The European Year of Citizens Alliance (EYCA), of which ALDA is a promoter, started the process of addressing an open letter t to EU Heads of States and Governments on the future of the ‘Europe for Citizens’ Programme.
The letter aims at publicising civil society organisations’ opinion on the Council’s proposal of severe budget cuts (a reduction of 23% over the next seven years) in the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme.
In a time when citizens are expressing a growing distrust in EU Institutions and policies, and while the EU celebrates the European Year of Citizens in 2013 – with the lowest ever dedicated budget for a European Year, we believe this proposal is a counterproductive response to budgetary challenges.
Only a properly funded ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme for the 2014 – 2020 timeframe would serve to properly recognise and support the role that civil society organisations play in the construction of the European project as envisaged in article 11 of the Lisbon Treaty.
See the open letter and all its signatories (.pdf)
Below are ALDA’s stakeholders who decided to support this initiative and sign the letter:
Prahova County Council – ROMANIA
Consorzio per lo Sviluppo del Polesine – ITALY
Consorzio di Cooperative sociali Onlus – ITALY
UNISCO Network per lo sviluppo locale – ITALY
City of Kragujevac – SERBIA
Zamenik generalnog sekretara SKGO – SERBIA
Horizont Ngo – ALBANIA
Forum Algérien pour la Citoyenneté et la Modernité (FACM)
International Platform For Citizen Participation (IPCP) – BULGARIA
Diego Bottacin – ITALY
Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governemnts – LATVIA
NGO “Terra-1530” – MOLDOVA
Lda Albania – ALBANIA
Lda Montenegro – MONTENEGRO
Lda Mostar – BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Coalition of youth organizations SEGA – REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
CRCD-Center for Research Cooperation and Development – ALBANIA
Municipality of Vejle – DENMARK
The European Year of Citizens Alliance (EYCA), of which ALDA is a promoter, started the process of addressing an open letter t to EU Heads of States and Governments on the future of the ‘Europe for Citizens’ Programme.
The letter aims at publicising civil society organisations’ opinion on the Council’s proposal of severe budget cuts (a reduction of 23% over the next seven years) in the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme.
In a time when citizens are expressing a growing distrust in EU Institutions and policies, and while the EU celebrates the European Year of Citizens in 2013 – with the lowest ever dedicated budget for a European Year, we believe this proposal is a counterproductive response to budgetary challenges.
Only a properly funded ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme for the 2014 – 2020 timeframe would serve to properly recognise and support the role that civil society organisations play in the construction of the European project as envisaged in article 11 of the Lisbon Treaty.
See the open letter and all its signatories (.pdf)
Below are ALDA’s stakeholders who decided to support this initiative and sign the letter:
Prahova County Council – ROMANIA
Consorzio per lo Sviluppo del Polesine – ITALY
Consorzio di Cooperative sociali Onlus – ITALY
UNISCO Network per lo sviluppo locale – ITALY
City of Kragujevac – SERBIA
Zamenik generalnog sekretara SKGO – SERBIA
Horizont Ngo – ALBANIA
Forum Algérien pour la Citoyenneté et la Modernité (FACM)
International Platform For Citizen Participation (IPCP) – BULGARIA
Diego Bottacin – ITALY
Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governemnts – LATVIA
NGO “Terra-1530” – MOLDOVA
Lda Albania – ALBANIA
Lda Montenegro – MONTENEGRO
Lda Mostar – BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Coalition of youth organizations SEGA – REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
CRCD-Center for Research Cooperation and Development – ALBANIA
Municipality of Vejle – DENMARK