The PCMF platform opens for entry of the Country Programme Note on Saturday 24th July. It will remain open for one week, closing on 31st July. After 31st July, it will no longer be possible to enter data. Please make sure that a MS Word version of the Country Programme Note is ready, so that it will only be necessary to copy and paste the data into PCMF during the last week of July. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Country Programme Note (CPN)
Every National Liaison Officer (NLO) is requested to start consultations on project concepts leading to the preparation of a single Country Programme Note (CPN). The CPN consists of the cover document with the NLO's overview of the proposed country programme, and the individual national project concepts.

The CPN can be drafted in advance using the MS Word templates. Once the PCMF IT platform is opened for data entry by 24 July 2010, the NLO will be able to enter the Country Programme Note directly into the PCMF IT platform.

The NLO prioritizes the national project concepts as part of the CPN, bearing in mind the limit of eight for the total number of active national projects at any point in time. The complete CPN, containing a limited number of project concepts, should be submitted at the earliest convenience and not later than 31 July 2010.

Regional/Cooperative Agreement Programme Note
The Chair of each Regional/Cooperative Agreement is requested to start consultations with the Regional/Cooperative Agreement National Coordinators on project concepts leading to the preparation of a single Regional/Cooperative Agreement Programme Note. The Regional/Cooperative Agreement Programme Note consists of the cover document with the Agreement Chair's overview of the proposed Regional/Cooperative Agreement programme, and the individual regional project concepts, prioritized.

The Regional/Cooperative Agreement Programme Note can be drafted in advance using the MS Word templates. Once the PCMF IT platform is opened for data entry by 24 July 2010, the Chair of each Regional/Cooperative Agreement will be able to enter the Regional/Cooperative Agreement Programme Note directly into the PCMF IT platform. The complete Regional/Cooperative Agreement Programme Note should be submitted at the earliest convenience and not later than 30 September 2010.

Regional Programme Note (RPN)
Regional Programme Notes are prepared by the responsible Regional Directors in the Department of Technical Cooperation and include concepts submitted under a Regional Cooperative Agreement as well as non-Agreement regional project concepts.

Interregional Programme Note (IPN)
The Interregional Programme Note contains an overview of the proposed interregional programme and the interregional project concepts. Interregional project concepts proposed by groups of Member States are to be sent to the Director of the Division of Planning and Coordination by 30 September 2010.