Programm: Europe for Citizens

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Programme

Europe for Citizens

Type of Fund

Action programme

Description of programme
"Europe for Citizens"

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.

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Link to Programme

Thematic Focus

Education, Development Cooperation, European Citizenship, History, Art and Culture

EU Macro-Regions

Danube Region, Adriatic and Ionian Region, Alpine Region, Baltic Sea Region

Funding area

EU Member States
Albania / Shqipëria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia / поранешна југословенска Република Македонија
Iceland / Ísland
Kosovo
Liechtenstein
Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора
Norway / Norge
Serbia / Сpбија

Origin of Applicant

Project Partner

Yes

Eligible applicants

Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, NGO / NPO, Public Services, National Government, Association

Type of Funding

Grant

Contact Details

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

Subprogrammes of Europe for Citizens

Democratic Engagement and Civic Participation

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

Open Calls

Town Twinning

Future Calls

European remembrance

This strand supports activities inviting reflection on European cultural diversity and on common values. It aims to finance projects reflecting on causes of totalitarian regimes in Europe's modern history (especially, but not exclusively, Nazism that led to the Holocaust, Fascism, Stalinism and totalitarian communist regimes) and to commemorate the victims of their crimes. This strand also concerns other defining moments and reference points in recent European history. Preference will be given to projects encouraging tolerance, mutual understanding, intercultural dialogue and reconciliation.