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Deadline: 15 March 2009
"Europe for citizens" programme Action 2 - Measure 3: support for projects initiated by civil society organisations
The aim of this measure is to support concrete projects of civil society organisations from different participating countries. A variety of organisations, established at local, regional, national or European level, can be involved. These projects should raise awareness on issues of European interest and on concrete solutions that can be found through cooperation or coordination at European level. Read more ...

Deadline: 9 March 2009
The European Fund for the Integration of Third-country Nationals: call for proposals 2008
The call for proposals is open to national, regional and local authorities, Non Governmental Organisations, public or private bodies (including university departments, research centres) registered in any of the 26 Member States participating in the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals (EU Member States except Denmark), as well as international organisations. Read more ...

Deadline: 30 January 2009
Interregional Co-operation: launch of second call for projects
The second INTERREG IVC call for proposals was launched on 27 October 2008. The Interregional co-operation programme is a programme funded by the European Union that helps Europe's regions establish partnerships, enabling them to work together on common projects. Read more ...

Deadline: 27 January 2009
Call for proposals under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme
A call for proposals has been launched under the 'Regions of Knowledge' (RoK) strand of the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development. The RoK networks, which bring together various regional partners, aim to foster 'research driven clusters' with a thematic focus on enhancing the sustainable use of natural resources and of the natural and man-made environment. Read more ...

Deadline: 28 November 2008 (2nd round)
"Learning for change - setting up learning networks under the ESF 2007-2013"
In the context of the Commission's Action Plan to support Transnational Cooperation at EU level, this call for proposals aims at facilitating and strengthening transnational exchange and cooperation, funded under the ESF Programmes through networking for capacity building and mutual learning between ESF managing and implementing bodies and strategic stakeholders. Read more ...

Deadline: 17 November 2008
Structural support for European public policy research organisations and for civil society organisations at European level
The objectives of this call for proposals to foster action, debate and reflection related to European citizenship and democracy, shared values, common history
and culture through cooperation within civil society organisations at European level, and to encourage interaction between citizens and civil society
organisations from all participating countries. Read more ...

New deadline for submitting proposals: 13 October 2008
Long-term perspectives for better social conditions in the European Union
The Commission intends to co-finance a comprehensive reflection on the long-term development of our societies and the choices that can be made to achieve the highest possible level of quality of life for all in a sustainable way. The aim is to cover in particular those determinants of life satisfaction that could be influenced by public policies. Read more ...

Deadline: 6 October 2008
Open call for Tenders of DG Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities Need for study on the implementation of the Directive 2003/72/EC (employee involvement in the European cooperative society) in ten Member States Belgium, Estonia, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal and Slovakia. Read more ...

Deadline: 31 July 2007
European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 - Calls for Proposal
The European Commission has published two calls for proposals to support projects and initiatives aimed at promoting intercultural dialogue, involving directly or otherwise reaching as many people as possible and highlighting achievements and experiences on the theme of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008. Read more ...

Deadline: 31 December 2006
The EU Journalist Award on diversity reporting:
Journalists from all 25 EU Member States are invited to submit print or online articles on the issues of promoting diversity and combating discrimination. For the first time, a special prize will be granted to young journalists encouraging media professionals starting out on their career to write about discrimination and diversity issues. Candidates can submit articles that have been published between 1 January and 31 December 2006. The deadline for entries is 31 December 2006. To learn more about the Journalist Award 2006, please click here ...

Deadline: 20 October 2006
INTI (integration of third country nationals) is a European Commission funding programme to help non-EU citizens integrate in Member States. Proposals for a call for preparatory actions should not exceed € 4,000,000 and must be submitted by 20 October 2006. 

Deadline: 16 October 2006
Migrant women can face multiple discrimination - on grounds of gender and nationality or race. An open call for a study on "The role of migrant women in the labour market: current situation and future prospects” (VT/2006/050) sets the objective of assessing – and proposing measures to improve - the participation of migrant women in the labour market.

Deadline: 6 October 2006
The European Commissions PHARE programme has assisted restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989. A new PHARE call for Romania aims to increase school participation among disadvantaged groups such as Roma. Further information can be found on the ENAR website and in the EuropeAid database.

Deadline: 25 August 2006 (for requesting documents) and 18 September (for bids)

Open call for an information and promotional campaign for the 2007 'European Year of Equal Opportunities for All'
The European Commission has launched an open call for an information and promotion campaign for the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All - Towards a Just Society. The information campaign will run across all EU Member States, Bulgaria and Romania and EFTA countries. The aim is to reach out to the general public, as well as groups that shape non-discrimination policies or support those who face discrimination. More information>>

Deadline: 3 July 2006 (for requesting doucments) and 17 July( for submission)
New calls for tender for study on ethnic minority integration  
The European Commission has launched a call for tender on the social and labour market integration of ethnic minorities. The study should focus on how to overcome barriers that ethnic minorities may face in gaining access to employment and analyse how membership of a particular ethnic minority might lead to certain barriers. The deadline for requesting or accessing relevant documents is 3 July 2006, and the final date for submitting a bid is 17 July 2006. . Read more>>

Deadline: 30 June 2006
Social inclusion
The European Commission has announced a new call for proposals to support National Awareness Raising Actions on Social Inclusion and Social Protection. Read more>>

Deadline: 14 July 2006
European Commission announces new calls for proposals
The two call for proposals are for:

1) Support towards the operating cost of a European level non-governmental organisation representing and defending the rights of Roma people (VP/2006/004)
The first call is to support a European level Roma organisation in its work to promote equal treatment and combat discrimination of Roma people. Further information about the EU and Roma is available on the European Commission's dedicated website.

2) National awareness-raising activities (VP/2006/005)

The second call is for national awareness-raising campaigns and is restricted to national authorities or NGOs and equality bodies nominated to act on behalf of a national authority. The maximum amount available for activities is € 150 000 for each Member State. Activities could be organised under the theme of the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All, which will take place in 2007.

Deadline: 12 June and 26 June
Commission announces new calls for tender
The European Commission has posted three new calls for tender in the field of anti-discrimination. The calls are to: 1. Carry out a study on collecting data to measure progress in anti-discrimination policies; 2. Organise and run training seminars for NGOs and social partners; and 3. Conduct a study on multiple discrimination in the EU. The deadline for sending offers for the two studies is 12 June 2006. Responses to the call for training must be submitted by 26 June. Read more>>

Deadline: 1 September 2006
Call for proposals to conduct studies:
The Swiss Foundation for Population, Migration and Environment (PME) And the International Metropolis Project have published a Call for Proposals to conduct studies of: 1) The economic integration of skilled migrants, or 2) The integration of religious minorities. Both the Foundation and Metropolis intended for the studies to test and to set the stage for more comprehensive work that will fully explore these important topics. Successful applicants may receive up to 100,000 euros. Research outlines pertaining to these studies should be submitted no later than June 2nd, 2006. Following a review of these outlines, full proposals need to be submitted by September 1st, 2006. Read more>>

Deadline: 30 June 2006
Exchange of good practice in youth work between Europe and Africa, the Caribbean, Pacific (ACP), Asia, Latin America
This call, under the YOUTH programme aims to support projects which promote an exchange of experience and good practice in the field of youth between the European Union, candidate countries and EFTA/EEA on the one hand, and countries of Africa, the Caribbean, Pacific (ACP), Asia and Latin America on the other hand. The general objectives of these projects shall be to contribute to the development of youth policies and youth work, and of the voluntary sector, as well as to capacity-building and leadership development for youth organisations/structures in the countries concerned. Read more>>

Deadline: 22 May 2006
Call for Presentations
Creative Clusters has published a call for presentation to contribute to Creative Clusters 2006 in NewcastleGateshead, UK. The deadline is Monday 22nd May 2006. Creative Clusters is an independent policy forum, fostering debate about creativity and the creative economy, about culture and commerce. It aims to contribute to policy development by examining initiatives and interventions supporting cultural enterprise, whether at local, regional, national and international level. To read more please visit http://www.creativeclusters.com and click on Call for Presentations.

Deadline: 15 November 2005
Call for Proposals- DG Education and Culture
Within the framework of a EU democracy campaign following the 60 th anniversary of the liberation from fascism, this call supports initiatives which encourage European citizens to engage in building a democratic Europe further, so that it can become a continent free from violence, racism and discrimination. There are two thematic areas to be addressed: a) remembrance (topromote exchanges of experience from different perspectives on World War II in Europe, with the specific intention to raise awareness) and b ) democracy (to raise awareness on European values and to encourage debates on the dangers to democracy. Read more>>

30 August 2005 - Culture 2000
The Culture 2000 programme contributes to the promotion of cultural area common to the European Peoples. Each year the community supports annual and multi-annual cultural events and projects carried out in partnership or in the forms of networks. The deadline for applications is the 17 October 2005 for annual and translation projects and 28 October 2005 for multi-annual projects. Go to Culture 2000 website

29 August - Leonardo da Vinci Programme (Project proposals)
 The Leonardo da Vinci programme contributes to the implementation of a vocational training policy for the Community and promotes new practical approaches in vocational training policies. The third and final call for proposals is valid for two years (2005-2006) and concerns the following Community measures: Mobility, Pilot Projects (PP) including Thematic actions (TH), Language competences (LA), Transnational networks (NT) and Reference material (RF). The deadlines are as follows:
Procedure A - Concerning the Mobility measure, Deadline: 10 February 2006
Procedure B – (Pilot Projects (except Thematic Actions), Language competences and Transnational networks, and
Procedure C - Reference materials measure, the Thematic Actions proposals and proposals submitted by European organisations under all measures (except Mobility), Deadline: pre-proposal 30 September 2005, full proposal 10 February 2006.
To read more about the type of projects to be funded and priority areas go to Call for proposal.

29 August 2005
Call for applications for experts in the framework of the Leonardo da Vinci programme (OJ C 298, 30.11.2002)
The Commission launched on 30 November 2002 a call for applications with a view to constituting lists of experts to participate in various activities related to the Leonardo da Vinci programme. To participate in consultancy activities relating to the 2006 selection exercises, only applications submitted on 30 September 2005 at the latest will be considered. Applications received after this deadline will be taken into consideration for activities under the next selection exercises. Read more>>