European programs, such as Europe for Citizens Programme have some specificity to be taken into account. Eligibility criteria, programme priorities, learning methods and strategies, funding specificities, evaluations are subjects to be known before applying European grant. ACTEC is here to spread this knowledge and show that anyone could handle such kinds of projects. ACTEC project tends to spread
and diffuse information about the transnational programmes related to citizenship and especially the Europe for Citizens Programme. Participant organizations will gain knowledge about it but also tools to conceive manage and develop such kind of projects. This project wants to be a sample of how small and medium size organizations can carry out a joint action aiming to the same goal, using tools accordingly with their capacity, yet striving together, regardless of borders to that the local targets know that the same actions are being developed con temporarily in different parts of Europe, thus giving a feeling of belonging to one society, which has common concerns and necessitates common actions, hence feeling that Europe has a common identity reflected by the wishes of its local civil society organizations to strive for promoting social and cultural values, regardless of their country, language, culture and using diversity as an element of enrichment and not as an impediment. Project objectives:
1. To empower local entities with few or without experience in transnational cooperation by transferring knowledge on how to apply for grants under the Europe for Citizens programme and how to network using new ICT tools;
2. To spread knowledge about the Europe for Citizens Programme among the general public.
3. To promote active European citizenship, values and culture at local level through information campaigns. ACTEC targets entities not active on the transnational level because of economical, geographical, social local authorities (city councils, province and regions governments, etc.), social and youth work organizations, professional associations, charities, other public institutions (schools, universities, etc.)
