Deadline: 30-Aug-22
The European Commission (EC) is inviting proposals to consist of communication actions or a series of communication actions, offline and/or online, informing citizens about the European elections 2024 and supporting democratic engagement among citizens.
The principal objective of the call is to encourage and to facilitate the active engagement of a wide network of European citizens around the European Elections 2024. The European Parliament is looking to co-finance projects articulating a coherent, consistent and cost efficient work programme to engage with citizens through offline and online communication activities.
Details
Examples of communication actions:
- promotion of the European elections 2024 and together.eu at existing online/offline events or series of events aimed at providing citizens with an opportunity to discuss topics directly linked to the European elections 2024,
- online/offline large-scale event or series of events where the beneficiary is participating in the event or series of events as, holder of a stand or provider of (part of) an activity included in the event programme dedicated to informing event participants about the European elections 2024 and together.eu
- structured activities such as information stands, door-to-door canvassing, marches, rallies, leafleting, street activities, games, flash mobs, etc., aimed at increasing the visibility of the European elections campaign and mobilising citizens for the European elections and together.eu;
- series of online/offline information sessions, presentations, workshops, organised by the beneficiary in schools, universities, within organisations, etc. and aimed at mobilising participants for the European elections 2024 and together.eu,
- online discussion groups, fora and other social media activities offering members and/or followers the possibility to discuss and exchange views on topics related to the European elections 2024;
- dedicated video channels, websites, apps, web tools and social media accounts producing original content directly related to the European elections campaign and engaging the viewers/followers/members in a discussion about the topic, encouraging them to share the content and/or mobilising them for the European elections 2024 and together.eu;
- actions involving engaging with influencers, VIPs and celebrities for creation of election-related content and promotion of this content to their followers
- actions involving engaging with companies (possibly within corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes of respective companies) in order to provide information and promote elections
- actions informing citizens about their voting rights in the different Member States, including information about the act of voting for migrants, vulnerable communities, expats and foreigners (requirements, dates, where to vote, etc.)
- projects tackling disinformation and information manipulation in the context of elections (how to recognise it, how to build resilience against it, the importance of fact-checking and how disinformation can impact the democratic process).
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. This threshold does not apply to action proposals with a scope of 8 Member States or more. The outreach of the action should be balanced between each Member State.
- 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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