Active European Citizenship extension

Applicants for this programme now have until February 6th 2006 to submit applications for funding under the EU action programme to support organisations working to build European citizenship. The European Commission has extended the original deadline from 30 December 2005.

The programme encourages people to get involved with European issues and build links with people in other countries. Organisations can apply for the funding to co-finance their annual work programmes.

The annual work programme should cover among others at least three (3) of the following specific objectives:

• to reinforce and foster exchanges, mobility and cooperation at a transnational or transregional/cross-border European level, involving partners from at least five (5) Member States;
• to promote and extend the capacity of building networking
• to promote and reinforce the added European value of the activities of the bodies involved;
• to contribute to the quality of dissemination of information
• to encourage the quality and efficiency of initiatives in the promotion of active and participatory citizenship;
• to reinforce innovation and continuity of actions in the promotion of active and participatory citizenship;
• to reinforce a measurable multiplier effect, the dissemination of results of the actions (number of publications, information set up on new technologies).

To be eligible to apply for the funding, organisations must be non-profit making in either the public or private sectors and based in one of the 25 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Romania or Bulgaria.

For further information please visit the the Europa Website

Additional information can be obtained from:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism -EAC
Unit D4 – Civil Society: partnership and visits
Rue de la Loi, 200 (office VM 18 - 00/23)
B - 1049 BRUSSELS
E-mail: eac-soc-civile@cec.eu.int
Fax: ++ 32 299 45 77