The 'European Charlemagne Youth Prize' is awarded to
projects, which
* promote the European and international understanding,
* foster the development of a shared sense of European identity and
integration,
* serve as a role model for young people living in Europe and offer practical examples of Europeans living together as one community.
The projects can focus on the organisation of various youth events, youth exchanges or internet projects with a European dimension.
Application deadline is 08.02.2008 (so in less than one month)!
Requirements:
- Participants should be 16-30 years old.
- The participants must be citizens or residents of one of the 27 member states of the European Union.
- Participants can apply, either individually or in groups
- Applications in all official languages of the European Union are eligible (Summary in French, English or German is required if the project is submitted in other language versions.)
- The projects submitted for the competition must be already up and running.
The following projects shall be ineligible:
* academic theses and publications.
* projects which already receive funding through EU Institutions or Council of Europe.
* projects that have already received an European prize.
Priority will be given to projects created jointly by young people representing several Member States.
The winner or the European Charlemagne Youth Prize will be selected in two-step process:
1) national juries consisting of at least two Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and one representative of youth organizations will select one national winner from each of 27 Member States
2) the European jury consisting of three MEPs and the President of the European Parliament, four representatives of the Foundation of the
International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen will select the winner from the 27 projects submitted by national juries
The prize for the best project is €5000, the second, €3000 and the third,
€2000.
Representatives of the 27 national projects selected will be invited to the award ceremony in Aachen, Germany
on 29 April, 2008.
The prizes for the best three projects will be presented by the President of the European Parliament and representative of the
Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen.