European Charlemagne Youth Prize

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European Charlemagne Youth Prize
next deadline: 2008-02-08



Young people from all the EU Member States are invited to participate in a competition on EU development, integration and European identity issues by the [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/] European Parliament and the [http://www.karlspreis.de/] Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen. 

Theme of the competition:
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.

Participation criteria: 
participants should be 16-30 years old; 
must be citizens or residents of one of the 27 EU Member States; 
can apply, either individually or in groups; 
projects submitted for the competition must be already up and running. 

Prizes: 
The prize for the best project is EUR 5000, the second, EUR 3000 and the third, EUR 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. 
As part of the prize, the three laureates will be invited to visit the European Parliament (in Brussels or in Strasbourg) in May 2008. 

Selection procedure:
The winner or the European Charlemagne Youth Prize will be selected in a two-step process. 
First step: national juries consisting of at least two Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and one representative of youth organisations will select one national winner from each of 27 Member States on 14 March 2008. 
Second step: 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 on 4 April, 2008.

Deadline: 8 February 2008. 
You can apply online here: [http://www.e-adagio.eu/CYP/CYPform_en.html] http://www.e-adagio.eu/CYP/CYPform_en.html. 
For more information regarding the competition please read the guidelines and [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/nearYou/completeList.do] contact the national European Parliament Information Office. 

> Key documents


European Charlemagne Youth Prize - Rules 

internet:  [http://www.e-adagio.eu/CYP/CYPrules_en.html] http://www.e-adagio.eu/CYP/CYPrules_en.html 

> Contacts


European Parliament - DG Information 

European Parliament 
Rue Wierts, 60 
B-1047 Brussels 
internet:  [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/nearYou/completeList.do] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/nearYou/completeList.do 
Foundation of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen 

Theaterstraße 67 
D-52062 Aachen 
phone: ++49 (0) 241 / 4 01 77 70 
fax: Fax: ++49 (0) 241 / 4 01 77 71 
email:  [mailto:info at karlspreis.de] info at karlspreis.de 
internet:  [http://www.karlspreis.de/] http://www.karlspreis.de/ 
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