Basic information on establishment and operating rules of grant committees

On December 10, 2007, by adopting the resolution No. 123/2007, the councillors of the Town Council (hereinafter referred to as the “TC”) in Žilina approved grant committees for 2008. Members of grant committees are nominated out of the TC councillors (that are at the same time members of relevant professional committees of the TC) as well as out of the independent experts and specialists (not being the town employees, but working in the field that they evaluate). Within their duties, grant committees are above all charged with professional and impartial evaluation of applications for grant subsidies. These evaluations are subsequently submitted to the Mayor of the town who follows and acts up to them.
The TC grant committees perform functions of advisory committees for the Mayor of the town within reallocation of grant subsidies under the Act of the Slovak National Council No. 369/1990 on Municipalities as amended. Evaluations provided by grant committees are of recommendation nature for the Mayor of the town when reallocating grant subsidies from the town budget.
Subsequently, the Mayor of the town, following the recommendations provided by the grant committees, approves and signs allocation of grant subsidies for applicants. Grant committees act pursuant to predetermined uniform evaluation criteria, published in town official calls for submitting projects (www.zilina.sk). Individual criteria represent standards for approving each application for grant subsidies in relevant year.