6. pants

Disbursement

to Intermediary (funds for re-granting)

6.1 Advance payment scheme:

80% of the funds for re-granting

announced in the open call shall be disbursed to the Intermediary

10 working days after the closing of the call. Disbursements of

subsequent funds for re-granting shall be made as advance payment

in a manner to be set out in the Project Implementation Plan and

requested through the Project Interim Reports. The payment scheme

shall ensure that sufficient funds are available for a timely

transfer of funds to the end-recipients, whether advance

payments, subsequent instalments, or final payments.

6.2 Subsequent disbursements:

N/A

7.

Disbursements to end-recipients

7.1 First date of eligibility:

Costs in sub-projects become

eligible at the date of grant decision by the Intermediary.

7.2 Advance payments and

disbursements:

End-recipients shall receive the

first advance payment (25% of the grant) after the signature of

the contract. An additional 55 percent of the grant may be paid

as advance instalments, in equal shares for each quarter of the

scheduled implementation, after submission of a quarterly interim

report. The balance payment (20% of the grant) shall be paid

after approval by the Intermediary of the final report.

If the sub-project lasts three

months or less, no interim report is necessary, initial advance

payment may be up to 80% and the remaining amount of the grant

will be paid after the approval of the final report.

8.

Publicity

8.1 Intermediary level:

The publicity measures shall be in

accordance with the Publicity Guidelines and the submitted

publicity plan. They shall ensure transparency by providing

possible applicants with adequate and high quality information

about EEA Grants in general, as well as be designed to raise

public awareness and disseminate information about the Fund.

The focus of the publicity

measures shall be on informing the broader public about

opportunities provided under the Financial Mechanisms and

encourage development of project ideas. Activities in this period

include: advertisements, electronic leaflet, booklet, website and

seminars.

Information and publicity

activities shall continue throughout the operation in order to

raise awareness of the available funds.

Before and during the call launch,

advertisements shall be made in national newspapers of the

Republic of Latvia (in Latvian and Russian). The call shall take

into account the principles of the Open Calls Guide. An

electronic leaflet informing about the launch of the Fund and

informing about seminars shall be developed.

The Intermediary shall organise

one to three information seminars in Riga, depending on number of

participants, and at least one seminar in each of the

regions.

A list of approved grant

applications shall be published and regularly updated on the

websites of the Intermediary and the Focal Point.

8.2 Sub project level:

The end-recipients must ensure

that appropriate visibility and credit is given to the EEA

Financial Mechanism and Norwegian Financial Mechanism. Such

publicity measures should be included in reports and publications

stemming from the sub-projects and in public events associated

with the sub-projects.