Sustainable initiatives grant

• Apply as a group of people based in Oirschot or as a legal entity, such as a social organisation, association or foundation, organising a project in Oirschot. You must be an initiator or co-initiator; the municipality’s overview requires applicants to live or work in Oirschot.
• Your project must be noncommercial, feasible and supported locally. Residents must take an active role. Carry it out within one year of the application date.
• The activity must focus on energy saving, renewable energy generation or energy efficiency and contribute to at least one of the following: local renewable generation or energy saving, lower CO₂ emissions, cooperation between residents and organisations, or demonstrable added or innovative value for Oirschot.
• The municipality can refuse a grant if you already have enough own or third-party funds, if provincial or national subsidy is or can be granted for the same activity, or if required permits are refused. The same initiative must not already have received a subsidy or financial contribution.
• Your activities must respect the law, public interest, public order and safety. The municipality can refuse or withdraw support under the Wet Bibob, the law intended to prevent government funding from facilitating crime. It can also refuse applicants that agree pay for an official above the statutory limit under the Wet normering topinkomens. This applies to all officials, including those outside employment, and to applicants outside that law’s usual scope. The municipality can choose not to refuse, for example for a very small grant or when the grant will not pay salaries; applicants must substantiate the latter.
• EU state-aid rules also apply where relevant. The municipality must refuse aid that the European Commission has declared incompatible, and applicants with an outstanding Commission order to repay unlawful, incompatible aid. It must also refuse aid where the applicable EU aid rules prohibit support to a business in financial difficulty: one that, without public intervention, is almost certain not to survive in the short or medium term. Those rules can also require refusal if the aid would not enable activities the applicant would otherwise leave undone.

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• Submit a complete application at least eight weeks before starting. Grants are allocated in complete-application arrival order until the subsidy budget is reached.

Download the municipality’s application form, complete and sign it, and send it to info@oirschot.nl or Gemeente Oirschot, Postbus 11, 5688 ZG Oirschot. Apply at least eight weeks before the activity starts; starting before the municipality receives your application is a refusal ground.

Include the project description, intended goals and results, expected participants, how it can serve as an example, and an itemised income-and-expenditure budget. Legal entities must provide their financial position. Include a funding plan stating other subsidies or payments sought for the same activities. A legal entity applying for the first time must also attach its founding deed or statutes and the previous year’s annual report, accounts or balance sheet. If you carry out economic activity, the general ordinance requires a de-minimis declaration about public aid received under the rules for small amounts of state aid, and details of publicly funded support for the activities.

Complete applications are considered in arrival order until the subsidy budget is reached. If same-day applications would exceed the budget, their order is determined by lottery. The decision normally follows within eight weeks of a complete application, with a possible four-week extension; the awarded amount is made available within four weeks of the award decision.

For grants above €500, send the municipality an activity report and financial account, and your organisation’s financial position if applicable, within eight weeks after completion so it can determine the final grant. If you cannot meet that deadline, request a reasoned extension in writing; up to four extra weeks is possible. Failing to submit the account on time leads to recovery of the whole grant. Repay the difference if the final grant is lower than the award. Grants of €500 or less require no final account under the programme rules.

Notify the municipality immediately if activities will not take place fully or grant conditions cannot be met. Report in writing relevant changes to your finances or organisation’s relationships, closure or dissolution, and changes to statutes, directors or purpose. Do not transfer assets to a support foundation without approval. If the subsidy creates assets or wealth, you must pay compensation to the municipality when you receive damage compensation for funded goods, end the activities or grant, have the grant withdrawn, or dissolve the legal entity; the municipality determines the amount.