EU funding

Call for proposals: Europe for Citizens Programme: Active Citizens for Europe, Active civil society in Europe and Active European Remembrance

Deadline

Action 1 Measure 1.1 Town twinning citizens' meetings: 1 February, 1 April, 1 June, 1 September 2010

Action 1 Measure 1.2 The thematic networking of twinned towns: 1 February, 1 September 2010

Action 1 Measure 2.1 Citizens' projects: 1 June 2010

Action 1 Measure 2.2 Support measures: 1 June 2010

Action 2 Measure 3 Support for projects initiated by civil society organizations: 15 February 2010

Action 4 Active European Remembrance: 30 April 2010

Budget line / available budget

Varying, see call for proposals

Objectives and supported actions in the field of ENAR's work

The Europe for Citizens Programme has the following specific objectives:

• bringing together people form local communities across Europe to share and exchange experiences, opinions and values, to learn from history and to build for the future
• fostering action, debate and reflection related to European citizenship and democracy, shared values, common history and culture through cooperation within civil society organisations at European level
• bringing Europe closer to its citizens by promoting Europe's values and achievements, while preserving the memory of its past
• encouraging interaction between citizens and civil society organisations from all participating countries contributing to intercultural dialogue and bringing to the fore both Europe's diversity and unity, with particular attention to activities aimed at developing closer ties between citizens from Member States of the European Union as constituted on 30 April 2004 and those form Member States which have acceded since that date.

Action 1 - Active Citizens for Europe

• Measure 1 - Town twinning

This measure is aimed at activities that involve or promote direct exchanges between European citizens through their participation in town-twining activities.

Measure 1.1 - Town twinning citizens' meetings

This measure is aimed at activities that involve or promote direct exchanges between European citizens through their participation in town-twinning activities. A project must involve municipalities from at least 2 participating countries, of which at least one is an EU Member State. The project must have a minimum of 25 international participants coming from the invited municipalities, with at least 5 participants from each invited municipality.

Measure 1.2 - Networks of twinned towns

This measure supports the development of networks created on the basis of town twinning links, which are important for ensuring structured, intense and multifaceted cooperation among municipalities, and therefore for contributing to maximizing the impact of the Programme. A project must foresee at least 3 events. It must involve municipalities from at least 4 participating countries, of which at least one is an EU Member State. The project must have a minimum of 30 international participants coming from the invited municipalities.

•  Measure 2 - 'Citizens' projects' and 'Support measures'

Measure 2.1 - Citizens' projects

This measure addresses a major challenge of the European Union today: how to bridge the gap between citizens and the European Union. It aims at exploring original and innovative methodologies capable of encouraging citizens' participation and stimulating the dialogue between European citizens and the institutions of the European Union.

Measure 2.2 - Support measures

This measure is a tool to develop the quality of projects submitted within Action 1 'Active Citizens for Europe'. It supports the exchange of experiences, expertise and good practice, as well as activities which may lead to the establishment of long-lasting partnerships and networks.

Action 2 - Active civil society in Europe

• Measure 3 - Support for projects initiated by civil society organisations

The aim of this measure is to support concrete projects promoted by civil society organisations belonging to different participating countries. These projects should raise awareness on matters of European interest and contribute to foster mutual understanding on different cultures and to identify common values through cooperation at European level.

A project must involve at least 2 participating countries, of which at least one is an EU Member State.

Action 4 - Active European Remembrance

The aim of projects supported under this action is to keep alive the memory of the victims of Nazism and Stalinism and to improve the knowledge and understanding of present and future generations about what took place in the camps and other places of mass-civilian extermination, and why.

Applicants

The Programme is open to all promoters established in one of the countries participating to the Programme and being:

• a public body or
• a non-profit organisation with a legal status (legal personality).

Each action of the Programme is however targeting a more specific range of organisations. The eligibility of applicant organisations is therefore defined in the Programme Guide specifically for each measure/sub measure.

Countries eligible under this Programme are EU Member States and Croatia.

Legal basis

Decision No 1904/2006/EC

Community contribution

Varying, see call for proposals

Publication reference

2008/C 328/09

Contact

eacea-p7@ec.europa.eu (for Action 1 measures and general enquiries)
eacea-p7-civilsociety@ec.europa.eu (for Action 2 measures)
eac-info@ec.europa.eu (for Action 3 measures)
eacea-p7-remembrance@ec.europa.eu (for Action 4 measures)

General remarks

Directorate-General for Education and Culture: http://ec.europa.eu/citizenship/index_en.html