Peace III 1.2 Acknowledging the past re-opens

• Peace III

The Border Action/Community Relations Council Consortium have announced a call for applications under Strand 1 of Theme 1.2 of the PEACE III Programme - 'Addressing Legacy and Truth in Public Memory'.

Strand 1: Addressing Legacy and Truth in Public Memory

The Consortium wishes to invite Expressions of Interest under Strand 1 of the Priority from organizations or consortia interested in developing and delivering peace-building and reconciliation projects which seek to implement actions that explore the legacy and memory of the conflict through truth recovery, documentation, story telling and the recording of complex history and experience.

Indicative Actions for this Strand include:

• Storytelling/Archiving
  Collecting, gathering and putting on record individuals and communities experiences of the conflict in Northern Ireland and the Border Region, as well as providing a resource, accessible to the general public , which will acknowledge all perspectives on the conflict.
• Television/Boradcasting
  Collecting and Broadcasting a wide range of experiences examining the human, community and political legacy of violence and conflict in Ireland and the challenge of reconciliation.

It is anticipated that the consortium will support a limited number of larger scale projects of international quality across a number of identified areas of activity. The level and type of funding will be dependent on the type of organisation applying.

The application process requires completion of an online Part A which is available at www.eugrants.org. The part B and accompanying application guidance notes will be available to download from the following websites from Tuesday 7 April 2009 www.borderaction.ie www.nicrc.org.uk and www.seupb.eu

You can also request a hard copy by contacting either :

Eileen Deacon at CRC on : 028 9022 7500 or edeacon@nicrc.org.uk

Mandy Creighan, Border Action 00353 4771 340 or mandy.creighan@borderaction.ie

Please Note the closing date for submission of completed applications is Friday 29 May 2009 at 12 noon.