IED and the pilot projects for European political foundations
The Institute of European Democrats (IED), as European political foundation formally affiliated to European Democratic Party (EDP), is financed by a European Union’s Commission grant on the basis of the European political foundations - Pilot projects (Call for proposals DG EAC/29/2007).
The pilot project finances the IED activities from 1/10/2007 to 31/10/2008.
European Commission
Directorate General for Education and Culture
Call for Proposals DG EAC/29/2007
(Extract from the text of the Call for Proposals DG EAC/29/2007 specifying objectives and aims of the European Commission’s Initiative)
…
…
2. Description and Objectives
This call for proposals targets European political foundations that are formally affiliated with the political parties at European level.
The European political foundations are currently mainly under creation. The grants awarded under this call for proposals will in this respect support the establishment, development and functioning of the foundations as well as the activities developed by them to underpin and facilitate the European political parties' efforts on political information and debate.
In the justification for the budget line in question, the European Parliament underlined that given the current crisis of confidence in the European Union, it needs to reach out to its citizens through all possible channels. In cooperation with national political foundations, European political foundations can play an active role in re-building the confidence of citizens in the European project.
In a joint endeavour, political foundations serve to promote greater understanding, debate and new thinking, as well constituting a channel through which a greater number of citizens can actively participate in European democracy. Providing a space for debate for national political foundations, think tanks and academics connected to a political movement, European political foundations are as such linked to European political parties.
The European political foundations support and strengthen the existing networks of national political foundations and think tanks in order to better reconnect the citizens with their national and European political sphere.
Call for proposals DG EAC/29/007 - Pilot projects for European political foundations - Selection results