The summer volunteer program Live it Lisboa! It is a non-profit, low-cost summer experience that aims to promote intercultural dialogue and social justice. The program has been directed since 2015 by a small independent development NGO, the Spin Association for Interchange, Training and Cooperation among Peoples. What’s the contest? It aims to be a responsible […]
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European Youth Award
The European Youth Award (EYA) selects and promotes best European innovative students, and social entrepreneurs, start-ups, designers, producers, application developers, journalists and writers, who create digital projects with impact on society addressing the goals defined by the Council of Europe, Europe 2020 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Innovative students and young people under 33 (born on or after January 1, 1986), living in one […]
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Europe and Europeans Today Photo Competition
Capture what Europe means to you and upload your picture to Instagram. The six winners (including one overall winner) will win a diploma and be invited to the 70th anniversary commemorative event in October 2019. Also, a selection of the best photos and the winning photos will be exhibited at the Council of Europe in […]
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GIF #thistimeimvoting Competition
From 23 to 26 May 2019, around 500 million people in 27 European member states will get the chance to elect the new European Parliament. This time it’s not enough to hope for a better future, each and every one of us must take responsibility and vote. And the more Europeans go to vote, the […]
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Awards for ‘Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism’ 2019
Cultural tourism is the fastest growing sector of European tourism and can contribute both to the sustainability and competitiveness of tourism in the European Union and beyond and to the sustainable future of heritage sites and local communities. Cultural Tourism products and services are important factors in sustainable development, contributing to the protection and promotion […]
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International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD)
The purpose of the IFCD is to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. The IFCD supports projects that aim to foster the emergence of a dynamic cultural sector, primarily by facilitating the introduction of […]
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A Sea of Words – International Short Stories Contest
The Anna Lindh Foundation and the European Institute of the Mediterranean are calling the 11th year of the international short story contest ”A Sea of Words” aimed at young people from the 43 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean space. What’s the contest This year, under the motto “Commitment in Social Change”, the contest gives Euro-Mediterranean youths […]
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ENCATC Research Award on Cultural Policy and Cultural Management
Granted each year, the ENCATC Research Award on Cultural Policy and Cultural Management is offered to the best recent PhD Thesis on comparative cultural policies or management topics presented by a young researcher. The award aims to stimulate academic research in the field of cultural policy and management to explore, through comparative and cross-cultural research, issues […]
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EYW 2019 # YOUTHWEEK PT – ES “Democracy and Me”
It is a 3-day cross-border event between Portugal and Spain to celebrate the 9th edition of the European Youth Week 2019, this year under the topic “Democracy and me”. Main objective To celebrate the contribution young people make to Europe and to encourage young people to participate in Erasmus+ and in the democratic life. In […]
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