Information and support for running European projects
EUROCIRCLE
History
Originally created in Berlin in 1993, Eurocircle set
up in Marseille in 1995 under the Association Law
of 1901. In 2006 the European Commission
certified Eurocircle as a " European Non
Governmental Organisation ".
Objectives
To promote European citizenship
To encourage partnerships and trans-national
exchanges
To develop European projects
To encourage youth mobility
Activities
To host and advise project managers
To make people aware about European funding
programmes
To develop and cooperate in trans-national
projects
European Programme: “Youth in Action”
Voluntary civil: hosting
Envie d’Agir : to support youth initiatives
Information
Eurocircle News
Publication of information bulletins EC-News (in
French and German) on European news and
summaries of the latest calls for proposals in the
European Union.
Creation and management of the website
The
multilingual
website
http://www.eurocircle.info details the essential
information
about
community
financing
programmes and proposes a database for partner
research in Europe.
Welcome and advice
Welcoming of organisations
Eurocircle welcomes and advices associative
organisations in the « Bouches-du-Rhône »
department, evaluates and directs organisations in
their European projects.
Cooperation
Eurocircle cooperates in transnational projects
such as LIFE, PRINCE, EQUAL, DAPHNE, or PAC
Youth in action programmes
Projects Development
Eurocircle develops exchange projects, partner
support project and innovative project in the Youth
domain.
Multilingual communication
Translation in several European languages,
organisation
of
multilingual
conferences,
interpretation solutions, hiring out of materials and
conference interpreters.
Dissemination of project results
Eurocircle makes use of its EC-News bulletin and
the internet site, dissemination lists, public
communication and public relations to disseminate
community project results.
Jeunesse en Action
The Youth in action Programme
Promotes youth mobility and active participation of
young people between 13 and 30 years old in the
construction of Europe. It provides financial support
to youth projects.
Actions
• Action 1 - Youth in Europe
• Action 2 - European Voluntary Service
• Action 3 - Youth in the World
• Action 4 - Youth Support Systems
• Action 5 - European Cooperation in the youth field
contributing to the development of policy cooperation
in the youth field.
Participant
• Young people aged between 13 and 30 years
(individuals or groups)
• Youth organisations and associations
• Youth workers
• Public authorities
• Other non-governmental organisations
• Other active institutions and individuals in the
domain of youth and informal education.
Which countries
• Programme countries , Neighbouring Partner
Countries
• Other Parner countries in the world
European Voluntary Service
Coordinating,
sending
and
hosting
organisation for the European Voluntary
Service (EVS)
Eurocircle supports the mobility of young
Europeans thanks to the youth program, by hosting
and sending young European volunteers, and by
coordinating projects in the “Bouches-du-Rhône”
department.
Hosting : between 15 and 25 volunteers per year.
Sending : between 50 and 60 young people per
year , 40% of which are young people with fewer
opportunities
Coordinating: 100 young people, 50 hosting
projects in the Bouches-du-Rhône department.
Intercultural Exchanges
Action 1 of the " Youth in Action " programme,
intercultural exchanges bring together groups of
young people from different backgrounds and
countries aged 15-25 years, giving them the
opportunity to discuss themes whilst learning about
their respective countries and cultures.
Eurocircle works closely with its local and transnational partners on EVS and
intercultural
exchanges, as a sending, hosting and coordinating
organisation.
Eurocircle has created a database for partner
research in Europe.
Voluntary Civic Service
The French Voluntary Civic Service allows young
people aged between 18 and 25 to carry out a
volunteering activity for 6, 9 or 12 months. The
voluntary civic service aims to bring together
existing forms of volunteering such as social
integration volunteers, international volunteers in
administration
and
international
solidarity
volunteers, and to promote new common interest
projects in the domains of solidarity, environment,
culture etc…Eurocircle hosts several voluntary civic
service volunteers working on various projects
such as management of European projects, youth
mobility awareness and intercultural meetings.
Leonardo Mobility projects
Being aware of the necessity in developing the
mobility of young people with less opportunities
registered on the labor market, Eurocircle takes the
initiative in developing several Leonardo Mobility
projects for the available persons on the labor
market in different economical sectors .
Eurocircle acts as project coordinator in
cooperation
with
transnational
cooperation
organizations specialized in European mobility
programs
Eurocircle, 47 rue du Coq, 13001
Marseille
Tel:+33491429475 – Fax:+33491480585
Info.eurocircle@gmail.com
http://www.eurocircle.info