Call for proposals for action grants to support consumer education, awareness raising and local advice to consumers (SMP-CONS-2024-EDU)

Call objectives

The objective of this call for proposals is to provide financial contribution to the public and private non-profit organisations active in consumer protection or consumer education. Action grants may be allocated to finance projects that aim to empower and to enhance consumers’ knowledge of their rights, obligations, and choices in the market by providing training, assistance, and advice, paying particular attention to the most vulnerable consumers.

Eligible applicants

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must: be legal entities (public or private bodies); be non-profit-bodies; be established in one of the eligible countries.

Budget: EUR 1 200 000

Call document

Info session

On 30 April, EISMEA will organise an online info session targeted to potential applicants wishing to learn more about the call objectives and how to increase their chances of submitting a successful proposal.

Register here by 23 April  2024, 16:00 CET

Agenda

- 13:30 - 14:15  Presentation of the EDU call document

· Welcome address - Gorana KRSIKAPA, Head of the Consumers' sector, EISMEA

· Policy context, themes and priorities - Grazyna MEYERS, Programme Officer, DG JUST

· Presentation of the Call - Judit TÖRÖK, Project Adviser, EISMEA

- 14:15 – 14:30 Q&A

- 14:30 - 14:40 Break

- 14:40 - 15:15 Demo of the submission tool - Q&A - Judit TÖRÖK, Project Adviser, EISMEA

- 15:15- 15:30 Q&A - Concluding remarks /closure of session