Beneficiaries screens

The Coordinator and the Beneficiaries are automatically listed after receiving the invitation letter.

Click on the Beneficiary whose details you wish to see displayed on the screen.

To navigate back towards the Project data screens click on the square displaying the details of the project.

Partner Summary

The Coordinator/Beneficiary Partner Summary is automatically listed after receiving the invitation letter. 

Please add the department (mandatory for all beneficiaries, except for Affiliated Entities)

Applicable law

For all Beneficiaries, except from the International Organisations (IOs), the standard applicable law “EU law + law of Belgium” is automatically selected.

Beneficiaries who are International Organisations can choose to:

• • apply the Standard regime (EU Law + law of Belgium)
  • opt out of any applicable law by selecting 'No applicable law clause'
  • use a different combination of laws by selecting 'Different applicable law clause' and ticking one or several options between the
    • EU Law
    • Law of a Member State or EFTA country
    • General principles governing the law of International Organisations and the general rules of international law

Dispute settlement

For all beneficiaries, except from the International Organisations (IOs), a 'Standard' dispute settlement is automatically applied.

The Beneficiaries who are International Organisations, have the option to choose between a 'Standard' or an 'Arbitrary' dispute settlement by clicking on the button

If applicable, the 'Ownership control status' and the 'Grant certificates' (accreditations) are also displayed under the Partner Summary tab.

Details on the Partner summary screen for the old MFF (MFF 2014 - 2020), can be found on this page.

Financial Information

The  Coordinator/beneficiary Financial Information is automatically listed after receiving the invitation letter.

Please check all information and update, if necessary.

Details on the Financial Information screen for the old MFF (MFF 2014 -2020), can be found on this page.

Project Representatives

The possible Coordinator/beneficiary Project Representatives are automatically listed after receiving the invitation letter.

Please check all information and update, if necessary, in the roles management section of the Funding & Tenders Portal. 

If no Project Representatives are listed, please complete in the roles management section of the Funding & Tenders Portal.

Both Coordinators and beneficiaries should, as soon as they have been invited, nominate in the Funding & Tenders Portal, their Legal Entity Appointed Representative (LEAR) and Project Legal Signatory (PLSIGN). Once this has been done, the PLSIGN who will appear in the Grant Agreement has to be selected in SyGMa. Please note that all other PLSIGNs can sign the Grant Agreement.   

Bank account

The Coordinator Bank Account is not automatically listed after the submission of your proposal.

Please select your bank account in the Grant Management Services tool. For more information about how to register a bank account in the Participant Register, please click here .

Enter the last four digits of the IBAN in the pop-up window that appears to select the existing bank account.

Click on the "Save" button.

Affiliated Entities ( formerly named Linked Third Parties)

The Coordinator/beneficiary Affiliated Entities are not automatically listed after receiving the invitation letter.

Please add Affiliated Entities by following the steps described below.

Click on "Add new Affiliated Entity" to add a new affiliated entity:

Search for the PIC you would like to add:

Click the row with the data of the PIC: 

Add the short name and click OK:

Click Save.

The newly added affiliated entity is now displayed:

• • in the Affiliated Entities tab:

• • in the Beneficiary tab (under the main beneficiary to which the entity is affiliated): 

To further modify the Affiliated Entity, you can either:

• • delete the newly added Affiliated Entity by clicking Delete:

• • to replace the newly added Affiliated Entity by clicking Replace and, after that, repeating the steps you followed for adding an Affiliated Entity:

When the session is submitted to the EU, a validation request will be sent out automatically.

Affiliated Entities - Financial information

The Coordinator/Beneficiary Affiliated Entities (formerly named Linked Third Parties) Financial Information is not automatically listed after receiving the invitation letter.

Please enter all necessary information.

Details on the Affiliated Entities - Financial Information, Specific Legal Data, Partner Membership (FCH only), Linked International Partner screens for the old MFF (MFF 2014 -2020), can be found on this page.