The Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (Foundation EVZ) has been promoting encounter projects for young people from Germany and the countries of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe as well as from Israel in its EUROPEANS FOR PEACE programme since 2005. The Foundation invites school and youth groups to apply in international partnerships with a school and/or non-school institution for funding of their jointly developed project proposal. Funding for encounters between 1 July 2016 and 31 August 2017 can be provided for costs of travel, costs of accommodation and board, equipment and materials for project work and presentation of the results, as well as personnel costs (fees). EUROPEANS FOR PEACE strengthens historical awareness and bolsters the active commitment of young people for human rights and international understanding.
The Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (Foundation EVZ) has been promoting encounter projects for young people from Germany and the countries of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe as well as from Israel in its EUROPEANS FOR PEACE programme since 2005. The Foundation invites school and youth groups to apply in international partnerships with a school and/or non-school institution for funding of their jointly developed project proposal. Funding for encounters between 1 July 2016 and 31 August 2017 can be provided for costs of travel, costs of accommodation and board, equipment and materials for project work and presentation of the results, as well as personnel costs (fees). EUROPEANS FOR PEACE strengthens historical awareness and bolsters the active commitment of young people for human rights and international understanding.Applications are submitted by institutions and legally recognisable associations engaged in school or extra-curricular education.
Binational or trinational projects can be funded. At least one partner must be from Germany and at least one from Central, Eastern or South-Eastern Europe or from Israel.
Projects with the following countries can be funded: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.
For trinational projects, the third partner to be funded can be from one of the countries mentioned above, or from another member state of the Council of Europe (e.g. Turkey, France, Italy etc.). The following requirements must be observed in the application:
The project participants are young people between the ages of 12 and 21. Projects by groups of students in higher education in the context of their studies cannot be funded.
The projects will be implemented in the period between June 2016 and August 2017. The encounters focus on the project work. At each encounter a minimum of four days is spent on project work.
We welcome long-term stabilisation of project partnerships. Where partner constellations remain the same, groups executing projects can be funded at most three times within a period of five years by EUROPEANS FOR PEACE.
What formal requirements are important when filling in the application?
The application consists of two parts: (1) the application form with the planned programme of encounters, and (2) the financing plan. The forms available for downloading from the website, www.stiftung-evz.de/europeansforpeace, must be used.
The forms must be completed on the computer. Text input is only possible in the specified areas.
Applications may be submitted in German or English. Please use the version of the form that corresponds to the language of the submission.
Further information can be attached to the application as an appendix.
The application has to be filled in jointly by the project partners or at least in agreement and coordination with each other.
Deadline for submissions: please send the application form complete with legally binding signature(s) by fax, email or post by 1 December 2015. If you send the application in due time by email (scan) or fax, please nevertheless submit the application with the original signatures of the applicant and the partners by conventional mail to Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft, EUROPEANS FOR PEACE, Lindenstr. 2025, 10969 Berlin, Germany.
Planning international projects is quite challenging for everyone involved. The foundation is happy to offer support in these efforts. Anyone who has an initial idea for a project and is not sure whether it would fall within the funding scope is welcome to obtain advice by telephone or email. Please note the times for counselling on applications: Tuesdays and Thursdays 14:00 to 15:30 and by arrangement.
Contact Phone: +49 (0)30 259297-36 Phone: +49 (0)30 259297-37 Judith Blum Corinna Jentzsch blum@stiftung-evz.de jentzsch@stiftung-evz.de EUROPEANS FOR PEACE www.stiftung-evz.de/europeansforpeace Postal address: Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft EUROPEANS FOR PEACE Lindenstra?e 2025 10969 Berlin Germany.