Financial aid for associations

Associations must be in the TecnoCampus association register. These are the profile of groups that can request this aid.

The call for aid will open on November 1, 2024.

You must specify the activities you want to carry out during the course (1st term, 2nd term and 3rd term).

To be able to request the aid, you must fill in the following form and present attached all the required documentation in the same form.

The scores indicated below for each activity presented, in relation to each of the following criteria, will be considered for the assessment of applications and the awarding of financial aid:

Stimulating University Life (up to 10 points)

Promotion of Equal Opportunities (up to 10 points)
- Gender equality and non-discrimination criteria: (up to 5 points)
- Proportion of men and women in positions of responsibility in the association (TecnoCampus):
o Less than 35% women: 0 points
or 35% to 50% women: 1 point
o More than 50% women: 2 points

- Association that has protocol prevention and action in case of harassment / sexist violence or LGBTIPHOBIA or has a specific commission: 1 point
- Activity in the field of gender equality (effective equality of women and men, sexual diversity, gender identity and expression): 2 points

Networking (up to 10 points)
- With one or more associations: up to 4 points
- With the Healthy Campus (CS) or Equality Unit: up to 7 points
- With the Healthy Campus and Equality Unit: 10 points

Contribution to the promotion of social responsibility (SR/SDGs) (up to 5 points) 
SDG: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/objetivos-de-desarrollo-sostenible/

or 1 or 2 RS objectives: up to 3 points
o More than 2 RS objectives: up to 5 points

Number of audience or beneficiaries of the activity (up to 10 points)
o From 0 to 30 people: up to 5 points
o From 31 to 59 people: up to 4 points
o From 60 to 99 people: up to 8 points
o More than 100 people: up to 10 points

Duration of the activity (up to 10 points)
or 1 – 2 days: up to 3 points
or 3 – 10 days: up to 6 points
o More than 10 days: up to 10 points 

Use of Catalan and/or Aranese and/or activities to promote and normalize Catalan (up to 5 points)
o Use of Catalan in communications and advertising: up to 1 point
o Specific activity to promote Catalan or Catalan culture: up to 1 point
o Catalan normalization activity: up to 1 point
o Meet the 3 previous requirements: up to 2 points

Plan for attracting, disseminating and visualizing the activity and the TecnoCampus* (up to 10 points)
* For this assessment, the report justifying the application must be added to the application. marketing plan What will be developed. This can be specified in the activity report or can be justified separately with a general plan for all the activities that will be developed during the course.  

Degree of compliance with the activities proposed in the previous call (**): up to 10 points.
** For this assessment, it will be necessary to add to the application the memory of the activities carried out at the period immediately previous for which the assistance is requested. This report must include the total budget for the activities carried out.  

In this sense, the maximum score that can be achieved is 80 points. 

The liquidation of the grants will take place during the first and second quarter of the current year. 70% will be paid in the second quarter of the aid approved, i in the third quarter, after presentation of the annual settlement, the remaining 30% of the grant will be paid, once the corresponding documentation has been submitted. The last payment will be made after the correct settlement. 

Associations that need it, can request an advance or an advance of the aid granted.

A request must be made to the Service of the University Community Care Unit, by means of a general request by email, and each case and need will be assessed.

In order to carry out any activity within the university premises, the association must request it here. Once the form has been received, the UACU will contact you to manage the request. Remember that the request must be made 3 weeks before the activity to be carried out. 

In order to be able to collect the total amount of aid granted, and according to article 18 of the regulations governing the Associational Fabric, it is necessary to submit the correct payment to the University Community Service Unit with the documentation indicated by the same regulations.

In the event that the activity has not been carried out in the end or that all the supporting invoices for the expenses generated for its execution are not provided, the Evaluation Commission may cancel the grant in whole or in part in proportion to the expenses accredited

In the event that the Evaluation Commission decides to cancel the grant entirely, the collective is obliged to return the amount received within a maximum period of 30 days from the notification of the resolution. In the event that it is decided to partially cancel the granting of an aid, the group is only entitled to collect the proportional part of it and must return, within a maximum period of 30 days from the notification of the resolution, the difference that you have overcharged.

They may be subject to financial aid:

a) Those actions carried out by groups registered in the TecnoCampus Register of Associations, which inform, train, energize the university center and encourage student participation, as long as they do not disturb the normal development of their activity.

b) Those actions carried out by the associative fabric of the TecnoCampus that facilitate the correct exercise of the representative functions of the applicant group, in those cases where one of its members has to travel to participate in a congress, seminar or meeting

c) Purchase of material and/or the hiring of essential services for the development of the specific activity of the indicated beneficiary groups.

The activities subject to aid must meet the following conditions:

a) When the planned activities take place at the TecnoCampus, they must be during the day, between 9am and 21pm.

b) The activities carried out in the vicinity of the TecnoCampus must have been authorized by the competent bodies. Otherwise, they must have the corresponding validation from the competent body, in order to receive the aid from this call.

c) Under no circumstances will financial aid be given to activities contrary to the institution's values, activities with a profit-making purpose or in which the consumption of alcoholic beverages is promoted or the University's facilities are damaged.

d) The activities provided for here must respect current legislation and not violate the regulations of the TecnoCampus. During the development of the activity, the collective or association that promotes it must take care of the environment and the facilities of the TecnoCampus, as well as the lent material, where applicable. Otherwise, the collective or association is fully responsible for the damages caused.

In the event that the activity presents any change, either in location, objectives, design, etc. it will have to be communicated to the UACU. Once the request is received, the University Life Unit will contact you to manage it.

For any other question not resolved in the FAQs, you can send an email to vidauniversitaria@tecnocampus.cat.

Once your request has been received, the University Community Service Unit will contact you to help you.