Europe for Citizens: Strand 2: Democratic engagement and civic participation-Civil Society Projects

The specific objectives are to support projects gathering citizens in activities directly linked to EU policies, providing an opportunity for direct participation in the policy making process.

Funded activities may include:
- promotion of societal engagement and solidarity (activities able to promoting debate/campaigns/actions on the themes of common interest in the larger framework of the rights and responsibilities of the Union citizens and making the link to the European political agenda and policy making process.);
- gathering of opinions (activities aiming at gathering the individual opinions of the citizens on a specific topic to be yearly defined, favouring a bottom up approach, including the use of social networks, webinars, etc. and media literacy);
- volunteering (activities promoting solidarity among Union citizens and beyond).

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