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Subject: * Call for proposals 2006 - Promotion of active European citizenship
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* Call for proposals 2006 - Promotion of active European citizenship
Budget (EURO): 2,500,000.00
Description: PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES:
The call for proposals is designed to support projects in the framework of town twinning in EU member states and in other eligible countries, which will contribute to raising European awareness, foster new and existing links and networks between local authorities, strengthen the dialogue between the citizens of the European Union as well as promote the town twinning idea and disseminate best practice in town twinning in Europe.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
This call for proposals concerns actions in the framework of town-twinning such as conferences, training seminars and information campaigns. A separate call for proposals will be published concerning meetings of citizens between twinned towns.

ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES:
The call for proposals is aimed at supporting projects in the following three formats:

Format 1: Thematic conferences in the framework of town-twinning aimed at raising awareness of European policies. Conferences must involve participants from municipalities from at least two eligible countries from which at least one is an EU Member State.

Format 2: Training seminars on town twinning targeted at the people responsible for town twinning to enable them to acquire the knowledge and skills needed for organising twinning projects with a high quality European content.

Format 3: Information campaigns to promote town twinning
— new element in the programme, launched to enable suitable organisations such as regional, national or European associations of local authorities to carry out new innovative actions supporting the development of town twinning.

Information campaigns must be targeted to municipalities and aimed at promoting the town twinning idea in Europe through disseminating information regarding the Town Twinning programme and emphasising the importance of the town twinning movement in Europe. Information campaigns must cover at least two eligible countries including at least one EU Member State.

WHO CAN APPLY:
To be eligible the applicant must be an organisation with legal status (legal personality) and be established in an eligible country.
Only the following types of organisations are eligible:
- municipalities and their twinning associations/committees,
- local and regional governments,
- associations representing local authorities.

Eligible countries: the 25 Member States of the European Union, Bulgaria and Romania.

PROJECT DURATION:
The maximum duration of the projects is 10 months.

FINANCING CONDITIONS:
The grant awarded may not exceed 60 % of the total amount of the project's eligible costs.

The maximum amount of the grant may not exceed EUR 60 000 per project. The minimum grant is EUR 10 000.

TIMETABLE: / DEADLINE:
This call covers projects starting between 15 April 2006 and 31 December 2006.

The deadlines for submission of grant applications are as follows:

First phase: until 17 October 2005 for projects beginning between 15 April and 31 August 2006;

Second phase: until 1 March 2006 for projects beginning between 1 September and 31 December 2006;

WHERE TO APPLY:
Applications should be sent BY POST only to the following address:
European Commission
Education and Culture Directorate-General
Town Twinning/ Jumelages/ Städtepartnerschaften
DG EAC n° 24/05 Applications
VM-2 MAIL OFFICE
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium

USEFUL DOCUMENTS and CONTACT DETAILS:
The full text of the call for proposals and the application forms are available on the following website:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/towntwinning/call/call_en.html

Applications must comply with the requirements set out in the full text of the call and be submitted using the form provided.
Open Date: July 27th, 2005
Close Date: March 1st, 2006
Tender Dossier: Call for proposals 2006 - Promotion of active European citizenship

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