EEPP Program Support Unit 

EPF Operating Manual   General Principles 

The Fund s outreach strategy will be developed on an annual basis and is included in the 

Annual Operating Plan. 

The Fund will identify and award projects in two different ways: 

The application method   Projects are evaluated, selected and awarded to the project 

holder on a competitive basis based on defined evaluation criteria.  

The tender method   Projects submitted by the various departments of EEAA are 

evaluated and selected on a competitive basis.  EEAA will then tender selected project 

and award project implementation to the successful bidder.  The Fund participates in co 

financing the project. 

Application Procedure 

The Fund employs an application process requiring the submission of two application forms:  

1.  The project information form (PIF); and  

2.  The project application form (PAF).  

The PIF is a short form, which the EPF evaluates to check fulfillment of eligibility criteria. 

The EPF will not review the more detailed PAF unless the PIF meets the eligibility criteria 

described in Section 6.4.   

Applicants may submit both the PIF and PAF at the same time, but should recognize that the 

PAF will only be evaluated if the PIF is accepted.  Thus, the EPF encourages applicants to 

submit the PIF for evaluation before submitting the PAF.  By screening proposals at this early 

stage, the Fund believes that time and resources of both applicants and the Fund will be 

utilized more effectively.  In addition, the Fund may be able to identify any deficiencies in 

the proposed project that the applicant should correct before submitting the PAF. 

Every interested potential applicant is entitled to request an information package, the PIF and 

the PAF, plus instructions for completing these forms.  

The PIF may be submitted at any time during the project cycle.  However, the Fund 

establishes deadlines for submission of applications to coincide with evaluation and selection 

schedules. These deadlines are elaborated in application instructions sent to applicants.  The 

Fund notifies applicants with rejected applications.   Applicants may resubmit applications, 

once revised, for consideration by the Fund, as long as they do not miss deadlines specified 

for submitting applications.  Applicants should be aware that missed deadlines at the end of 

the project cycle may require the applicant to submit a new PIF and PAF since the Fund s 

priorities, eligibility requirements and disbursement guidelines may change from year to year.    

Throughout the application process, applicants may contact Fund staff to ask questions 

pertaining to the process of completing applications.  The Fund will schedule training 

sessions (announced in newspapers and/or other media) at which applicants also may obtain 

assistance in preparing the PAF applications.  

Application forms may change from one year to the next.  Model PIF and PAF are provided 

as exhibits attached to the Annual Operating.  The PIF is much shorter and requires the 

applicant to provide information needed by the Fund to screen the PIF and review eligibility 

criteria, and to facilitate correspondence between the applicant and the Fund.  Depending on 

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