Active European Citizenship
DIA – EU: Dialogue with the E.U. – The
voices of the Citizens
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Financial arrangements of cooperation & implementation
Speech’s theme
The specific speech concerns the presentation of the financial arrangement
that E.U is using for supporting and promoting the cooperation and
intervention related with the Civil Society.
Emphasize will be given to the financial arrangements funded directly through
the European Union and not in a National level, since only the first ones:
•Have international, cross-border character, favoring (promoting) the
cooperation among partners from different countries
•Promote in practice the diffusion of the expertise and the best practices
among different geographical areas
•Form the basic tool of active implementation for NGOs in the field of Civil
Society
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Necessity of financial arrangement existence
Until the middle of the ’90s, the civil society could not develop a dynamic
action, as the vehicles were entrapped in a Europe where:
•Emphasis was given exclusively to the economy and to promoting firstly the
economic and secondly the monetary union
•The mobility of the people wasn’t easy from one country to another, creating
hermetically to the transfer of technical know-how and to co-operations
•There were not platforms and fields for international cooperation among
vehicles of the Civil Society
•The structure of the vehicles of the Civil Society was rudimentary and the
available financial resources for action development were minimum
•The National level predominated against European or international level
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Targets of financial arrangements
The activation of financial arrangements regarding the Civil Society’s actions
from the European Union served the following aims :
•To empower and provide the necessary financial resources to the vehicles
that activate in the Civil Society
•To create the appropriate platform of international cooperation and
exchange of experience among different National vehicles
•To promote the Democracy and the participation of the citizens in all the
social activities
•To produce a spirit of social solidarity and a system of values
•To set the foundations for an inter-cultural dialogue and communication
•To secure the national traditions
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Financing Channels
The resources were disposed from the European Union for the financing of
actions regarding the Civil Society leaked through :
1.NGOs aiming to the promotion of relevant actions
2.Governmental Vehicles and Services with similar subjects
3.Regional and Local authorities
4.University Institutions and others vehicles of Higher Education
5.Other non-profit vehicles and networks
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Forms of Financial Arrangements(1/2)
During the last decade, European Union has contributed several billions of
euros for the funding of actions of the Civil Society through a series of
Programs, totally or partly focused on the social field. Indicatively are
reported:
Programme
Duration
Overall Budget (€)
5th Framework Programme
1998 - 2002
15 billions
6th Framework Programme
2002 - 2006
17.5 billions
7th Framework Programme
2007 - 2013
51 billions
INTERREG III
2002 - 2006
5 billions
Interreg IV
2007 - 2013
7.8 billions
Al-Invest III
2004 - 2007
53 millions
AL-INVEST IV
2009- 2012
50 millions
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Forms of Financial Arrangements (2/2)
Programme
Duration
Overall Budget (€)
Competitiveness and
Innovation Framework Programme
2007 - 2013
3.6 billions
Europe for Citizens
2007 -2013
0.25 billions
Youth in Action
2007 -2013
0.9 billions
Culture
2007 – 2013
0.4 billions
Fundamental Rights and Justice
2007 – 2013
0.4 billions
Lifelong Learning Programme
2007 – 2013
7 billions
Ambient Assisted Living Programme
2008 – 2013
0.7 billions
South East Europe Programme
2007 - 2013
0.25 billions
PROGRESS programme
2007 - 2013
0.75 billions
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Evaluation of the efficiency of financial arrangements
The E.U. used financial instruments for the support of the Civil Society which
constituted the vehicle for the development of relevant actions. The benefits,
however, could be maximized if confront the following disfunctions :
•Partially and not fully match European and National strategies and priorities
•Insufficient capitalisation of the productive project and its conversion into
Best Practices
•Influence from non relevant vehicles to the Civil Society for promoting
politicians
•Insufficient evaluation of the vehicles that implement these kind of actions
for future purposes
•Insufficient participation of the vehicles of Civil Society to consultation for
the planning and determination of priorities of the financial arrangements
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