We All are Europe - AESAEC

AESAEC – Glossary
AESAEC - Glossary
Acronym
Active ageing
Active citizenship
Active European Citizenship
Active European Remembrance
Adult education
Applicant
Associations
Authenticity
Beneficiary
Bottom-up process
Call for proposals
Citizenship
Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations that are formed using the initial
components in a phrase or name. These components may be individual
letters (as in UNO) or parts of words (as in Benelux).
The act and policy of retaining older workers in the labour market but also
relates to independency, well-being, personal growth and the integration
of older people into society.
An idea already introduced in ancient Greece about how citizens in a state
can participate actively in all kinds of community processes, such as at the
political and / or social level. Quite often this participation is based on
voluntary engagement for the good of the general public.
Adaptation of the ancient idea by the European Union to promote the
interaction and participation of all European citizens in constructing an
ever closer Europe, united in and enriched through its cultural diversity,
forging a European identity based on recognised common values, history
and culture.
Special action of the Europe for Citizens programme focussing on the
remembrance of the victims of Nazism and Stalinism in Europe in order to
maintain the awareness of the full dimensions and tragic consequences of
the Second World War.
This denotes all forms of non-vocational adult learning, whether of a formal,
non-formal or informal nature. An "adult" in the Grundtvig sense
refers to persons over 25 years of age as well as young people below that
age who are no longer receiving an initial education within the formal
school or higher education system of the participating eligible countries.
Person or organisation who / which applies for an EU-project or grant,
usually on behalf of a project group. In case of approval of the application,
the applicant becomes the beneficiary.
Mental connection of ideas, thoughts, plans etc, by which one builds upon
another.
Refers to the truthfulness and credibility of origins, attributions,
commitments, sincerity, devotion and intentions.
Organisation, consortium or individual which / who directly receives an EU
grant and which / who is the official contractual partner of the funding
body. In an EU project group with two or more organisations this is usually
the promoter or lead partner, which is also responsible for the application,
the project implementation and the reporting of a project.
In political and social life a bottom-up approach means that the needs,
demands and wishes of the smallest unit (in this case the citizens) are the
starting point for decisions and processes, and by an upward direction they
influence the political or social life of a very large unit (such as a country
or the EU); opposite to a top-down approach.
A call for proposals represents the official start of an EU fund, usually released
by the European Commission or similar public bodies, requesting
applications; a call includes detailed information concerning the objectives,
aims, target groups, financial frameworks etc. of a fund and it also
introduces the application documents to the general public.
The state of being a citizen of a particular social, political or national
community.
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