European for Citizens (2007-2013)
The Decision, n. 1904/2006/CE of the European Parliament and the Council of December 12th, 2006 published on the Official Journal of the European Union series L, n. 378 of 27.12.2006. establishes the programme ‘Europe for Citizens’ for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013.
The programme shall contribute to the following general objectives:
- giving citizens the opportunity to interact and participate in constructing an ever closer Europe, which is democratic and world-oriented, united in and enriched through its cultural diversity, thus developing citizenship of the European Union;
- developing a sense of European identity, based on common values, history and culture;
- fostering a sense of ownership of the European Union among its citizens;
- enhancing tolerance and mutual understanding between European citizens respecting and promoting cultural and linguistic diversity, while contributing to intercultural dialogue.
and with the specific objectives:
- bringing together people from local communities across Europe to share and exchange experiences, opinions and values, to learn from history and to build for the future;
- fostering action, debate and reflection related to European citizenship and democracy, shared values, common history and culture through cooperation within civil society organizations at European level;
- bringing Europe closer to its citizens by promoting Europe's values and achievements, while preserving the memory of its past;
- encouraging interaction between citizens and civil society organisations from all participating countries, contributing to intercultural dialogue and bringing to the fore both Europe's diversity and unity, with particular attention to activities aimed at developing closer ties between citizens from Member States of the European Union as constituted on 30 April 2004 and those from Member States which have acceded since that date.
Participation in the programme
The programme shall be open to the participation of the following countries:
- the Member States;
- the EFTA countries party to the EEA Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of that Agreement;
- the candidate countries benefiting from a pre-accession strategy, in accordance with the general principles and the general terms and conditions laid down in the framework agreements concluded with these countries for their participation in Community programmes;
- the countries of the western Balkans, in accordance with the arrangements to be established with these countries under the framework agreements on the general principles for their participation in Community programmes.
Budget
The financial envelope for the implementation of the programme for the period referred to in Article 1 is hereby set at EUR 215 million.
The new Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), located in Brussels, is operational since 1st January 2006. Its mission is to implement a number of strands of more than 15 Community funded programmes and actions in the fields of education and training, active citizenship, youth, audiovisual and culture.
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Programme guide "Europe for Citizens" 2007-2013
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