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French grant-call reading quiz: eligibility, selection and conditions

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Read a French call for community-project grants and answer twelve questions separating eligibility, selection criteria and award conditions.

In short

A grant call answers three different questions: who may apply, how eligible projects are ranked and what award recipients must do afterwards. Meeting the entry requirements gives access to assessment; it does not guarantee funding.

Volunteers plan a neighbourhood garden around an outdoor table.
Un projet collectif needs more than eligibility to receive funding. Illustration: Atelier

Fonds des initiatives de quartier — appel à projets 2026

1. Qui peut déposer un dossier ?

Peuvent candidater les associations déclarées depuis au moins un an à la date du dépôt et disposant d’un établissement dans le département. Les particuliers, les entreprises commerciales et les collectivités territoriales sont exclus. Chaque association peut présenter un seul projet. Celui-ci doit proposer une activité collective ouverte aux habitants et commencer entre le 1er février et le 30 avril 2027.

Le dossier complet doit parvenir par la plateforme avant le 15 novembre 2026 à 18 heures. Les dossiers incomplets à cette échéance sont irrecevables1. Aucune régularisation ultérieure n’est prévue.

2. Comment les projets sont-ils choisis ?

Après vérification de la recevabilité2, un comité classe les projets selon trois critères : utilité pour les habitants (40 points), faisabilité et cohérence du budget (40 points), participation des bénévoles (20 points). Un partenariat local constitue un atout3, mais n’est pas obligatoire. Le comité peut soutenir moins de projets si les propositions ne répondent pas suffisamment aux critères.

3. Quelles sont les conditions du soutien ?

L’aide couvre au maximum 60 % des dépenses admissibles, dans la limite de 10 000 euros par projet. Le solde doit être assuré par d’autres ressources. La décision est notifiée le 10 décembre. Le versement intervient après signature d’une convention4 précisant les engagements réciproques.

Les bénéficiaires5 doivent réaliser le projet dans les conditions approuvées et remettre un bilan d’activité et un compte rendu financier dans les deux mois suivant sa fin. Toute modification importante doit faire l’objet d’un accord écrit préalable. Le financeur peut demander le remboursement6 des sommes utilisées hors des conditions prévues.

Read it in English

1. Eligible applicants are associations registered for at least one year at submission, with an establishment in the department. Individuals, commercial companies and local authorities are excluded. Each association may submit one project: a collective activity open to residents, starting between 1 February and 30 April 2027. A complete application must arrive through the platform before 6 pm on 15 November 2026. Incomplete applications are inadmissible, with no later opportunity to complete them.

2. After checking admissibility, a committee ranks projects for usefulness to residents (40 points), feasibility and budget coherence (40), and volunteer participation (20). A local partnership is an advantage, not a requirement. The committee may fund fewer projects if proposals do not sufficiently satisfy its criteria.

3. Support covers at most 60% of eligible expenditure, capped at €10,000 per project. Other resources must cover the balance. The decision is notified on 10 December. Payment follows signature of an agreement setting out mutual commitments. Recipients must carry out the approved project and submit an activity report and financial statement within two months of its end. Major changes need prior written agreement. Spending outside the agreed conditions may have to be repaid.

Keep the three stages separate
StageLook forQuestion
Entrypeuvent candidater ; sont exclus ; irrecevablesMay this application enter assessment?
Selectioncritères ; points ; atoutHow strong is this eligible project?
After the awardbénéficiaires ; convention ; bilanWhat must the recipient now do?
  1. Question 1No account needed
    Who meets the stated applicant requirements?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Une association déclarée depuis deux ans, avec un établissement dans le département.. The association meets both the age and local-establishment conditions. Companies and individuals are explicitly excluded.

  2. Question 2No account needed
    An association was registered six months before submission. What follows?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Elle ne remplit pas la condition d’ancienneté.. Registration must date back at least a year. Volunteer participation and partnership do not replace that threshold.

  3. Question 3No account needed
    Which proposed starting date falls within the permitted period?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Le 15 mars 2027.. 15 March falls between 1 February and 30 April. The earlier and later dates fall outside that interval.

  4. Question 4No account needed
    A required document is missing at the deadline. What happens?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Le dossier est irrecevable.. The completeness condition is an entry requirement. The call allows no later regularisation and specifies no points deduction.

  5. Question 5No account needed
    Which criterion has the smallest maximum score?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    La participation des bénévoles.. Volunteer participation is worth 20 points; each of the other two criteria is worth 40.

  6. Question 6No account needed
    What is the status of a local partnership?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Un avantage dans l’examen du projet.. The word atout identifies an advantage. The same sentence expressly says the partnership is not compulsory.

  7. Question 7No account needed
    Does admissibility guarantee funding?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Non, les projets recevables sont ensuite classés.. The committee assesses and ranks eligible projects after the entry check, and may support fewer projects.

  8. Question 8No account needed
    For €20,000 of eligible expenditure, what is the maximum grant under both limits?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    10 000 euros.. Sixty per cent is €12,000, but the additional €10,000 cap lowers the maximum to €10,000.

  9. Question 9No account needed
    What must happen before payment?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    La signature de la convention.. Notification gives the decision. Payment follows signature of the agreement; the final reports come after project completion.

  10. Question 10No account needed
    The project ends on 30 June 2027. By when are both reports due?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Le 30 août 2027.. The call allows two months from the end of the project. Two months after 30 June is 30 August.

  11. Question 11No account needed
    A recipient wants to make a major change. What should it obtain first?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Un accord écrit du financeur.. Major changes require prior written agreement. Neither an internal oral agreement nor the selection score fulfils that obligation.

  12. Question 12No account needed
    Which statement describes an obligation after selection?

    Choose one answer.

    Answer and explanation

    Le bénéficiaire doit remettre un compte rendu financier.. Submitting the financial statement is a recipient’s later duty. The other options concern entry and assessment respectively.

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