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Grant Analysis

Purpose & Target

The core objective of this grant is to strengthen the transparency of Algeria's national system for combating money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CTF). It specifically aims to support the Centre National du Registre de Commerce (CNRC) in managing the Public Register of Beneficial Owners (RPBE) in accordance with international standards, particularly those set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). - Explicit identification of target recipient type: This grant targets public administrations from EU Member States (or a consortium of such administrations) that will provide expert support. - Explicit identification of target recipient size: Not specified by size, but recipients must have the institutional capacity and qualified personnel to deliver specialized technical assistance. - SECTOR-SPECIFIC: This grant is sector-specific, focusing on Justice and Home Affairs, Public Administration Reform, Financial Transparency, and Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing. - Geographic scope and any location requirements: Funding is for an EU Member State public administration to implement a project in Algeria. The beneficiary country is Algeria. - Key filtering criteria for initial grant screening: Applicant must be a public administration from an EU Member State with proven expertise in beneficial ownership registers, AML/CTF risk analysis, and relevant IT system architecture. - Grant frequency and program context: This is a specific 'twinning' project, which is a one-time, fixed-duration initiative under a broader EU-Algeria partnership program aimed at supporting public administrations.

Financial Structure

Funding amount: The maximum available grant amount is 250,000.0 EUR.
Eligible costs: These typically cover expert fees, travel expenses, subsistence allowances, and other operational costs incurred by the EU Member State public administration for delivering the technical assistance. Specific breakdown is not provided, but the total ceiling is fixed.
Ineligible costs: Not explicitly detailed in the provided document.
Co-financing/Matching fund requirements: No cash co-financing is explicitly required from the EU Member State applicant. However, the beneficiary (CNRC in Algeria) is responsible for covering local operational costs associated with project activities, such as renting meeting rooms, catering, accommodation and transport for local participants, and didactic materials for workshops. This constitutes an in-kind contribution from the beneficiary.
Payment schedule and mechanisms: Not detailed in the provided documents.
Financial guarantees required: Not specified.
Financial reporting requirements: The Chief Project Officer (CP) is responsible for submitting quarterly interim reports and a final report, which would include financial accountability.

Eligibility Requirements

Organizational Eligibility

Applicant Type: Must be a public administration from an EU Member State. This grant is designed for peer-to-peer cooperation between public bodies.
Organizational Structure: Can be a single public administration or potentially a consortium of public administrations from EU Member States, though a consortium is not explicitly mandated.

Technical Expertise and Infrastructure Requirements

Staff Qualifications: Required to provide experts with specific profiles and experience:
- Chief Project Officer (CP): Must be a high-ranking official with a university degree or equivalent experience (8+ years), minimum 3 years' experience in managing beneficial ownership registers. Desirable to have held a leadership role in an EU Member State's BE register body and managed similar cooperation projects.
- Section Lead (Volet 1) and Short-Term Experts (CT): University degree or equivalent (8+ years), minimum 3 years' experience in managing BE registers, involved in BE register management and/or development of management procedures.
- Short-Term Expert specializing in risk-based approach: University degree or equivalent (8+ years), minimum 3 years' experience in risk management applied to BE.
- Section Lead (Volet 2) and Short-Term Experts (CT): IT specialist in Information Systems, university degree or equivalent (8+ years), minimum 3 years' experience in managing information system architecture, knowledge of complex IT system architecture.
Institutional Capacity: The applicant public administration must have the capacity to deploy qualified personnel for the project duration and manage international cooperation.

Geographic Requirements

Applicant Location: Must be located in an EU Member State.
Project Implementation Location: The project activities will be implemented in Algeria, providing support to the Centre National du Registre de Commerce (CNRC) in Algiers.

Time Commitment Requirements

Chief Project Officer (CP): Must be available for a minimum of three days per month, with at least one field visit to Algeria every three months during the project's 8-month execution period.

Exclusion Criteria

Private companies or non-public organizations are generally excluded from applying for this specific type of 'twinning' grant, as it focuses on public administration cooperation.

Application Process

Application Deadlines and Submission

Application Deadline: The final deadline for submitting proposals is 2025-09-19 18:00:00+0000.
Submission Procedure: While not explicitly detailed in this document (which is a project description for a selected project), applications for EU grants are typically submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal following the instructions in the specific Call for Proposals (which would have been referenced by 'Avis de publication').

Project Implementation and Reporting

Project Duration: The project is expected to be implemented over a period of 8 months.
Key Milestones: The project includes two main results: 1) developing risk-based procedures and tools for RPBE, and 2) designing a digital and interoperable information system architecture for the RPBE.
Reporting Obligations: The Chief Project Officer is required to submit quarterly interim reports and a comprehensive final report on the project's progress and outcomes.
Language: The official language for project implementation, official communications, and reports is French. Interpretation and translation for working documents (EN/FR) will be provided and covered by the project.

Types of Support Offered

This opportunity provides funding to an EU Member State public administration to deliver capacity building, training, technical assistance, and technology transfer (related to IT systems) to the Algerian Centre National du Registre de Commerce (CNRC).

Evaluation Criteria

Expertise and Experience of the Proposed Team

Quality and relevance of the Chief Project Officer's (CP) profile: Demonstrated high-level public official experience and leadership in beneficial ownership (BO) register management.
Adequacy of short-term expert profiles: Expertise in BO register management, risk analysis (FATF methodology), and IT system architecture for public registers.
Previous experience: Demonstrated experience in public administration cooperation projects, particularly those related to financial transparency or AML/CTF.

Project Understanding and Proposed Methodology

Relevance and completeness of the proposed approach: How well the proposed activities align with and address the grant's objectives (strengthening CNRC's RPBE management).
Methodological Soundness: The clarity and feasibility of the proposed plan to implement a risk-based approach for RPBE, including legal, procedural, and IT aspects.
Quality of proposed activities: Detailed work plan for training, developing procedural manuals, designing IT architecture, and ensuring interoperability and data security.
Alignment with international and EU standards: The extent to which the proposal demonstrates understanding and application of FATF recommendations and EU acquis related to AML/CTF.

Impact and Sustainability

Contribution to transparency and AML/CTF: Expected impact on strengthening Algeria's financial transparency and compliance with international standards.
Capacity building: How effectively the project will transfer knowledge and build sustainable capacity within the CNRC staff.
Durability of results: Strategies for ensuring the long-term sustainability of the improved RPBE framework, including internal organizational changes, digitalization, and inter-institutional cooperation.
Alignment with broader policy objectives: How the project contributes to the EU-Algeria partnership priorities and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 16).

Compliance & Special Requirements

Regulatory Compliance

International Standards Alignment: The project explicitly requires adherence to international standards, particularly the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF/GAFI) concerning anti-money laundering and combating terrorist financing (AML/CTF).
EU Acquis: The project will draw upon and align with relevant provisions of the EU acquis, such as the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive.
National Legal Framework: Activities must align with and support the implementation of Algerian laws and decrees related to the Public Register of Beneficial Owners (RPBE) and AML/CTF.

Data Protection and Security

Confidentiality: The design and implementation of the information system architecture must ensure the security and confidentiality of data related to beneficial owners.

Ethical Standards

Transparency and Anti-Corruption: A core objective of the project is to enhance financial transparency and contribute to the fight against corruption and illicit financial flows.

Special Considerations (Twinning Project)

Nature of Cooperation: This is a 'twinning' project, which involves direct, peer-to-peer institutional cooperation between a public administration from an EU Member State and the beneficiary country's public administration (Algeria's CNRC). It's not a typical financial grant to a private entity.
Strategic Alignment: The project contributes to the broader partnership priorities between the EU and Algeria, particularly in political dialogue, governance, rule of law, and fundamental rights.
Sustainability: The project emphasizes building lasting internal capacity within the CNRC, ensuring the sustainability of outcomes beyond the project's duration through training, digitalization, and inter-institutional collaboration.
Risk Management: The project focuses on applying a risk-based methodology to the management of the beneficial ownership register, aiming to identify and mitigate risks related to the misuse of legal entities for illicit activities.

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