SELECTION OF PARTNERS TO CARRY OUT EUROPE DIRECT ACTIVITIES (2022-2025) IN CYPRUS

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Europe Direct (2021-2025)

Programme Description

Europe Direct engage with citizens on a pro-active and continuous basis to ensure greater ownership of the European project. By organising information and engagement activities, Europe Direct enable citizens to make informed choices about the future of the EU by fully participating in the European democratic process.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

ED-CY-2022

Call

SELECTION OF PARTNERS TO CARRY OUT EUROPE DIRECT ACTIVITIES (2022-2025) IN CYPRUS

Summary

The call aims to establish 1 (one) EUROPE DIRECT with a focus on bi-communal – Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot – activities in Cyprus.

Detailed Call Description

Europe Direct engage with citizens on a pro-active and continuous basis to ensure greater ownership of the European project. By organizing information and engagement activities, Europe Direct enable citizens to make informed choices about the future of the EU by fully participating in the European democratic process.

By cultivating a better understanding of how the EU and its parliamentary democracy work and which issues fall under the EU responsibility, Europe Direct raise citizens’ awareness of how they benefit from the EU on a daily basis, while also highlighting its added value.

Europe Direct help identify the aspects of EU policies that are important at local level and can frame messages and activities to match local needs. Through outreach and citizen engagement activities, Europe Direct  help prepare the ground for the strategic political priorities of the Commission and of the Parliament.

Europe Direct  also listen to citizens’ expectations and enable feedback to the EU institutions.

Europe Direct  work closely with the Commission Representations and with the European Parliament Liaison Offices (hereafter ‘the EPLOs’) in the respective Member States. They also seek cooperation with other EU outreach networks and local contact points, including relevant local networks (where these exist), and promote exchanges and coordination between them.

FIVE CORE TASKS

Task 1: Information and engagement with citizens

Task 2: Relations with local media and multipliers

Task 3: Awareness about sensitive EU topics at local level

Task 4: The EU in schools

Task 5: Promoting a regional network of networks

Call Total Budget

€126,150

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

Annual grant for co-financing Europe Direct for the years 2023-2025: €34,200
Grant for 2022: €19,950
One-off extra grant in 2022 for an event promoting Europe Direct: €3,600

Thematic Categories

  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
  • Social Affairs & Human Rights

Eligibility for Participation

  • Central Government
  • Local Authorities
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • State-owned Enterprises

Call Opening Date

16/03/2022

Call Closing Date

06/04/2022

EU Contact Point

Applicants must read all the documents related to the call for proposals, including:
– Guide for applicants, available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/fundingtenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ed-cy-2022
– Questions & Answers to be published at https://cyprus.representation.ec.europa.eu/business-and-funding/tenders-and-contracts_en
For any further questions, applicants should send an email to: COMM-REP-CYTENDERS-OPER@ec.europa.eu (indicating in the subject line the reference of the call: ED-CY-2022)