According to Urban Innovative Actions eligibility rules a municipal department (e.g. local police department), municipal institution (e.g. education board), municipal agency (e.g. local development agency), municipal company (e.g. in the field of energy/ waste/economic development/tourism) or similar organisations partially or fully owned by the municipality cannot be considered as an urban authority according to UIA rules. In all cases, the municipality has to be involved and is the only organisation that can submit the project proposal. However there are three possible ways for this organisations to be involved in the project:
- Option A: the Municipality is involved as Main Urban Authority and the organisation will be considered as a Delivery Partner and have a formal role, a dedicated budget implying that a financial contribution and involvement in project activities has to be foreseen.
- Option B: the Municipality is involved as Main Urban Authority and the organisation is considered as ‘in-house contractor’ of the Municipality. Therefore the costs will be budgeted as “external expertise and services” of the Main Urban Authority. The organisation will not have any formal role in the project partnership and not be listed as delivery partner. For more information about this option and the criteria which define the opportunity to do so, please carefully read the dedicated section of the UIA Guidance.
- Option C: the organisation is involved in the wider group of stakeholders which implies that it has no formal role in the project therefore no dedicated budget and responsibility to implement activities.
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