At the end of July a new call for proposals under the Europe for Citizens programme was launched. This programme seeks to bring Europe closer to its citizens and to enable them to participate fully in the European construction. The global purpose of this call is to test and develop innovative transnational exchange schemes with a vision of building long-term partnerships between civil society organisations operating in different participating countries in the area of the ‘Europe for citizens’ programme.
The specific objectives of the current call are, on the one hand, to develop and test new forms of transnational mobility between civil society organisations and, on the other hand, to promote the concept of transnational mentoring between civil society organisations to support innovative project methodologies in relation to transnational mobility and mentoring between civil society organisations
Thematic priorities
Projects should focus on assisting civil society organisations to develop their capacity to actively promote one or more of the themes of the ‘Europe for citizens’ programme:
- future of the European Union and its basic values
- active European citizenship: participation and democracy in Europe
- intercultural dialogue
- people’s well-being in Europe: employment, social cohesion and sustainable development
- impact of EU policies in societies.
This call for proposals is open to non-profit civil society organisations with a legal status: NGOs, federations, associations, trade unions, EU-level umbrella organisations or platforms or their national members, which have the capacity to develop such mobility schemes in a structured and systemic way.
The grant awarded may not exceed 80 % of the total amount of the project’s eligible costs as specified in the detailed budget estimate. The minimum grant will be 75.000€ and the maximum grant will be 150.000€.
The deadline for submission of applications is 30 September 2009.
Europe for Citizens programme
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/citizenship/index_en.php
