Madrid Active Region

In principle, only one project will be financed for the same local territory, unless one of them is a project aligned with the Community of Madrid's Physical Activity and Physical Exercise Prescription Program, or there is credit left over once projects have been selected. of all applicant entities or related or dependent entities, in which case other projects from the same Local Entity or linked entity dependent on the same Local Entity may be selected.

The applications will be presented in the model that appears in the call.

An application must be made for each project.

Both the application and the project presented together with it may be subject to correction or modification during the grant granting phase, for which documentation can be submitted electronically.

The contribution of the Community of Madrid will cover a maximum of 90% of the cost of each project and in no case will it exceed the amount of 100 euros for each of them. It will depend on the characteristics of the Local Entity and the project presented, so that the percentage is higher or lower, as established in article 15.000 of the regulatory bases.

The forms of payment will be established in the agreements, being able to agree on several payments or single payment, advance payments or once the performance of the activity has been justified.

Yes, it is a necessary condition that the participants are registered in a municipality of the Community of Madrid. It is up to the requesting entity to make the pertinent verifications.

The projects must be carried out in the territory of the requesting local entity or to which the entity linked or dependent on it belongs, except for activities in which mobility in another territory is pertinent due to the use of specific facilities, services or resources, or in those projects developed in collaboration between several local entities.

It must be broken down, detailing concepts, units, unit prices and total prices. Likewise, it must contain, at least, the information that appears in the annex "Detailed project budget model".

In general, taxes are an eligible expense when the beneficiary of the subsidy actually pays them.

In no case are indirect taxes considered eligible expenses when they are susceptible to recovery or compensation or personal income taxes (Art.31.8 General Subsidies Law)

VAT is eligible when the entity to which the subsidy is granted cannot recover the VAT.

Town halls and other public law entities are not considered taxpayers, under the terms provided for in Article 13, section 1, of Council Directive 2006/112/EC, so the VAT borne by them will be considered eligible. .

It is recommended that together with the application and the rest of the documentation that must accompany it, a responsible declaration is presented that proves that the input VAT is not recoverable, and, therefore, the beneficiary acts as the final consumer.

If the subsidized entity is subject to the VAT pro rata rule, the input VAT that is not deductible is eligible, and it must also be accredited by means of a responsible declaration.

Both the provisional and definitive lists will be published in the website of the Community of Madrid, and will include the list of selected projects, indicating the requesting local entity or related or dependent entity and the maximum amount to be contributed by the Community of Madrid. Likewise, it will include the list of projects not selected with an indication of the cause and/or their score.

Within a maximum period of ten business days from the day following the publication of the final resolution, each of the local entities whose projects have been selected will notify the General Directorate of Sports of the acceptance of the maximum amount of co-financing from the Community. of Madrid and their willingness to sign the corresponding administrative agreement, and must submit, within the same period of ten business days, the documentation established in article thirteen, section 1 of the regulatory bases.

They are included in articles 2 and 3 of ORDER 699/2023, of May 2, of the Minister of Culture, Sports Tourism, which regulates the Institutional Collaboration Program in physical activity and health projects. The purpose of the program is to promote the participation in them of the sectors of the population with the highest incidence of sedentary lifestyle, in order to extend the practice of physical activity throughout the Community of Madrid. And the objectives will be:

1. The promotion of physical activity and physical exercise to improve the health of the population, and particularly among those sectors with the highest incidence of physical inactivity and/or a sedentary lifestyle.
2. Facilitate specific resources that allow the development of prescription and intervention processes for physical activity and physical exercise.
3. The acquisition of active habits in childhood and youth.
4. The promotion of the regular practice of physical activity in adulthood.
5. The maintenance and improvement of the autonomy of the elderly population.

The Prescription and intervention projects for physical activity and physical exercise are those that are in line with the PA and PE Prescription Program of the Community of Madrid, in which inactive and/or sedentary users of primary care centers They may be referred to the municipal sports centers with the general objective of facilitating the initiation to the practice of physical activity and physical exercise.    

The PA and PE Prescription Program of the Community of Madrid is a joint initiative between the Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports and the Department of Health of the Community of Madrid in response to the data on physical inactivity and sedentary behaviors of the population and the need for the benefits of practicing activity and exercise physical in health This program was signed on December 23, 2022, about which you can find more information on the website https://www.comunidad.madrid/servicios/deportes/programa-salud-activa or in the Transparency Portal of the Community of Madrid Physical Activity and Physical Exercise Prescription Program | Transparency Portal (community.madrid).

It is possible as long as these projects are already included in the framework of this Program. 

The evaluation criteria are detailed in the fourth section of Order 866/2023 of June 22, of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports, which calls for the VIII Edition of the Institutional Collaboration Program in physical activity projects. and health, for the 2023-2024 school year, it being necessary to reach a minimum of 25 points for the project to be selected.

The projects must be launched and completed during the school year referred to in the corresponding call (2023/2024). The maximum period of duration will be nine months.

In each agreement, the start and end dates of the activity that is the object of each project will be established, without any of said activities being able to end later than June 30 of the year to which the corresponding call refers.

No, contracts can be made through legal procedures in each case.

Compliance with the requirements included in Law 6/2016, of November 24, which orders the exercise of sports professions in the Community of Madrid, is required. In addition, in the evaluation criteria, specific university and postgraduate qualifications are prioritized by the personnel assigned to the coordination and execution of the actions (Indicator 9).

Yes. In the annex to the application, the requesting entity responsibly declares that all personnel in contact with minors, including volunteers, meet the requirement set forth in the Organic Law for the comprehensive protection of children and adolescents against violence, regarding not have been convicted by final sentence for any crime against sexual freedom and indemnity, as well as for any crime of trafficking in human beings, typified in the Penal Code. For this purpose, the requesting Entity, even having signed the responsible declaration, must have the negative certification from the Central Registry of Sexual Offenders of each of the professionals or volunteers who work or collaborate in the project.

Yes, but only the amounts indicated in relation to the percentages and maximums established in the call will be co-financed.

The financing limits of certain expenses are detailed in the fifth section of Order 866/2023 of June 22, of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports, which convenes the VIII Edition of the Program for institutional collaboration in projects of physical activity and health, for the 2023-2024 school year.

The percentages and maximum amounts detailed in this section may include the expenses related to: the hours taught by monitors of periodic directed physical activities, the hours of the municipal staff for project coordination or management, the expenses originating from the functions personalized technical advice to users and technical coordination in health service referral projects, the salary of monitors in specific special activities; guided tours, workshops, specialized sessions, expenses for sports equipment, dissemination, as well as transport expenses or other logistical support elements necessary for the practice of physical activity linked to the project.

The workshops and/or specialized sessions must deal with contents only related to the project itself and/or to physical activity and health.

These amounts will also be detailed in the ANNEX: DETAILED PROJECT BUDGET MODEL, which must be submitted together with the application.

The following concepts will not be subject to co-financing:

• Refreshments, meals, drinks and the like.
• Promotional material: t-shirts, caps, gifts and the like.
• Costs of energy supplies or communication.
• Fees for the use of municipal facilities/services.
• Investments or acquisition of inventoriable goods.

The projects may not be based on the maintenance and/or expansion of consolidated municipal schools or sports activities, on activities of a competitive nature, or on the performance of municipal infrastructure works.

The projects must be detailed in a report, which accompanies the application and the budget, and must be developed as indicated in the Second Provision, point four, of Order 866/2023 of June 22, of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports, which calls for the VIII Edition of the Institutional Collaboration Program in physical activity and health projects, for the 2023-2024 school year, with at least the following sections:

1. Title of the project.
2. Brief summary of the project. This summary must include, at least, the objective of the project, its execution time, the recipients for whom it is intended, the main activities to be carried out, the periodicity of the same and possible workshops, routes, training activities and/or meetings that complement the project with a brief description of them.
3. Foundation: Data from which the proposal is made.
4. Goals.
5. Recipients.
6. Itemized budget, detailing the concepts, units, unit price and total prices. For the preparation of the budget, the attached model will be taken as a reference.
7. Project description:

1º Development of the contemplated actions.

2º Innovations of the project regarding the current sports promotion activities of the local entity.

3º Resources allocated to the project and their ability to adapt.

4th Structure and details of the human resources assigned to the project.

5th level of collaboration with other municipal departments and/or external entities.

6th Period of execution of the project and calendar of development of the actions. The maximum period of duration will be nine months.

7th System of evaluation, control and follow-up of the participants.

8º Actions for the dissemination of the project and planned means.

9th planned evaluation system.

The detailed budget of the project must contain, at least, the information that appears in the annex «Detailed budget model of the project».