For the second year in a row, the College of Europe was one of the partners with EuropeanConstitution.eu, a French non-profit association, for the 2020 edition of the Jean Monnet Prize for European Integration. The Prize aims at rewarding projects contributing to strengthening European integration in the everyday life of EU citizens and is strictly apolitical. Between 9 August and 9 October, participants - individuals and groups - could submit their projects and on Monday 9 November, the 132nd anniversary of Jean Monnet (1888-1979), one of the founding fathers of the European Union, the results of this year's edition of the Jean Monnet Prize were announced.
EuropeanConstitution.eu awarded the 2020 Jean Monnet Prize for European Integration to “Home is Where the Herz is”, a project aimed at giving a voice to Vienna’s immigrants communities, organised by the Austrian media outlet Metropole. The second place goes to Mia Europo, a French-based monthly periodical helping children and adolescents discover Europe. The third place goes to the Voters Without Borders team for their European Citizens’ Initiative aimed at granting EU citizens with full electoral rights wherever they live in the EU. The College of Europe sincerely congratulates the winners and is happy that close to seventy (!) projects were submitted. The efforts of dedicated European citizens in favour of a more united and integrated Europe are crucial, especially now that we are facing a particularly challenging year with the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
