NordenBladet — The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has granted EUR 445,000 in discretionary government grants to civil society organisations (CSOs) for their Europe information purposes. In this application round, grants were awarded to 19 CSOs and 22 projects.The purpose of discretionary government grants for CSOs’ Europe information is to raise awareness and knowledge of the European Union in Finland. CSOs play an important role in enhancing general knowledge and understanding of the EU and in promoting related discussion in the country. The grants strengthen CSOs’ capacity to disseminate information about Europe and improve people’s basic knowledge of matters related to the European Union and Finland’s EU membership.
Source: Valtioneuvosto.fi