2nd Call for Research Stays and Projects Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis
Territorio Mudéjar announces the second edition of the Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis research stays and projects aimed at directly supporting the work of researchers and project promoters who want to work on the development of villages based on the responsible and sustainable use of cultural and natural heritage resources.
Territorio Mudéjar was created as an association of town councils, currently thirty-two, whose objective is to consolidate a unified and collaborative management network for the use of the historical-artistic resources linked to the important Mudejar heritage, understanding them as a driving force for the development of the villages and as an element of identity for the maintenance of the communities that make up our territory. Our action plan for the next few years has been designed in accordance with the strategic lines defined by the “Council of the European Union’s Work Plan 2019-2022” which, aligned to the objectives of the Agenda 2030, have as a guiding principle that “the cultural identity of territories will contribute to sustainable social and economic development by differentiating markets and in turn enabling their integration into a diversified economy that can ensure their future success”.
The projects carried out in 2019 have strengthened one of our most important lines of work based on the development of actions that promote the retention and attraction of talent, actions aimed at building highly qualified professional networks linked to the use of historical-artistic and cultural resources, contributing to medium and long-term territorial development.
Dedicated to Professor Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis, a staunch defender of the management of Aragonese heritage and of the territory, as an action of the people and as an innovative field of work full of future. His work exemplified with perfect coherence the possibility of combining research work of high scientific impact with a commitment to the land and its people. of high scientific impact with a commitment to the land and its people, not only favouring the knowledge, conservation and dissemination of its historical-artistic heritage, but also by modernising work processes and by proposing innovative innovation projects in which natural, cultural and heritage resources are a key element in the future of the towns.
Basis
1/ Subject matter and scope
The purpose of this call for proposals is to award FIVE grants to researchers and professionals in the field of cultural and natural heritage management for the development of a highly innovative research or territorial project within one of the fields of activity or area of work specified below.
Proposals may address zero or preparatory phases, development phases or piloting and testing phases of ongoing projects.
Proposals must include as a fundamental part of their development a justified physical stay in one or more of the localities of Territorio Mudéjar. The projects presented must demonstrate a direct impact on at least three partner towns of Territorio Mudéjar and provide evidence of the influence of this impact on the rest of the territory.
Objectives:
- To promote the knowledge of the rural territory from its Mudejar identity through innovative approaches whose main purpose is to have a positive impact on the villages.
- To incentivise work with a high territorial impact developed from the experience of people’s habitability.
- To help the creation and implementation of a working network under a common vision of the possibilities of heritage, cultural and natural resources that helps to strengthen the rest of the sectors through interdisciplinary and collaborative work.
- To create mechanisms for social participation in the field of heritage resource management from a territorial perspective.
Specific objectives:
- To promote knowledge of heritage resources in order to encourage the implementation of projects, contribute to better protection and promote the conservation of the Mudejar heritage of the villages.
- Contribute to a better understanding of UNESCO World Heritage and the benefits it brings to the territory as an international brand.
- To give special support to projects that refer to the previous sections and that include two or more localities in the Mudejar Territory.
- To support projects that serve as a framework for action for a wide range of sites or assets, or that propose solutions and formulas that contribute to improving the sustainability and management capacities of Mudejar Heritage at a general level.
- Support projects that help to promote the social function of cultural heritage.
The areas covered by the call are the following:
AREA 1. New perspectives on Mudejar art:
– Updating of data and knowledge on Mudejar heritage in all its diversity: monumental, urban, ethnographic, linguistic, agrarian, hydraulic, geography, materials, processes, etc.
– Technical languages applied to the Mudejar: planimetry, photogrammetry and Mudejar 3D.
– Geolocation, cartographies and maps.
– Any subject that allows the scientific base on Mudejar art to be broadened.
AREA 2. Mudejar Territory-Cultural Landscape (definition of cultural landscape)
– Property resources and the actions of individuals
– Natural and social contexts
– Interactions between landscape and monumentality
AREA 3. Cultural heritage management:
– New models of use beyond the classic concept of “tourist or leisure use”.
– Physical, economic and intellectual accessibility studies
– Future models for conservation or intervention.
AREA 4. Communication and dissemination of Mudejar heritage
– Mudejar heritage and the media
– New media discourses
– Interpretation and ways of accessibility to knowledge of the Mudejar heritage
AREA 5. Mudejar heritage and its social function as a key element of territorial development
– The emotional bond as a key element for the care, protection and management of heritage.
– Population contexts: The value of intergenerational experience
– Social participation in the enhancement, exchange and collective construction of knowledge and new forms of learning.
The procedure for awarding grants will be processed on a competitive basis according to the assessment criteria established in the call for applications and, in accordance with Article 22.1 of Law 38/2003, of 17 November, General Law on Subsidies.
2/ Applicants
Proposals may be submitted by natural persons and groups of natural persons without legal personality who fulfil all the requirements of this call for proposals.
The applicant (or group of applicants) may be at an early or intermediate stage of their research career or professional activity and must be able to demonstrate:
- Higher education related to the areas covered by the call for proposals
- Master’s degree in Cultural Heritage Management (or similar) or documentary proof of at least two years of research or professional experience -remunerated or not-.
The call is not open to legal entities of any kind: companies, partnerships, associations, communities of property or groups under any other type of legal associative formula.
When the project is submitted by two or more persons, the formula is called “team” and each member of the team must be accredited individually.
If the project submitted is part of a research project linked to a university, public research centre or private (non-profit) centre, this must be indicated in the project report.
The acceptance of the project and the development of the stay is compatible with other professional activities as long as the compatibility mode is specified and justified in the project report.
The project submitted may have other sources of funding as long as they are complementary and are specified in the report.
Total income may never exceed the development costs of the projects.
3/ Requirements
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree, Graduate or Architect’s degree or equivalent.
- Master’s degree in specialised heritage and/or in the various related areas or accredit a minimum of two years of research experience and/or professional career in the field in which the proposal is developed (whether paid or unpaid).
- Be up to date with their tax and social security obligations, as well as accrediting compliance with obligations for the reimbursement of subsidies.
- Not be subject to any of the causes established in art. 13 of the LGS.
4/ Deadline for submission
The deadline for submitting applications is MONDAY, 29 June 2020.
Proposals sent by e-mail will be accepted until 11.59 p.m. (Spanish time).
If the application contains errors that can be rectified, the organisation will inform the applicant so that, within a period of three days from the date of communication, they can proceed to rectify them as an essential condition for the application to be taken into account in the evaluation process.
5/ Characteristics and conditions
Timeframe: The timetable of projects and placements will run until 24 December 2020. The project completion report must be submitted by 28 December 2020.
Duration: Proposals must be developed within a minimum of THREE months and a maximum of SIX months.
Endowment: Projects will have a maximum financial allocation of 6,000.00 € which must be justified in the project report according to the expenses indicated in the following section.
Expenditure chargeable to the grant: The budget must identify the items subject to and deriving directly from the needs of the project – e.g. fees for carrying out the work, materials, travel, meals, accommodation, etc. – including, where applicable, the corresponding taxes.
In the event that the project has other sources of funding, the following must be specified: Entity, duration, actions financed (object and content) and to which part of the project it is addressed.
Compatibility: The development of the stay is compatible with other work, professional or research activities justified to the organisation. The project must indicate the degree of compatibility and the method of work to be carried out in order to avoid overlapping and non-compliance with the conditions indicated in this call.
Number of calls: Beneficiaries may not be awarded grants in more than two consecutive calls. Therefore, resident researchers who have been beneficiaries in the last two calls will not be eligible to apply for the call and will be excluded if they do so.
Others:
The beneficiaries will be included in the entity’s civil liability insurance.
Beneficiaries shall not enter into any kind of employment relationship with the entity.
All aid shall be subject to deductions and taxes as stipulated in the legislation in force, which shall be deducted from the corresponding financial envelope.
6/ Applications
Applications must be sent to the Asociación Territorio Mudéjar in digital format to the following e-mail address: info@territoriomudejar.es
- Application-Basic identification data of the applicant and the project
- Copy of ID card.
- Summary of the applicant/s professional career (maximum 2,000 characters)
- Project/proposal summary (max. 2,000 characters)
- Abbreviated academic and professional CV (max. 5 pages)
- Five developed works that, in the applicant’s opinion, are relevant as a starting point for the proposal (Summary of each project of max. 2,000 characters).
- Report on the project to be carried out, including (max. 5 pages): Title; Background and current status of the subject; Hypothesis, methodology, work plan and timetable; Description of the specific objectives of the project; Locations directly and indirectly affected by the proposal; Location or locations proposed for the stay and expected length of stay; Detailed budget for the research, which will refer to the amount requested.
- Optionally, a letter of recommendation from a relevant person in the field of the proposed work may be provided.
- In the case of teams, both the application and the award decision must expressly state the implementation commitments undertaken by each member of the team, as well as the amount of subsidy to be applied by each of them, who will also be considered as beneficiaries. A sole representative or proxy of the grouping must be appointed, with sufficient powers to fulfil the obligations which, as beneficiary, correspond to the grouping. The team will undertake not to dissolve the grouping until the limitation period provided for in Articles 39 and 65 of Law 38/2003 of 17 November 2003 has elapsed.
7/ Selection process and criteria
The project selection process will be carried out on the basis of the evaluations of the Scientific Committee and the entity’s management team, which will draw up a ranking according to the following criteria:
- Curricular profile, training and previous achievements of the applicant: 15%. The orientation of the curricular profile in relation to the area of work chosen by the applicant will be assessed.
- Quality of the project and innovative nature of the proposal: 35%. The project must be well thought out and presented in a rigorous and detailed manner. The framework of objectives/actions/resources/budget should be well planned. The timetable should be realistic. The project should provide for its evaluation and future viability.
- Territory of impact / number of localities involved: 35%. The way in which the project acts on the territory will be assessed. It may be a direct present or future impact, but in any case it will be an essential requirement. It will be highly valued to foresee a realistic impact without falling into the tendentious and mediatic.
- Complementary activities involving the local population: 15%. An activity involving the local population in the development of the project will be assessed. Involvement does not necessarily have to be through a cultural activity. The introduction of activities that have an unconventional cultural impact will be valued.
8/ Evaluation and resolution
The decision on the grants will be communicated as of Wednesday 1 July 2020.
The call may be declared totally or partially void and the decision of the commissions shall be final.
Once the call has been resolved, the list of beneficiaries and the composition of the evaluation commission will be published on the Territorio Mudéjar Association’s website www.territoriomudejar.es.
In no case will individualised information on the applications received or on the deliberation of the evaluation committee be provided.
9/ Formalisation, justification and payment of aid
Formalisation: Beneficiaries must sign before the start date of their project, according to the calendar, and at the latest before 1 August 2020, the acceptance commitment that will act as an indispensable document for the receipt of the aid. Once the acceptance document has been signed, they must join the project on the date indicated in the calendar.
Payment: The grant will be paid in three instalments: 40% at the start, once the acceptance commitment has been signed; 40% halfway through the project; and the remaining 20% on delivery of the final project report. These conditions will be general to all beneficiaries unless, exceptionally, the project report justifies the need for a different financial distribution over time.
Justification and presentation of results:
Beneficiaries will be obliged to justify compliance with the requirements and conditions established in this call for proposals by means of: An intermediate report halfway through the stay that allows the progress of the project to be evaluated. A final report on digital support of the project describing objectives, fulfilment of aims and results; and a financial report justifying the cost of the activities carried out.
Financial control:
The interim report shall include a revision of the estimated budget either confirming its continuity or proposing necessary adjustments where justified.
The final report shall include a detailed financial report as follows:
- A list of expenses incurred indicating the creditor, amount, date of issue and payment. As the project includes an estimated budget, the list of expenses will be classified according to the items of the subsidised project or activity. Where applicable, any deviations that may have occurred in the development of the project must be justified.
- Proof of payment: Invoices, tickets or supporting documents and proof of payment. If the payment has been made in cash, this must be indicated on the expense document with the concept correctly specified.
- The justification of fees shall be made by sworn declaration and shall be detailed in the report according to the results developed, specifying the working hours assigned to the actions carried out.
- The justification of mileage expenses shall be made by means of a sworn statement and a detail shall be included in the report according to the results developed, specifying the journeys made and assigned to specific actions.
Non-compliance:
The aid will be cancelled and the amounts received will be reimbursed when the conditions established in these rules are not fulfilled and in general in the cases established in article 37 of the General Law on Subsidies.
10/ Dissemination of project results
The Asociación Territorio Mudéjar may request the collaboration of the beneficiaries of the grants in activities to disseminate the projects. To this end, the beneficiary will provide the Asociación Territorio Mudéjar with all the information and documentation required and will grant the latter, free of charge, the appropriate rights for the dissemination of the results.
Beneficiaries must mention in materials or results the origin of the aid by means of the phrase “Project carried out with funding from Territorio Mudéjar through the Estancias Gonzalo M. Borrás Gualis 20120 call” and include the organisation’s logo whenever possible.
For its part, the association Territorio Mudéjar will always identify the authorship of the projects.
11/ Acceptance of the rules
Participation in this call for applications implies acceptance of its rules and its decision, which shall be final, as well as the waiver of any type of claim.
Exceptionally and for duly justified reasons, the Asociación Territorio Mudéjar reserves the right to interpret and modify the wording of the rules in order to clarify or specify their content, without this implying a substantial or arbitrary alteration of the same.
For any queries, applicants may contact the Asociación Territorio Mudéjar by e-mail at info@territoriomudejar.es