Goal The project is to contribute to active European citizenship and support the Europe for Citizens program. The goal is to promote the development of a stimulating environment to increase the participation of citizens at the national and European level by improving the capacity of citizens’ organizations and establishing effective civil society infrastructures. More about goals and tasks is here:
activities, which will be implemented in the framework of the network of support centers in 2014 ‘old’ members are:
1. Participation in the introductory partner meeting in Sofia from March 11 to 14, 2014
2. Implementation of three workshops for the promotion of the network and the Europe for Citizens program 2014-2020 (July-September)
3. Performing an ‘Open Door Day’ information day (September)
4. Attendance at the closing meeting in Sofia (October)
In addition, we will promote the network and the EZD program, recruit new partners (registration is there) and created partnerships for applications to the Europe for Citizens call. The guide to the EZD 2014-20 program is there.
The project website is www.ecrc-si.com
a partner consortium consists of 12 non-governmental organizations from 12 countries with strong partnership relations. Each partner organization has relevant experience and interest in the programs of the European Union, which deepens cooperation and represents a contribution to the exchange of good practices and ideas.
In addition to the LAZ association, the project is:
Womentor – European Federation of Mentoring for Girls and Wives, Graz, Austria
Serda – Sarajevo Regional Development Agency, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
IDA Network – International Development Agency, Sofia, Bulgaria
Censorship plus – Society for the Promotion of Human Rights and Media Freedom, Split, Croatia
CCI – Center for Civil Initiatives, Skopje, Makdonia
HRDC – Hellenic Regional Development Center, Patras, Greece
Society ‘Solis Tuvak’, Riga, Latvia
Society for the Development of Democracy – Association for Democratic Prosperity – Zid, Podgorica, Montenegro
Butterfly Dreamer Society, Sânnicolau Mare, Romania
Youth Empowerment Club 018, Youth Constituency Club 018, Niš, Serbia
project implementation:
Sofia, 11. – 14. 3. 2014
Jelka Babič attended the first meeting of the project partners, which was held from March 11 to 14, 2014 in Sofia, on behalf of the LAZ association. At the meeting, the leading partner of IDA podbno presented the project and the activity plan. Special attention was paid to the presentation of the novelty of the Europe for Citizens program 2014-2020.
The gathering of participants from twelve countries was also an opportunity to find other points of contact for joint projects and cooperation.
Workshop 5 and 19 August 2014 in Ljubljana
The invitation to the workshop is Here.