Will “RCO 87 Organisations cooperating across borders” be linked only to one specific objective and not split between specific objectives?
Yes, you can select an output indicator “RCO 87 Organizations cooperating across borders” in one specific objective, and link it with the respective result indicator “ISI: Organisations with increased institutional capacity due to their participation in cooperation activities across borders”.
Can an already developed strategy requiring revision and updating as part of the proposal be included as a project output?
No, an already developed strategy should not be counted as an output. Only the newly developed strategies are counted. The applicant can have an activity like revising the strategy, if it is necessary for the implementation of the rest of the project activities but it should not be counted as an output.
Does a solution coming from pilot activities means that the pilots do not need to be specified in advance? And if yes, to what extent?
It is recommended to have at least a definition of the pilot. It is understandable that in some cases it is difficult to define all the details. However if the applicant can estimate how many pilots will be performed, and in what environment they will be piloted, then, some general information should be provided for the pilot as far as it is a basis for project assessment.
Pilots may also result in a solution or they may also end up in strategies, action plans or something else?
A pilot can only result in a solution not in a strategy or action plan.
Can pilot action derive from joint strategy?
The programme does not expect a pilot action to derive from the strategy.
Does the pilot have to be tested in nature or it can be tested by computer simulation.
It can be tested by computer simulation. The important thing is a pilot is demonstrating the viability of the solution. It should demonstrate that it works in practice.
What are RCO, RCR and ISI?
RCO is an output indicator. RCR is a result indicator taken from the Regulation and ISI (Organisations with increased institutional capacity due to their participation in cooperation activities across borders) is a result indicator which is not taken from the Regulation but defined by INTERACT together with transnational programmes.
How many outputs it is recommended to have (one or two per specific objective)?
It is up to the project partnership to define the outputs. The programme recommends the project to stay focused.
In case of the second step, the partnership will decide to increase the number of PPs/ASPs, should a target value of the respective indicators be also increased?
Yes, the target value of the indicator can be adjusted respectively by increasing its value.
Can we count institutional members of the stakeholders groups under ISI if they are actively contributing to the project activities, meetings, events?
The organisations that are involved in the project partnership (LP, PPs, ASPs) are to be counted under this result indicator, if the result indicator is linked to the output indicator RCO87 (cooperation across border).An organisation, which actively took part in a project pilot action and increased its institutional capacity in the thematic field of the project, but not involved in the project partnership shall be counted under this indicator, if it is linked to the output indicator RCO84 (joint pilot actions). Individuals are not counted under this indicator.
If the participants of pilot actions are people not the organizations. How will they be counted?
Only institutional capacity should be measured. e.g. If you are testing a training scheme, the participants should not be counted. But if during the testing of the training scheme, there appear some institutions which are not a part of the partnership (e.g. universities involved, etc. which later can apply a training scheme), then they should be counted as separate legal entities.
