[Karlovac] Presentation of Union programmes and project preparation workshops

Europe Direct Karlovac, Desk Creative Europe Culture at the Ministry of Culture and Media the National Contact Point of the Union Programme Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values at the Office for Cooperation with NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia are organising the presentation of the Union programme in Karlovac, which will be held on Tuesday, 21st November 2023 at 10am in the Illyrian Hall of the City Library “Ivan Goran Kovačić” in Karlovac (1 Ljudevit Šestić Street).

In the morning, the first part, the Creative Europe Programme – Culture sub-programmethe only Union mechanism to support the cultural and creative sectors, and the CERV programme – Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values,the largest programme in the history of the European Union to promote and protect the values of democracy, the rule of law, fundamental rights, equality, equality, the fight against all forms of violence and discrimination, transparency and good governance, will be jointly presented. The presentation will include acquaintance with the opportunities offered by these programmes, current information on currently open and upcoming calls and initiatives within the programmes themselves, and navigation through Funding and Tender Opportunities Portal (FTOP), the Union’s central portal for applying projects to Union programmes.

The participants will then, depending on their interest, be divided into two groups that will in parallel process the elaboration of project ideas and the corresponding project documentation. It will be an opportunity to learn about examples of good practice, so that those present can better understand what kind of projects can be supported under these programmes, consisting of getting acquainted with the project documentation for each programme.

The event is intended for civil society organisations, LAGs, schools and other educational institutions, local self-government units and other organisations and institutions active in the cultural and creative sectors and/or dealing with local community development, the promotion of human rights, the rule of law and the topics of protection against violence and discrimination.

For the event, it is necessary to fill in the application form and express interest in working in one of the groups in the second part of the workshop.

 

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

09:45 - 10:00 Registation

10:00 - 10:10 Introducing of Europe Direct Karlovac

10:10 - 11:00 Overview of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV), Saša Šegrt, Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs, National Contact Point of the Programme Saša Šegrt,

Ured za udruge Vlade RH, Nacionalna kontakt točka programa

11:00 - 11:45 An overview of important information on Creative Europe – Culture;

                                               Anera Stopfer, Desk Creative Europe-culture, Ministry of Culture and Media

11:45 – 12:00 Getting acquainted with the portal Funding and Tender Opportunities (FTOP)

12:15 - 12:30 Questions and Answers

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

 Split participants in two groups according to registration in CERV/Creative Europe workshop

13:00 - 13:15 Key terms of the CERV/KE programme

13:15 – 14:00 Elaboration of project ideas - exercise, working in a group

14:00 – 14:15 Coffee break

Presentation of project ideas, analysis and comments & practical tips for

successful preparation of the project proposals

15:00 - 15:15 Questions and Answers; end of the workshop