Call: Civil society projects

Under the overall aim of bringing the Union closer to citizens the general objectives are:

• to contribute to citizens' understanding of the Union, its history and diversity;
• to foster European citizenship and to improve conditions for civic and democratic participation at Union level.

In line with the general and specific objectives of the Programme, annual priorities are defined by the European Commission after consultation of the Programme Committee. Applicants are encouraged to develop projects in line with the objectives of the Programme and targeting the annual priorities. 

This subprogramme supports:

• Activities covering civic participation, focusing in particular on European Union policies
• Initiatives developing opportunities for mutual understanding, intercultural learning, solidarity, societal engagement and volunteering at EU level

For this purpose, three specific measures are foreseen:

• Town twinning
• Networks of towns
• Civil society projects

This measure aims at supporting projects promoted by transnational partnerships and networks directly involving citizens. Those projects gather citizens from different horizons, in activities directly linked to Union policies, with a view to give them an opportunity to concretely participate in the Union policy-making process in areas related to the objectives and the annual priority themes of the Programme at local and European level.

A Civil Society Project must include at least two of the following three types of activities:

• Promotion of societal engagement and solidarity
• Gathering of opinions
• Volunteering

A project must involve organisations from at least 3 eligible countries of which at least one is an EU Member State

Total Call budget: 3.7 million €
Max. eligible grant per project: 150 000 €

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https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/europe-for-citizens/contacts_en