The EU has confirmed the EU perspective of the Western Balkans and Turkey, subject to fulfilment of the necessary conditions but broad public support is essential to sustain the enlargement process. Maintaining the reform momentum and the credibility of enlargement policy in the candidate countries and potential candidates in Southeast Europe is a particular challenge of the European Commission Communication strategy on enlargement.
As a part of the IPA 2009 Information and Communication Programme, the European Union DG Enlargement intends to support a series of projects aimed at enabling and promoting a better informed debate about the EU and its policies with particular emphasis on subjects related to the EU’ s enlargement policy. The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 700 000.
The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to contribute to better information of citizens of the countries beneficiary of IPA on EU policies and their relevance for their daily life as well as for the EU perspective of the region as such.
The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals are:
- To increase the number of quality TV programmes about the EU policies produced and broadcast in IPA beneficiary countries.
- To stimulate an informed public debate in the countries beneficiary of IPA about the benefits and challenges of EU accession process
- To enhance the position of independent media and standards of television production in the beneficiary countries, through partnership building, exchange of programmes and flow of information
The deadline for submission of project proposals is 19 January 2010.
For more information on how to apply and who is eligible to apply, please visit the website: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/how-does-it-work/grants-tenders/grants/index_en.htm or http://archive.europa.ba
