The Foundation for Partnership and Civil Society Development

All.4.EU

Location: Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Italy, Malta, Slovakia
Project value: 250.021,00 Eur
Role: Co-Applicant
Donors: European Commission/ EACEA/ Europe for citizens programme
Amount contributed in €: 150.000,00 EUR
Duration: 12/2008 – 10/2009

Objectives and results of the action:

The project was designed to contribute addressing the question how to bridge the gap between citizens and the European Union. This challenge of the EU today represents a key priority for all the stakeholders acting both at the local and at the international level, both in the EU Member States and in the pre-accession countries which need to promote the “European Project” among their citizens to develop, from the very beginning, a sense of European identity and of ownership of the European Union. This is thus a major challenge also for the Region Istria, which ideally represents a bridge between Europe and pre-accession countries. Through this project, the Region Istria seeks to develop – on the basis of the achievements of the pilot project entitled “Eur-action” implemented by ALDA whose network the Region Istria belongs to – and to further promote the use of the “citizens’ panels” to assure interaction between citizens and decision makers at all levels, fostering at the same time their active participation in the life of their communities and in Europe.