The Call for European Heritage Days Stories is an initiative that aims to highlight the Stories behind European Heritage Days events, and to give a voice to the passionate individuals, organisations and associations who wish to share their Story. The Call for European Heritage Days Stories was launched during the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage, the successes of which it continues to build on through supporting the European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage, adopted in December 2018 to secure its long term impact.

The Call is created especially for European Heritage Days communities, European Heritage Award/Europa Nostra Award winners, European Heritage Label sites, and the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe for the funding of activity-focused community projects. All applicants must have hosted or organised at least one European Heritage Days event during one of the past four EHD seasons. It is also expected that applicants will plan to host or organise a European Heritage Days event during 2024.

The online application will be available on the EHD site between January 24 and March 15, 2024. Any individual or legal entity can submit an entry. To be eligible to apply for the competitive award procedure for a grant of up to EUR 10 000, a maximum of one project proposal per community can also be submitted along with the Story. The grant winners will be announced on June 28, 2024.

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