Programm: European remembrance

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. 

As an indication, the Regulation establishing the Programme provided that the overall breakdown between the different actions for the whole Programme period 2014 - 2020 should be as follows:  

• Strand 1 -European remembrance: approximately 20%
• Strand 2 - Democratic engagement and civic participation: approximately 60%
• Horizontal Action - Valorisation: approximately 10% 

The grant is calculated on the basis of Lump sum financing system fixed per "tranches". 

For Town Twinning, the lump sum is based only on the number of participants invited, i.e. international participants sent by partners from countries eligible for the programme, other than the country hosting the twinning. For the other strands/measures, the lump sum is based on three parameters which constitute the essential elements of all the citizenship actions: the number of participants, the number of countries involved and the number of events developed, with no direct impact on the format of activities. Initially, the lump sum is determined by taking into account the number of participants and the number of countries, then, in the case of several events/activities, the lump sums corresponding to each event/activity are accumulated. 

The European Commission has delegated the responsibility for tasks related to the implementation of the Programme to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency. 

EACEA - Unit C1 Europe For Citizens

Avenue du Bourget, 1 (BOUR 01/04A)
B-1049 Brussels - Belgium
Fax:+32 2 296 23 89

Strand 1. - European remembrance:
eacea-c1-remembrance@ec.europa.eu

Strand 2. - Democratic engagement and civic participation:
eacea-c1-civilsociety@ec.europa.eu (Civil society projects)
eacea-c1@ec.europa.eu (Town twinning & Networks of Towns)

Operating grants
eacea-c1-operatinggrants@ec.europa.eu
Europe for Citizens Contact Points in participating countries.