Deadline: 30-Aug-22
The European Commission (EC) has announced a call for proposals to co-finance projects articulating a coherent, consistent and cost efficient work programme to encourage and support citizens, who volunteer to become elections change-makers by organising capacity building actions offline and online.
This action consists of the design and implementation of capacity building through training and other actions, aiming at providing change-makers with skills, competences, tools and motivation to play an active role in the democratic life and in the promotion of the democratic values, especially by mobilising their community to participate in the European Elections in 2024.
After the training, the beneficiary should monitor and report on the communication engagement activities organised by the trained change-makers. The change-makers should commit to organise at least 2 activities with an outreach of at least 100 persons in total in a physical setting in their community using the skills and competences previously acquired through capacity-building.
Funding Information
- The indicative available budget for this call is EUR 3.000.000.
- The maximum EP contribution for an action proposal, which is covering 7 Member States is EUR 100,000.
- Actions should start at the earliest on 1 December 2022 and should end at the latest on 30 June 2024. The bulk of the communications efforts towards citizens should focus on actions performed during the first half of 2024.
Expected Outcomes
The expected outcome of the actions financed under this call are:
- An increased engagement of European citizens from as diverse public as possible with the construction of a vibrant European democracy, thus encouraging their active involvement as change-makers in the European Elections 2024 communication campaign.
- An increased awareness among European citizens from as diverse public as possible about the actions of the European Union and its institutions, in particular the European Parliament;
- The establishment of pan-European participatory channels, connecting the European Parliament with its citizens and encouraging their active participation in together.eu, the platform of the European Parliament
Eligibility Criteria
The actions supported under this call are mono-beneficiary actions. This means that there is one legal entity applying for a grant. Applications presented by consortia are not eligible. To be eligible for a grant, applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are:
- A pan-European civil society organisation, a pan-European youth organisation, pan-European trade union, pan-European think tank, pan-European business or trade association or a pan-European professional associations. For the purpose of this call, the concept of pan-European refers:
- To either pan-European membership entities which are a formal part of a network of entities sharing common values. Only entities part of a network represented in seven or more Member States can present proposals to this call;
- or to entities representing formally the interest of a wide group of member entitiesor individuals from different Member States. Only entitieswith members (organisations or individuals) from seven or more Member States can present proposals to this call.
- A legal person constituted and registered as not for profit entity or equivalent according to the national legislation, for at least three years at the time of application;
- Based in one of the Member States of the European Union;
- Legal person with nonpartisan political affiliation.
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