. EU policies and EU funding opportunities / Haute Europe

. Culture contact points

Cultural Contact Points (CCPs) have been established in each of the countries eligible to apply for the Culture 2007 funding programme. Their main role is to help promote awareness and understanding of this programme and to encourage cultural organisations from their country to become involved in successful applications.

. Culture programme 2007 - 2013

Cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue

The EU’s cultural diversity has increasingly been seen as one of its greatest assets. That is why the Commission’s new agenda for Culture seeks both to safeguard and promote it through different actions including through intercultural dialogue.

Support for cultural diversity comes from the Union’s Culture programme. This will help thousands of cultural organisations to create and implement cultural and artistic projects. It will also help improve the knowledge and dissemination of European cultural heritage, promote cultural exchanges, and more. The programme will be very instrumental in promoting the transnational circulation of works of art, the mobility of artists across national borders and intercultural dialogue.
. Multi-annual cooperation projects (lasting over a period of three to five years)
. Cooperation measures (projects lasting over a maximum period of two years
. Special measures

. Lifelong Learning - Sectoral programmes : Comenius

Specific objectives
To develop knowledge and understanding among young people and educational staff of the diversity of European cultures and languages and its valueTo help young people acquire the basic life-skills and competences necessary for their personal development, for future employment and for active European citizenship

Lifelong Learning - Sectoral programmes: Grundtvig

The Grundtvig Lifelong Learning Programma funds all forms of adult and continuing education. It is targeted at learners, teachers, trainers and other staff in adult education and the educational institutions, organisations and other bodies offering and facilitating such learning opportunities

For information and support please contact your national agency  http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/national_en.html



. Youth in Action

The Youth in Action programme funds and supports European projects for young people aged between 13-30 years old. The European Commission finances the programme. The Programme supports a large variety of activities for young people and youth workers through five Actions.
. Youth for Europe
. European Voluntary Service
. Youth in the World
. Youth Support Systems
. Support for European Co-operation in the Youth field

How to participate?
Take a look at the Youth in Action Programme guide – it will give you a deeper insight into the Actions and types of activities that can be supported by the Programme.
Get in touch with your National Agency or Eurodesk national office for further information and advice.

. Europe for citizens programme 2007-2013

This action is directed specifically at activities involving citizens, in line with the objectives of the Programme and in particular the following specific objective: bringing together people from local communities across Europe to share and exchange experiences, opinions and values, to learn from history and to build for the future. It encourages meetings, exchanges and debates among European citizens from different countries and through different means.