EUROPE FOR CITIZENS
Budget:
185,468,000 euros
Duration of the program:
01. January 2014 – December 31, 2020
Additional information:
The European Union program in the field of understanding the European Union, its history and diversity and active citizenship
Jovana Kontić
El. mail: kontic@vojvodinahouse.eu
Čarna Sokanović
El. mail: sokanovic@vojvodinahouse.eu
General objectives:
- Contribution to a better understanding of the European Union, its history and diversity;
- Promotion of European citizenship and improvement of civic and democratic participation at the level of the European Union.
Specific objectives:
- Raising awareness of memories, shared history and values, and the Union’s aim to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples by encouraging discussion, reflection and the development of networks;
- Encouraging democratic and civic participation at the Union level, developing civic understanding of the Union’s policy-making process and promoting opportunities for social and cross-cultural engagement and volunteering at the Union level.
Annual priorities of the Europe for citizens program
In accordance with the general objectives of the Program, the European Commission determines the annual priorities after consultation with the Program Committee. Project applicants are encouraged to develop projects in accordance with the objectives of the Program, focused on annual priorities.
PRIORITIES FOR THE PERIOD 2016-2020
Chapter 1 – European Memory
1.1 Commemoration of major historical turning points in the recent history of Europe
Year | Acceptable Memorials |
2016 | 1936. The beginning of the Spanish Civil War 1956 Political and social mobilization in Central Europe 1991 Beginning of the Yugoslav wars 1951 Adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees in relation to the refugee situation in Europe after World War II |
2017 | 1917 Social and political revolutions, the fall of empires and their impact on the political and historical picture of Europe 1957 The Treaty of Rome and the beginning of the European Economic Community |
2018 | 1918. The end of World War I – the rise of nation states and the failure to establish cooperation and peaceful coexistence in Europe 1938/1939.The beginning of World War II 1948 Beginning of the Cold War 1948 The Hague Congress and the integration of Europe 1968 Protest and civil rights movements, invasion of Czechoslovakia, student protests and anti-Semitic campaign in Poland |
2019 | 1979 Elections for the European Parliament – also 40 years since the first direct elections for the European Parliament in 1979 1989 Democratic revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe and the fall of the Berlin Wall 2004 15 years since the enlargement of the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe |
2020 | 1950 Declaration by Robert Schumann 1990 Unification of Germany 2000 Proclamation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union |
1.2 Civil society and civil participation under totalitarian regimes
1.3 Ostracism and loss of citizenship under totalitarian regimes: drawing lessons for today
1.4 Democratic transition and accession to the European Union
Chapter 2 – Democratic engagement and civic participation
2.1 Understanding and discussing Euroscepticism
2.2 Solidarity in times of crisis
2.3 Combating the stigmatization of “immigrants” and creating new stories to encourage intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding
2.4 Discussion on the future of Europe
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The program is implemented in two chapters:
Chapter 1: EUROPEAN MEMORY
This chapter supports activities that encourage reflection on European cultural diversity and shared values. The chapter aims to fund projects that reflect on the causes of totalitarian regimes in modern European history (especially, but not exclusively, Nazism that led to the Holocaust, fascism, Stalinism and totalitarian communist regimes), as well as to honor the victims of their crimes. This chapter includes other key moments and reference points in recent European history. Preference will be given to projects that encourage tolerance, mutual understanding, intercultural dialogue and reconciliation.
Chapter 2: DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENT AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION
This chapter covers three specific objectives:
Twinning of cities – support for projects that bring together citizens from twinned cities. By mobilizing citizens at local and EU level to consider specific issues on the European political agenda, this measure will seek to promote citizen participation in the EU policy-making process and the development of opportunities for social engagement and volunteering at EU level.
Networks of cities – providing funds to municipalities and associations that work together on a common theme in a long-term perspective, and that strive to develop networks of cities to make their cooperation as sustainable as possible.
Civil society projects – support for projects that bring together citizens through activities that are directly related to EU policies in order to get the opportunity to participate directly in the shaping of EU policies. Funded activities may include: promoting social engagement and solidarity, collecting opinions, volunteering.
OPERATIVE GRANTS encourage ongoing, regular and regular activities of organizations, reaching out to Europe, contributing to program objectives, raising awareness of European memory or encouraging democratic and civic participation.
- European Union member countries
- Candidates and potential candidates for EU membership: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia
- Serbia fully participates in all parts of the program.
- Associations;
- Association networks;
- Educational and research institutions;
- Local and regional administration;
- European networks and umbrella organizations;
- Organizations engaged in European public policy research (think-tanks);
- Civil society organizations;
- Youth organizations;
- Non-governmental organizations;
- Unions etc.
Education, Culture and Media Programs Executive Agency (EACEA)
Contact information can be found at the following link:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/europe-for-citizens/contacts_en
The Government of the People’s Republic of Serbia
Office for cooperation with civil society
Palace of Serbia – eastern entrance
Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 2
11070 Belgrade, Serbia
Contact information can be found at the following link:
https://cutt.ly/rjA7XzP
PROGRAM DOCUMENTS
EU DOCUMENTS AND INITIATIVES
STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
- Strategy for the development of education in the Republic of Serbia until 2020
- .pdf”>Action plan for the implementation of the Education Development Strategy of the Republic of Serbia until 2020
STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS OF THE AUTONOMOUS PROVINCE VOJVODINE
- Development Program of AP Vojvodina 2014-2020.
- Action plan for the realization of the priorities of the Development Program of AP Vojvodina 2014-2020.</ a>
EU invitations
01. September 2020– deadline for submitting project proposals
01. September 2020 – deadline for submitting project proposals
01. September 2020 – deadline for submitting project proposals
03. March 2020 – deadline for submitting project proposals
04. February 2020 – deadline for submitting project proposals