QUESTION 1: In the first phase I, "C. INDICATIVE BUDGET An indicative estimate of the budget that includes the productions, exhibitions, congress events and others proposed by the team", the question is if a value is not presented, would it be cause for rejection? That is, the items to be included or budgeted are mentioned, however, no value would be mentioned in this first phase, if so, would the proposal be rejected regardless of whether it meets the other two items of selection criteria?
ANSWER 1: The rules of the contest detail which are the items that must be included in the 700,000 euros and which are excluded. The 700K euros are NOT the full budget of the congress. In the proposal, the teams must explain how they would use these 700K euros for the actions they propose and that are against this budget. Teams can also propose actions that could be the subject of private sponsorship if they consider it so. It will be the task of the jury to assess the clarity and suitability of the budget presented by the teams in the whole of the proposal presented.

QUESTION 2: If it is mandatory to participate to fulfil the estimate of the budget, how many people are expected to attend? since the areas or spaces object of application depend on this.
ANSWER 2: As indicated in the rules, the rental of congress spaces is not within the budget of 700K or its preparation. An infrastructural endowment should only be provided if spaces are proposed for the sessions without any preparation to host events of this type (for example, a park or open space). It should be borne in mind that the final decision on the specific spaces in which the congress will be held will be taken jointly between the winners of the contest and the organization, trying to choose the spaces that best adapt to the congress structure that emerges from the contest. It is not possible at this time to venture how many attendees we will have, although as a reference, between 6000 and 7000 congressmen attended the Copenhagen congress.

QUESTION 3: Would publicly owned or operated convention centers have any costs? that is, would they be included in the budget for their use?
ANSWER 3: Whatever the space chosen, public or private, within the 700K there is no need to foresee the rental cost of those spaces.

QUESTION 4: If the team applies and any of them want to retire, can they do so? except the project manager.
ANSWER 4: The first round of the contest is anonymous. So the assessment of the capacity of the proposed team will only occur in the second round of the jury for the 5 finalists. In this second session, the jury will be able to ask questions and talk with the teams and these types of issues can be addressed directly between the team and the jury. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FIRST ROUND IS ANONYMOUS AND NO NAME OF THE PROPOSED TEAM FOR THE COMMISSIONER CAN APPEAR ON THE 4 A3 PANELS.

QUESTION 5: In relation to language, which language is preferable to present the panels? Do all the members of the jury know Catalan, Spanish and English?
ANSWER 5: The documentation can be submitted in any of the languages provided: Catalan, Spanish or English. From the organization we will attach translations of the texts present in the panels when necessary for the understanding of the jury.

QUESTION 6: In relation to the registration form of the first phase, we see that they ask for a responsible declaration of being up to date with the tax and Social Security obligations of all team members. We have a team with an international profile, with several people who do not live or have never lived in Spain, do they also have to file the declaration? Do you have a model declaration in English that could be useful in this case?
ANSWER 6: The responsible statement can be joint for all members, including international ones. It does not need to be an official paper; it is enough with a text written and signed by the contestants. In the case of teams that pass to the second phase, from the organization we will analyze if it is necessary to request any documentation to verify the veracity of the declaration.