EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

This action has the following objectives:

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Strengthen personal and professional development of young people through non formal and informal learning mobility activities;

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Foster the empowerment of young people, their active citizenship and participation in democratic life;

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Foster quality development of youth work at local, regional, national, European and international level by building capacity of organisations active in the youth field and supporting the professional development of youth workers;

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Promote inclusion and diversity, intercultural dialogue and the values of solidarity, equal opportunities and human rights among young people in Europe.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The objective of the present Call is to provide structural support, referred to as operating grants, to European non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) and EU-wide networks active in the field of
youth and pursuing the following general aims:
 Raise awareness of the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 including the European Youth Goals.
 Develop, promote and support actions to engage, connect and empower youth in the spirit of the EU Youth Strategy.
 Increase awareness and youth participation in EU actions for young people, including Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps and Discover EU.
 Increase commitment and cooperation of youth civil society actors with public authorities for the implementation of policies in areas relevant for young people.
 Boost youth stakeholder participation, including by building upon the potential of digital communication alongside other forms of participation.
 Boost youth civil society involvement in the dissemination of policy and programme actions including results and good practices among their membership and beyond.

General objectives

Projects submitted under this call under both lots should aim at:

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Disseminating and/or scaling up good practices on inclusive education/youth environments and/or 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;

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Developing and implementing innovative methods and practices to foster inclusive education/youth environments and promote common values in specific contexts.

Deadline: 23/05/2018

The initiative seeks to specifically support:
 promotion and development of more structured cooperation, online and offline, between different youth organisations to build or strengthen partnerships focusing on solidarity and inclusive democratic participation of all against a backdrop of the backlashes on socio-economic structures and in line with youth goals numbers 3, 4 and 10;
 youth organisations involved in initiatives to encourage young people to participate in the democratic process and in society by organising trainings, showcase commonalities among young Europeans and encourage discussion and debate on their connection to the EU, its values and democratic foundations, including by providing a meaningful voice to youth in the framework of the Covid-19 recovery process;
 promote participation of under-represented groups of young people in politics, youth organisations and other civil society organisations by engaging vulnerable and socioeconomic disadvantaged youth; new ways to empower youth organisations in dealing with the Covid-19 crisis and its aftermath, by supporting innovative ways of cooperation and network creation, development and management. Indicatively, this could include enhancing collaboration between youth organisations in a digital
context through and by non-formal learning and organisational models including alternative modes of exchanges and mutual aid.

Specific Objectives
The initiative will specifically support:
— promotion and development of more structured cooperation between different youth organisations to build or
strengthen partnerships;
— youth organisations involved in initiatives to encourage young people to participate in the democratic process and in
society by organising trainings, showcase commonalities among young Europeans and encourage discussion and
debate on their connection to the EU, its values and democratic foundations. This includes organising events as
a lead-up to the 2019 elections to the European Parliament;
— promote participation of under-represented groups of young people in politics, youth organisations and other civil
society organisations by engaging vulnerable and socioeconomic disadvantaged youth.

Deadline:25/05/2018

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