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Take part to a survey on a European House for Civil Society !

and youAs part of a study on the possible establishment of a European House for Civil Society, the Commission is launching a survey in order to explore what citizens and civil society think of current initiatives and what they want in relation to participating in EU affairs.

The survey mostly contains multiple choice questions and should not take more than 5-10 minutes to complete.

Our members already act as a European House for Civil Society/Citizens in cities and rural areas in 19 European countries. Therefore it’s important to take part in the survey as a civil society organisation and individual citizen to let them know.

Deadline for the survey is January 12th 2014

If you are an individual citizen, please go to :

http://www.ghkint.com/surveys/civilsociety/

If you are answering on behalf of a Civil Society organisation, please go to :

http://www.ghkint.com/surveys/civilsocietyorganisations

EYCA policy recommendations – It’s about us, it’s about Europe!

EYCA 2013 policy recommendations

EYCA 2013 policy recommendations

Sixty-two European networks of associations and non-governmental organisations backed by 22 coalitions at the national level joined forces to form the European Year of Citizens Alliance 2013 (EYCA) with the aim of engaging civil society in a broad debate on what European citizenship means today, identifying the challenges ahead and formulating solutions.

One of the main aims of this wide cross-sector and transnational network is to ensure that active citizenship is understood as a lasting cross-cutting theme in European public policies. After a year long reflection and consultation process, the EYCA presents its key proposals for the reinforcement and enhancement of active citizenship in Europe.

Follow the link to the website and select your language to read and endorse the recommendations.

Call for proposal – projects on exclusion then – and now

efp_webbanner_en_2014In its EUROPEANS FOR PEACE programme, Foundation EVZ invites school and youth groups to apply in international partnerships with a school and/or non-school institution for funding of a jointly developed project proposal.
The programme aims to strengthen historical awareness and support the active commitment of young people for human rights and international understanding.

The theme for 2013-14 is “Watch Out: Discrimination! Projects on Exclusion Then and Now”, and projects can choose a historical, contemporary, or combined approach.

Applications are submitted by schools and/or institutions engaged in extra-curricular education. The project participants are young people between the ages of 14 and 21 (not university or college students). The projects will be implemented in the period between July 2014 and July 2015. Binational or trinational projects can be funded; at least one partner must be from Germany and at least one from Central, Eastern or South-Eastern Europe or from Israel.

For further information, including about contact platforms to find project partners, please read the full Call for Applications. The deadline is January 1st, 2014.

In its EUROPEANS FOR PEACE programme, Foundation EVZ invites school and youth groups to apply in international partnerships with a school and/or non-school institution for funding of a jointly developed project proposal. The programme aims to strengthen historical awareness and support the active commitment of young people for human rights and international understanding.  The theme for 2013-14 is “Watch Out: Discrimination! Projects on Exclusion Then and Now”, and projects can choose a historical, contemporary, or combined approach.

 

§  Applications are submitted by schools and/or institutions engaged in extra-curricular education. The project participants are young people between the ages of 14 and 21 (not university or college students). The projects will be implemented in the period between July 2014 and July 2015Binational or trinational projects can be funded; at least one partner must be from Germany and at least one from Central, Eastern or South-Eastern Europe or from Israel.

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For further information, including about contact platforms to find project partners, please read the full Call for Applications.  The deadline is January 1st, 2014.

NECE conference 2014

The next NECE Conference will take place in Vienna (Austria) from 16 – 18 October 2014.

NECEThe conference is going to look at the meaning of the 100st anniversary of the First World War for European Citizenship today and ask how citizenship education can help solve or prevent conflicts and frictions at the local, national and transnational level.
Further information will be available in the coming months.

NECE

EP approves Creative Europe programme

Creative EuropeEuropean culture, cinema, television, music, literature, performing arts, heritage and related areas will benefit from increased support under the European Commission’s new Creative Europe programme, which was approved on 19 November by the European Parliament.

With a budget of €1.46 billion over the next seven years – 9% more than current levels – the programme will provide a boost for the cultural and creative sectors, which are a major source of jobs and growth.
Creative Europe will provide funding for at least 250 000 artists and cultural professionals, 2 000 cinemas, 800 films and 4 500 book translations. It will also launch a new financial guarantee facility enabling small cultural and creative businesses to access up to €750 million in bank loans.

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