The department for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) has launched a new call for proposals under the DEAR Programme titled “Raising public awareness of development issues and promoting development education in the European Union”.
The European Union’s Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme (DEAR) supports projects that engage Europeans in worldwide issues of social, economic and environmental development. The DEAR Programme works with civil society organisations and local authorities to promote global justice, human rights, sustainable development and democratic participation. The Programme is managed by the European Commission’s International Partnerships Directorate, with the assistance of the DEAR Support Team.
The DEAR programme for 2021 – 2024 will align with and contribute to the European Commission’s priorities, in particular:
- the European Green Deal, by making EU citizens aware of the transitional challenges our societies are facing and the opportunities of green and just transition; and
- the new push for European democracy, by communicating to EU citizens the core values of the EU (human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, human rights);
- the Gender Action Plan (GAP III);
- the June 2020 Council Conclusions on youth in external action
The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:
- More EU citizens, including youth, have a critical understanding of the interdependent world as well as of their own role in it and have the interest to act for sustainable development;
- More EU citizens, including youth, are actively engaged in sustainable development on local and global level;
- Global Citizenship Education is better integrated into formal and non-formal education in EU Member States.
Specifically, this call for proposals will have five lots. For all lots, all actions, including financial support to third parties, if any, must contribute to: i) the global objective, and ii) one or several specific objectives, and iii) one or several priorities. For lots 1 to 4, the lead applicant needs to be a Civil Society Organisation, for lot 5 the lead applicant needs to be a Local Authority. For all lots, lead applicants need to be established in a EU Member State.
These are the following lots:
- Lot 1: Actions engaging EU citizens in global sustainable development and responses to global challenges
- Lot 2: Actions engaging young EU citizens and young people living in partner countries in joint initiatives
- Lot 3: Actions supporting initiatives implemented through financial support to third parties
- Lot 4: Actions with a focus on formal, informal and non-formal Development Education
- Lot 5: Actions by Local Authorities
The deadline for applications is the 14th of November 2022.
For more information, please visit the Commission’s website.
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