Expected Impact:
- Increased citizens' awareness of rights and EU values and increasing their engagement in society and with the EU
- Enhanced opportunities for citizens to express and make their views know about what kind of Europe they want and to outline their long-term vision for the future of European integration
- Improved knowledge and understanding by the citizens of EU institutions and policies as well as of the EU's achievements and benefits
- Increased citizens' empowerment to get involved in decision-making from local to EU levels
- Increased citizens' empowerment to make their voices heard by the relevant political authorities and decision makers, thus helping them make an impact in practice;
- Increased active participation of people from different backgrounds in the EU policymaking process and thus increased contribution to the democratic and civic life of the Union
- Increased citizens' situational awareness, resilience and preparedness to counter disinformation and information manipulation
- Increased citizens' awareness and understanding of SLAPPs and a safer and more enabling environment for journalism
- Strengthened democratic participation, with a special focus on inclusion of younger and older people, women, mobile EU citizens and people with disabilities, and on reaching those citizens not active in civic participation in their everyday life.
This is a call for proposals for EU action grants
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