LEGAL
Terms of Use
These Terms govern access to and use of EDACCO’s public website, digital resources, project information, network interfaces and protected areas.
1. SCOPE
Who these Terms apply to
These Terms apply to visitors, applicants, members, experts, partners and other users of the EDACCO website. Specific services, events, platforms or protected workspaces may apply additional conditions.
2. OPERATOR
EDACCO
The website is operated by Ecological Development and Collaborative Chain Organization (EDACCO), ASBL/VZW, enterprise number BE 0774.312.101, registered office at Zwaluwenlaan 21, 1950 Kraainem, Belgium.
3. INFORMATION
No automatic professional advice or funding entitlement
Website content is general institutional and informational material unless a separate written engagement states otherwise. Information on funding calls, projects or programmes does not create eligibility, selection rights, funding entitlement or a guarantee of success.
4. INSTITUTIONAL REFERENCES
No implied affiliation or endorsement
References to the European Commission, European Union programmes, United Nations entities, Sustainable Development Goals, Global Gateway, Team Europe or UN Cooperation Frameworks are descriptive. They do not imply endorsement, mandate, agency, representation or formal partnership unless expressly documented.
Important: EDACCO is an independent Belgian non-profit organisation. It is not an institution, agency or body of the European Union or the United Nations.
5. CONNECTED PLATFORMS
Globeline, myEPA and external services
EDACCO may connect users to Globeline for secretariat and technical-assistance workflows and to myEPA for European project and funding intelligence. Separate platform terms and privacy notices may apply.
6. ACCOUNTS
Protected resources
Users must protect access credentials and limit account use to authorised persons. EDACCO may restrict access where necessary for security, misuse prevention, confidentiality, legal compliance or termination of the underlying relationship.
7. SUBMISSIONS
User content and files
Users must have the right to submit any documents, profiles, project information, intellectual property or personal data uploaded to EDACCO systems. Submissions must not be unlawful, infringing, malicious or knowingly inaccurate.
8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
EDACCO and third-party rights
EDACCO names, original content, publications, methodologies and visual systems remain protected by applicable intellectual-property law. Third-party institutional names, logos and materials remain the property of their respective owners.
9. AI & AUTOMATION
Automated recommendations
AI-generated summaries, classifications or funding recommendations may contain omissions or errors. Material facts must be verified against authoritative source documents before legal, financial, eligibility, budget or submission decisions are made.
10. PARTICIPATION
Events, networks and projects
Registration, network participation, an expert profile, event attendance or project discussion does not itself create partnership, procurement, employment, grant award or consortium rights.
11. LIABILITY
Reasonable limitations
To the extent permitted by applicable law, EDACCO is not liable for decisions taken solely on unverified website content, third-party content, external links or automated recommendations. Nothing excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded.
12. LAW
Governing law
These Terms are governed by Belgian law, subject to mandatory rules applicable to a particular user. Unless mandatory jurisdiction rules provide otherwise, disputes fall under courts competent for EDACCO’s registered office.