Three new Europe for citizens calls for proposals launched

The European Commission has launched three new calls for proposals for the Europe for citizens programme. The calls are published under strand 2: Democratic engagement and civic participation. Two of them are second terms of already existing calls. The Civil Society Projects call is new.

The calls are the following:
• Networks of towns: deadline for submission: 1 September 2014, for projects starting between 1 June and 31 December 2015. The maximum eligible grant for a project is € 150,000 and the maximum project duration is 24 months. For more information click here; 
• Town Twinning: 1 September 2014, for projects starting between 1 June 2015 and 31 December 2015. The maximum eligible grant for a project is € 25,000. The maximum project duration is 21 days. For more information click here; 
• Civil Society Projects: 1 September 2014, for projects starting between 1 June 2015 and 31 January 2015. The maximum eligible grant for a project is 150,000. The maximum project duration is 18 months. For more information click here.
The aim of the Europe for Citizens 2014-2020 programme is:
• to contribute to citizens' understanding of the EU, its history and diversity;
• to foster European citizenship and to improve conditions for civic and democratic participation at EU level;
• to raise awareness of remembrance, common history and values;
• to encourage democratic participation of citizens at EU level, by developing citizens' understanding of the EU policy making-process and,
• by promoting opportunities for societal and intercultural engagement and volunteering at EU level.