New School of the Rural World

Ruris organised the "Nova Escola do Mundo Rural" initiative, which set out to work at pre-school level, specifically from 4 months to 5 years of age, in order to guarantee universal access for all children to high-quality educational experiences in their first years of life, greatly improving their overall development and substantially increasing their chances of success throughout their schooling, with the main objective of reversing the generational cycle of social exclusion.

Ruris provided the following services:

• Preparation of the application:
  • Verification that the application met the eligibility conditions set out in the call, in order to establish its merit;
  • Preparation of the descriptive report;
  • Preparation of the physical and financial schedule;
  • Support in preparing the documentation and other mandatory elements of the application;
  • Completion of the application form;
  • Support in preparing any additional clarifications that may be requested during the appraisal and decision on applications;
  • Preparation and delivery of the application dossier in digital format.
• Support in monitoring the physical and financial delivery of the project:
  • Preparatory support for implementing the project's actions, in particular planning and scheduling the activities to be carried out;
  • Regular meetings with the project's technical team;
  • Monitoring and oversight of the project, in particular the level of physical and financial delivery of the actions;
  • Monitoring and evaluation of the contracted indicators;
  • Availability to answer questions by email/telephone regarding the project;
  • Preparation of quarterly reports on the project support services and of the final project delivery report.
  • Support in preparing and submitting payment claims:
    • Analysis and organisation of documentation;
    • Analysis of expenditure documents;
    • Verification of the public procurement procedures underlying the expenditure incurred (where applicable);
    • Completion of the files required for the payment claim;
    • Completion and submission of the payment claim on the platform;
    • Follow-up on the status of the appraisal of payment claims;
    • Support in drafting responses to requests for clarification;
    • Digital organisation of the payment claim documentation.
  • Support in preparing requests for time/physical/financial reprogramming:
    • Support in gathering information from the beneficiary organisation(s) (reprogramming objectives, budgets, other supporting documents);
    • Preparation of the necessary justification and supporting documentation;
    • Completion and submission on the platform;
    • Follow-up on the status of the reprogramming request;
    • Support in drafting responses to requests for clarification.