The European Economic
Area (EEA) financial mechanism
programme “Health” 2014-2021 has launched the open call for “Provision of
health offices in pre-schools and schools with methodological tools”.
Through the open call “Provision of health offices in pre-schools
and schools with methodological tools” (hereinafter – the Call) the Programme
Operator seeks to select and support projects that best contribute to achieving
Outcome 2 of the Health Programme.
The Call will aim to improve the services for
children that are provided in the health offices of pre-school education
institutions and schools, thus ensuring the well-being of children and young
people. To ensure enhanced bilateral relations between Lithuania and the Donor
States, projects supported under this call may be prepared and implemented in
partnership with entities from Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.
Objectives
- The general objective of the
Programme is to improve prevention and reduce inequalities in health.
- The Programme will provide
support for mental health promotion and prevention measures with emphasis
on the well-being of children and youth and their families, primarily
through strengthening the community-based mental health services (Outcome
1) and improving well-being of children and youth (Outcome 2) by
establishing clearly defined, expected results.
Funding Information
- The minimum grant applied for
shall not be less than €200.000,00
- The maximum grant applied for
shall not be more than €250.000,00
Duration
Up to 24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Potential Applicants are
Lithuanian Republic public authorities (national, regional and local
authorities. A state or municipal institution or body - representative,
head of state, executive, judicial authorities, law enforcement
authorities and bodies, institutions and bodies performing audit, control
(supervision), other state and municipal institutions and bodies which are
financed from the state or municipal budgets and public monetary funds,
and which have been conferred with public administration powers in
accordance with the procedure established by the Law of the Republic of
Lithuania on Public Administration) and the Municipal Public Health
Bureaus (a municipal public healthcare budgetary institution established
to perform the statutory public healthcare functions in the municipality).
- Project Partners are Lithuanian
Republic and Donor State (Norwegian, Icelandic, Liechtensteinian) public
authorities (national, regional and local authorities) and Lithuanian
Municipal Public Health Bureaus and equivalent legal persons from Donor
States.
- In this Call, the same
institution can submit one application only as an Applicant/Project
Promoter. Should an Applicant submit more than one application, the first
submitted application only shall be assessed (based on the date and time
of its submission), and all other applications shall be rejected.
- The number of project partners
is unlimited.
Eligible Activities
- Assistance under Programme will
be provided to the following activities:
- basic repairs of heath offices
of pre-school education institutions and schools (hereinafter – the
health offices);
- acquisition of methodological
tools for the health offices (tools for strengthening of mental health,
tools for public health risk factors, tools for the development of
healthy lifestyle skills, information and communication technology tools,
other methodological tools) that are required for carrying out the
prevention and enhancement of mental health at schools / pre-schools.
- The percentage of the measures
to promote mental health, that are included in the Project, of the total
number of tools that are planned to be acquired must be at least 10%.
- In the implementation of the
project the Applicants shall contribute to the achievement of the
following outcome indicators:
- Number of beneficiaries of
services provided or improved;
- Share of trained staff
self-reporting on improved capacity to recognize and treat cases of
children and youth suffering from bullying and/or psycho-social problems.
- Applicants shall contribute to
the achievement of the following Programme output indicators:
- Number of health offices in
pre-schools and schools with improved services for children;
- Number of local
specialists/service providers involved in providing services for
children/youth.
Post Date - 05-Aug-2020