European Civil Resource Center Denmark

VISION:
The European Civil Resource Center Denmark is an independent resource center for European questions aiming at and functioning based on “partnerships” as instruments for establishment of trust and self-confidence within the citizens; that will help with the solving of concrete problems; that will educate, connect organizations with similar activities and serve as an “information portal”. The European Civil Resource Center Denmark is an independent virtual and real center for citizens and NGOs that presents information and expert reports on European issues with stress on the “Europe for Citizens” Programme and helps with the building of partnerships for joint realization of campaigns of common interest.
MISSION:
Supports the development of a civil sphere by stimulating the dialogue in the society for finding mutual solutions of important problems;
Helps the citizens to use the instruments for civil participation on European level and overcome the information deficit;
Helps the citizens and NGOs to effectively participate in the processes of policy-making and application of their own rights as European citizens by addressing the information deficit and building partnerships on local and European level.
AIMS:
The center motivates and supports civil participation in European issues, builds a capacity (skills and knowledge) in that direction, and works for the improvement of the conditions for civil participation in the country and on European level through the methods and techniques of the “Europe for Citizens” Programme and other related programs and initiatives:
Supports the development of the civil sphere by stimulating dialogue in the society for finding mutual solutions of important problems;
Helps the citizens to use the instruments for civil participation on European level and overcomes the information deficit;
Helps the citizens and NGOs to effectively participate in the processes of policy-making and application of their own rights as European citizens by addressing the information deficit and building partnerships on local and European level.
The goal of the center is to foster the development of an environment that will stimulate the increase of civil participation on national and European level by increasing the civil organizations’ capacities and establishing effective civil society infrastructures. The specific aim of the center is to create Civil Resource Center networks that will gradually develop into a common European Civil Resource Center. They will have the characteristics of a civil resource center on European matters, assisting the processes of civil capacity building for effective participation in the European policy-making processes.