together with all the mandatory annexes, and once the copy of the application without the applicant's identification, without the mandatory annexes and once backed up on the CD medium (scan or PDF format not allowed). A copy without identification shall be presented in a form that does not allow the applicant to be identified directly (in the application, description and structured budget, the applicant's identification marks, address, signature and stamp may not be visible). The original of the application, including the annexes, as well as a copy of the application without annexes, shall be bound individually by the crest link in order to make it impossible to insert or select individual parts of the dossier. Craft binding will not be considered as Eurobalises or other binding devices. The pages must be numbered.

b)
An application for a subsidy together with the annexes prescribed shall be submitted by the applicant by post or in person. The time limit for the submission of applications for subsidies shall begin on the day on which the invitation to tender is published and end on the day indicated in the call for tenders. Where the applicant submits an application for a subsidy by post, the date indicated on the postage stamp on the cover of the application shall be decided. Where the applicant lodges an application for a subsidy, he shall personally decide the date indicated on the stamp of the Ministry responsible on the cover of the application.
Envelopes or packages delivered and registered by the mail office of the Ministry of Health after the deadline will not be evaluated at all and will be returned upon request to the organisation that sent the request for subsidy (the mail office receives the mail every working day from 8.00-15.00 h, ground floor, No. door 1).
An application for a subsidy, including its annexes, must be lodged together in one sealed envelope which shall be clearly and visibly marked with the words:

„Public call for support for drug activities 2018, DO NOT FOLLOW

and to:
Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic
Department of Drug Strategy Coordination and Drug Monitoring
Limba 2
837 52 Bratislava

Envelope content

1. the application for a subsidy, the original with the applicant's identification (application, description, structured budget), together with the mandatory annexes,
2. the application for a subsidy, 1x copy without identification of the applicant (application, description, structured budget) and without other mandatory annexes,
3. CD medium (application, project description, structured budget with identification of the applicant even without applicant identification).

c)
In the case of important notifications by the applicant concerning changes to his or her application during the evaluation process, the communication may be made only by electronic mail. In its correspondence, the applicant must indicate the project registration number allocated and address it to: dotacieppa@health.gov.sk.

6. Basic objective of the project
The aim of providing subsidies is to provide financial support for activities declared in the National Drug Strategy of the Slovak Republic for the period 2013-2020, to support programmes, activities, innovative approaches and also to maintain the continuity of activities and initiatives undertaken in the field of drugs to cover the prevention of drug addiction, the treatment of drug addiction and the resociation of drug addicts.
Priority areas for 2018:

1. Preventive programmes focusing on long-term and systematic work with children and youth (peer activists, sports events, cultural events, competitions).
2. Programmes and activities focused on professionally guaranteed treatment, harm-reduction, and socialization.
3. Professional meetings of drug workers (organising targeted events, expert forums and discussions on drug issues).
4. Spreading drug awareness through mass communication technologies.

7. Application form in electronic form
Model forms in electronic form for application:

1. Application for a subsidy (non-entrepreneur) ,
2. Application for a subsidy (entrepreneur) (Annex 3 to this invitation),
3. Application for a subsidy (legal person),
4. Description of the project: Annex 5 to this call,
5. Structured application budget - Annex 6 of this call.

8. Available resources for the call
The amount allocated to providing subsidies to support drug activities under the 0790203 programme is €520,000.00 in the financial year 2018.

9. Maximum and lowest amount of one subsidy
The highest amount is 50,000,00 EUR.
The lowest amount is 2,000,00 EUR.

10. Conditions for granting the subsidy
Subsidy under § 2 (1) (a) l) the subsidy law may be granted to an applicant who is a legal or natural person.

A subsidy may be granted to the applicant if it demonstrates that it has a minimum of 5% of the total budget of the project to finance the project for which the subsidy is required to cover costs from other sources.
The complete application for the subsidy submitted by the applicant shall consist of mandatory particulars, namely:

1. a subsidy application - published in annex 2 to 4 to this invitation,
2. mandatory annexes (according to the subsidy and financial rules law):
3. description of the project for which the subsidy is requested 5 of this call),
4. structured budget of the project (annex no. 6),
5. the original of the applicant's solemn statement that he has settled financial relations with the state budget, not more than three months old on the date of submission of the application for the subsidy,
6. the original or certified copy of the certificate of the locally competent tax administrator, not more than three months old, on the date of submission of the application for a subsidy, that the applicant does not have tax arrears,
7. the original or officially certified copy of the confirmation by the competent insolvency court that the applicant is not subject to insolvency proceedings, is not in bankruptcy, is in restructuring and has not been rejected for bankruptcy due to lack of assets,
8. the original of the applicant's solemn statement that the enforcement of the decision is not directed against the applicant, not more than three months from the date of submission of the application for the subsidy,
9. the original or certified copy of the certificate of the labour inspectorate, not more than three months old on the date on which the application for a subsidy was submitted, that the applicant has not infringed the prohibition of illegal employment pursuant to a special regulation in the previous three years,
10. the original or officially certified copy of the Social Insurance Certificate, not more than three months old on the date of submission of the application for a subsidy, that the applicant does not have registered underpayments of social insurance premiums and pension contributions,
11. the original or officially certified copy of the certificate of each health insurance undertaking, not more than three months old on the date of submission of the application for the subsidy, that the applicant does not have registered underpayments of health insurance premiums (General Health Insurance Institution, a.s., Trust Health Insurance Institution, a.s., and UNION Health Insurance Institution, a.s.) - the certificates must be of all health insurance undertakings, irrespective of whether or not the applicant has employees,
12. the original or officially certified copy of the criminal record statement that the applicant – if it is a legal person - does not have a valid penalty imposed on the prohibition to receive subsidies or subsidies within the meaning of § 17 of Act No 91/2016 Coll. on criminal liability of legal persons and on the amendment of certain laws. The subsidy cannot be granted to the applicant if he has been convicted of a criminal offence against property or another intentional offence (subsidies law),
13. the original or officially certified copy of the document that the applicant is registered in the Register of Public Sector Partners in the case of an applicant who has an obligation to register public sector partners (Law No 315/2016 Coll. on the Register of Public Sector Partners and on amendments to certain laws),
14. an officially certified copy of the document establishing or setting up the applicant, not more than three months old on the date of submission of the application for the subsidy (e.g. the statutes of the organisation, the statute of the organisation, the instrument of establishment, the foundational contract, the memorandum of association, the memorandum of association, etc.),
15. the original or officially certified copy of the extract from the business register or similar register, not more than three months old on the date of submission of the application for the subsidy (the register of civic associations, foundations, non-investment funds is maintained by the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic, register of non-profit organisations, interest associations of legal entities is maintained by the local competent district office at the headquarters of the region), 
16. the original or officially certified copy of the extract from the trade register or similar register, in the case of an applicant who is a self-employed person registered in the trade register or in a similar register certifying the activity, not more than three months old on the date on which the application for a subsidy was submitted,
17. the original of the criminal record extract, not more than three months old on the date of submission of the application for a subsidy, if the applicant is a natural person, 
18. evidence that the project is financed from other sources (own resources shall be shown by the original or officially certified copy of the statement of account, where the minimum balance shall be 5% of the total cost of the project and other resources shall be shown, e.g. by a written commitment/commitment from a third party - another sponsor, city, municipality, by providing a specific financial amount for the specific project and its specific activity).

Annexes to the application under this call and under point 10 (II) (e) and (f) this call shall not apply to an applicant who is a public authority.

Annexes to the application under this call and under point 10 (II) (e), (h) and (i) this call shall be demonstrated only by the applicant, who is a legal person and a natural person and a businessman.

The subsidy shall not be granted to the applicant:

1. to cover commitments from previous financial years,
2. reimbursement of expenditure incurred in previous financial years,
3. who has been convicted of a criminal offence against property or another intentional offence,
4. for repayment of loans, loans and interest on loans and loans received,
5. to cover the expenses of its own operations, to cover losses on third parties' own activities under the contract.

An eligible applicant may submit only one application for a subsidy in the calendar year concerned following the call made and in that programme and shall not combine more unrelated activities.

11. How to remedy formal deficiencies in applications
Any application must be made in accordance with this invitation.
Applications completed on a form other than that prescribed or incomplete shall be considered as temporarily not meeting the formal evaluation criteria.
The applicant will be informed of this fact by e-mail and will be invited to receive the completed application by 5 calendar days, from the date of delivery of the e-mail. The time limit for completing the application shall begin on the first day following the date of receipt of the e-mail. In the event that the applicant fails to deliver the revised application within the time limit, or fails to complete the missing documents in the application within the time limit set, the application shall be rejected from the further evaluation, which shall be informed in writing.

Grounds for refusal of a request:

• an application for a subsidy was lodged after the date of submission of the applications referred to in the invitation,
• project activities do not meet the basic objective and priority areas for 2018,
• a request for subsidy was made by an unauthorised entity,
• the project, or part of it, will be implemented in other than the financial year for which the subsidy is requested,
• the grant application has formal deficiencies even after the expiry of the deadline for their removal under point 11 of this call.

12. Date of the evaluation procedure
The deadline for evaluating applications for grants shall be 30 June 2018 at the latest.

13. Composition of the Commission
The selection and evaluation body is the Commission of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic for the evaluation of the subsidy application established by the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, whose composition and activities are governed by the Statute published in the Journal of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic of 29 June 2012, the amount of 17-19, annexed to the Call No 1 and Appendix No 1/2015 to the Statute of the Commission of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic published in the Journal of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic of 19 June 2015, the amount of 4-5, annexed to the Call No 1A and Appendix No 2/2015 to the Statute of the Commission of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic for the evaluation of the subsidy application published in the Journal of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic of 13 August 2015, the amount of 8-9, annexed to Annex No 1B. The criteria for evaluating the subsidy application are set out in Annex 1C of this call.

14. List of applications approved and reason for approval
The list of approved applications, including the date of their approval, the purpose and amount of the subsidy requested and granted, and the identification of the final beneficiary of the subsidy, will be published after their approval by the Minister of Health on the website of the Ministry of Health, on the "Projects and Challenges' section of the "Drug policy' section Evaluation of the subsidy application located on the left of the website.

15. List of pending applications and reason for non-approval
The list of non-approved applications, including the date and reason for non-approval, will be published after their non-approval by the Minister of Health on the website of the Ministry of Health, in the "Projects and Challenges' section of the "Drug Policy' section of the "Evaluation of the subsidy application' section on the left of the website.

16. The model for the draft subsidy contract is published in Annex 7 to this call
The model contract shall, as a general rule, contain:

1. the identification of the parties,
2. the purpose and subject matter of the contract for which the subsidy is sought,
3. the definition of the time for which the contract is concluded,
4. the amount of the subsidy granted,
5. the current account number and name specifically established for the subsidy granted,
6. the rights and obligations of the beneficiary (deadline for recovery of unused funds and account numbers to which these funds are referred),
7. the conditions for the payment of the subsidy and the period for the levying of the proceeds from the subsidy,
8. sanctions for breaches of financial discipline,
9. the reason and method of withdrawal.

17. Frequently asked questions relating to subsidies are published in Annex 8
Frequently asked questions will be published on the website of the Ministry of Health.

18. Conditions for the payment of the subsidy
Project activities must be carried out during the financial year 2018. The deadline for using the subsidy is 31 December 2018 at the latest. Only expenditure incurred during the implementation of project activities may be considered eligible expenditure.