Distribution of EU financial contribution in cofunded calls

It is especially important that the network agrees on the details of using the EU financial contribution.

3 main scenarios are to be considered:

1. The EU co-funding is distributed strictly proportionally among the funding organisations based on the respective national/regional contributions (= 100% virtual common pot). This leads to a fixed return regardless of the "gaps". However, this could also result in a relatively short funding list which contains less funded projects than the scenarios described below, unless additional efforts are made to adjust (increase) the national/regional budgets where necessary.
2. The EU co-funding is treated as a pure real common pot in addition to the separate national/regional funding (=mixed mode) and is used to fill gaps in the funding list irrespective of any country/region. This usually results in the longest possible funding list, while no fixed return or top-up of a particular national/regional budget can be guaranteed.
3. A compromise between the scenarios above splits the EU co-funding into 2 parts and 1) uses a part of it to top-up national/regional budgets proportionally and at the same time 2) uses the other part as a balancing pot to fill gaps in the funding list irrespective of the country/region. This is called a mixed mode.