Encouragement of democratic and civic participation of the EU citizens and reinforcement of European citizenship
ABOUT THE ORGANISATION:
The CIMRC is a public association of 19 municipalities with the fol-lowing purposes: promoting the planning and management of the strategy of economic, social and environmental development of the covered territory; linking municipal investments of inter-mu-nicipal interest; participating in the management of programs sup-porting regional development; and planning the actions of local authorities.
The CIMRC is also responsible for the planning of the offer of vo-cational training courses, working directly with the regional ser-vices of the ministry of education and national agency for voca-tional training.
Recently it has received delegated responsibilities at the level of Urban Authorities.
Website of the organisation: https://www.cim-regiaodecoimbra.pt/
ABOUT THE PROJECT:
In the last decade, it has been seen an increasing concern with the migrant community and minority groups in European countries given the challenges they face, stemming from stereotypes, prejudice and xenophobic behaviour.
In this sense, our project has as its main objective the creation of a permanent network of collaboration between partners in order to raise awareness among the transnational community, encouraging the democratic and civic participation of the EU citizens and reinforcing European citizenship.
Only through intercultural dialogue that promotes the development of a multifaceted European identity based on values of common tolerance and mutual understanding will we be able to change the European attitude towards migrants, enabling them to become full members of society in the near future.
Role of the partner organization in the project:
Our partners will be part of a permanent collaboration network as key members in the process of disseminating intercultural and pedagogical activities, in a perspective of mutual assistance and European solidarity aiming to integrate the migrant communities.
Partners are preferably local authorities with public libraries.
| INSTITUTION | Comunidade Intermunicipal da Região de Coimbra (CIMRC) |
| TYPE OF INSTITUTION | Non-profit association |
| CONTACT NAME | Vera Lopes |
| CONTACT E-MAIL | geral@cim-regiaodecoimbra.pt |
| COUNTRY | Portugal |
| NAME OF THE PROGRAMME | Europe for Citizens / Civil society projects |
| PROJECT TOPIC | Encouragement of democratic and civic participation of the EU citizens and reinforcement of European citizenship |
| WORKING LANGUAGE | EN, other |
| EXPIRATION DATE | 01.09.2020. |
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