PRINCE

Period: 2003-2008

Budget: NA

The main objective of the PRINCE programme is to provide the European public with relevant and consistent general information on the enlargement of the European Union, to enhance support among opinion leaders for the enlargement process as well as for the association and stabilisation process and to manage the Commission’s present information and communication policy related to enlargement in both candidate countries and Member States.

The PRINCE funded enlargement information and communication activities concerns essentially information to and communication with strategic partners, opinion leaders, media and other information multipliers/relays, and the general public, especially in the Member States. They aim to increase public awareness of the benefits and challenges of the overall enlargement process (accession process and Stabilisation and Association process) and to raise support for the EU enlargement policy as well as to promote the visibility of the Commission’s activities in Member States regarding the candidate and potential candidate countries, and especially to enhance the social and cultural dialogue between the civil societies.

This also implies:

• A continuous assessment of the information needs in the countries most concerned (via Representations, Delegations, networks, and opinion polls (e.g. Eurobarometer)

• The recourse to competences outside the Commission to implement information and communication actions, including networks and think tanks

• The organisation of information actions and events aimed at main target groups (general public, civil society, journalists and media representatives and other multipliers)

• The production of publications alongside with increased information via Intranet and Internet

• The development of audiovisual material, including broadcasting and support to television productions and dissemination towards the general public

Available budget per project is EUR 100 000 – 300 000 with a maximum 75% EU contribution. The actions must be transnational and involve at least three EU Member States.

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