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Europe for Citizens: Bringing the EU closer to citizens

Legal status of the document This summary has been archived and will not be updated. See 'Citizens, equality, rights and values programme (2021–2027)' for an updated information about the subject.

Date of last review:
04/10/2016
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04/10/2016
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    • Europe for Citizens: Bringing the EU closer to citizens

     

    SUMMARY OF:

    Europe for Citizens programme 2014-20 — Regulation (EU) No 390/2014

    WHAT IS THE AIM OF THIS REGULATION?

    • It establishes the objectives and structure of the 2014-2020 ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme.
    • It also sets out the conditions for financing projects.

    KEY POINTS

    The overall aim of the programme is:

    • to help Europeans better understand the EU, its history and its diversity
    • to promote the idea of European citizenship and to make civic and democratic participation at EU level easier and more attractive.

    Specific objectives

    • Raise awareness of remembrance, the common history and values of the EU and the EU’s aims — to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its people.
    • Encourage the democratic and civic participation of the general public at EU level, by developing their understanding of the EU policy-making process, and stimulating interest and involvement in EU policy-making.

    Structure

    The programme is divided into 2 strands:

    • 1.

      European remembrance;

    • 2.

      Democratic engagement and civic participation.

    Financed actions

    The EU will finance several types of action. These need to be either implemented across the EU or to have a European dimension. They include:

    • exchange and cooperation activities such as:
      • town-twinning, network of twinned towns;
      • remembrance projects with a European dimension;
      • exchanges via social media and/or information and communication technologies;
    • structural support for organisations such as Europe for Citizens contact points;
    • EU-level studies relating to the objectives of the programme;
    • promotional activities for supported initiatives such as:
      • EU-level conferences, seminars, commemorations and award ceremonies;
      • expert meetings and seminars.

    Specific initiatives related to these types of action are described in the annexe to the Regulation.

    WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?

    It has applied since 1 January 2014.

    BACKGROUND

    For more information, see:

    MAIN DOCUMENT

    Council Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of 14 April 2014 establishing the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme for the period 2014-2020 (OJ L 115, 17.4.2014, pp. 3-13)

    last update 04.10.2016

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