“Europe for
Citizens”
Programme
(2007-2013)
Structure of the programme: four
actions
1.
2.
3.
4.
Active Citizens for Europe
Active Civil Society in Europe
Together for Europe
Active European Remembrance
General objectives of the programme:
Participation
European identity
Sense of belonging/ownership
Tolerance and mutual understanding
European Remembrance
Memory of victims of Nazism and Stalinism
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Preservation
Commemoration
Reflection
Networking
approximately 4% of total programme budget
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Areas of support
Projects that:
 Preserve individual and collective memory of Holocaust, Nazism and Stalinism
 Commemorate victims of mass deportation and other large-scale martyrdom
of Nazism and Stalinism
 Encourage reflection on the origins and the context of European integration
 Promote reconciliation, tolerance and pluralism
Deadline for submission of projects 2012: 1 June
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Statistics
2007 : allocated budget : € 1,1 mio (36 projects)
2008 : allocated budget : € 1,7 mio (49 projects)
2009 : allocated budget : € 2,1 mio (56 projects)
2010 : allocated budget: € 1, 9 mio (64 projects)
2011 : allocated budget: € 1,8 mio (49 projects)
2012: foreseen budget: € 2,4 mio (44 projects)
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Other than Action 4 means of funding
 Action 2 : operating grants : max. 250.000 € per project
Civil society organisations dedicated to Rememberance of the
origins of the European integration
In 2011 two organisations: Yahad in Unum, Mémorial de la Shoah
 Action 1 : networking of twinned towns : max. 150.00 € per
project
Remembrance projects of twinned towns
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Latest developments

Since 2010 coopeartion with the Fundemental Rights Agency
(FRA) on “Holocaust and Human Rights Education”
October 2010 conference in Terezin
October 2011 conference in Amsterdam (hosted by Anne Frank
House)
 Launch of networking process
May 2011 first meeting held in Brussels and Mechelen
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Latest developments
 Support to Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
“Preserving Authenticity – nine tasks for years
2012-2015”
€ 4 million provided from 2012-2015 for
restoration, protection and preservation of
historical structures and objects.
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Examples of projects supported :
Holocaust Educational Trust of Ireland
In memory of Jewish and other children who died in the Holocaust
To introduce young children (eleven or twelve years) to the subject of the
Holocaust
To stimulate discussion and create awareness about discrimination.
To provide guidelines and information for teachers during this activity
Ongoing learning about the importance of tolerance and respect
http://www.hetireland.org/
Examples of projects supported :
Jewish Museum Prague
Project addresses young people aged 12 – 18
They work independently on the stories of the life of the WW II students
and children in the same schools/neighbourhoods/regions they go to /live
in today, and what were the reasons for their sudden departure
http://www.zmizeli-sousede.cz/aj/
Examples of projects supported :
Train of Commemoration
To preserve the individual and collective memory of children and youth
deported to Nazi concentration camps
Exhibition to travel in German and borderline regions of France and the
Netherlands
http://www.zugdererinnerung.de/index.html
Examples of some other projects supported
“The Holocaust by Bullets”
Yahad – In Unum
“Mosaic of Memory”
Terezin Initiative
“The Dossiers behind Faces”
Jewish Museum of Deportation and
Resistance, Mechelen, Belgium
“An innovative teaching tool based on testimonies
from survivors of Holocaust”
Swedish Committee against antisemitism
Implementation
Programme Guide published on
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/static/en/citizenship/guide20
07.htm
Includes all procedures and conditions for applying
to most actions and measures, including deadlines for
applications until 2013.
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More info
Strategy / policy :
http://ec.europa.eu/citizenship
Implementation :
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/citizenship/index_en.htm
Thank you