Second deadline 2016 of Europe for citizens calls

The European Commission has announced that the second call of 2016 is open for the calls Town Twinning and Network of towns in the Europe for citizens programme. Deadline of submission is September 1, 2016. The calls are published under strand 2: Democratic engagement and civic participation.For Town Twinning, funding for a project is up to € 25,000. The maximum project duration is 21 days. For more information click here. Funding for Network of Towns is up to € 150,000 per project. The maximum project duration is 24 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.