today is the deadline for submitting questions related to the first call for proposals of the Challenge Fund. All questions received by 2 June 2017, will be consolidated, and the answers will be prepared and published at the beginning of next week, so that potential applicants have sufficient time to resolve doubts and apply in time.

The interest for the first call of C2C was high, as confirmed by the data on the number of participants at the information sessions, but also the number of questions that you have placed on the info mail address. Among the most frequently asked questions at the information session was the issue of the protection of innovative ideas and the confidentiality of the information submitted in the application. We hereby emphasize that all information contained in the application are strictly confidential and will not be provided to any third party without the written permission of applicant and will not be used for any purpose other than for the purposes of Challenge to Change.

We also point out that the focus of the first phase of the evaluation will be on the quality of innovation of your project ideas, and in the second stage of evaluation will be taken into consideration other detailed information about applicants and partners. Competitiveness and transparency are the main principles of the project Challenge to Change.

We remind you that the deadline for submission of applications is 12 June 2017 at 16 hours.

Once again thank you for your interest in the Challenge to Change project and wish you good luck with your applications.

Challenge Team