Call for proposals 2011 � Europe for Citizens Programme (2007-2013): Implementation of the programme actions: Active Citizens for Europe, Active civil society in Europe and Active European Remembrance

The Europe for Citizens programme has the following specific objectives:

— bringing together people from 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 EU Member States.

The Programme is open to all promoters established in one of the countries participating to the Programme and - depending on the measure - being either a public body or a non-profit organisation with legal status.

As each action of the Programme targets a more specific range of organisations, specific eligibility is defined in the Programme Guide.

Countries eligible under this Programme are the EU Member States, plus Albania, Croatia, and the Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia.

This call covers the following actions of the Europe for Citizens programme:

Action 1: Active Citizens for Europe

Measure 1 : Town Twinning
Measure 1.1: Town twinning citizens’ meetings (project grant)
Measure 1.2: Networks of twinned towns (project grant)
Measure 2 : ’Citizens’ projects’ and ‘Supportmeasures’
Measure 2.1: Citizens’ projects (project grant)
Measure 2.2: Support measures (project grant)

Action 2: Active civil society in Europe

Measure 1: Structural support for European public policy research organisations (think tanks) — aims at supporting the work of European public policy research organisations (think tanks), which are able to provide new ideas and reflections on European issues, on active citizenship at European level or on European values.
Measure 2: Structural support for civil society organizations at EU level — will provide civil society organisations of European dimension with the capacity and stability to develop their activities at European level. The purpose is to contribute to the emergence of a structured, coherent and active civil society at European level.
Measure 3 : Support for projects initiated by civil society organisations (project grant)

Action 4: Active European Remembrance (project grant)

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.

Deadlines for applications vary - check official documentation.

Further details can be found in the Europe for Citizens Programme Guide, on the Commission’s Citizenship website

Reference: 2011/C 364/08

(Added 2011-12-14)