06 - CAPITALIZATION/DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW METHODOLOGY

Could a project, built on a 2007-2013 Interreg project and focused not on capitalization of the achieved results but on application of the developed methodology (in order to reach different outputs and results, not necessarily linked to the previous ones), be considered a Standard+ project?

The aim of the “Standard+” projects is to exploit the existing potentials of the cooperation networks and partnerships in the CB area. In particular, “Standard+” projects are operations stemming from existing cooperation, capitalizing the achievements of the previous programming period, by means of piloting, testing or implementing, in the CB area, solutions developed in a larger scale context and in the framework of a 2007 – 2013 ETC Programmes in which Italian and Croatian partners already worked together (Adriatic IPA CBC, SEE and MED). In order to ensure that capitalization is correctly pursued and realized, the assessment of the project proposals will horizontally consider if achievements and outputs are properly exploitedby piloting, testing or implementing previously obtained results.If not, the score of all the strategic assessment criteria will be affected.

Given the above framework, if a project proposal intends to reach new results by means of an existing methodology developed in a previous project, it is necessary that this methodology is extremely linked to the previous project proposal and that this link is clearly described in the Application Form (in particular, in the field “Capitalization description”).​