EU funding, proposal and tender support
Explore INTERALTER services for EU proposal writing, EuropeAid tenders, consortium building, compliance reviews and international funding.
Our services
EuropeAid Consulting — EU External Action Specialists
INTERALTER is an Athens-based international consultancy specialising exclusively in EuropeAid and EU External Action. We support NGOs, consulting firms, universities, public authorities and international consortia at every stage of the EuropeAid grant and tender cycle — from identifying the right call to submitting a compliant, competitive document. Whether you are applying to a call for proposals from an EU Delegation, preparing a technical offer for a DEVCO framework contract, or searching for consortium partners in Sub-Saharan Africa, our team provides expert, hands-on support throughout.
EuropeAid ConsultingEuropeAid Grant Proposal Writing — Concept Notes and Full Applications
Winning an EuropeAid grant requires more than a good project idea. It requires a deep understanding of the EU's priority themes, a logically consistent theory of change, a PRAG-compliant budget, and a well-evidenced application that stands out in a highly competitive field. INTERALTER's grant proposal writing service covers the complete two-stage EuropeAid application process — from concept note to full application — providing expert writing, logical framework development, budget preparation and quality assurance throughout.
Grant Proposal WritingEU External Action Tender Support — Service Contract Offer Preparation
Winning an EU External Action service contract is fundamentally different from winning a grant. Tenders are commercial competitions where consulting firms, NGOs and public bodies compete on technical quality, organisational capacity and price. INTERALTER provides hands-on support for the full service tender process — from the initial go/no-go assessment through to a compliant, high-scoring technical offer ready for submission.
Tender SupportPRAG Compliance Review — Eliminating Disqualifying Errors Before Submission
The EU's Practical Guide to Contract Procedures for External Actions (PRAG) is a dense procedural document of over 500 pages governing every aspect of EuropeAid grants and tenders. A single administrative error — a missing declaration, a signature in the wrong place, an ineligible cost category — can disqualify an otherwise excellent submission. INTERALTER's PRAG compliance review service provides a structured, expert audit of your complete submission package against the applicable PRAG requirements, call guidelines and EU Delegation instructions.
PRAG Compliance ReviewEuropeAid Consortium Building — Forming Competitive International Partnerships
Most EuropeAid grants and service tenders require or strongly benefit from an international consortium. The right consortium partners strengthen your bid — providing geographic presence, sector expertise, local legitimacy and organisational diversity. The wrong partners can disqualify it. INTERALTER's consortium building service helps you identify, recruit and formalise the right partnership for your specific call — drawing on our network of NGOs, consulting firms, universities and public bodies across all EuropeAid regions.
Consortium BuildingInternational Development Partner Search — EuropeAid Consortium Matchmaking
Finding the right partner for an EuropeAid call is one of the most time-consuming challenges in international development. You need an organisation with the right legal status, sectoral expertise, geographic presence and PRAG compliance track record — ideally with existing institutional relationships in the target country. INTERALTER's partner search service shortens this process dramatically, drawing on our partner network across all major EuropeAid regions and our systematic database of qualified organisations.
Partner SearchKey Expert Mobilisation — Sourcing and Presenting Key Experts for EU Tenders
Key experts are the most heavily scored element of most EU External Action service tenders. A team leader or component expert who barely meets the minimum thresholds costs points; one who significantly exceeds them wins competitions. INTERALTER's key expert mobilisation service helps you identify the right experts for your specific tender, verify their qualifications against the Terms of Reference requirements, and prepare EU-format CVs that present their experience in the strongest possible terms.
Key Expert MobilisationEuropeAid Logical Framework Development — From Theory of Change to SMART Logframe
The logical framework matrix (logframe) is the structural backbone of every EuropeAid grant application and project implementation plan. EU assessors use it to evaluate the coherence of your intervention logic, the credibility of your indicators, and the realism of your approach. A weak logframe — vague indicators, missing baselines, unrealistic targets or broken causality chains — costs evaluation points and creates implementation problems. INTERALTER's logframe specialists build rigorous, assessor-tested logical frameworks from scratch or improve existing ones.
Logical FrameworkConcept Note & Full Application Support — Winning Both Stages of EuropeAid Grants
Most EuropeAid grants use a two-stage application process. In the first stage, all eligible organisations submit a concept note — a short document (usually 4–8 pages) presenting the project concept. Only a fraction are invited to submit a full application. The full application is a comprehensive technical and financial document that can run to 60 pages or more, plus annexes. INTERALTER provides expert support for both stages — writing concept notes that achieve shortlisting and full applications that score highly across all evaluation criteria.
Concept Note & ApplicationEuropeAid Budget Development — PRAG-Compliant Budgets for Grants and Tenders
An EuropeAid budget is not simply a spreadsheet of project costs. It must comply with the PRAG's strict cost eligibility rules, be built from a detailed work plan, use the correct EU budget format for the specific instrument, respect ceilings for indirect costs and contingency, and be accompanied by a detailed narrative justification. Errors in the budget — ineligible costs, incorrect calculations, unjustified line items — can disqualify a proposal or lead to cost rejections during project implementation. INTERALTER builds rigorous, PRAG-compliant budgets from your workplan inputs.
Budget DevelopmentEU Delegation Tenders — Competing for EU Delegation Service Contracts
EU Delegations in partner countries procure technical assistance and advisory services directly — often on tight timelines through restricted tenders or negotiated procedures. These contracts are highly valuable but require rapid, expert responses to complex Terms of Reference. INTERALTER provides specialised support for EU Delegation tender processes, from the initial go/no-go assessment through to a compliant, competitive technical offer ready for submission within the available timeframe.
EU Delegation TendersFramework Contract Consortium Support — DEVCO, ECHO and INTPA Frameworks
EU framework contracts — managed by DEVCO, ECHO and other INTPA units — provide a critical pipeline of work for organisations active in international development. Getting onto a framework roster is a competitive process, and once on it, winning specific contracts requires a rapid, expert response to each Request for Services. INTERALTER helps organisations both apply for framework contract inclusion and respond competitively to specific assignments within their framework lots.
Framework ContractsHuman pre-submission review of your EU funding proposal
Have a draft but need an independent review before submission? Agree a targeted human review with an INTERALTER consultant, separate from the automated AI readiness tool.
Who we help
- Coordinators and partner teams with an existing draft application.
- Universities, NGOs, research organisations and businesses preparing an eligible EU funding submission.
- Teams seeking a focused check of the narrative, impact, implementation or budget rather than complete proposal writing.
What we take on
- Compare the agreed sections with the call, template and evaluation criteria.
- Identify unsupported claims, missing evidence, unclear objectives and gaps in the project logic.
- Check consistency between partner roles, activities, deliverables, risks and budget assumptions.
- Distinguish factual or eligibility concerns from editorial improvements and prioritise revision work.
What you receive
- A written review memo identifying the agreed issues and their priority.
- Section-specific comments and an actionable revision checklist.
- An agreed feedback discussion to clarify recommendations and the team's next steps.
How to get started
Contact us with the programme, call reference, submission deadline and the stage of your draft. Do not send confidential drafts through an initial public enquiry; arrange secure document sharing after the scope is agreed.
Useful information for your first enquiry
- Programme, call and deadline
- Draft stage and sections requiring review
- Availability for a feedback discussion
How we work together
Agree the review
Send the call reference, deadline and document list. We agree the sections, review depth, timetable and confidentiality arrangements.
Review the evidence
Your team provides the current draft and supporting information. A consultant examines the agreed materials against the applicable requirements.
Plan the revisions
We discuss findings and priorities. Your team decides and implements the final revisions; additional writing support is agreed separately.
Questions before we start
Is this the same as the AI readiness assessment?
No. The AI tool provides an automated preliminary assessment. A human proposal review is a separately scoped consultancy service based on agreed documents and criteria.
Can a review predict the official score?
No. Our review identifies issues and revision priorities. It does not reproduce an official evaluation or guarantee a score, eligibility decision or funding award.
Availability and turnaround are confirmed before engagement. The applicant retains responsibility for the final proposal and submission.