Europe for Citizens Programme

Council Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of 14 April 2014 established the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme for the period 2014-2020.

The aim of this programme is:
- To contribute to citizens' understanding of the EU, its history and diversity
- To foster European citizenship and to improve conditions for civic and democratic participation at EU level
- To raise awareness of remembrance, common history and values
- To encourage democratic participation of citizens at EU level, by developing citizens' understanding of the EU policy making-process and, by promoting opportunities for societal and intercultural engagement and volunteering at EU level.