Supports innovative civic education projects across Europe.
Projects receive funding between €10,000 and €12,000 for 12 months.
**Summary of the Civic Innovation Fund (CIF)** The Civic Innovation Fund (CIF) is a pan-European pooled fund launched by THE CIVICS Innovation Hub. It aims to pioneer new ideas in civil society, enhance their visibility, and integrate them into the Networking European Civic Education (NECE) network. The CIF focuses on supporting start-up ideas in civic education that apply interdisciplinary and inclusive approaches to promote resilience, diversity, and collaboration in democracy. **Key Details:** - **Financial Resources:** Each project receives between 10,000 € and 12,000 € for piloting, incubation, and scaling up over 12 months. - **Eligibility Criteria:** - Projects should strengthen democratic competencies promoting participation, cohesion, and resilience. - Projects must involve at least two partners from different European countries in a transnational partnership. - Projects should incorporate principles of diversity, interdisciplinarity, inclusivity, intersectionality, and intergenerationality. - Priority is given to young civic educators (under 35) and young NGOs (under 3 years of existence). **Recent Calls:** - The current call for 2024-2025 is open until 30 September 2024. - Upcoming calls include the CIF 2025 with Porticus in November 2024. The CIF is supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, Porticus Amsterdam C.V., ERSTE Foundation, and King Baudouin Foundation. It aims to foster innovative civic education projects across Europe, promoting democratic participation and civic engagement.
The Civic Innovation Fund (CIF) is a unique European pooled fund launched by THE CIVICS Innovation Hub. It aims to pioneer new ideas in civil society, enhance their visibility, and integrate them into NECE, a growing pan-European network of civic educators. The fund supports start-up ideas in civic education that apply interdisciplinary and inclusive approaches which lead to greater resilience, diversity, and collaboration in democracy.
Each project receives between 10,000 € and 12,000 € for piloting, incubation, and scaling up for the period of 12 months. The CIF aims to support primary young civic educators (under 35) and young NGOs (under 3 years of existence). The awarded startups also qualify as informal NECE Impact Spots, amplifying their ideas and promoting non-formal civic education in their countries. Additionally, chosen projects are involved in all NECE activities.
All the projects CIF has supported can be found here.