Dear reader,

At Celtic-Plus we are currently reviewing the project proposals from this year’s first Call, which closed on 9 May 2011. The Call process of Celtic-Plus offers the possibility to submit full proposals twice a year. So if you have not submitted your proposal in the first Call, you will have a second chance in Call 2, which is open by 10 October 2011. For more details read the article on Call 2 in this issue.

Good opportunities for discussing project proposals and learning about successful projects are our annual events. This year’s Celtic-Plus Event took place in Heidelberg, Germany, the home town of the Celtic Office. This event was particularly well attended and participants considered it to have been very useful. At this event three projects received the Celtic awards for excellence. These awards have become widely recognised as an indication of excellent results from Celtic projects, including those which did not receive a prize but were nonetheless excellent.

In addition, we present four interesting projects, which have finished or which are about to end.

Enjoy reading this issue.

Heinz Brüggemann
Director Celtic Office