EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

Scope:  cities will be rewarded for their outstanding work in making their cities more accessible for persons with disabilities and elderly people.

The Access City Award is open to

• all EU cities of over 50 000 inhabitants
• urban areas composed of two or more towns with a combined population of over 50 000 inhabitants, if they are in EU countries with fewer than 2 cities with over 50 000 inhabitants

The ACA cannot be won by the same city in two consecutive years.

The European Commission will award a monetary prize to each of the first winners and the two runners-up as follows:

• 1st prize: €150 000
• 2nd prize: €120 000
• 3rd prize: €80 000

The general objective of this action is to give the opportunity to staff of sport organisations (athletes entourage) to improve their competences as well as qualifications and acquire new skills through learning mobility by spending a period of time in a foreign country (in and outside of the EU).

Learning mobility should be seen as an investment in human capital and a contribution to the capacity building of various sport organisations.

Opportunities for learning mobility in this context should be addressed to:

• Coaches and other 'staff’ of sport organisations (including volunteers) – linked to professional sport;
• Coaches and other 'staff’ of sport organisations (including volunteers) – linked to grassroots

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Call objectives

This action aims at supporting sport-related projects organised by sport organisations and federations cooperating with public authorities (including municipalities), local actors and civil society. This action will focus on the prevention of radicalisation, in particular in helping  youngsters at risk of exclusion and of radicalisation to better integrate in the society in which they are leaving. It will focus on the practise of sport and physical activity as a tool to promote a better inclusion to a group or in the society as a whole. A particular focus will be put on areas facing social problems. The gender equality dimension will be taken into account.

The expected outcomes include:
• The access to sport and physical activity of populations at risk of exclusion and radicalisation
• The training of coaches and staff working on integration through sport
• The development of networks and partnerships at EU level
• A better integration into EU societies amongst people at risk of radicalisation, in particular youngsters .

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Expected outcomes

• Promoting the direct engagement of refugees and host communities;
• Promoting a Europe-wide approach, increasing the potential for host communities to successfully engage and integrate refugees through sport.
• Developing the links between organisations promoting the integration of refugees through sport at EU level.
• Creating a platform of projects aiming at promoting sport as a tool for integration and social inclusion of refugees.

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General objectives
Proposals should address one of the two general objectives below:
1. Disseminating and/or scaling up good practices on inclusive learning and on promoting common values, initiated in particular at local level. In the context of the present call, scaling up means replicating good practice on a wider scale/transferring it to a different context or implementing it at a higher/systemic level;
or
2. Developing and implementing innovative methods and practices to foster inclusive education and promote common values.

Projects are encouraged to involve role models in their activities, where appropriate.

BUDGET AVAILABLE:
The total budget available for the co-financing of projects under the present call is EUR 10 000 000.
The financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 80 % of the total eligible project costs.
The maximum grant per project will be EUR 500 000

Deadline: 26/02/2019 - 12:00 (CET, Brussels time)