From January to July 2019 PACT Zollverein is offering a residency programme for the development and realisation of projects and productions.
The programme is open to professional artists working in the fields of dance, performance, media arts or music. 

Participants will get:

- Studio space;
- Local accommodation;
- Weekly grant allowance for all of the residency project participants;
- Travel costs covering one journey only per participant to and from PACT Zollverein;
- Technical equipment;
- Professional technical supervision and support;
- Professional advice in: Project funding, project management, press and public relations

Residences are awarded twice a year by an international jury. 

Second round of applications will open on 29 October 2018.

Deadline: 10 December 2018, 17:00 CET.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2yHmwrW

Da gennaio a luglio 2019 PACT Zollverein offre un programma di residenze per lo sviluppo e la realizzazione di progetti e produzioni. Il programma è aperto ad artisti professionisti che lavorano nei campi della danza, dello spettacolo, delle arti mediali o della musica.

I partecipanti avranno diritto a:

• Spazio studio
• Alloggio locale
• Indennità  settimanale per tutti i partecipanti al progetto di residenza
• Spese di viaggio relative a un viaggio solo per partecipante da e verso Pact Zollverein
• Attrezzatura tecnica
• Supervisione e supporto tecnico professionale
• Consulenza professionale in: finanziamento di progetti, gestione di progetti, stampa e pubbliche relazioni

Le residenze vengono assegnate due volte l'anno da una giuria internazionale.

La seconda fase per la presentazione delle candidature avrà inizio il 29 ottobre e terminerà il 10 dicembre 2018, 17:00 (CET).

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://bit.ly/2yHmwrW

Din ianuarie până în iulie 2019, PACT Zollverein oferă un program de rezidență pentru dezvoltarea și realizarea de proiecte și producții.

Programul este deschis artiștilor profesioniști care lucrează în domeniile dans, artele spectacolului, arte media sau muzică.

Participanții vor beneficia de:

- Spațiu în studio;

- Cazare;

- Alocație săptămânală pentru toți participanții la proiectul de rezidență;

- Acoperirea costurilor de călătorie pentru fiecare participant la și de la PACT Zollverein;

- Echipament tehnic;

- Îndrumare și sprijin din partea tehnicienilor profesioniști;

- Consultanță profesională privind: finanțarea proiectelor, managementul proiectelor, presă și PR (public relations).

Reședințele sunt acordate de două ori pe an de către un juriu internațional.

A doua rundă pentru cadidaturi va începe la data de 29 octombrie 2018.

Termen limită: 10 decembrie 2018, ora 17:00 CET.

Mai multe informații: https://bit.ly/2yHmwrW

The European Commission co-finances information measures relating to the common agricultural policy (CAP) that aim, in particular, at building trust within the EU and among all citizens, farmers and non-farmers alike.
The common agricultural policy (CAP) is a policy for all the citizens of the EU and the benefits that it provides to them must be clearly demonstrated.

Objectives
For the general public, the objective is to raise public awareness on the relevance of EU support to agriculture and rural development through the CAP.
For stakeholders, the objective is to engage with stakeholders (mainly farmers and other parties active in rural areas) in order to further communicate about the CAP to their constituencies, and to the wider public.

 Support will go to actions which should include several of the following types of measures:
- production and distribution of multimedia or audiovisual material,
- web and social media campaigns
- media events,
- conferences, seminars, workshops and studies on CAP related issues,

Themes
The proposals for information measures shall illustrate how the CAP should continue contributing towards the delivery of the Commission's political priorities. The common agricultural policy is one of the EU's most important policies. It is a partnership between agriculture and society and between Europe and its farmers. It is a common policy for all the countries of the EU. The CAP has a number of aims such as supporting farmers and improving agricultural production, maintaining rural areas and landscapes, keeping the rural economy alive and helping tackle climate change and the sustainable management of natural resources.

Target groups:
- rural communities, agricultural stakeholders, farmers and other potential beneficiaries of rural development measures;
- general public (with particular attention to young people in urban areas)

More specifically:
- school children, teachers and university students: novel approaches should be used to engage with young people and raise their awareness of the CAP and the contribution that it makes in many areas such as the climate change challenge, food, healthy and high quality eating as a lifestyle choice, in relation also with the new EU School Scheme for Milk, Fruit and Vegetables which entered into force as from 1 August 2017.
- general public: the focus of information on the CAP would put greater emphasis on addressing the (mis-) perceptions of European agriculture and the role of farming in society and the need for greater understanding of the enormous contribution the EU agri-food sector provides to the wider EU economy.
- stakeholders: it should be ensured that there is greater awareness of the contribution that the CAP makes to the support of economic growth of rural areas, especially SMEs. The contribution that is made through the Rural Development programmes should be promoted, through which the EU is investing almost EUR 100 billion in the period 2014-2020 for the development of European rural areas. It will also be emphasised the support provided for sustainable production practices and other measures that will help to mitigate and adapt to climate change.The information measures should be implemented:

- at multiregional or national level of an EU Member State, or 
- at European Union level (in at least two Member State).The maximum duration of information measures is 12 months.

Budget
Total budget earmarked for the co-financing of activities is estimated at EUR 4 000 000. 
This amount is subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the draft budget for 2019 after the adoption of the budget for 2019 by the budgetary authority or provided for in the provisional twelfths.

The grant amount will be minimum EUR 75 000 and maximum EUR 500 000.

Who can apply
Any organisation legally established in an EU Member State: farmers' or rural development organisations, European associations, non-governmental organisations, public authorities of the Member States, media companies, educational institutions, universities and research centers. 

For British applicants, the eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, you will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project on the basis of Article II.17 (Termination of the agreement by the Commission) of the Grant Agreement.

Deadline: 14 December 2018.

Find out more: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/grants-for-information-measures

L’obiettivo generale dell’invito a presentare proposte è creare una relazione di fiducia nei confronti dell’Unione europea e tra tutti i cittadini, siano essi agricoltori o no. La politica agricola comune (PAC) è una politica per tutti i cittadini dell’UE e i benefici che essa offre loro devono essere dimostrati chiaramente. Per il pubblico in generale, l’obiettivo è sensibilizzare l’opinione pubblica in merito all’importanza del sostegno dell’UE all’agricoltura e allo sviluppo rurale attraverso la PAC. Per i portatori di interesse, l’obiettivo è collaborare con i portatori di interesse (soprattutto gli agricoltori e gli altri soggetti attivi nelle zone rurali), allo scopo di migliorare la comunicazione sulla PAC con le loro circoscrizioni e con il pubblico in generale.

Temi
Le proposte di misure di informazione devono illustrare in che modo la PAC debba continuare a contribuire alla realizzazione delle priorità politiche della Commissione. La PAC è una delle principali politiche dell’UE. Si tratta di un partenariato tra agricoltura e società e tra l’Europa e i suoi agricoltori, nonché di una politica comune per tutti i paesi dell’UE. Tra gli obiettivi della PAC vi sono: sostenere gli agricoltori e migliorare la produzione agricola, preservare le zone e i paesaggi rurali, mantenere viva l’economia rurale e contribuire a combattere i cambiamenti climatici e a gestire le risorse naturali in modo sostenibile.Tenuto conto di tali obiettivi, in particolare della crescente importanza attribuita alla sostenibilità della produzione, all’ambiente e alle zone rurali, le proposte di misure di informazione dovrebbero concentrarsi soprattutto sulle dimensioni economica, ambientale e sociale di una PAC sostenibile.

Destinatari
I destinatari per i temi di cui al punto 2.2. sono il pubblico in generale (in particolare i giovani nelle aree urbane) e/o gli agricoltori e altri soggetti attivi nel mondo rurale. Nel fornire informazioni sulla PAC verrà posto principalmente l’accento sulla percezione (talvolta scorretta) dell’agricoltura europea, sul ruolo dell’agricoltura nella società e sulla necessità di una maggior comprensione dell’enorme contributo che il settore agroalimentare dell’UE dà all’economia dell’UE nel suo complesso.

In particolare:
- per gli allievi delle scuole, gli insegnanti e gli studenti universitari: è opportuno adottare nuovi approcci per dialogare con i giovani e sensibilizzarli alla PAC e al contributo che essa apporta in molti settori, quali la lotta contro i cambiamenti climatici, i prodotti alimentari, un’alimentazione sana e di elevata qualità intesa come stile di vita, nel contesto anche del nuovo programma dell’UE per la distribuzione di latte, frutta e verdura nelle scuole, in vigore dal 1o agosto 2017 (3);
- per i portatori di interessi: occorre garantire che vi sia una maggiore consapevolezza del contributo della PAC al sostegno della crescita sostenibile delle zone rurali.

Bilancio
Il bilancio totale riservato al cofinanziamento delle misure di informazione è stimato a 4 000 000 di EUR. Tale importo è subordinato alla disponibilità degli stanziamenti previsti nel progetto di bilancio 2019 in seguito all’adozione del bilancio 2019 da parte dell’autorità di bilancio o degli stanziamenti previsti nei dodicesimi provvisori. L’importo della sovvenzione sarà di minimo 75 000 EUR e massimo 500 000 EUR. La Commissione si riserva il diritto di non assegnare tutti i fondi disponibili.

Richiedenti ammissibili
Il richiedente ed eventuali entità affiliate devono essere persone giuridiche costituite in uno Stato membro dell’Unione. I soggetti che non hanno personalità giuridica a norma del pertinente diritto nazionale possono essere richiedenti ammissibili, a condizione che i loro rappresentanti abbiano la capacità di assumere impegni giuridici in loro nome e offrano garanzie per la tutela degli interessi finanziari dell’Unione equivalenti a quelle offerte dalle persone giuridiche. Non sono richiedenti ammissibili le persone fisiche né gli enti costituiti al solo fine di attuare una misura di informazione nell’ambito del presente invito a presentare proposte.
Esempi di organizzazioni ammissibili: organizzazioni senza scopo di lucro (private o pubbliche), autorità pubbliche (nazionali, regionali, locali), associazioni europee, università, istituti di insegnamento, centri di ricerca, società (ad esempio, società di mezzi di comunicazione).

Per i richiedenti appartenenti al Regno Unito: si ricorda che si deve essere in possesso dei requisiti di ammissibilità per l’intera durata della sovvenzione. Se il Regno Unito lascerà l’Unione europea durante il periodo di concessione della sovvenzione senza concludere un accordo con l’UE che garantisca in particolare il mantenimento dell’ammissibilità per i richiedenti appartenenti al Regno Unito, tali richiedenti non riceveranno più i finanziamenti UE (pur continuando a partecipare, se possibile) o saranno invitati a ritirarsi dal progetto sulla base dell’articolo II.17 (risoluzione della convenzione da parte della Commissione) della convenzione di sovvenzione.

Scadenza: 14 dicembre 2018.

Per ulteriori informazioni https://goo.gl/SRb6Hv

The Roberto Cimetta Fund is an international association promoting artistic exchange and the mobility of professionals in the field of contemporary performing arts and visual arts within the Mediterranean area.
The Fund supports and encourages travel which allows culture professionals to find the opportunities, partners and means to realise personal or collective projects; thus facilitating networking, exchanges of experience and cultural and artistic cooperation.
The individual travel grants cover travel and visa costs for trips such as attending professional cultural network meetings, workshops, artist’s residences, festival, symposiums etc.

The Roberto Cimetta Fund travel grants are given to specific individuals and not to organisations. 

Eligibility criteria
- the trip must directly or indirectly show potential for a constructive and long-term impact on the arts sector in your own country. This means that the travel must contribute to applicants' own capacity building, which in turn can be shared in a “networking” fashion that will benefit connecting artists and operators in their region so as to maintain, renew and develop contemporary arts;
- travel can take place as soon as the call opens ( 1^st January 2019) but in this case the applicant runs the risk of paying for travel without guarantee of the success of the application;
 - the RCF will provide up to 3 travel grants per person.

Who can apply
- artists and cultural operators (performers, creators, teachers, cultural organisers, administrators, entrepreneurs, project leaders) living and working in Europe, North Africa and Middle East, who are unable to find the financial resources themselves.
- applications must be made by individuals not organisations;
- only 3 members of a group can apply for a grant concerning the same project. A grant holder can only reapply twice; 
- applicants must choose the cheapest form of transport and can only apply for one international return travel ticket and visa costs (local transport is not reimbursed);

Deadline: 31^st  January 2019.

Read more here .
 

2. The Roberto Cimetta Fund and Biennale Warszawa are offering travel grants in the framework of the Biennale Warszawa in May and June 2019, thus facilitating and increasing mobility and creativity of artists between Central Eastern Europe and the Arab-Middle East region. 

Biennale Warszawa (BW) is a public institution focusing on a long-term work plan and operating on 2-year work cycles, which terminate with a festival lasting several weeks.
Its aim is to integrate research, activism and artistic work all in one.
The main idea behind the Biennale Warszawa concept is to aggregate and structure expertise on present-day culture and art, as well as politics.
From this base, new artistic, political, social, economic and ecological ideas are created and deliberated, building alternative models of functioning in the post-crisis world.
The curatorial concept for the Biennale Warszawa focuses on the institution’s activities around three dualities: art / culture, research / discourse and activism / politics. Integrating these dualities of expression leads to mutual strengthening of capacities and synergies, and avoids already worked out ideas, artworks or initiatives

The applicant must directly address the context presented by Biennale Warszawa and focus on future possibilities for transnational commons, translocal politics beyond nation-states, Central Eastern European and Arab-Middle East relations.Applicants must be either: 

- no nationality or age criteria apply to the fund; however the applicant must be resident or work in the Euro-Arab-Middle East geographical region (including Turkey);
- the applicant’s profession must be one of the following; curator, artist, researcher, cultural operator; 
- applications must be made by individuals and not by organisations. Only three members of a group can apply for a grant concerning the same project;
- applicants can only receive three RCF grants in total and only one application per person is possible at each call.
- travel must take place during the Biennale Warszawa from March till June 2019; 
- travel to another destination inside the Central-Eastern European and Arab-Middle East region is also possible if the aim of travel has a tangible link with the Biennale Warszawa. 

Applications can be made in Arabic, English or French.
 

Deadline: 31^st December 2018.

Find out more here.

In the framework of the “Seeds for Integration” project, the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU) has launched the Seeds for Integration Grants.
The aim is to provide seed-funding to secondary school students  on local, regional or national level to empower them to implement initiatives aimed at enhancing the integration of refugee students and pupils with migration background.

The objectives are to:
- engage all students, regardless of their origins, into a debate over the situation of refugee and migrant children in Europe in the context of education, and to forge a dialogue between schools on a local, regional and national level about the above topic; 
- foster and support initiatives of school students that are empowering their peers with migration background to share with the school community their experiences and the challenges they face in the field of education, thus raising awareness to the issues refugeeand migrant pupils might encounter during their everyday life.
- build closer ties between the communities’ migrant students are coming from and the school community.

Grants
Depending on what is the plan and level of activity, it is possible to apply for a Seeds for Integration grant under three possible pillars:

Pillar 1 - Up to 1000 or 4000 Euros will be granted to:
- grass-root initiatives of secondary school students;
- student unions active on local, regional or national level having a creative idea about how to support the integration of pupils and students with refugee and migrant background. The amount is assigned according to the size of the union and project idea.

Eligible applicants
- secondary school students studying in a European country;
- their team has to have at least 3 members, all secondary school students. The person who will be communicating with OBESSU must have at least medium level English language knowledge;
- the applicant should have a bank account for payment in Euros (student union bank account or a bank account of another organisation that will support the team in administration);
- the initiative has to be finished until the end of 2018.

Specific eligibility criteria per grant scale:
Small scale grants
- all members of the team should attend the same secondary level school or the proposed initiative has to be a collaborative activity between 2 or more schools;
- the initiative has to have a local or regional impact.

Large scale grants
- the application has to be submitted by an OBESSU Member, Candidate or Affiliate Organisation;
- the initiative has to be implemented on a national level.

Deadline: applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Project proposals will be evaluated throughout the year. 

Pillar 2 - Up to 7500 Euros granted to:
- OBESSU Member;
- Candidate organisation;
- Affiliate organisation
interested  to promote the "Seeds for Integration" project so that even students living in rural areas and small towns know what is the project about and use the opportunities offered.
National school student unions applying for this pillar, will have to implement a so-called Inclusion Work Package (IWP) with the objective of promoting the project on a national level and contributing to increase the quality of the applications.

Tasks
- organise at least one big or several smaller events for a total of 100 students promoting “Seeds for Integration” project;
- empower students interested in applying for funding, by assisting them during the process;
- make sure that all the documentation (promotional materials, Call for applications, Application form guideline, Application form) is accessible to each student.

Eligible applicants
- Any OBESSU Member, Candidate or Affiliate Organisation which representative person, in charge of communicating with OBESSU, has at least medium level English language knowledge (level B1/B2).

Deadline: 6 April 2018, 23:59 CET.

Pillar 3 - Up to 10.000 Euros granted to:
- Secondary school student organisation (formal or non-formal / working on local, regional or national level);
- partnership projects between secondary school and university students implying cooperation between ESU and OBESSU organisations
- interested to improve the position of refugee and migrant students in their country.

Tasks
- doing a research about the inclusivity of learning environment;
- organising a campaign in order to increase the number of students with refugee/migrant background;
- bringing together students from host communities and those with refugee and migrant background through different sports events;
- organising an art-exhibition in order to present the realities of refugee and migrant communities;
- preparing music/food festival for the local community

Deadline: 15 August 2018, 23:59 CET.

Find out more:  https://seedsforintegration.org

Nel quadro del progetto “Seeds for Integration” (Semi per l’integrazione) l’Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU) ha lanciato il programma di finanziamenti Seeds for Integration Grants. L’obiettivo è di fornire finanziamenti di avviamento ad associazioni di studenti della scuola secondaria che operano a livello locale, regionale o nazionale, o, nel caso non esista un consiglio studentesco nella scuola, a gruppi indipendenti che rappresentano gli studenti della scuola, al fine di incoraggiarli ad implementare iniziative mirate a migliorare l’integrazione di studenti rifugiati e giovani con un background di immigrazione.   

Gli obiettivi sono:
- coinvolgere tutti gli studenti, senza differenze di origine, in un dibattito sulla situazione dei bambini rifugiati e immigrati nel contesto dell’istruzione e lanciare un dialogo tra le scuole a livello locale, regionale e nazionale su questo tema;
- promuovere e sostenere iniziative di studenti che rafforzano i loro pari con un passato di immigrazione nel condividere con la comunità scolastica le loro esperienze e le sfide che affrontano nel settore dell’istruzione, sensibilizzando in tal modo sui problemi che i giovani rifugiati e immigrati possono trovarsi davanti nella loro vita quotidiana;
- creare legami più stretti tra le comunità di provenienza di studenti migranti e la comunità scolastica.

Borse di studio
A seconda del piano e del livello di attività, è possibile richiedere una sovvenzione Seeds for Integration in base a due possibili pilastri:

Pilastro 1- Fino a 1000 o 4000 euro saranno concessi a:
- iniziative di base degli studenti delle scuole secondarie;
- i sindacati studenteschi attivi a livello locale, regionale o nazionale che abbiano un'idea creativa su come sostenere l'integrazione di alunni e studenti con origini di rifugiati e immigrati. L'importo viene assegnato in base alla dimensione dell'unione e all'idea progettuale.

Candidati ammissibili
- studenti delle scuole secondarie che studiano in un paese europeo;
- la loro squadra deve avere almeno 3 membri, tutti gli studenti delle scuole secondarie. La persona che comunicherà con OBESSU deve avere almeno una conoscenza della lingua inglese di livello medio;
- il richiedente deve disporre di un conto bancario per il pagamento in euro (conto bancario dell'Unione degli studenti o conto bancario di un'altra organizzazione che sosterrà la squadra in amministrazione);
- l'iniziativa deve essere completata entro il 2018.

Criteri di ammissibilità specifici per scala di sovvenzione:

Sovvenzioni su piccola scala
- tutti i membri del gruppo dovrebbero frequentare la stessa scuola secondaria o l'iniziativa proposta deve essere un'attività collaborativa tra 2 o più scuole;
- l'iniziativa deve avere un impatto locale o regionale.

Scadenza: le domande sono accettate su base continuativa. Le proposte di progetto saranno valutate per tutto l'anno.

2 ° pilastro - Fino a 7500 euro 
Sovvenzioni su larga scala
- la candidatura deve essere presentata da un membro OBESSU, dall'organizzazione Candidata o Affiliata;
- l'iniziativa deve essere attuata a livello nazionale.

I sindacati studenteschi delle scuole nazionali che fanno domanda per questo pilastro, dovranno implementare un cosiddetto pacchetto di lavoro sull'inclusione (IWP) con l'obiettivo di promuovere il progetto a livello nazionale e contribuire ad aumentare la qualità delle domande.

Compiti
- organizzare almeno un grande o più eventi minori per un totale di 100 studenti che promuovono il progetto "Seeds for Integration";
- responsabilizzare gli studenti interessati a richiedere finanziamenti, assistendoli durante il processo;
- assicurarsi che tutta la documentazione (materiale promozionale, invito a presentare candidature, linee guida per moduli di domanda, modulo di domanda) sia accessibile a tutti gli studenti.

Scadenza: 6 aprile 2018.

Per ulteriori informazioni: https://seedsforintegration.org

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) are part of the "Excellent Science" pillar of Horizon 2020, the EU Framework programme for Research and Innovation and support the career development and training of researchers, with a focus on innovation skills, in all scientific disciplines through worldwide and cross-sector mobility.The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions provide grants at all stages of researchers' careers, from PhD candidates to highly experienced researchers, and encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility.

The objective is to strengthen, quantitatively and qualitatively, the human potential in research and technology in Europe with the aim:
- to endow researchers with new skills and a wider range of competences
- to offer attractive working conditions for the researchers
- to break the real and perceived barriers between academic and other sectors, especially business
- to promote the involvement of industry etc. in doctoral and post-doctoral research.

Target:
individuals and organisations working in any area of research.

Activities:

Innovative Taining Networks (ITN): support for joint research training and/or doctoral programmes, implemented by European partnerships of universities, research institutions, and non-academic organisations.
Deadline: 15 January 2019, 17:00 CET.

Individual fellowships (IF): support for experienced researchers undertaking mobility between countries, optionally to the non-academic sector, to support the mobility of researchers within and beyond Europe - as well as helping to attract the best foreign researchers to work in the EU.
Deadline: 12 September 2018, 17:00 CET.

Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes that finance fellowships involving mobility to or from another country: to encourage the movement of researchers across borders and provide good working conditions.
Deadline: 27 September 2018, 17:00 CET.

Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges (RISE): international and inter-sectoral cooperation through the to support short-term mobility of research and innovation staff at all career levels, from the most junior to the most senior, including also administrative and technical staff.
Deadline: 12 April 2019, 17:00 CET.

European Researchers' Night (NIGHT): to stimulate interest in research careers, especially among young people.
Deadline: 14 February 2018, 17:00 CET.

Please consult the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Work Programme for further details.

For further guidance and practical information, contact the National Contact Point in your country:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/national_contact_points.html

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) are part of the "Excellent Science" pillar of Horizon 2020, the EU Framework programme for Research and Innovation and support the career development and training of researchers, with a focus on innovation skills, in all scientific disciplines through worldwide and cross-sector mobility.The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions provide grants at all stages of researchers' careers, from PhD candidates to highly experienced researchers, and encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility.

The objective is to strengthen, quantitatively and qualitatively, the human potential in research and technology in Europe with the aim:
- to endow researchers with new skills and a wider range of competences
- to offer attractive working conditions for the researchers
- to break the real and perceived barriers between academic and other sectors, especially business
- to promote the involvement of industry etc. in doctoral and post-doctoral research.

Target:
individuals and organisations working in any area of research.

Activities:

Innovative Taining Networks (ITN): support for joint research training and/or doctoral programmes, implemented by European partnerships of universities, research institutions, and non-academic organisations.
Deadline: 15 January 2019, 17:00 CET.

Individual fellowships (IF): support for experienced researchers undertaking mobility between countries, optionally to the non-academic sector, to support the mobility of researchers within and beyond Europe - as well as helping to attract the best foreign researchers to work in the EU.
Deadline: 12 September 2018, 17:00 CET.

Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes that finance fellowships involving mobility to or from another country: to encourage the movement of researchers across borders and provide good working conditions.
Deadline: 27 September 2018, 17:00 CET.

Research and Innovation Staff Exchanges (RISE): international and inter-sectoral cooperation through the to support short-term mobility of research and innovation staff at all career levels, from the most junior to the most senior, including also administrative and technical staff.
Deadline: 21 March 2018, 17:00 CET.

European Researchers' Night (NIGHT): to stimulate interest in research careers, especially among young people.
Deadline: 14 February 2018, 17:00 CET.

Please consult the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Work Programme for further details.

For further guidance and practical information, contact the National Contact Point in your country:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/support/national_contact_points.html

Launched by the European Commission the overall objective of this call EACEA 37/2018 aims to support projects for the creation of transnational and national networks and partnerships of VET providers in initial and continuing VET with a view to supporting policy reflection at a European level, as well as promoting awareness and implementation of European VET policies at national and regional levels.

The overall objective of the call is to invite the submission of proposals for bottom-up partnerships which should encourage the creation of transnational and national VET providers' networks and partnerships to work together at national and European level.
These projects should improve the quality and efficiency of VET, enhance its impact and relevance for learners and employers, and build cross-border cooperation for VET quality and attractiveness.
They should also foster communication, dissemination and support for implementation of the VET policy agenda at EU and national level, to exchange knowledge, feedback and experience of policy implementation and sharing of best practices on VET excellence.

Proposals should be submitted under one of the following two Lots:

Lot 1: National, regional or sectoral VET provider organisations
Projects supported under Lot 1 will establish or strengthen networks and partnerships among VET providers at a national, regional or sectoral level. These will be achieved through transnational projects aimed at capacity building and sharing of best experiences among these VET provider organisations, in particular for countries that have limited representation arrangements among VET providers.

Lot 2: European umbrella VET provider organisations
Projects supported under Lot 2 will foster cooperation among European umbrella organisations of VET providers, while supporting policy reflection at European level as well as outreach capacity to their national members or affiliates.
The European umbrella organisations will also play a key role in raising awareness and supporting the implementation of European VET policies through the national, regional and sectoral VET provider organisations.

Eligible partnerships
Lot 1: National, regional or sectoral VET provider organisations
The partnership shall include at least two national, regional or sectoral networks or associations of VET providers, from at least two different Erasmus+ Programme countries (at least one of which must be a Member State of the European Union).
One of the partners above will be the coordinating organisation, applying for the Erasmus+ grant on behalf of the partnership. In case of a network/association not yet legally established, the application can be submitted by a VET provider representing it.

Lot 2: European umbrella VET provider organisations
The partnership shall include at least two European umbrella organisations of VET providers, each of them having members or affiliates in at least five Erasmus+ Programme countries (at least one of which must be a Member State of the European Union). One of the European umbrella organisations will be the coordinating organisation, applying for the Erasmus+ grant on behalf of the partnership.

The Erasmus+ programme countries are:
- the 28 Member States of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom,
- the non-EU programme countries: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey and Serbia.

For British applicants be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, you will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project on the basis of the relevant provisions of the grant agreement on termination.

Activities
Activities must start between 1 September 2019 and 1 November 2019. The duration of the projects is 24 months. 
Activities should support the establishment and/or reinforcement of VET providers' networks and partnerships, aimed at building capacity at grass root level for the effective implementation of European programmes, initiatives and priorities in the field of VET, including those agreed within the context of the Copenhagen process.

For both lots, the beneficiaries should
Strengthen cooperation among VET providers by engaging in mutual learning, peer counselling, and capacity building, aimed at raising the quality and attractiveness of VET provision.
The networks and partnerships should also promote and foster the effective use of EU funding instruments, as well as support the implementation and dissemination of relevant EU tools and initiatives in the field of VET, whenever possible in national language(s).
Projects should also aim at involving and reaching out to VET providers that do not yet contribute or benefit from European cooperation.

In addition, beneficiaries should undertake at least three of the following activities:
1. Contribute to the European Vocational Skills Week, by organising coordinated innovative events and activities at country level, aimed at raising the attractiveness of VET, while reaching out to a wide audience, including parents, learners, teachers, companies, and in particular SMEs.
2. Support the development of an internationalisation strategy at providers' level, fostering the mobility of leaders, staff and VET learners, as well as the establishment of cooperation partnerships.
3. Increase the quality in VET through feedback loops to adapt VET provision, in line with the Recommendation on tracking of graduates and the Recommendation on the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET). Where relevant, develop graduate tracking systems by inter alia combining national or regional statistics with data collected by the VET providers or make use of data of graduate tracking systems for improving VET provision.
4. Support for micro companies and SMEs in developing human capital, through upskilling and reskilling of employees. This could include identification of their skills needs and/or skills assessment, and/or validation and recognition of skills and/or tailored training offer, where relevant taking account of the conclusions of the 2016-2018 ET2020 Working Group on Adult Learning.
5. Foster innovative learning of key competencies in VET (for example, allow flexibility and adaptability to meet individual learning needs) by adapting programme design and assessment.
6. Promote tools and opportunities for professional development of teachers, trainers, mentors and/or VET leaders to better equip them for future challenges (e.g. digitalisation), in line with the conclusions of the 2016-2018 ET2020 Working Group on VET.

Budget
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at a maximum of 6 million EUR (EUR 4 million for Lot 1 and EUR 2 million for Lot 2).
The maximum EU co-financing rate will be 80 %.
Each grant will amount between 300 000 EUR and 500 000 EUR for Lot1 and between EUR 600 000 and EUR 800 000 for Lot 2. 

The Agency reserves the right not to distribute all funds available.

Deadline: 31^st January 2019, 12.00 noon (Brussels time).

Read more here.

Il presente invito mira a sostenere progetti volti alla creazione di reti e partenariati nazionali e transnazionali di erogatori d’istruzione e formazione professionale nell'ambito dell'IFP iniziale e continua, al fine di favorire la riflessione politica a livello europeo, nonché di promuovere la consapevolezza pubblica e l’attuazione delle politiche europee in materia d’IFP a livello nazionale e regionale.

L’invito si prefigge come obiettivo primario di sollecitare la presentazione di candidature per partenariati «dal basso verso l’alto»; tali proposte devono incoraggiare la creazione di reti e partenariati nazionali e transnazionali di erogatori d’IFP, improntati alla collaborazione a livello nazionale ed europeo. Tali progetti devono migliorare la qualità e l’efficienza dell’IFP, potenziarne l’impatto e la pertinenza per studenti e datori di lavoro, nonché creare cooperazione transnazionale per promuovere la qualità dell’IFP e l’interesse che essa suscita. Le proposte finanziate nell’ambito del presente invito devono inoltre essere di stimolo alla comunicazione, alla divulgazione e al sostegno per l'attuazione dell’agenda politica in materia d’IFP a livello nazionale e dell’UE per lo scambio di conoscenze, feedback ed esperienze nell’attuazione delle politiche e nella condivisione delle migliori pratiche nel campo dell’eccellenza dell’IFP.　

Le proposte devono essere presentate nell’ambito di uno dei due lotti descritti di seguito.

Lotto 1: organizzazioni nazionali, regionali o settoriali di erogatori d’IFP
I progetti finanziati nell’ambito del lotto 1 devono istituire o rafforzare reti e partenariati tra gli erogatori d’IFP a livello nazionale, regionale o settoriale. Tali obiettivi saranno conseguiti tramite progetti transnazionali volti a creare capacità e a condividere le migliori esperienze tra tali organizzazioni di erogatori d’IFP, in particolare per i paesi in cui gli accordi di rappresentanza tra gli erogatori d’IFP sono limitati.

Lotto 2: organizzazioni ombrello europee di erogatori d’IFP
I progetti finanziati nell’ambito del lotto 2 devono favorire la cooperazione tra le organizzazioni ombrello europee di erogatori d’IFP, sostenendo al contempo la riflessione politica a livello europeo e la capacità di raggiungere e coinvolgere i membri o affiliati nazionali. Le organizzazioni ombrello europee dovranno inoltre svolgere un ruolo chiave nell’accrescere la consapevolezza pubblica e nel sostenere l’attuazione delle politiche europee in materia d’IFP, tramite le organizzazioni nazionali, regionali e settoriali di erogatori d’IFP.

Partenariati ammissibili
Lotto 1: organizzazioni nazionali, regionali o settoriali di erogatori d’IFP
Lotto 2: organizzazioni ombrello europee di erogatori d’IFP

Paesi ammissibilii
- 28 Stati membri dell’Unione europea: Austria, Belgio, Bulgaria, Cipro, Croazia, Danimarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Italia, Lettonia, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Malta, Paesi Bassi, Polonia, Portogallo, Regno Unito (1) , Cechia, Romania, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna, Svezia, Ungheria,
- i paesi del programma non appartenenti all’UE: ex Repubblica jugoslava di Macedonia, Islanda, Liechtenstein, Norvegia, Serbia (2) e Turchia.

Attività
Le attività devono avere inizio tra il 1o settembre 2019 e il 1o novembre 2019. La durata prevista per i progetti è di 24 mesi.

Bilancio
La disponibilità di bilancio totale destinata al cofinanziamento dei progetti è stimata in un valore massimo di 6 milioni di EUR ripartiti indicativamente come segue: 4 milioni di EUR per il lotto 1 e 2 milioni di EUR per il lotto 2. Il tasso massimo di cofinanziamento dell’UE è pari all’80 %. L’ammontare di ciascuna sovvenzione sarà compreso tra 300 000 e 500 000 EUR per il lotto 1 e tra 600 000 e 800 000 EUR per il lotto 2.

Scadenza: 31 gennaio 2019.

Per saperne di più: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/ka3-networks-and-partnerships-of-vet-providers_en　

Town twinning is aimed at activities that involve or promote direct exchanges between European citizens through their participation in town twinning activities and encourage networking and cooperation between twinned towns. The measure Town twinning is the first Measure of the Strand 2. Democratic engagement and civic participation within the within the"Europe for Citizens 2014-2020 programme.This strand aims to foster European citizenship and improve conditions for civic and democratic participation at EU level, to encourage democratic participation of citizens at EU level and to support concrete participation in the EU policy-making process.

Strand 2. Democratic engagement and civic participation is directed at activities covering civic participation, focusing in particular on European Union policies.Initiatives developing opportunities for mutual understanding, intercultural learning, solidarity, societal engagement and volunteering at EU level. 
 

Volunteering is an essential element in active citizenship: by giving one’s time for the benefit of others, volunteers service their community and play an active role in society. They develop the sense of belonging to a community thereby also gaining ownership. Volunteering is therefore a particularly powerful means to develop citizens’ commitment to their society and to its political life. Civil society organisations, associations of a European general interest, town twinning associations and other participating organisations often rely on volunteer work to carry out and to develop their activities. Therefore, particular attention is paid to the promotion of volunteering, in particular through the European Solidarity Corps.
In its first phase, the European Solidarity Corps, the new EU initiative which aims at giving young people across the EU the opportunity to volunteer where help is needed and to respond to crisis situations, will build on existing EU programmes including the Europe for Citizens programme. In this context, project promoters are encouraged to make use of the European Solidarity Corps. 
Promoters making use of members of the European Solidarity Corps must comply with the requirements laid down by the European Solidarity Corps Charter, including the requirement relating to the insurance of the members. Indeed, within the framework of the Europe for Citizens Programme, the Agency does not provide directly or indirectly an insurance coverage to the volunteers/members used by the promoters for their projects. It is therefore for each promoter to ensure that the volunteers/members they are making use of are properly insured for their activities. 
The following countries ONLY can participate to the initiative within the Programme: the European Union Member States and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2.1. Town twinning
Town twinning  supports projects bringing together citizens from twinned towns to debate on concrete issues from the European political agenda. They will develop opportunities  for societal engagement and volunteering at EU level.

Town twinning projects must:
 - involve municipalities from at least two participating countries, from which at least one is an EU Member State;
 - a project must involve a minimum of 25 invited participants, coming from the invited municipalities;
 - take place in any of the eligible countries participating to the project.

The maximum accepted duration of the meeting is 21 days.
The maximum grant to be awarded is EUR 25,000 per project.

Applicant and partners:
- Type of organisation: Towns/municipality or their twinning committees or other non-profit organisations representing local authorities.
- Number of Partners: A project must involve municipalities from at least 2 eligible countries of which at least one is an EU Member State.

Participating countries:
- 28 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
- Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
For British applicants: please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, British applicants will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project.
The Programme is potentially open to the following categories of countries provided that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commission. a) acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective Framework Agreements, Association Council Decisions or similar Agreements; b) the EFTA countries party to the EEA Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of that Agreement. 

Deadlines: 
- 1 February 2019, before 12:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 July of the same year of the deadline and 31 March of the year after the deadline.
- 1 September 2019, before 12:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 February and 31 October of the year after the deadline.

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/europe-for-citizens_en

For more information, please contact the Europe for Citizens Point in your country.

Gemellaggio tra città è mirato ad attività che implicano e promuovono scambi diretti tra cittadini europei attraverso la loro partecipazione in attività di gemellaggio, e incoraggia la creazione di reti tra città gemellate. La misura Gemellaggi tra città è la prima misura dell'Asse 2. Impegno democratico e partecipazione civica nel quadro del programma "L'Europa per i cittadini 2014-2020". Quest'Asse mira a promuovere la cittadinanza europea e migliorare le condizioni per la partecipazione democratica e civica dei cittadini a livello dell'Unione, sviluppando la consapevolezza dei cittadini sul processo decisionale dell'Unione.  

Asse 2. Impegno democratico e partecipazione civica è rivolto ad attività che coprono attività legate alla partecipazione civica, focalizzando l'attenzione sulle politiche dell'Unione Europea. Iniziative che promuovono opportunità per la comprensione reciproca, l'apprendimento interculturale, la solidarietà, l'impegno sociale e il volontariato a livello UE.  

2.1. Gemellaggio tra città. 
Il Gemellaggio tra città sostiene progetti che riuniscono i cittadini di città gemellate per discutere su temi concreti dell'agenda politica europea. Svilupperanno opportunità per l'impegno sociale e il volontariato a livello UE.

I progetti di Gemellaggio tra città devono comprendere i seguenti aspetti:

- coinvolgere Comuni da almeno due paesi partecipanti, di cui almeno uno Stato membro UE; 
- un progetto deve coinvolgere un minimo di 25 partecipanti, provenienti  da ciascun Comune invitato;
- svolgersi in un qualsiasi paese ammissibile a partecipare al progetto. 

La durata massima per un incontro deve essere di 21 giorni. Il contributo massimo previsto è di 25.000 euro. 

Candidati ammissibili: il richiedente deve essere il Comune, oppure la sua associazione gemellata/comitato gemellato con status giuridico, e avere sede in un paese partecipante.

Paesi partecipanti: i  28 Stati Membri dell'Unione Europea: Austria, Belgio, Bulgaria, Cipro, Croazia, Repubblica Ceca, Danimarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Germania, Grecia, Ungheria, Irlanda, Italia, Lettonia, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Malta, Olanda, Polonia, Portogallo, Romania Repubblica Slovacca, Slovenia, Spagna, Svezia, Regno Unito.
-paesi EFTA, paesi aderenti, paesi candidati e candidati potenziali a patto che abbiano sottoscritto un memorandum d'intesa con la Commissione.
- Albania, Bosnia-Erzegovina e Kosovo, Serbia, Montenegro, Ex Repubblica Jugoslava di Macedonia (FYROM).

Scadenza:
- 1 febbraio 2019: per progetti che hanno inizio tra il 1 luglio dello stesso anno e il 31 marzo della successivo.
- 1 settembre 2019 - per progetti chehanno inizio tra il 1 febbraio e il 31 ottobre dell'anno successivo.

Per ulteriori informazioni visitare questo sito oppure contattare il punto Europa per i Cittadini del vostro paese.

This is an EU grant for a short teaching programme or course in the field of European Union studies at a higher education institution. Each Module has a minimum duration of 40 teaching hours per academic year. Modules may concentrate on one particular discipline in European studies or be multidisciplinary in approach and therefore call upon the academic input of several professors and experts.

Jean Monnet Modules must take one of the following forms:
- general or introductory courses on European Union issues (in particular at institutions and faculties that do not yet have a highly developed course offering in the field);
- specialised teaching on European Union developments (in particular at institutions and faculties that do already have a highly developed course offering in the field);
- summer and intensive courses that are fully recognised.

Higher education institutions have the role of supporting and promoting the Module coordinators in their teaching, research and reflection activities: they recognise the teaching activities developed; they monitor the activities, give visibility and valorise the results obtained by their staff involved in the Module.

Professors and researchers of European Union studies and higher education institutions worldwide can take part in the project.
The project should last three years.
The maximum grant that can be awarded is 30 000 EUR. This represents the maximum of 75% of the total cost of the Jean Monnet Module.

Applications must be submitted by a Higher Education Institution established in any Programme Country:
- 28 Member States of the European Union;
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
 or
in any Country in the world.

Applicants should submit applications to the Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) by 22 February 2018, 12:00 (midday) CET, for projects starting as of 1 September of the same year.

HEIs established in Programme Countries must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE).

Higher Education Institutions should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

For further support they should contact the National Agency in their country.

Individuals seeking to apply should contact their educational establishment.

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet/jean-monnet-modules_en

Si tratta di un finanziamento UE per un breve programma o corso di insegnamento nel settore degli studi sull'Unione Europea persso un istituto di istruzione superiore. Ciascun Modulo ha una durata minima di 40 ore di insegnamento per anno accademico. I Moduli si possono concentrare su una specifica disciplina accademica in studi europei o essere multidisciplinari nell'approccio,  pertanto richiedere l'apporto accademico di diversi professori ed esperti.

I Moduli Jean Monnet devono seguire una delle seguenti formule:
- Corsi generali o introduttivi su temi legati all'Unione Europea (in particolare presso istituti o facoltà che non presentano ancora un'offerta di corsi altamente sviluppata in quel settore);
- insegnamento specialistici sugli sviluppi dell'unione Europea (in particolare presso istituti o facoltà che già presentano un'offerta di corsi altamente sviluppata in quel settore);
- corsi estivi e intensivi pienamente riconosciuti.

Gli istituti di istruzione superiore intendono di sostenere e promuovere i coordinatori del Modulo nelle loro attività di insegnamento, ricerca e riflessione: riconoscono le attività di insegnamento sviluppate, fanno monitoraggio sulle attività, offrono visibilità e valorizzano i risultati ottenuti dal proprio personale impegnato nel Modulo.

Possono partecipare professori e ricercatori di studi europei e istituti di istruzione superiore di tutto il mondo.
Il progetto deve avere una durata di almeno tre anni. 
La sovvenzione massima è di 30 000 euro, che rappresenta il 75% massimo del costo totale del Modulo Jean Monnet.

Possono presentare domanda istituti di istruzione superiore con sede in un Paese del Programma:
- Stati membri dell’Unione Europea;
- paesi EFTA/EEA: Islanda, Liechtenstein, Norvegia;
- paesi candidati UE: Turchia, ex Repubblica Yugoslava di Macedonia, Serbia;
- qualunque paese del mondo.

I candidati devono presentare la domanda all'Agenzia Esecutiva Istruzione, Audiovisivi e Cultura (EACEA) entro il 22 Febbraio 2019, per progetti che hanno inizio a partire dal 1° Settembre dello stesso anno. 

Gli istituti di istruzione superiore con sede in un Paese del Programma devono essere in possesso della  Carta Erasmus per l’Istruzione Superiore (ECHE).

Per ulteriori informazioni  prendere in visione la guida del programma Erasmus+ o contattare l'Agenzia Nazionale del proprio paese.
Singoli individui che desiderano presentare domanda devono contattare il loro istituto educativo.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet_en

This is an EU grant for a short teaching programme or course in the field of European Union studies at a higher education institution. Each Module has a minimum duration of 40 teaching hours per academic year. Modules may concentrate on one particular discipline in European studies or be multidisciplinary in approach and therefore call upon the academic input of several professors and experts.

Jean Monnet Modules must take one of the following forms:
- general or introductory courses on European Union issues (in particular at institutions and faculties that do not yet have a highly developed course offering in the field);
- specialised teaching on European Union developments (in particular at institutions and faculties that do already have a highly developed course offering in the field);
- summer and intensive courses that are fully recognised.

Higher education institutions have the role of supporting and promoting the Module coordinators in their teaching, research and reflection activities: they recognise the teaching activities developed; they monitor the activities, give visibility and valorise the results obtained by their staff involved in the Module.

Professors and researchers of European Union studies and higher education institutions worldwide can take part in the project.
The project should last three years.
The maximum grant that can be awarded is 30 000 EUR. This represents the maximum of 75% of the total cost of the Jean Monnet Module.

Applications must be submitted by a Higher Education Institution established in any Programme Country:
- 28 Member States of the European Union;
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
 or
in any Country in the world.

Applicants should submit applications to the Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) by 22 February 2018, 12:00 (midday) CET, for projects starting as of 1 September of the same year.

HEIs established in Programme Countries must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE).

Higher Education Institutions should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

For further support they should contact the National Agency in their country.

Individuals seeking to apply should contact their educational establishment.

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet/jean-monnet-modules_en

This is an EU grant for the creation of a focal point of competence and knowledge on European Union subjects. A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence gathers the expertise and competences of high-level experts and aims at developing synergies between the various disciplines and resources in European studies, as well as at creating joint transnational activities and structural links with academic institutions in other countries. It also ensures openness to civil society.

Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence have a major role in reaching out to students from faculties not normally dealing with European Union issues as well as to policy makers, civil servants, organised civil society and the general public at large. A Jean Monnet Chair holder must assume the academic responsibility of a Centre.

A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence can carry out one or more of the following activities:
- organising and coordinating human and documentary resources related to European Union studies;
- leading research activities in specific European Union subjects (research function);
- developing content and tools on EU subjects to update and complement the current courses and curricula (teaching function);
- enhancing the debate and exchange of experiences about the EU, where possible in partnership with local stakeholders and/or EU Representations Offices in Member States and EU Delegations in third countries (think-tank function);
- systematic publication of the results of research activities.

The project should last three years.
Maximum grant award: EUR 100,000.

Applications must be submitted by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) established in any Programme Country:
- 28 Member States of the European Union;
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
or 
- any Country in the world.

Applicants should submit applications to the Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) by 22 February 2018, 12:00 (midday) CET, for projects starting as of 1 September of the same year.

Higher Education Institutions established in Programme Countries must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE).
Only one Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence can be supported in any given higher education institution.

Higher Education Institutions should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

For further support they should contact the National Agency in their country.

Individuals seeking to apply should contact their educational establishment.

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet/jean-monnet-centres-excellence_en

Si tratta di un finanziamento UE per la creazione di un polo di conoscenza  e competenze su temi legati all’Unione Europea. Un Centro di Eccellenza Jean Monnet riunisce esperienza e competenze di esperti di alto livello e mira a sviluppare sinergie tra le diverse discipline e le risorse sugli studi europei, nonché creare attività transnazionali congiunte e collegamenti strutturali con istituti accademici in altri paesi. Garantisce inoltre apertura nei confronti della società civile.  

I Centri di Eccellenza Jean Monnet ricoprono un ruolo di grande rilievo nel raggiungere studenti di facoltà che abitualmente non trattano temi legati all’Unione Europea e responsabili delle politiche, funzionari, membri della società civile e il vasto pubblico.

Un Centro di Eccellenza Jean Monnet può implementare una o più fra le seguenti attività:
- organizzare e coordinare le risorse documentali e umane legate agli studi sull’Unione Europea;
- guidare le attività di ricerca su temi specifici legati all’Unione Europea (funzione di ricerca);
- sviluppare contenuti e strumenti su temi UE per aggiornare e affiancare gli attuali corsi e piani di studio (funzione di insegnamento);
- rafforzare il dibattito e lo scambio di esperienze sull’UE, dove possibile in partnership con le parti interessate locali e/o gli uffuci di rappresentanza dell'Unione Europea negli Stati membri e delegazioni dell'Unione Europea nei paesi terzi (funzione di riflessione);

Il progetto deve avere una durata di tre anni.

Le domande devono essere presentate dagli Istituti di Istruzione Superiore (HEIs) con sede in un Paese del Programma:
- Stati membri dell’Unione Europea;
- paesi EFTA/EEA: Islanda, Liechtenstein, Norvegia;
- paesi candidati UE: Turchia, ex Repubblica Yugoslava di Macedonia, Serbia;
- qualunque paese del mondo.

I candidati devono presentare la domanda all'Agenzia Esecutiva Istruzione, Audiovisivi e Cultura (EACEA) entro il 22 Febbraio 2019, per progetti che hanno inizio a partire dal 1° Settembre dello stesso anno.

Gli istituti di istruzione superiore con sede in un Paese del Programma devono essere in possesso della Carta Erasmus per l’Istruzione Superiore (ECHE).

L’Istituto di Istruzione Superiore candidato all’apertura di un Centro di Eccellenza deve designare un vincitore di Cattedra Jean Monnet per assumersi la responsabilità del Centro. Pertanto, possono presentare domanda per un Centro di Eccellenza Jean Monnet solamente Istituti a cui è stata assegnata una Cattedra nel quadro di un invito a presentare proposte precedente. Un Istituto può avere un solo Centro di Eccellenza Jean Monnet.

Per ulteriori informazioni prendere in visione la guida del programma Erasmus+ o contattare l'Agenzia Nazionale del proprio paese.
Singoli individui che desiderano presentare domanda devono contattare il proprio istituto educativo.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/opportunities-for-organisations/jean-monnet/centres-of-excellence_it

This is an EU grant for the creation of a focal point of competence and knowledge on European Union subjects. A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence gathers the expertise and competences of high-level experts and aims at developing synergies between the various disciplines and resources in European studies, as well as at creating joint transnational activities and structural links with academic institutions in other countries. It also ensures openness to civil society.

Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence have a major role in reaching out to students from faculties not normally dealing with European Union issues as well as to policy makers, civil servants, organised civil society and the general public at large. A Jean Monnet Chair holder must assume the academic responsibility of a Centre.

A Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence can carry out one or more of the following activities:
- organising and coordinating human and documentary resources related to European Union studies;
- leading research activities in specific European Union subjects (research function);
- developing content and tools on EU subjects to update and complement the current courses and curricula (teaching function);
- enhancing the debate and exchange of experiences about the EU, where possible in partnership with local stakeholders and/or EU Representations Offices in Member States and EU Delegations in third countries (think-tank function);
- systematic publication of the results of research activities.

The project should last three years.
Maximum grant award: EUR 100,000.

Applications must be submitted by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) established in any Programme Country:
- 28 Member States of the European Union;
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
or 
- any Country in the world.

Applicants should submit applications to the Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) by 22 February 2018, 12:00 (midday) CET, for projects starting as of 1 September of the same year.

Higher Education Institutions established in Programme Countries must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE).
Only one Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence can be supported in any given higher education institution.

Higher Education Institutions should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

For further support they should contact the National Agency in their country.

Individuals seeking to apply should contact their educational establishment.

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet/jean-monnet-centres-excellence_en

This is an EU grant for a teaching post with a specialisation in European Union studies for university professors for a duration of three years. Only one professor may hold the Chair and must provide a minimum of 90 teaching hours per academic year.
Teaching hours are taken to include direct contact hours in the context of group lectures, seminars, tutorials and may include any of them in a distance learning format but do not include individual instruction and/or supervision.
Jean Monnet Chairs are mentors and advisors to the next generation of teachers and researchers. They also provide in-depth guidance to future professionals about the European aspect of particular subjects.
 
Jean Monnet Chairs must take one of the following activities:
- deepen teaching in European Union studies embodied in an official curriculum of a higher education institution;
- conduct, monitor and supervise research on EU subjects, also for other educational levels such as teacher training and compulsory education;
- provide in-depth teaching on European Union matters for future professionals in fields which are in increasing demand on the labour market;
- encourage, advise and mentor the young generation of teachers and researchers in European Union studies subject areas;
- organise activities (conferences, seminars/webinars, workshops, etc.) targeting to policy makers at local, regional and national level as well as to civil society;
- provide teaching/lectures to students from other departments (e.g. architecture, medicine, etc) to better prepare them for their future professional life.

Higher education institutions (HEI) have the role of supporting  Jean Monnet Chair holders in their teaching, research and reflection activities, allowing the widest possible range of curricula to benefit from the courses and recognise the teaching activities.

The project should last three years.
The maximum grant that can be awarded is 50 000 EUR. This represents the maximum of 75% of the total cost of the Jean Monnet Chair.

Jean Monnet Chair holders must be permanent staff members at the applicant institution and have the rank of professor/senior lecturer. They may not be a "visiting professor" at the HEI applying for the grant.

Applications must be submitted by a HEIs established in any Programme Country:
- 28 Member States of the European Union;
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
 or
in any Country in the world.

Applicants should submit applications to the Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) by 22 February 2018, 12:00 (midday) CET, for projects starting as of 1 September of the same year.

HEIs established in Programme Countries must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE).

Higher Education Institutions should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

For further support they should contact the National Agency in their country.

Individuals seeking to apply should contact their educational establishment.

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet/jean-monnet-chairs_en

Si tratta di un finanziamento UE per cattedre di insegnamento con una specializzazione in studi sull'Unione Europea per professori universitari. Una cattedra Jean Monnet è tenuta da un solo professore che garantisce la disponibilità per 90 ore di insegnamento per anno accademico.

Le ore di insegnamento comprendono ore di contatto diretto nel contesto di letture, seminari e tutorial di gruppo e possono comprendere ciascuna di queste opportunità in forma di apprendimento a distanza, ma non tutoraggio e/o supervisione individuale. Le Cattedre Jean Monnet rappresentano opportunità di tutoraggio e consulenza per la futura generazione di insegnanti e professionisti. Offrono inoltre orientamento approfondito ai futuri professionisti su aspetti europei legati a materie specifiche.

Principali attività (con un minimo di 90 di insegnamento per anno scolastico):
 approfondire l'insegnamento delle materie relative all'Unione europea integrate in un programma ufficiale di un istituto d'istruzione superiore;
 offrire un insegnamento approfondito sulle questioni relative all'Unione europea per i futuri professionisti nei settori caratterizzati da un aumento della domanda sul mercato del lavoro;
Attività aggiuntive:
 offrire lezioni/letture a studenti di altri dipartimenti (per es. architettura, medicina ecc.) per prepararli meglio alla loro futura vita professionale;
 incoraggiare, consigliare e guidare la generazione giovane di insegnanti e ricercatori nell'ambito degli studi sull'Unione europea;
 svolgere, monitorare e supervisionare la ricerca sulle materie relative all'UE, per altri livelli educativi come la formazione degli insegnanti e l'istruzione obbligatoria;
 organizzare attività (conferenze, seminari/webinar, workshop ecc.) indirizzate ai decisori politici locali, regionali e nazionali così come alla società civile.

Gli istituti di istruzione superiore (HEI) svolgono il ruolo di sostenere i possessori delle Cattedre Jean Monnet nelle loro attività di insegnamento, ricerca e riflessione, permettendo alla più vasta gamma di curricula di beneficiare dei corsi  e riconoscere le attività di insegnamento.

Il progetto deve avere una durata di almeno tre anni. Il finanziamento massimo è di 50 000 euro, che rappresenta il 75% massimo dei costi totali della Cattedra Jean Monnet.

La Cattedra Jean Monnet può essere assegnata a membri dello staff permanente presso l'istituto candidato che ricoprono il ruolo di professori/lettori esperti. Non possono essere "visiting professor" presso l'istituto che presenta la candidatura.

Le domande possono essere presentate da un istituto di istruzione superiore in uno dei Paesi del Programma:
- Stati membri dell’Unione Europea;
- paesi EFTA/EEA: Islanda, Liechtenstein, Norvegia;
- paesi candidati UE: Turchia, ex Repubblica Yugoslava di Macedonia;
- qualunque paese del mondo.

I candidati devono presentare la domanda all'Agenzia Esecutiva Istruzione, Audiovisivi e Cultura (EACEA) entro il 22 Febbraio 2019, per progetti che hanno inizio a partire dal 1° Settembre dello stesso anno.

Gli istituti di istruzione superiore con sede in un Paese del Programma devono essere in possesso della Carta Erasmus per l’Istruzione Superiore (ECHE).

Per ulteriori informazioni prendere in visione la guida del programma Erasmus+ o contattare l'Agenzia Nazionale del proprio paese.
Singoli individui che desiderano presentare domanda devono contattare il proprio istituto educativo.

Per ulteriori informazioni: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet_en

This is an EU grant for a teaching post with a specialisation in European Union studies for university professors for a duration of three years. Only one professor may hold the Chair and must provide a minimum of 90 teaching hours per academic year.
Teaching hours are taken to include direct contact hours in the context of group lectures, seminars, tutorials and may include any of them in a distance learning format but do not include individual instruction and/or supervision.
Jean Monnet Chairs are mentors and advisors to the next generation of teachers and researchers. They also provide in-depth guidance to future professionals about the European aspect of particular subjects.
 
Jean Monnet Chairs must take one of the following activities:
- deepen teaching in European Union studies embodied in an official curriculum of a higher education institution;
- conduct, monitor and supervise research on EU subjects, also for other educational levels such as teacher training and compulsory education;
- provide in-depth teaching on European Union matters for future professionals in fields which are in increasing demand on the labour market;
- encourage, advise and mentor the young generation of teachers and researchers in European Union studies subject areas;
- organise activities (conferences, seminars/webinars, workshops, etc.) targeting to policy makers at local, regional and national level as well as to civil society;
- provide teaching/lectures to students from other departments (e.g. architecture, medicine, etc) to better prepare them for their future professional life.

Higher education institutions (HEI) have the role of supporting  Jean Monnet Chair holders in their teaching, research and reflection activities, allowing the widest possible range of curricula to benefit from the courses and recognise the teaching activities.

The project should last three years.
The maximum grant that can be awarded is 50 000 EUR. This represents the maximum of 75% of the total cost of the Jean Monnet Chair.

Jean Monnet Chair holders must be permanent staff members at the applicant institution and have the rank of professor/senior lecturer. They may not be a "visiting professor" at the HEI applying for the grant.

Applications must be submitted by a HEIs established in any Programme Country:
- 28 Member States of the European Union;
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
 or
in any Country in the world.

Applicants should submit applications to the Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) by 22 February 2018, 12:00 (midday) CET, for projects starting as of 1 September of the same year.

HEIs established in Programme Countries must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE).

Higher Education Institutions should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

For further support they should contact the National Agency in their country.

Individuals seeking to apply should contact their educational establishment.

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet/jean-monnet-chairs_en

This is an EU grant supporting any worldwide associations of professors and researchers specialising in European Union Studies. The explicit purpose of the associations must be to contribute to the study of the European integration process.
Such associations should be interdisciplinary and open to all interested professors, teachers and researchers specialising in European Union issues in the relevant country or region.
They should be representative of the academic community in European Union studies at national, regional or supranational level. Support will be given only to associations that are officially registered and have independent legal status.

Associations can carry out one or more of the following activities:
- organising statutory activities of associations dealing with European Union studies and European Union issues (e.g. the publication of a newsletter, the setting up of a dedicated website, the organisation of the annual board meeting, the organisation of specific promotional events aimed at providing greater visibility to European Union subjects etc.)
- perform research in the field of specific European issues in order to advise local, regional, national and European policy makers and disseminate the outcomes among the institutions involved in these issues, including the EU Institutions as well as a wider public thus enhancing active citizenship.

The project should last three years.
Maximum grant award: EUR 100,000.

Applications must be submitted by Associations active in the European Union subject area, established in a Programme country:
- 28 Member States of the European Union;
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; 
or any Country in the world.

Applicants should submit applications to the Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) by 22 February 2018, 12:00 (midday) CET, for projects starting as of 1 September of the same year.
Associations should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.
For further support they should contact the National Agency in their country.

Individuals seeking to apply should contact their educational establishment.

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet/jean-monnet-support-institutions-and-associations_en

Si tratta di un finanziamento UE a sostegno di associazioni, professori e ricercatori da tutto il mondo che intendono specializzarsi in studi sull’Unione Europea. Lo scopo preciso delle associazioni deve essere di contribuire allo studio sul processo dell’integrazione europea a livello nazionale o transnazionale. Tali associazioni devono essere interdisciplinari e aperte a tutti i professori, insegnanti e ricercatori interessati a specializzarsi su temi europei in regioni o paesi specifici. Devono essere rappresentanti della comunità accademica per quanto riguarda gli studi europei a livello nazionale, regionale o sovranazionale. Il sostegno verrà offerto solamente ad associazioni ufficialmente registrate e con status giuridico.

Le associazioni possono realizzare le seguenti attività:
- organizzare attività istituzionali di associazioni legate a studi o temi europei (ad es. la pubblicazione di un bollettino, la creazione di un sito web dedicato, l’organizzazione dell’incontro annuale dell’associazione, l’organizzazione di eventi promozionali specifici mirati a fornire visibilità ai temi legati all’Unione Europea, etc.).
- portare avanti la ricerca nel settore di temi specifici europei al fine di assistere i decisori politici europei, locali, regionali e nazionali e diffondere i risultati tra le istituzioni coinvolte in questi settori, comprese le istituzioni UE nonché un pubblico più ampio migliorando così la cittadinanza attiva. 

Il progetto deve avere una durata di tre anni.

Le domande devono essere presentate da associazioni attive in materie legate all’Unione Europea  con sede in un Paese del Programma:
- Stati membri dell’Unione Europea;
- paesi EFTA/EEA: Islanda, Liechtenstein, Norvegia;
- paesi candidati UE: Turchia, ex Repubblica Yugoslava di Macedonia, Serbia;
-o qualunque paese del mondo.

I candidati devono presentare la domanda all'Agenzia Esecutiva Istruzione, Audiovisivi e Cultura (EACEA) entro il 22 Febbraio 2019, per progetti che hanno inizio a partire dal 1° Settembre dello stesso anno.

Per ulteriori informazioni prendere in visione la guida del programma Erasmus+ o contattare l'Agenzia Nazionale del proprio paese.
Singoli individui che desiderano presentare domanda devono contattare il proprio istituto educativo.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/node/55_it

This is an EU grant supporting any worldwide associations of professors and researchers specialising in European Union Studies. The explicit purpose of the associations must be to contribute to the study of the European integration process.
Such associations should be interdisciplinary and open to all interested professors, teachers and researchers specialising in European Union issues in the relevant country or region.
They should be representative of the academic community in European Union studies at national, regional or supranational level. Support will be given only to associations that are officially registered and have independent legal status.

Associations can carry out one or more of the following activities:
- organising statutory activities of associations dealing with European Union studies and European Union issues (e.g. the publication of a newsletter, the setting up of a dedicated website, the organisation of the annual board meeting, the organisation of specific promotional events aimed at providing greater visibility to European Union subjects etc.)
- perform research in the field of specific European issues in order to advise local, regional, national and European policy makers and disseminate the outcomes among the institutions involved in these issues, including the EU Institutions as well as a wider public thus enhancing active citizenship.

The project should last three years.
Maximum grant award: EUR 100,000.

Applications must be submitted by Associations active in the European Union subject area, established in a Programme country:
- 28 Member States of the European Union;
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; 
or any Country in the world.

Applicants should submit applications to the Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) by 22 February 2018, 12:00 (midday) CET, for projects starting as of 1 September of the same year.
Associations should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.
For further support they should contact the National Agency in their country.

Individuals seeking to apply should contact their educational establishment.

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet/jean-monnet-support-institutions-and-associations_en

This is an EU grant supporting the creation and development of consortia of international players (HEIs, Centres of Excellence, departments, teams, individual experts, etc.) in the area of European Union studies and the enhancement of existing networks supporting specific activities and fostering the participation of young researchers in EU-related themes.
Jean Monnet Networks contribute to gathering information, exchanging practices, building knowledge and promoting the European Integration process across the world. It also support the enhancement of existing networks supporting specific activities, notably fostering the participation of young researchers in EU-related themes.

These projects will be based on unilateral proposals, focused on activities that cannot be achieved successfully at a national level and require the involvement of a minimum of three partner institutions (including the applicant institution) from three different countries.
Their aim is to undertake projects that have a multinational rather than a national dimension.

Networks can carry out one or more of the following activities:
- gathering and promoting information and results on methodologies applied to high-level research and teaching on EU studies;
- enhancing cooperation between different higher education institutions and other relevant bodies throughout Europe and around the world;
- exchanging knowledge and expertise with a view to mutually enhancing good practices;
- fostering cooperation and creating a high knowledge exchange platform with public actors and the European Commission services on highly relevant EU subjects.

The project should last three years.
Maximum grant award: EUR 300,000.

Applications must be submitted by higher education institutions or other organisations active in the European Integration area, established in a Programme country:
- 28 Member States of the European Union;
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; 
or any Country in the world.

The applicant must be the coordinator of the network that comprises a minimum of three participating institutions from three different countries.
 
Applicants should have submitted applications to the Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) by 22 February 2018, 12:00 (midday) CET, for projects starting as of 1 September of the same year.

Higher Education Institutions established in Programme Countries must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE).
Higher Education Institutions should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

For further support they should contact the National Agency in their country.
Individuals seeking to apply should contact their educational establishment.

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet/jean-monnet-networks_en

Si tratta di un finanziamento UE a sostegno della creazione e lo sviluppo di consorzi di attori internazionali (istituti di istruzione superiore, centri di ricerca, associazioni, ecc.) nel settore degli studi sull’Unione Europea e il rafforzamento delle reti esistenti a sostegno di attività specifiche e la promozione della partecipazione di giovani ricercatori su temi legati alla UE. Le Reti Jean Monnet contribuiscono alla raccolta di informazioni, lo scambio di prassi, la creazione di conoscenza e la promozione del processo di integrazione europea nel mondo.

Tali progetti si baseranno su proposte unilaterali, incentrate su attività che non possono essere realizzate con successo a livello nazionale e richiedono il coinvolgimento di un minimo di tre organizzazioni partner (compreso l’istituto richiedente) da tre diversi paesi. Il loro obiettivo è di realizzare progetti che presentano una dimensione internazionale piuttosto che nazionale.

Le Reti possono implementare una o più delle seguenti attività:
- raccogliere e promuovere informazioni e risultati sulle metodologie applicate alla ricerca e l’insegnamento di alto livello sugli studi UE;
- migliorare la collaborazione tra diversi istituti di istruzione superiore ed altri organismi di interesse in tutta Europa e nel mondo;
- scambiare conoscenza ed esperienza, con un’attenzione particolare alle buone prassi di utilità reciproca;
- promuovere collaborazione e creare una piattaforma ad alto livello per lo scambio di conoscenza con gli attori pubblici e i servizi della Commissione Europea su temi UE di grande rilevanza.

Il progetto deve avere una durata di tre anni.

Le domande devono essere presentate da istituti di istruzione superiore o altre organizzazioni  attive nel settore dell’integrazione europea,  con sede in un Paese del Programma:

-Stati membri dell’Unione Europea;
-paesi EFTA/EEA: Islanda, Liechtenstein, Norvegia;
-paesi candidati UE: Turchia, ex Repubblica Yugoslava di Macedonia, Serbia;
o qualunque paese del mondo.

L’organismo che presenta la domanda deve essere il coordinatore della rete che comprende un minimo di tre istituti partecipanti, da tre paesi diversi.

I candidati devono presentare la propria candidatura all'Agenzia Esecutiva Istruzione, Audiovisivi e Cultura (EACEA) entro il 22 Febbraio 2019, per progetti che hanno inizio a partire dal 1 Settembre dello stesso anno.

Gli istituti di Istruzione Superiore con sede in un Paese del Programma devono essere in possesso di una Carta Erasmus per l'Istruzione Superiore (ECHE).

Gli Istituti di Istruzione Superiore possono prendere in visione la Guida Erasmus+, o contattare l'Agenzia Nazionale del proprio paese. Singoli individui che desiderano presentare la candidatura devono contattare il proprio Istituto educativo.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/opportunities/jean-monnet-networks_en

This is an EU grant supporting the creation and development of consortia of international players (HEIs, Centres of Excellence, departments, teams, individual experts, etc.) in the area of European Union studies and the enhancement of existing networks supporting specific activities and fostering the participation of young researchers in EU-related themes.
Jean Monnet Networks contribute to gathering information, exchanging practices, building knowledge and promoting the European Integration process across the world. It also support the enhancement of existing networks supporting specific activities, notably fostering the participation of young researchers in EU-related themes.

These projects will be based on unilateral proposals, focused on activities that cannot be achieved successfully at a national level and require the involvement of a minimum of three partner institutions (including the applicant institution) from three different countries.
Their aim is to undertake projects that have a multinational rather than a national dimension.

Networks can carry out one or more of the following activities:
- gathering and promoting information and results on methodologies applied to high-level research and teaching on EU studies;
- enhancing cooperation between different higher education institutions and other relevant bodies throughout Europe and around the world;
- exchanging knowledge and expertise with a view to mutually enhancing good practices;
- fostering cooperation and creating a high knowledge exchange platform with public actors and the European Commission services on highly relevant EU subjects.

The project should last three years.
Maximum grant award: EUR 300,000.

Applications must be submitted by higher education institutions or other organisations active in the European Integration area, established in a Programme country:
- 28 Member States of the European Union;
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; 
or any Country in the world.

The applicant must be the coordinator of the network that comprises a minimum of three participating institutions from three different countries.
 
Applicants should have submitted applications to the Education, Audiovisual, and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) by 22 February 2018, 12:00 (midday) CET, for projects starting as of 1 September of the same year.

Higher Education Institutions established in Programme Countries must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE).
Higher Education Institutions should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

For further support they should contact the National Agency in their country.
Individuals seeking to apply should contact their educational establishment.

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/jean-monnet/jean-monnet-networks_en

Launched by the European Commission, the call supports projects in the fields of education, training, which aim at
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.

Specific objectives
- enhancing the acquisition of social and civic competences, fostering knowledge, understanding and ownership of common values and fundamental rights,
- promoting inclusive education and training and fostering the education of disadvantaged learners, including through supporting educational staff in addressing diversity and reinforcing diversity among education staff,
- enhancing critical thinking and media literacy among learners, parents and educational staff,
- supporting the inclusion of newly arrived migrants in good quality education, including by assessing knowledge and validating prior learning,
- fostering digital skills and competences of digitally excluded groups (including older people, migrants and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds) through partnerships between schools, business and the non-formal sector, including public libraries,

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

Expected results
- increased awareness, knowledge and understanding of good practices in the relevant educational institutions and communities
- increased use of state-of-the-art innovative approaches in policy or practice,
- increased awareness, motivation and competence of educational leaders and educators with regard to inclusive educational approaches and the promotion of common values,
- active engagement of families and local communities in supporting inclusive educational approaches and the promotion of common values,
- more widespread and effective tools to support education and training institutions and learning providers in implementing inclusive education approaches and in promoting common values.

Eligible applicants are public and private organisations active in the field of education, training and youth or other socio-economic sectors or organisations carrying out cross-sector activities (e.g. cultural organisations, civil society, sport organisations, recognition centres, chambers of commerce, trade organisations, etc.).
Only applications from legal entities established in the following programme countries are eligible:
- 28 Member States of the European Union,
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
- EU candidate countries: the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Serbia.

Minimum partnership composition requirements
4 eligible organisations from 4 different programme countries. 
If networks are involved in the project, the consortium must include at least 2 organisations which are not members of the network(s) and the consortium has to represent at least 4 eligible countries.

​Project Duration
Activities must start either on 1^st November, 1^st December 2019 or 15^th January 2020.
The project duration must be 24 or 36 months. 

Budget
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 February 2019, 12:00 noon CET.

Find out more here.
 

Lancé par la Commission européenne, l’appel soutient les projets dans les domaines de l’éducation et la formation qui visent à :

1. Diffuser et/ou multiplier les bonnes pratiques sur l’apprentissage inclusif et sur la défense de valeurs communes, au niveau local en particulier. Dans le cadre du présent appel, on entend par multiplier le fait de reproduire une bonne pratique à une plus grande échelle/de la transposer dans un contexte différent, ou de la mettre en œuvre à un niveau supérieur/systémique ou
2. Développer et mettre en œuvre des méthodes et pratiques innovantes afin de favoriser l’éducation inclusive et de défendre des valeurs communes.

Objectifs spécifiques

• Améliorer l’acquisition de compétences sociales et civiques, et encourager la connaissance, la compréhension et l’appropriation de valeurs et des droits fondamentaux ;
• Promouvoir l’éducation et la formation inclusives et encourager l’éducation des apprenants défavorisés, notamment en aidant le personnel éducatif à aborder la question de la diversité et en renforçant la diversité au sein du personnel éducatif ;
• améliorer l’esprit critique et la connaissance des médias chez les apprenants, les parents et le personnel éducatif ;
• soutenir l’insertion des migrants nouvellement arrivés dans un système éducatif de bonne qualité, y compris par une évaluation des connaissances et une validation des acquis de l’apprentissage antérieur ;
• encourager les aptitudes et les compétences numériques des groupes exclus de la technologie numérique (notamment les personnes âgées, les migrants et les jeunes issus de milieux défavorisés), en créant des partenariats entre les écoles, les entreprises et le secteur non formel, y compris les bibliothèques publiques.

Il est souhaitable que les projets impliquent des modèles de rôles dans leurs activités, le cas échéant.
 

Résultats escomptés

• Augmenter la conscience, connaissance et compréhension accrues des bonnes pratiques dans les établissements éducatifs et les communautés concernés ;
• Augmenter l’utilisation accrue d’approches innovantes et modernes dans les politiques ou les pratiques
• Renforcer la sensibilisation, de la motivation et des compétences des responsables des questions d’éducation et des éducateurs en ce qui concerne les approches éducatives inclusives et la défense de valeurs communes ;
• Engager de façon active des familles et des communautés locales en faveur des approches éducatives inclusives et de la défense de valeurs communes ;
• Généraliser et utiliser de façon accrue des outils destinés à aider les établissements d’enseignement et de formation et les prestataires de services d’apprentissage à utiliser des approches éducatives inclusives et à défendre des valeurs communes.

Candidats éligibles

Les candidats admissibles sont les organisations publiques et privées œuvrant dans les secteurs de l’éducation, de la formation et de la jeunesse ou dans d’autres secteurs socio-économiques, ou les organisations menant des activités intersectorielles (à titre d’exemples, organisations culturelles, société civile, organisations sportives, centres de reconnaissance des diplômes, chambres de commerce, organisations commerciales, etc.).

Seules les entités juridiques établies dans les pays du programme suivants sont admissibles :

• Les 28 États membres de l’Union européenne
• Les pays de l’AELE/EEE: l’Islande, le Liechtenstein, la Norvège
• Les pays candidats à l’adhésion à l’Union européenne: ancienne République yougoslave de Macédoine, Turquie et Serbie.

 Exigence minimale de composition d’un partenariat

4 organisations admissibles représentant 4 pays participant au programme. Si des réseaux sont associés au projet, le consortium doit inclure au moins 2 organisations qui ne soient pas membres du ou des réseau(x), et le consortium doit représenter au moins 4 pays admissibles.

Durée du projet

Les activités doivent débuter le 1er novembre 2019, le 1er décembre 2019 ou le 15 janvier 2020. La durée du projet doit être de 24 ou de 36 mois.

Budget
Le budget total disponible pour le cofinancement des projets au titre du présent appel s’élève à 10 000 000 EUR. La contribution financière de l’Union européenne ne peut excéder 80 % des coûts totaux des projets admissibles. La subvention maximale par projet s’élèvera à 500 000 EUR.

Date limite

Le délai de soumission est fixé au 26 février 2019 — 12 heures (midi, heure de Bruxelles).

Plus d’infos

Network of towns is aimed at providing funding to municipalities and associations working together on a common theme in a long term perspective, and wishing to develop networks of towns to make their cooperation more sustainable.
The measure Network of towns is the second Measure of the Strand 2. Democratic engagement and civic participation within the Europe for Citizens 2014-2020 programme. This strand aims to foster European citizenship and improve conditions for civic and democratic participation at EU level, to encourage democratic participation of citizens at EU level and to support concrete participation in the EU policy-making process.

Volunteering is an essential element in active citizenship: by giving one’s time for the benefit of others, volunteers service their community and play an active role in society. They develop the sense of belonging to a community thereby also gaining ownership. Volunteering is therefore a particularly powerful means to develop citizens’ commitment to their society and to its political life. Civil society organisations, associations of a European general interest, town twinning associations and other participating organisations often rely on volunteer work to carry out and to develop their activities. Therefore, particular attention is paid to the promotion of volunteering, in particular through the European Solidarity Corps. In its first phase, the European Solidarity Corps, the new EU initiative which aims at giving young people across the EU the opportunity to volunteer where help is needed and to respond to crisis situations, will build on existing EU programmes including the Europe for Citizens programme. In this context, project promoters are encouraged to make use of the European Solidarity Corps. 
Promoters making use of members of the European Solidarity Corps must comply with the requirements laid down by the European Solidarity Corps Charter, including the requirement relating to the insurance of the members. Indeed, within the framework of the Europe for Citizens Programme, the Agency does not provide directly or indirectly an insurance coverage to the volunteers/members used by the promoters for their projects. It is therefore for each promoter to ensure that the volunteers/members they are making use of are properly insured for their activities. 
The following countries ONLY can participate to the initiative within the Programme: the European Union Member States and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
 

Thematic networking between municipalities on issues of common interest enables informed discussions and exchange of good practice.
The potential of the networks created by a series of town twinning links should be used for developing thematic and long-lasting cooperation between towns. The European Commission supports the development of such networks, which are important for ensuring structured, intense and multifaceted cooperation.

2.2 Networks of Towns are expected to
- integrate a range of activities around the subject(s) of common interest to be addressed in the context of the Programme’s objectives or multiannual priorities;
- have defined target groups for which the selected themes are particularly relevant and involve community members active in the subject area (i.e. experts, local associations, citizens and citizens’ groups directly affected by the theme, etc.);
- mobilise citizens across the Europe: a project should involve a minimum of 30% of invited participants. "Invited participants" are international participants sent by the eligible partners;
- serve as a basis for future initiatives and actions between the towns involved, on the issues addressed or possibly on further issues of common interest. 

Projects must:
foresee at least four events
involve municipalities from at least four participating countries, of which at least two is an EU Member State
have a minimum of 30% of international participants coming from the invited municipalities
the maximum project duration is 24 months;
the project must start within the relevant eligibility period, which depends on the deadline of the Measure within which the application is submitted.

The maximum grant to be awarded is EUR 150,000 per project.

Eligible applicants
towns/municipalities or their twinning committees or networks;
local and regional authorities;
federantion/association of local authorities;
non-profit organisations representing local authorities.

Partners
non-profit civil society organisations.

The applicants and partners must be either public bodies or non-profit organisations with legal personality.
A project must involve municipalities from at least 4 eligible countries of which at least one is an EU Member State. 

Particpating countries
28 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
- Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
For British applicants: please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, British applicants will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project.
The Programme is potentially open to the following categories of countries provided that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commission:
 a) acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective Framework Agreements, Association Council Decisions or similar Agreements;
b) the EFTA countries party to the EEA Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of that Agreement. 

Deadlines:
- 1 March 2018, 12:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 July and 31 December of the same year as the deadline.
- 3 September 2018,12:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 January and 30 June of the year after the deadline.

Find out more: http://bit.ly/2qC96tf

For more information, please contact the Europe for Citizens Point in your country.
 

Reti fra Città è mirato ad offrire finanziamento ai Comuni e le Associazioni che lavorano insieme su un tema comune in una prospettiva a lungo termine e desiderano sviluppare reti di città per rendere più sostenibile la loro collaborazione.
La misura Rete fra Città è la seconda misura dell'Asse 2. Impegno democratico e partecipazione civica nel quadro del programma l'Europa per i Cittadini 2014-2020. Questa asse intende promuovere la cittadinanza europea e migliorare le condizioni per la partecipazione democratica a livello UE e sostenere la partecipazione concreta nei processi decisionali UE.

Le reti tematiche tra città su temi di interesse comune permette discussioni informate e scambi di buone prassi. Le potenzialità delle reti create da una serie di legami di gemellaggi tra città devono essere sfruttate per lo sviluppo tematico e la collaborazione a lungo termine tra città. La Commissione Europea sostiene lo sviluppo di tali reti, importanti per garantireuna collaborazione strutturata, intensa e sfaccettata.  

2.2 Le reti di città dovrebbero:
• integrare una gamma di attività attorno a tematiche d'interesse comune da affrontare nel contesto degli obiettivi del programma o delle sue priorità annuali;
• avere definito gruppi bersaglio per cui le tematiche selezionate sono particolarmente rilevanti e coinvolgere membri della collettività attivi in tali ambiti (ad esempio, esperti, associazioni locali, cittadini e gruppi di cittadini direttamente interessati alla tematica, ecc.);
• servire da base per iniziative e azioni future tra le città coinvolte, sulle questioni trattate o, possibilmente, su ulteriori questioni di interesse comune.

Tipo di organizzazione/candidati:
• città/comuni o i loro comitati o reti di gemellaggio;
• altri livelli di autorità locali/regionali;
• federazioni/associazioni di autorità locali;
• organizzazioni non-profit rappresentanti le autorità locali.

Un progetto deve coinvolgere almeno il 30% dei partecipanti invitati. Per "partecipanti invitati" si intendono partecipanti internazionali inviati dai partner ammissibili.
La sovvenzione massima ammissibile per un progetto è di 150 000 euro. Le attività devono svolgersi in qualunque paese tra quelli ammissibili. Devono essere previsti almeno 4 eventi per progetto.
Il progetto deve iniziare entro il pertinente periodo di ammissibilità che è in funzione della scadenza della misura entro la quale è presentata la candidatura. La durata massima del progetto è di 24 mesi.

Partner
Accanto ai candidati possono essere partner di questi progetti le organizzazioni non-profit della società.

Paesi partecipanti:
28 Stati membri EU;
- paesi EFTA, paesi aderenti, paesi candidati e candidati potenziali a patto che abbiano sottoscritto un memorandum d'intesa con la Commissione.
- Serbia, Montenegro, Ex Repubblica Jugoslava di Macedonia (FYROM).

Scadenze:
- 1 Marzo 2019, per progetti che hanno inizio tra il 1Luglio e il 31 Dicembre delo stesso anno della scadenza;
- 1 Settembre 2019, per progetti che inizio il 1 Gennaio e il 30 Giugno dell'anno successivo alla scadenza.

Per ulteriori informazioni contattare il punto Europa per i Cittadini del vostro paese.

Per saperne di più: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/europe-for-citizens_en

Network of towns is aimed at providing funding to municipalities and associations working together on a common theme in a long term perspective, and wishing to develop networks of towns to make their cooperation more sustainable.
The measure Network of towns is the second Measure of the Strand 2. Democratic engagement and civic participation within the Europe for Citizens 2014-2020 programme. This strand aims to foster European citizenship and improve conditions for civic and democratic participation at EU level, to encourage democratic participation of citizens at EU level and to support concrete participation in the EU policy-making process.

Volunteering is an essential element in active citizenship: by giving one’s time for the benefit of others, volunteers service their community and play an active role in society. They develop the sense of belonging to a community thereby also gaining ownership. Volunteering is therefore a particularly powerful means to develop citizens’ commitment to their society and to its political life. Civil society organisations, associations of a European general interest, town twinning associations and other participating organisations often rely on volunteer work to carry out and to develop their activities. Therefore, particular attention is paid to the promotion of volunteering, in particular through the European Solidarity Corps. In its first phase, the European Solidarity Corps, the new EU initiative which aims at giving young people across the EU the opportunity to volunteer where help is needed and to respond to crisis situations, will build on existing EU programmes including the Europe for Citizens programme. In this context, project promoters are encouraged to make use of the European Solidarity Corps. 
Promoters making use of members of the European Solidarity Corps must comply with the requirements laid down by the European Solidarity Corps Charter, including the requirement relating to the insurance of the members. Indeed, within the framework of the Europe for Citizens Programme, the Agency does not provide directly or indirectly an insurance coverage to the volunteers/members used by the promoters for their projects. It is therefore for each promoter to ensure that the volunteers/members they are making use of are properly insured for their activities. 
The following countries ONLY can participate to the initiative within the Programme: the European Union Member States and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
 

Thematic networking between municipalities on issues of common interest enables informed discussions and exchange of good practice.
The potential of the networks created by a series of town twinning links should be used for developing thematic and long-lasting cooperation between towns. The European Commission supports the development of such networks, which are important for ensuring structured, intense and multifaceted cooperation.

2.2 Networks of Towns are expected to
- integrate a range of activities around the subject(s) of common interest to be addressed in the context of the Programme’s objectives or multiannual priorities;
- have defined target groups for which the selected themes are particularly relevant and involve community members active in the subject area (i.e. experts, local associations, citizens and citizens’ groups directly affected by the theme, etc.);
- mobilise citizens across the Europe: a project should involve a minimum of 30% of invited participants. "Invited participants" are international participants sent by the eligible partners;
- serve as a basis for future initiatives and actions between the towns involved, on the issues addressed or possibly on further issues of common interest. 

Projects must:
foresee at least four events
involve municipalities from at least four participating countries, of which at least two is an EU Member State
have a minimum of 30% of international participants coming from the invited municipalities
the maximum project duration is 24 months;
the project must start within the relevant eligibility period, which depends on the deadline of the Measure within which the application is submitted.

The maximum grant to be awarded is EUR 150,000 per project.

Eligible applicants
towns/municipalities or their twinning committees or networks;
local and regional authorities;
federantion/association of local authorities;
non-profit organisations representing local authorities.

Partners
non-profit civil society organisations.

The applicants and partners must be either public bodies or non-profit organisations with legal personality.
A project must involve municipalities from at least 4 eligible countries of which at least one is an EU Member State. 

Particpating countries
28 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
- Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
For British applicants: please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, British applicants will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project.
The Programme is potentially open to the following categories of countries provided that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commission:
 a) acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective Framework Agreements, Association Council Decisions or similar Agreements;
b) the EFTA countries party to the EEA Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of that Agreement. 

Deadlines:
- 1 March 2018, 12:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 July and 31 December of the same year as the deadline.
- 3 September 2018,12:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 January and 30 June of the year after the deadline.

Find out more: http://bit.ly/2qC96tf

For more information, please contact the Europe for Citizens Point in your country.
 

The European Youth Foundation (EYF) is a fund established by the Council of Europe to provide financial support for European youth activities. It aims to encourage co-operation amongst young people in Europe by providing financial support to youth activities. It concerns activities, which serve the promotion of peace, understanding and co-operation in a spirit of respect for human rights, democracy, tolerance and solidarity.

The EYF provides financial support to the following types of activity undertaken by youth NGOs or networks, or by other NGOs involved in the areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe's youth policies and work:

educational, social, cultural and humanitarian activities of a European character
activities aiming at strengthening peace and co-operation in Europe
activities designed to promote closer co-operation and better understanding among young people in Europe, particularly by developing the exchange of information
activities intended to stimulate mutual aid in Europe and in the developing countries for cultural, educational and social purposes
studies, research and documentation on youth matters.

In order to obtain the EYF's support, it is essential that projects fall within the Council of Europe's values and work, and the priorities of the Youth Sector for 2018-2019

1. Access to rights;
2. Youth participation and youth work;
3. Inclusive and peaceful societies.

The EYF may support the following operations:
A. International activity - including meetings of young people or youth leaders in Europe in order to promote participation and intercultural learning. The EYF will cover up two-thirds of the total cost. Maximum grant: € 20,000.

B. Annual work plan - including a series of activities for the following year(s), international activities, pilot activities and also publication (including web development). These activities would be part of and support your NGO's strategy or action plan for the coming years. Maximum grant: € 50,000.

C. Structural grant - The European Youth Foundation may, every 2 years, grant international non-governmental youth organisations or networks a contribution to cover part of the general administrative costs involved in running their activities at European level. Maximum annual grant: € 25,000 per year for 2 years (i.e. a maximum of €50,000 for 2 years).

D. One-off structural grant (non-renewable)- The Foundation may also contribute to the administrative costs of regional networks, in order to help them to establish a European structure. Maximum one-off grant: € 10,000.

E. Pilot activity - is an intervention addressing a specific societal challenge linked to the local context in which it takes place. Maximum grant: € 10,000.

Applicants must represent either an international non-governmental youth organisation or network, a national or local non-governmental youth organisation or network, or non-governmental structures involved in youth work, from the Council of Europe member states. A list of the members can be found here.

Deadlines:
1 April (midnight CET) for:
- International activities taking place between 1 January and 30 June (1st half of the following year)
- Annual Work plan for following year 

1 October (midnight CET) for:
- International activities taking place between 1 April and 31 December (2nd half of the following year)
- Annual Work plan for following year 
- One-off structural grants for following year (regional network)

1 October (midnight CET) for:
- 2-Year Structural grant for 2020-2021 (international NGOs/networks)

Cut-off dates for pilot activities
There are no fixed deadlines to send an application, however a system of cut-off dates was decided by the Programming Committee on Youth in December 2016 to allow for sufficient time for assessment, two-way communication and decision-making.
Keeping that in mind, the application must always be submitted at least 3 months before the start date of the project.

The next cut-off date is 2 September 2018. This will be the final cut-off date for pilot activities starting before the end of 2018.

Find out more: http://www.coe.int/en/web/european-youth-foundation/deadlines
 

La Fondazione Giovanile Europea è un'istituzione del Consiglio d'Europa. Intende incoraggiare la collaborazione tra i giovani in Europa attraverso il finanziamento ad attività giovanili per la promozione della pace, la comprensione e la cooperazione tra i popoli dell'Europa e del mondo, nel rispetto dei diritti umani, la democrazia, la tolleranza e la solidarietà.

La FGE intende sostenere i seguenti tipi di attività intraprese da ONG o reti giovanili, o da altre ONG impegnate in settori legati al lavoro giovanile, attinenti alle politiche giovanili e l'operato del Consiglio d'Europa:
- attività educative, sociali, culturali e umanitarie di carattere europeo;
-attività che mirano al rafforzamento della pace e della cooperazione in Europa;
- attività per la promozione di una collaborazione più stretta e una migliore comprensione tra i giovani in Europa, in particolare attraverso la promozione di scambi di informazione;
- attività intese a stimolare l'aiuto reciproco in Europa e nei paesi in via di sviluppo a scopo culturale, educativo e sociale;
- studi, ricerche e documentazione su tematiche giovanili.

Al fine di ottenere il sostegno dell'FGE, è essenziale che i progetti rientrino nell'ambito dei valori e il lavoro del Consiglio d'Europa e le priorità del Settore Gioventù per il 2019-2020.
1. Accesso ai diritti
2. Partecipazione dei giovanile e animazione giovanile
3.Società inclusive e di pace

La FGE sostiene le seguenti attività:
A. Attività internazionali - compresi incontri per animatori giovanili in Europa mirati a promuovere la partecipazione e l'apprendimento interculturale. La Fondazione copre fino ai due terzi dei costi complessivi. Finanziamento massimo: 20.000 euro.
B. Piano di lavoro annuale - comprese una serie di attività per il seguente anno (i), attività internazionali, attività pilota e anche pubblicazioni (compreso lo sviluppo web). Queste attività rientrebbero e supporterebbero la strategia o piano d'azione della vostra ONG per i prossimi anni. Finanziamento massimo: 50.000 euro.
C. Finanziamento strutturale - La Fondazione Giovanile Europea può, su base annuale, offrire ad organizzazioni giovanili internazionali non governative o reti un contributo per coprire parte delle spese amministrative per la gestione delle loro attività a livello europeo.Finanziamento annuale massimo: 25.000 euro all'anno per due anni. 
D. Finanziamento strutturale straordinario - La Fondazione può contribuire inoltre ai costi amministrativi delle reti regionali, al fine di aiutarle a creare una struttura europea. Finanziamento straordinario massimo: 10.000 euro.
E. Attività pilota - è un intervento mirato ad affrontare le sfide specifiche della società legate al contesto locale in cui si svolge. Finanziamento massimo: 10.000 euro. Per le priorità 2016-2017, vedere qui.

I candidati devono rappresentare un'organizzazione giovanile non-governativa internazionale o reti, un'organizzazione giovanile non governativa nazionale o locale, o strutture non governative impegnate nell'animazione giovanile, degli Stati membri del Consiglio d'Europa. E' possibile trovare un elenco degli stati membri al seguente indirizzo: http://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/home

SCADENZE:
1 Aprile (mezzanotte CET) per
- attività internazionali da realizzare tra il 1 Gennaio e il 30 Giugno (prma metà dell'anno successivo);
- piani di lavoro per l'anno successivo.
1 Ottobre  (mezzanotte CET) per
- attività internazionali da realizzare tra il 1 Aprile e il 31 Dicembre (seconda metà dell'anno successivo);
- piani di lavoro per l'anno successivo;
- finanziamenti strutturali straordinari per l'anno successivo (rete regionale);
1 Ottobre per:
- finanziamento strutturale per il 2020-2021 (ONG internazionali/reti).  
Per quanto riguarda le scadenze per le domande per progetti pilota, che devono essere presentate con buon anticipo rispetto all'inizio dell'attività al fine di permettere una migliore valutazione, verificare sul sito.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://www.coe.int/en/web/european-youth-foundation/deadlines

Pour quels projets ?

Le programme Eurodyssée, créé par l’Assemblée des Régions d’Europe, permet aux jeunes diplômés de 18 à 35 ans (variable en fonction des régions) d’effectuer un stage professionnel en Europe. Le Bureau International Jeunesse gère uniquement les jeunes wallons. Les Bruxellois doivent s’adresser à Actiris international.

Pour quels objectifs ?

• Mettre en pratique vos connaissances acquises durant votre formation
• Rechercher de nouveaux savoirs pour développer de nouvelles compétences
• Améliorer vos compétences linguistiques
• Découvrir d’autres cultures
• Rencontrer d’autres jeunes européens
• Renforcer votre CV
• Multiplier vos chances de trouver un emploi

Pour qui ?

• Vous avez entre 18 et 35 ans (en fonction de la région dans laquelle vous postulez)
• Vous êtes un francophone résidant, depuis minimum 2 ans, en Wallonie (Pour les Bruxellois, prenez contact avec Actiris international)
• Vous n’êtes plus étudiant et vous avez terminé une formation en rapport avec le secteur d’activité proposé
• Vous êtes motivé d’apprendre la langue du pays d’accueil

Pour aller où ?

Régions participantes

• Chypre: Union des municipalités de Chypre
• Croatie : Istra, Karlovac, Sibenik-Knin, Sisak-Moslavina, Varazdin
• Espagne : Catalunya, Comunidad Valenciana, Murcia
• France : Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Corse
• Géorgie: Adjara
• Italie : Trentino, Valle d’Aosta
• Portugal : Açores, Madeira
• République Bosnie-Herzégovine : Republika Srpska
• Roumanie : Alba, Arges, Caras Severin, Harghita, Hunedoara, Timis
• Serbie: Vojvodina
• Suisse : Jura, Tessin, Fribourg

La liste des Régions participantes est susceptible de modifications: veillez toujours à la vérifier sur le site d’Eurodyssée.

Combien de temps ?

De 3 à 7 mois.

Quel soutien du BIJ ?

• Une bourse pour couvrir les frais relatifs à votre séjour (transport, hébergement …)
• Une formation linguistique dans la région d’accueil, dans la langue du pays (régions non-francophones)
• Un accompagnement dans la recherche d’un logement et dans les démarches administratives
• Une protection sociale durant le stage (assurance accident de travail, responsabilité civile, rapatriement

• Discovering foreign cultures
• Meeting other youth Europeans
• Improving language skills
• Improving professional skills
• Enhansing CV
• Increasing chances to find a job

Support offered

• Research of a traineeship in a host organisation matching the candidate profile
• A grant covering expenses for the stay (housing, travel,...)
• A language training in the host region
• Support in housing research and administrative processes
• Social protection for the duration of the stay (insurance covering work accidents, civil liability, repatriation)

Participating regions

• Croatia: Istra, Karlovac, Sisak-Moslavina, Varazdin
• Spain: Catalunya, Comunidad, Valenciana, Murcia
• France : Champagne-Ardenne, Corse, Franche-Comte, Ile-de-France, Limousin, Poitou-Charentes, Rhone-Alpes
• Italia: Umbria, Valle d'Aosta
• Portugal: Açores, Madeira
• Bosnia-Herzegovina Republic: Republika Srpska
• Romania: Alba, Arges, Hunedoara, Caras Severin,, Timis

How to find a traineeship

How to proceed

• Contact the regional programme coordinator
• Complete the application form available at www.eurodyssee.eu

European Research Council (ERC) grants are available to support researchers in carrying out frontier research projects. The European Research Council (ERC) is a European funding initiative, designed to support the best scientists, engineers and scholars in Europe. Its mandate is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-initiated frontier research across all fields of research, on the basis of scientific excellence.

ERC Advanced Grants
allow exceptional established research leaders of any nationality and any age to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects that open new directions in their respective research fields or other domains.
The ERC Advanced Grant funding targets researchers who have already established themselves as independent research leaders in their own right.

In brief:
Research proposal: pioneering frontier research in any field of science, engineering and scholarship
Researchers: candidates can be of any nationality, any age, must be scientifically independent and have a recent research track-record and profile which identifies them as leaders in their respective field(s) of research
Host organisation: legally recognised public or private research organisation situated in an EU Member State (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom) or an Associated Country. The Associated Countries are Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Israel, Faroe Islands, Georgia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Norway, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Ukraine, Tunisia and Turkey.
Funding: up to EUR 2.5 M per grant.
Duration: up to 5 years
Calls for proposals: published annually
Up to an additional EUR 1 000 000 can be requested in the proposal to cover: 
- eligible "start-up" costs for Principal Investigators moving to the EU or an Associated Country from elsewhere as a consequence of receiving the ERC grant;
- and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or 
- access to large facilities.

How to apply?
An ERC grant application should be submitted by a single PI with the support, and on behalf of, the host institution. It can be submitted only in response to an open call for proposals via the web-based Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS).

Contact your national contact point for further info: http://erc.europa.eu/national-contact-points

Deadlines:
- Physical Sciences and Engineering: 30 August 2018, 17:00:00 (CET).
- Social Sciences and Humanities: 30 August 2018, 17:00:00 (CET).
- Life Sciences: 30 August 2018, 17:00:00 (CET).

Find out more: http://erc.europa.eu/advanced-grants

Le sovvenzione del Consiglio Europeo della Ricerca (ERC) sono disponibili a sostegno dei ricercatori che portano avanti   progetti di ricerca pioneristici. Il Consiglio Europeo della Ricerca è un’iniziativa europea di finanziamento, ideata per il sostegno dei migliori scienziati, ingegneri, studiosi  a livello europeo.  Il suo mandato è di permettere a leader della ricerca eccezionali e affermati di qualsiasi età e nazionalità di portare avanti progetti innovativi e ad alto rischio in grado di aprire nuove direzioni nei loro rispettivi campi di ricerca e in altri settori. Le sovvenzioni “ERC Advanced Grants” sono destinate a ricercatori che si siano già affermati autonomamente come responsabili di progetto indipendenti.

Le sovvenzioni “ERC Advanced Grants” in breve:
- Settore di ricerca: qualsiasi settore scientifico, tecnico e accademico;
- Ricercatori: di qualsiasi età e nazionalità. I richiedenti devono essere scientificamente indipendenti, vantare un curriculum di attività di ricerca recente e avere un profilo che li identifichi come leader del/i rispettivo/i settore/i di ricerca;
- Istituzione ospitante: le attività di ricerca devono essere svolte presso un’organizzazione di ricerca pubblica o privata (nota come “istituzione ospitante”) situata in uno degli Stati membri dell’UE o dei paesi associati (Albania, Armenia, Bosnia ed Erzegovina, Islanda, Israele, Isole Faroe, Georgia, Macedonia, Norvegia, Moldavia Montenegro, Serbia Svizzera e Turchia);
- Finanziamento: fino a € 2,5 milioni per borsa di ricerca (in alcuni casi fino a € 3,5 milioni per borsa di ricerca);
- Durata: fino a 5 anni
- Inviti a presentare proposte: sono pubblicati annualmente.

Come presentare domanda?
I richiedenti sono invitati a contattare il loro punto di contatto nazionale o a inviare le loro richieste di informazioni utilizzando il modulo di contatto e selezionando la categoria adeguata o indirizzando direttamente la/e loro domanda/e alla casella di posta elettronica dedicata all’invito a presentare proposte per le sovvenzioni “ERC Advanced Grants”.

Scadenze: 30 agosto 2018.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://erc.europa.eu/advanced-grants

European Research Council (ERC) grants are available to support researchers in carrying out frontier research projects. The European Research Council (ERC) is a European funding initiative, designed to support the best scientists, engineers and scholars in Europe. Its mandate is to encourage the highest quality research in Europe through competitive funding and to support investigator-initiated frontier research across all fields of research, on the basis of scientific excellence.

ERC Advanced Grants
allow exceptional established research leaders of any nationality and any age to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects that open new directions in their respective research fields or other domains.
The ERC Advanced Grant funding targets researchers who have already established themselves as independent research leaders in their own right.

In brief:
Research proposal: pioneering frontier research in any field of science, engineering and scholarship
Researchers: candidates can be of any nationality, any age, must be scientifically independent and have a recent research track-record and profile which identifies them as leaders in their respective field(s) of research
Host organisation: legally recognised public or private research organisation situated in an EU Member State (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom) or an Associated Country. The Associated Countries are Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Israel, Faroe Islands, Georgia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Norway, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Ukraine, Tunisia and Turkey.
Funding: up to EUR 2.5 M per grant.
Duration: up to 5 years
Calls for proposals: published annually
Up to an additional EUR 1 000 000 can be requested in the proposal to cover: 
- eligible "start-up" costs for Principal Investigators moving to the EU or an Associated Country from elsewhere as a consequence of receiving the ERC grant;
- and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or 
- access to large facilities.

How to apply?
An ERC grant application should be submitted by a single PI with the support, and on behalf of, the host institution. It can be submitted only in response to an open call for proposals via the web-based Electronic Proposal Submission Service (EPSS).

Contact your national contact point for further info: http://erc.europa.eu/national-contact-points

Deadlines:
- Physical Sciences and Engineering: 30 August 2018, 17:00:00 (CET).
- Social Sciences and Humanities: 30 August 2018, 17:00:00 (CET).
- Life Sciences: 30 August 2018, 17:00:00 (CET).

Find out more: http://erc.europa.eu/advanced-grants

Launched by the European Commission, the call aims to support a Europe-wide network of relevant organisations to promote co-operation and policy development with regards to teachers and school leaders. 

The network will be expected to strengthen cross-European co-operation between public authorities and associations of stakeholders and practitioners, higher education institutions, research bodies, foundations and other organisations on policies in pursuit of quality and professionalism in the teaching professions, including teachers and school leaders.
The network will be expected to represent a broad geographic scope and a balance of different education systems, and a variety of backgrounds of participating institutions and associations, from policy, practice and research.
Focus is on the general education of children and young people (0-18 years).

The Commission intends to support the network through a four-year framework partnership agreement, for a period of 48 months starting with the date of signature, subject to the funds being made available by the budgetary authority, on an annual basis.
 
Budget
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of a network in 2018 is estimated at 300,000.00 EUR which will also be the maximum amount granted. 
The EU grant is limited to a maximum co-funding rate of 75% of eligible costs. This amount will cover the work plan for 2018-2019.
The Commission expects to fund only one proposal (network).

Eligible applicants
The call is open to entities or consortia of entities fulfilling the following conditions:
- the network should have partners from at least 15 countries. Eligible countries are the Erasmus+ programme countries (EU Member States, EFTA/EEA countries, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey).
- only applications from legal entities established in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries are eligible. Also, the coordinating applicant has to be registered as a legal entity in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries. 
- eligible applicants are associations, foundations and other similar national or international bodies; national education centres; ministries of education and/or training; social partner organisations (unions and employer organisations); higher education institutions and research centres.
- The applicant(s) must have had a legal personality for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission of applications and must be able to demonstrate their existence as a legal person.
- In case the application is submitted by several entities working together (consortium), the above criteria apply to all entities.

For British applicants
Please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, British applicants will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project on the basis of Article II.17.2 of the agreement.

Deadline: 11 May 2018.
 
Find out more: http://bit.ly/2GGDGpC

Launched by the European Commission, the call aims to support a Europe-wide network of relevant organisations to promote co-operation and policy development with regards to teachers and school leaders. 

The network will be expected to strengthen cross-European co-operation between public authorities and associations of stakeholders and practitioners, higher education institutions, research bodies, foundations and other organisations on policies in pursuit of quality and professionalism in the teaching professions, including teachers and school leaders.
The network will be expected to represent a broad geographic scope and a balance of different education systems, and a variety of backgrounds of participating institutions and associations, from policy, practice and research.
Focus is on the general education of children and young people (0-18 years).

The Commission intends to support the network through a four-year framework partnership agreement, for a period of 48 months starting with the date of signature, subject to the funds being made available by the budgetary authority, on an annual basis.
 
Budget
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of a network in 2018 is estimated at 300,000.00 EUR which will also be the maximum amount granted. 
The EU grant is limited to a maximum co-funding rate of 75% of eligible costs. This amount will cover the work plan for 2018-2019.
The Commission expects to fund only one proposal (network).

Eligible applicants
The call is open to entities or consortia of entities fulfilling the following conditions:
- the network should have partners from at least 15 countries. Eligible countries are the Erasmus+ programme countries (EU Member States, EFTA/EEA countries, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey).
- only applications from legal entities established in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries are eligible. Also, the coordinating applicant has to be registered as a legal entity in one of the Erasmus+ programme countries. 
- eligible applicants are associations, foundations and other similar national or international bodies; national education centres; ministries of education and/or training; social partner organisations (unions and employer organisations); higher education institutions and research centres.
- The applicant(s) must have had a legal personality for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission of applications and must be able to demonstrate their existence as a legal person.
- In case the application is submitted by several entities working together (consortium), the above criteria apply to all entities.

For British applicants
Please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, British applicants will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project on the basis of Article II.17.2 of the agreement.

Deadline: 11 May 2018.
 
Find out more: http://bit.ly/2GGDGpC

The ERSTE Stiftung Foundation and Open Society Foundations in cooperation with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, are inviting journalists from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Greece and Serbia to take part in their Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence 2018.

They will have to submit research proposals on the theme “Trust”.
 Do you have a lie to expose, a myth to shatter or a deception to deconstruct?
Can you bring clarity and insight to a complex or confusing story?

Ten journalists will be selected to receive funding and professional support to research and report on a topic of regional and European importance. 

Participating fellows will receive: a bursary of €2,000, a travel allowance of up to €2,000, close editorial supervision and mentoring, and the chance to attend international career development seminars and be published in the most influential regional and international media.
In addition, the top three articles chosen by an international jury will receive awards of €4,000, €3,000 and €1,000. 
Fellowship reports will be disseminated widely in all local languages as well as in English and German, and published in e-book which assembles the ten works that have been produced in the course of the fellowship year.

The fellowship will run from April until December 2018 and three winners shall be selected during the final seminar held at the end of the year.

Deadline: 12 March 2018, 24h.

All details are available here: http://fellowship.birn.eu.com/en/page/home 

Launched by the European Commission, the objective of this call is to promote the improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of education and training systems through the collection and evaluation of evidence on the systemic impact of innovative policy measures.

Specific objectives of this call are to:
- Promote trans-national cooperation and mutual learning among public authorities at the highest institutional level of the eligible countries in order to foster systemic improvement and innovation in the education, training fields,
- Enhance the collection and analysis of substantive evidence to ensure the successful implementation of innovative measures,
- Facilitate the transferability and scalability of innovative measures.

Priority themes
1. Promoting social inclusion and shared EU values through through formal and non-formal learning;
2. Mainstreaming and further developing multilingual pedagogies in school education (e.g. working in multilingual classrooms/with bilingual children) and supporting teachers and their training to deal with diversity in classrooms;
3. Digital assessment: identifying best practices across educational sectors and countries and scaling up of best practices and experimentation;
4. VET teachers and trainers in work-based learning/apprenticeship (VET);
5. Implementation of Upskilling Pathways for adults without an upper secondary qualification or equivalent;
6. Policies and incentives to support innovative teaching and pedagogical training in higher education, including through open and digital education;
7. Creation of a European-wide hub for online learning, blended/virtual mobility, virtual campuses and collaborative exchange of best practices

Eligible applicants
(a) Public authorities (ministry or equivalent) responsible for education and training at the highest level in the relevant national or regional context;
(b) Public or private organisations or institutions active in the fields of education and training or other relevant fields;
(c) Public or private organisations or institutions carrying out cross-sector activities linked to education and training in other socioeconomic sectors;

Eligible countries
— 28 Member States of the European Union,
— EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
— EU candidate countries: Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Minimum partnership composition
The minimum partnership composition requirement for this call is: 4 entities representing 3 eligible countries.

Eligible activities
Projets must start between 1 January 2019 and 28 February 2019.

Budget
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 75 % of the total eligible costs.
The maximum grant per project will be EUR 2 000 000.
The Agency reserves the right not to distribute all the funds available.

Deadlines
- pre-proposals: 10 April 2018, 12.00 noon CET,
- full proposals: 25 September 2018, 12.00 noon CET.
 

An information meeting for high-level public authorities interested in this Call will be held on 29 January 2018. Interested participants need to register here by 19 January 2018.
The event will be webcast live here from 08:30 to 17:00  CET.

Find out more: http://bit.ly/2nE4Uro

Launched by the European Commission, the objective of this call is to promote the improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of education and training systems through the collection and evaluation of evidence on the systemic impact of innovative policy measures.

Specific objectives of this call are to:
- Promote trans-national cooperation and mutual learning among public authorities at the highest institutional level of the eligible countries in order to foster systemic improvement and innovation in the education, training fields,
- Enhance the collection and analysis of substantive evidence to ensure the successful implementation of innovative measures,
- Facilitate the transferability and scalability of innovative measures.

Priority themes
1. Promoting social inclusion and shared EU values through through formal and non-formal learning;
2. Mainstreaming and further developing multilingual pedagogies in school education (e.g. working in multilingual classrooms/with bilingual children) and supporting teachers and their training to deal with diversity in classrooms;
3. Digital assessment: identifying best practices across educational sectors and countries and scaling up of best practices and experimentation;
4. VET teachers and trainers in work-based learning/apprenticeship (VET);
5. Implementation of Upskilling Pathways for adults without an upper secondary qualification or equivalent;
6. Policies and incentives to support innovative teaching and pedagogical training in higher education, including through open and digital education;
7. Creation of a European-wide hub for online learning, blended/virtual mobility, virtual campuses and collaborative exchange of best practices

Eligible applicants
(a) Public authorities (ministry or equivalent) responsible for education and training at the highest level in the relevant national or regional context;
(b) Public or private organisations or institutions active in the fields of education and training or other relevant fields;
(c) Public or private organisations or institutions carrying out cross-sector activities linked to education and training in other socioeconomic sectors;

Eligible countries
— 28 Member States of the European Union,
— EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
— EU candidate countries: Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Minimum partnership composition
The minimum partnership composition requirement for this call is: 4 entities representing 3 eligible countries.

Eligible activities
Projets must start between 1 January 2019 and 28 February 2019.

Budget
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 75 % of the total eligible costs.
The maximum grant per project will be EUR 2 000 000.
The Agency reserves the right not to distribute all the funds available.

Deadlines
- pre-proposals: 10 April 2018, 12.00 noon CET,
- full proposals: 25 September 2018, 12.00 noon CET.
 

An information meeting for high-level public authorities interested in this Call will be held on 29 January 2018. Interested participants need to register here by 19 January 2018.
The event will be webcast live here from 08:30 to 17:00  CET.

Find out more: http://bit.ly/2nE4Uro

The EU Aid Volunteers initiative brings volunteers and organisations from different countries together to work on humanitarian projects worldwide. The objective of this call is to strengthen the capacities of sending and hosting organisations intending to participate in the EU Aid Volunteers initiative and to ensure compliance with the standards and procedures regarding candidate volunteers and EU Aid Volunteers.

With this call the European Commission expects to strengthen the capacities of up to 115 sending and hosting organisations in the fields of:

- Disaster risk management, preparedness and response;
- Linking relief, rehabilitation and development (LRRD);
- Strengthening local volunteering in third countries;
- Capacities to undergo certification including administrative capacity;
- Capacity to provide early warning to local communities.

​Eligible bodies
The organisation applying on behalf of all applicants (the coordinator) will be legally responsible for the Consortium in its contractual relationship with the Agency.
Proposals for both, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building activities, must be submitted by:
- non-governmental not-for-profit organisations formed in accordance with the law of a Member State and whose headquarters are located within the Union; or
- public law bodies of a civilian character governed by the law of a Member State; or
- the International Federation of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

​Only legal entities established in the the Member States of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom) are eligible to apply.

For both Technical Assistance and Capacity Building activities, the coordinator in each project is active in the field of humanitarian aid for at least 3 years.

​Technical assistance projects are designed and implemented by transnational partnerships involving entities from at least three different countries participating in the programme from which:
- at least one coordinator or one applicant in each project must have been active in the field of volunteer management for at least 3 years.

​Capacity building projects are designed and implemented by transnational partnerships involving entities from at least two countries participating in the programme and at least two third countries in which humanitarian aid activities and operations take place.
- in each project, the coordinator and at least one applicant from a country participating in the programme must have been active in the field of humanitarian aid; 
- in each project, at least one applicant from third countries in which humanitarian aid activities and operations take place is active in the field of humanitarian aid; 
- at least the coordinator or one applicant from a country participating in the programme in each project must have been active in the field of volunteer management for at least 3 years.

Eligible activities
Activities supported for both Technical assistance and Capacity building projects may include the following: study/scoping visits to refine and finalise needs assessment of the action, activities to build/strengthen capacities, training courses for third country trainers/coaches/mentors/multipliers, seminars and workshops, job shadowing, twinning arrangements and exchange of staff, exchange of good practices, study visits, activities to foster partnership building, activities to assist organisations in meeting the Core Humanitarian Standards, activities to strengthen regional cooperation, administrative costs for the development of, and managing EU Aid Volunteers online volunteering opportunities published on the EU Aid Volunteers Platform in support of the project activities, coaching/mentoring of key sending organisation paid staff, training courses for third country trainers/coaches/mentors/multipliers, study visits of up to 3 months for key paid staff or volunteers from third countries to be based in European applicant/partner organisations, needs assessment methodologies/information management, disaster risk management, disaster risk reduction/disaster preparedness, crisis response (and related sectors), linking relief, rehabilitation and development, resilience and climate change adaptation.

​Budget
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at EUR 7 770 000.
The maximum grant will be EUR 700 000. Each grant will amount to between EUR 100 000 and EUR 700 000.
The Agency expects to fund 22 proposals.
The Agency reserves the right not to distribute all the funds available.

​Deadline: 1 June 2018, 12 pm Brussels time.

Find out more:  https://bit.ly/2pWyu9A

For further support organisations should contact the Education Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency.

The EU Aid Volunteers initiative brings volunteers and organisations from different countries together to work on humanitarian projects worldwide. The objective of this call is to strengthen the capacities of sending and hosting organisations intending to participate in the EU Aid Volunteers initiative and to ensure compliance with the standards and procedures regarding candidate volunteers and EU Aid Volunteers.

With this call the European Commission expects to strengthen the capacities of up to 115 sending and hosting organisations in the fields of:

- Disaster risk management, preparedness and response;
- Linking relief, rehabilitation and development (LRRD);
- Strengthening local volunteering in third countries;
- Capacities to undergo certification including administrative capacity;
- Capacity to provide early warning to local communities.

​Eligible bodies
The organisation applying on behalf of all applicants (the coordinator) will be legally responsible for the Consortium in its contractual relationship with the Agency.
Proposals for both, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building activities, must be submitted by:
- non-governmental not-for-profit organisations formed in accordance with the law of a Member State and whose headquarters are located within the Union; or
- public law bodies of a civilian character governed by the law of a Member State; or
- the International Federation of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

​Only legal entities established in the the Member States of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom) are eligible to apply.

For both Technical Assistance and Capacity Building activities, the coordinator in each project is active in the field of humanitarian aid for at least 3 years.

​Technical assistance projects are designed and implemented by transnational partnerships involving entities from at least three different countries participating in the programme from which:
- at least one coordinator or one applicant in each project must have been active in the field of volunteer management for at least 3 years.

​Capacity building projects are designed and implemented by transnational partnerships involving entities from at least two countries participating in the programme and at least two third countries in which humanitarian aid activities and operations take place.
- in each project, the coordinator and at least one applicant from a country participating in the programme must have been active in the field of humanitarian aid; 
- in each project, at least one applicant from third countries in which humanitarian aid activities and operations take place is active in the field of humanitarian aid; 
- at least the coordinator or one applicant from a country participating in the programme in each project must have been active in the field of volunteer management for at least 3 years.

Eligible activities
Activities supported for both Technical assistance and Capacity building projects may include the following: study/scoping visits to refine and finalise needs assessment of the action, activities to build/strengthen capacities, training courses for third country trainers/coaches/mentors/multipliers, seminars and workshops, job shadowing, twinning arrangements and exchange of staff, exchange of good practices, study visits, activities to foster partnership building, activities to assist organisations in meeting the Core Humanitarian Standards, activities to strengthen regional cooperation, administrative costs for the development of, and managing EU Aid Volunteers online volunteering opportunities published on the EU Aid Volunteers Platform in support of the project activities, coaching/mentoring of key sending organisation paid staff, training courses for third country trainers/coaches/mentors/multipliers, study visits of up to 3 months for key paid staff or volunteers from third countries to be based in European applicant/partner organisations, needs assessment methodologies/information management, disaster risk management, disaster risk reduction/disaster preparedness, crisis response (and related sectors), linking relief, rehabilitation and development, resilience and climate change adaptation.

​Budget
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at EUR 7 770 000.
The maximum grant will be EUR 700 000. Each grant will amount to between EUR 100 000 and EUR 700 000.
The Agency expects to fund 22 proposals.
The Agency reserves the right not to distribute all the funds available.

​Deadline: 1 June 2018, 12 pm Brussels time.

Find out more:  https://bit.ly/2pWyu9A

For further support organisations should contact the Education Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency.

L’initiative du volontariat de l’aide de l’UE rassemble des volontaires et organisations venant de différents pays pour travailler sur des projets humanitaires dans le monde entier. L’objectif de cet appel est de renforcer les capacités d’envoi et d’accueil des organisations qui souhaitent participer à l’initiative du volontariat de l’aide de l’UE et d’assurer le respect des normes et des procédures concernant les candidats au volontariat de l’aide de l’UE.

Par le présent appel, la Commission européenne prévoit de renforcer les capacités d'environ 115 organisations d'envoi et d’accueil de volontaires dans les domaines suivants:

- gestion des risques, préparation et réaction aux catastrophes

- liens entre l'aide d'urgence, la réhabilitation et le développement (LRRD)

- renforcement du volontariat local dans les pays tiers

- capacités de soutien à la certification, y compris les capacités administratives

- capacité de fournir une alerte rapide aux communautés locales.

Corps éligibles

L’organisation qui postule aux noms des candidats (le coordinateur) sera légalement responsable du Consortium à travers sa relation contractuelle avec l’Agence.

Les propositions pour les 2 activités, l’assistance technique et le renforcement des capacités doivent être envoyées par :

• Les organisations non gouvernementales à but non lucratif, formées selon le droit d’un Etat membre et dont les sièges sont situés dans l’Union
• Les collectivités publiques à caractère civil gouverné par le droit d’un Etat membre
• La Fédération internationale des sociétés nationales de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge

Seules les entités légales établies dans les Etats membres de l’Union européenne (Allemagne, Autriche, Belgique, Bulgarie, Croatie, Chypre, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, France, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Italie, Lettonie, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Malte, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, République tchèque, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Slovaquie, Slovénie et Suède) sont autoriser à postuler.

Pour les activités liées à l’assistance technique comme pour celles du renforcement des capacités, le coordinateur de chaque projet doit être actif dans le domaine de l’aide humanitaire depuis au moins 3 ans.

​Les projets d’assistance technique sont conçus et mis en œuvre par des partenariats transnationaux incluant au minimum 3 pays différents participant au programme, dont :

- au moins le coordinateur ou un candidat de chaque projet doit être actif dans le domaine de la gestion des volontaires depuis au moins trois ans.

Les projets de renforcement des capacités sont conçus et mis en œuvre par des partenariats transnationaux incluant au minimum 2 deux pays différents participant au programme et deux pays tiers différents qui bénéficient d’activités et d’opérations d’aide humanitaire.

- Pour chaque projet, le coordinateur et au moins un candidat d’un pays participant au programme doivent être actifs dans le domaine de l’aide humanitaire

- Pour chaque projet, au moins un candidat des pays tiers qui bénéficient d’activités et d’opérations d’aide humanitaire est actif dans le domaine de l’aide humanitaire

- Pour chaque projet, à tout le moins, le coordinateur ou un candidat d’un pays participant au programme doit être actif dans le domaine de la gestion des volontaires depuis au moins trois ans.

Activités éligibles

Les types d’activités éligibles au titre du présent appel sont les suivants : Par exemple : les études/visites exploratoires visant à affiner et à finaliser l’évaluation des besoins dans le cadre de l’activité ; les activités visant à créer ou renforcer des capacités ; les cours de formation destinés aux formateurs, au personnel d’encadrement, aux tuteurs ou aux agents multiplicateurs des pays tiers ; les séminaires et ateliers ; les visites d’observation en situation de travail ;les conventions de jumelage et l’échange de personnel ; l’échange de connaissances, d’apprentissage organisationnel et de bonnes pratiques ; les visites d’étude ; les activités visant à favoriser la création de partenariats ; les activités visant à aider les organisations à répondre aux normes humanitaires de base ; les activités visant à renforcer la coopération régionale ; les frais administratifs pour le développement et la gestion des offres de volontariat publiées en ligne sur la plateforme des volontaires de l’aide de l’UE (https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/echo/eu-aid-volunteers_en ) à l’appui des activités du projet, coaching du personnel rémunéré des organisations d’envoi clés, des cours de formation destinés aux formateurs, au personnel d’encadrement, aux tuteurs ou aux agents multiplicateurs des pays tiers ; des visites d'étude d’une durée de trois mois au maximum pour le personnel clé rémunéré ou les volontaires de pays tiers; elles auront lieu dans les organisations candidates/partenaires de l’UE, les méthodologies d’évaluation des besoins/gestion des informations ; la gestion des risques de catastrophe ; la réduction des risques de catastrophe et la préparation aux catastrophes ; la réponse aux crises (et secteurs connexes) ; l’établissement des liens entre secours, réhabilitation et développement ; la résilience et l’adaptation au changement climatique.

​Budget

Le budget total alloué au cofinancement des projets est estimé à 7 770 000 €.

La subvention maximale sera de 700 000 €. Le montant de chaque subvention sera compris entre 100 000 € et 700 000 €. Les demandes de subvention d'un montant inférieur à 100 000 € ne seront pas prises en considération pour un financement. L’Agence prévoit d’attribuer des fonds à 22 propositions. Elle se réserve le droit de ne pas attribuer la totalité des fonds disponibles.

​Date limite de candidature : le 1er juin 2018, à midi (heure de Bruxelles).

Plus d’infos

Pour plus d’informations, les organisations peuvent contacter l’Agence Exécutive Education, Audiovisuel et Culture

The purpose of the IFCD is to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. The IFCD supports projects that aim to foster the emergence of a dynamic cultural sector, primarily by facilitating the introduction of new cultural policies and cultural industries, or strengthening existing ones.

Eligibility
The beneficiaries of the Fund are developing, economies in transition and least-developed countries that are Parties to the Convention.
Therefore, those who are eligible to apply to the Fund are:

• Public authorities and institutions from eligible countries (developing countries Parties to the 2005 Convention).
• Non-governmental organisations from eligible countries (developing countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention), which meet the definition of civil society as mentioned in the Operational guidelines relating to the role and participation of civil society;
• International non-governmental organisations, registered in countries Parties to the 2005 Convention: which meet the definition of civil society as mentioned in the operational guidelines relating to the role and participation of civil society, and which present projects with impact at the sub-regional, regional or inter-regional level.

Projects
Projects must be implemented and/or benefit only eligible countries (developing countries Parties to the 2005 Convention).
The project implementation period shall be between 12 and 24 months. The projects should start, at the earliest, in March 2019, following the approval of the project by the Intergovernmental Committee in December 2018.

How to apply
All funding requests are to be sent to the relevant National Commissions for UNESCO or other official channels designated by the States Parties, who will then submit them to the Secretariat of the Convention. INGOs should submit applications directly to the Secretariat of the Convention if their programme/project proposals are supported in writing by the States Parties concerned.

Budget
Maximum amount that can be requested from the IFCD is $100,000 for programmes/projects.
Expenditures for project-related overhead costs are limited to a maximum of 30% of the total project budget.

Application should be completed in either English or French.

Deadline: 16 April 2018, midnight CET.

Applications from public authorities/institutions and local NGOs will undergo a pre-selection process conducted by National Commissions for UNESCO by 15 May 2018, midnight CET.

Find out more: http://en.unesco.org/creativity/ifcd

L'obiettivo del Fondo Internazionale per la Diversità Culturale IFCD è di promuovere lo sviluppo sostenibile e la riduzione della povertà nei paesi in via di sviluppo membri della Convenzione 2005 sulla Tutela e la Promozione della Diversità delle Espressioni Culturali. L'IFCD sostiene progetti che mirano a promuovere l'emergere di un settore culturale dinamico, principalmente favorendo l'introduzione di nuove politiche culturali e industrie culturali, o rafforzando quelle già esistenti.

Ammissibilità
I beneficiari del Fondo sono paesi in via di sviluppo, membri della Convenzione. Pertanto sono ammissibili:

• tutti i paesi in via di sviluppo membri della Convenzione;
• tutti gli Stati membri della Convenzione che hanno determinato l'esistenza di situazioni speciali sul proprio territorio in conformità con l'Articolo 8 e 17 della Convenzione e le relative linee guida operative;
• organizzazioni non governative dei paesi in via di sviluppo membri della Convenzione, che rispondono alla definizione di "società civile" come menzionato nelle Linee guida operative legate al ruolo e la partecipazione della società civile;
• organizzazioni internazionali non governative, che rispondono alla definizione di "società civile" come menzionato nelle linee guida operative legate al ruolo e la partecipazione della società civile e che presentano progetti con un impatto a livello sotto-regionale, regionale o inter-regionale;
• rappresentanti di gruppi vulnerabili ed altri gruppi sociali individuati nell'Articolo 7 della Convenzione 2005 (ad es. donne ed altri gruppi sociali, comprese persone che appartengono a minoranze e popoli indigeni) dai paesi in via di sviluppo membri della Convenzione 2005.

Come presentare domanda
Tutte le richieste di finaziamento devono essere inviate alle relative Commissioni Nazionali per l'UNESCO o altri canali ufficiali designati dagli stati membro, che saranno successivamente inviate al Segretariato della Convenzione. Le INGO devono presentare domanda direttamente al Segretariato della Convenzione se le loro proposte di programma/progetto sono supportate nella redazione dai paesi membro in questione. 

Il periodo di attuazione del progetto deve essere compreso tra 12 e 24 mesi. I progetti dovrebbero iniziare, al più presto, nel marzo 2019, in seguito all'approvazione del progetto del comitato intergovernativo nel dicembre 2018. L'importo massimo che può essere richiesto è di 100.000 USD.

Scadenza
Tutte le domande online devono essere presentate al più tardi entro il 16 aprile 2018 (mezzanotte CET).

Per ulteriori informazioni: https://goo.gl/ARZEaw

Az Európai Ifjúsági Fórum elindítja az Európa Ifjúsági Fővárosa (EYC) 2021 programot. Ezt a címet egy évre ítélik oda valamelyik európai településnek, ahol ezek után 12 hónapon keresztül ifjúsággal kapcsolatos programok, kulturális, társadalmi, politikai és gazdasági fejlesztések mennek végbe.

Az Európa Ifjúsági Fővárosa minden olyan innovatív kezdeményezést szívesen fogad, amely a fiatalok aktív szerepvállalását támogatja és szerepmodellt kínál az ifjúsági fejlesztések terén az európai önkormányzatoknak.

Azoknak a városoknak a pályázatát várják, akik kiemelten fontosnak tartják a fiatalok bevonását és egy pozitív, ambiciózus programmal készülnek a megvalósítási szakaszra. A díj odaítéléséről közösen döntenek a szervezeti partnerek és európai ifjúsági szervezetek. A teljes pályázati felhívás itt olvasható.

Alkalmasság:

Az Európai Tanács összes államának önkormányzatai pályázhatnak.

Határidők:

2018. január 21. – Koncepciók, ötletek vázlatos benyújtása. A pályázat benyújtása előtt 300€-t be kell fizetni az Európai Ifjúsági Fórumnak.

2018. június 3. – A részletes pályázati anyag benyújtása. A pályázat részét képezi egy 700€-s díj, melyet be kell fizetni az Európai Ifjúsági Fórumnak.

2018. szeptember 30. – A végleges pályázati anyagok benyújtása.

További információ: http://bit.ly/2j3ZAcv

The purpose of the IFCD is to promote sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. The IFCD supports projects that aim to foster the emergence of a dynamic cultural sector, primarily by facilitating the introduction of new cultural policies and cultural industries, or strengthening existing ones.

Eligibility
The beneficiaries of the Fund are developing, economies in transition and least-developed countries that are Parties to the Convention.
Therefore, those who are eligible to apply to the Fund are:

• Public authorities and institutions from eligible countries (developing countries Parties to the 2005 Convention).
• Non-governmental organisations from eligible countries (developing countries that are Parties to the 2005 Convention), which meet the definition of civil society as mentioned in the Operational guidelines relating to the role and participation of civil society;
• International non-governmental organisations, registered in countries Parties to the 2005 Convention: which meet the definition of civil society as mentioned in the operational guidelines relating to the role and participation of civil society, and which present projects with impact at the sub-regional, regional or inter-regional level.

Projects
Projects must be implemented and/or benefit only eligible countries (developing countries Parties to the 2005 Convention).
The project implementation period shall be between 12 and 24 months. The projects should start, at the earliest, in March 2019, following the approval of the project by the Intergovernmental Committee in December 2018.

How to apply
All funding requests are to be sent to the relevant National Commissions for UNESCO or other official channels designated by the States Parties, who will then submit them to the Secretariat of the Convention. INGOs should submit applications directly to the Secretariat of the Convention if their programme/project proposals are supported in writing by the States Parties concerned.

Budget
Maximum amount that can be requested from the IFCD is $100,000 for programmes/projects.
Expenditures for project-related overhead costs are limited to a maximum of 30% of the total project budget.

Application should be completed in either English or French.

Deadline: 16 April 2018, midnight CET.

Applications from public authorities/institutions and local NGOs will undergo a pre-selection process conducted by National Commissions for UNESCO by 15 May 2018, midnight CET.

Find out more: http://en.unesco.org/creativity/ifcd

Objectives
European Youth Together projects aim to create networks promoting regional partnerships, and to be run in close cooperation with young people from across Europe (Erasmus+ programme countries). 
The networks would organise exchanges, promote training (for instance for youth leaders), and allow young people themselves to set up joint projects.
European Youth Together will support initiatives from at least five youth organisations from five different Erasmus+ programme countries to share their ideas about the EU, encourage wider civic participation and help foster a sense of European citizenship. 

The initiative aims to bring together European youth from across Europe; East, West, North and South.
The thematic priorities are active citizenship, network-building, European values and European citizenship, democratic participation, democratic resilience and social inclusion related to youth.

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 (including the organisation  of events as a lead-up to the 2019 elections to the European Parliament);
- participation of under-represented groups of young people in politics, youth organisations and other civil society organisations by engaging vulnerable and socioeconomic disadvantaged youth.

It targets youth NGOs, public bodies and informal groups of young people which would propose projects involving at least five partners who have the capacity to mobilise young people in partnerships covering different countries and regions within the Erasmus+ programme countries.

Eligible applicants
- non-profit organisations, associations and NGOs including European Youth NGOs;
- social enterprises;
- public bodies at local, regional or national level;
- associations of regions;
- European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation;
- profit-making bodies active in Corporate Social Responsibility;
established in an Erasmus+ programme country.

Eligible countries
- EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom;
- The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, which form part of the European Economic Area (EEA): Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- Candidate countries for which a pre-accession strategy has been established: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey.

Eligible activities
- Mobility activities including large scale youth exchanges;
- Activities facilitating access and participation of youth in the EU policy agenda;
- Exchanges of experience and good practice; networking and partnerships with other youth organisations; participation in meetings or seminars with other stakeholders and/or policy-makers also with a view to increasing policy impact on target groups, sectors and/or systems;
- Initiatives and events for developing European NGO/Civil Society organisations/EU-wide networks;
- Awareness-raising, information, dissemination and promotion activities (seminars, workshops, campaigns, meetings, public debates, consultations, etc.) on EU policy priorities in the field of youth;
- Activities shall be of cross-border nature and may be performed at European, national, regional or local level.

Mobility activities/youth exchanges should:
- last between 5 to 21 days, excluding travel time;
- take place in the countries of the applicant/partners;
- have young people participants aged between 13 and 30 who are residents in the countries of the receiving and/or sending organisations;
- have a minimum of 16 and maximum of 180 participants (group leader(s) not included). Minimum 4 participants per group (group leader(s) not included). Each national group must have at least one group leader. A group leader is an adult who accompanies the young people participating in a mobility activity/youth exchange in order to ensure their effective learning, protection and safety.

The minimum partnership composition requirement for this call is at least 5 partners from 5 different countries eligible for participation in the Erasmus+ programme.

Project results
Granted projects should demonstrate their expected contribution to the overall EU youth policy agenda by:
- building on the outcomes of the New Narrative for Europe (or other similar debate projects) and linking them to policy development at local/regional/national/European level;
- improving the involvement of young people in democratic life and their engagement with decision makers (empowerment, new skills, involvement of young people in project design, etc.);
- helping to improve the capacity of the youth sector to work transnationally and promoting transnational learning and cooperation between young people and decision makers;
- upscaling existing best practices and outreach beyond the regular network(s);
- disseminating their results in an effective and attractive way among young people involved in youth organisations, so as to pave the way for more systematic partnerships, and also among youngsters who are not affiliated to youth structures or those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Project duration 
Must be between 9 and 24 months. It cannot be extended in time.

Budget
The total budget available for the co-financing of projects is EUR 5 000 000.
The financial contribution from the EU is minimum EUR 100 000 and cannot exceed EUR 500 000. It is limited to a maximum co-financing rate of 80 % of the total eligible project costs.

Deadline: 25 May 2018, 12.00 (midday, Brussels time).

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2Heb0V0

Objectives
European Youth Together projects aim to create networks promoting regional partnerships, and to be run in close cooperation with young people from across Europe (Erasmus+ programme countries). 
The networks would organise exchanges, promote training (for instance for youth leaders), and allow young people themselves to set up joint projects.
European Youth Together will support initiatives from at least five youth organisations from five different Erasmus+ programme countries to share their ideas about the EU, encourage wider civic participation and help foster a sense of European citizenship. 

The initiative aims to bring together European youth from across Europe; East, West, North and South.
The thematic priorities are active citizenship, network-building, European values and European citizenship, democratic participation, democratic resilience and social inclusion related to youth.

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 (including the organisation  of events as a lead-up to the 2019 elections to the European Parliament);
- participation of under-represented groups of young people in politics, youth organisations and other civil society organisations by engaging vulnerable and socioeconomic disadvantaged youth.

It targets youth NGOs, public bodies and informal groups of young people which would propose projects involving at least five partners who have the capacity to mobilise young people in partnerships covering different countries and regions within the Erasmus+ programme countries.

Eligible applicants
- non-profit organisations, associations and NGOs including European Youth NGOs;
- social enterprises;
- public bodies at local, regional or national level;
- associations of regions;
- European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation;
- profit-making bodies active in Corporate Social Responsibility;
established in an Erasmus+ programme country.

Eligible countries
- EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom;
- The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, which form part of the European Economic Area (EEA): Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- Candidate countries for which a pre-accession strategy has been established: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey.

Eligible activities
- Mobility activities including large scale youth exchanges;
- Activities facilitating access and participation of youth in the EU policy agenda;
- Exchanges of experience and good practice; networking and partnerships with other youth organisations; participation in meetings or seminars with other stakeholders and/or policy-makers also with a view to increasing policy impact on target groups, sectors and/or systems;
- Initiatives and events for developing European NGO/Civil Society organisations/EU-wide networks;
- Awareness-raising, information, dissemination and promotion activities (seminars, workshops, campaigns, meetings, public debates, consultations, etc.) on EU policy priorities in the field of youth;
- Activities shall be of cross-border nature and may be performed at European, national, regional or local level.

Mobility activities/youth exchanges should:
- last between 5 to 21 days, excluding travel time;
- take place in the countries of the applicant/partners;
- have young people participants aged between 13 and 30 who are residents in the countries of the receiving and/or sending organisations;
- have a minimum of 16 and maximum of 180 participants (group leader(s) not included). Minimum 4 participants per group (group leader(s) not included). Each national group must have at least one group leader. A group leader is an adult who accompanies the young people participating in a mobility activity/youth exchange in order to ensure their effective learning, protection and safety.

The minimum partnership composition requirement for this call is at least 5 partners from 5 different countries eligible for participation in the Erasmus+ programme.

Project results
Granted projects should demonstrate their expected contribution to the overall EU youth policy agenda by:
- building on the outcomes of the New Narrative for Europe (or other similar debate projects) and linking them to policy development at local/regional/national/European level;
- improving the involvement of young people in democratic life and their engagement with decision makers (empowerment, new skills, involvement of young people in project design, etc.);
- helping to improve the capacity of the youth sector to work transnationally and promoting transnational learning and cooperation between young people and decision makers;
- upscaling existing best practices and outreach beyond the regular network(s);
- disseminating their results in an effective and attractive way among young people involved in youth organisations, so as to pave the way for more systematic partnerships, and also among youngsters who are not affiliated to youth structures or those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Project duration 
Must be between 9 and 24 months. It cannot be extended in time.

Budget
The total budget available for the co-financing of projects is EUR 5 000 000.
The financial contribution from the EU is minimum EUR 100 000 and cannot exceed EUR 500 000. It is limited to a maximum co-financing rate of 80 % of the total eligible project costs.

Deadline: 25 May 2018, 12.00 (midday, Brussels time).

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2Heb0V0

Tandem Europe is a cross-border collaboration programme that aims at social change through cultural innovation activities. Tandem is a learning-by-doing programme: during their Tandem year, cultural-social initiators from all over Europe kick-start a  long-term collaboration with a partner from another European country. 
Together, they design and test new ideas by realising a  pilot project for their own local environments. 
Tandem offers the space to develop real and meaningful visions by prototyping project ideas and building on new cross-border working relations.
It establishes peer-to-peer contacts that are based on mutual societal concerns or interests.

The programme is addressed to people from diverse local contexts, urban or rural areas, representing smaller or bigger cultural organisations, active local administrations and socially orientated enterprises. 
They share their enthusiasm for creative discovery across European borders,  cultures, sectors and artistic disciplines and embrace the joy of making new things happen together by unusual transnational encounters. 
They join a growing community of cultural and social change makers who are deeply engaged in shaping a common  European future. 
 

How does it work?
Up to 32 applicants and their colleagues are invited to the Tandem Europe Partner Forum in 2019, where they find new networking opportunities and their potential Tandem partner.
Together with their new partner, they apply for the full programme with a collaboration idea and a first sketch of the Tandem partnership they envisage. For the main programme phase, up to 12 Tandems will be selected.
Each new collaboration pair benefits from a placement opportunity at their Tandem-partner organisation abroad, three peer-to-peer innovation, learning and networking meetings as well as financial and mentoring support to prototype their collaboration ideas.

The  programme  includes: 
- A 4-day  Tandem Partner  Forum including workshops in the Balkans  28 February - 5 March 2019  (dates include travel days). The main aim of the Partner Forum is for the selected participants to find a partner suitable to their organisation and strategy.
- A 3-day  Kick-Off  Meeting including  workshops  at  the  end  of  June  2019  (plus  arrival  and  departure  day);
- A vocational  placement of  12  days  at  individual  Tandem  partner  locations  across  Europe  (self-organised  by  individual  Tandems)  between  June  2019  and  February  2020;
- A 3-day  Interim  Meeting including peer-to-peer  learning sessions  and  workshops in October  2019  (plus  arrival and departure  day);
- A 3-day final learning and evaluation  Meeting in February  2020  (plus arrival and departure day).

Who can apply
Non-profit organisations, public institutions, civil society initiatives, innovative local administrations as well as creative or social enterprises that are engaged with cultural activities in their societies;
based in one of the Council of Europe member states (plus Belarus & Kosovo).

Deadline to apply: 15 November 2018 (23:59 CET).

Applicants will be informed on the selection latest by early January 2019.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2CXnUYV 

Tandem Europe is a cross-border collaboration programme that aims at social change through cultural innovation activities. Tandem is a learning-by-doing programme: during their Tandem year, cultural-social initiators from all over Europe kick-start a  long-term collaboration with a partner from another European country. 
Together, they design and test new ideas by realising a  pilot project for their own local environments. 
Tandem offers the space to develop real and meaningful visions by prototyping project ideas and building on new cross-border working relations.
It establishes peer-to-peer contacts that are based on mutual societal concerns or interests.

The programme is addressed to people from diverse local contexts, urban or rural areas, representing smaller or bigger cultural organisations, active local administrations and socially orientated enterprises. 
They share their enthusiasm for creative discovery across European borders,  cultures, sectors and artistic disciplines and embrace the joy of making new things happen together by unusual transnational encounters. 
They join a growing community of cultural and social change makers who are deeply engaged in shaping a common  European future. 
 

How does it work?
Up to 32 applicants and their colleagues are invited to the Tandem Europe Partner Forum in 2019, where they find new networking opportunities and their potential Tandem partner.
Together with their new partner, they apply for the full programme with a collaboration idea and a first sketch of the Tandem partnership they envisage. For the main programme phase, up to 12 Tandems will be selected.
Each new collaboration pair benefits from a placement opportunity at their Tandem-partner organisation abroad, three peer-to-peer innovation, learning and networking meetings as well as financial and mentoring support to prototype their collaboration ideas.

The  programme  includes: 
- A 4-day  Tandem Partner  Forum including workshops in the Balkans  28 February - 5 March 2019  (dates include travel days). The main aim of the Partner Forum is for the selected participants to find a partner suitable to their organisation and strategy.
- A 3-day  Kick-Off  Meeting including  workshops  at  the  end  of  June  2019  (plus  arrival  and  departure  day);
- A vocational  placement of  12  days  at  individual  Tandem  partner  locations  across  Europe  (self-organised  by  individual  Tandems)  between  June  2019  and  February  2020;
- A 3-day  Interim  Meeting including peer-to-peer  learning sessions  and  workshops in October  2019  (plus  arrival and departure  day);
- A 3-day final learning and evaluation  Meeting in February  2020  (plus arrival and departure day).

Who can apply
Non-profit organisations, public institutions, civil society initiatives, innovative local administrations as well as creative or social enterprises that are engaged with cultural activities in their societies;
based in one of the Council of Europe member states (plus Belarus & Kosovo).

Deadline to apply: 15 November 2018 (23:59 CET).

Applicants will be informed on the selection latest by early January 2019.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2CXnUYV 

Tandem Europe è un programma di collaborazione transfrontaliera che mira al cambiamento sociale attraverso attività di innovazione culturale. Tandem è un programma di learning-by-doing: durante il loro anno Tandem, gli iniziatori culturali e sociali di tutta Europa avviano una collaborazione a lungo termine con un partner di un altro paese europeo. Insieme, progettano e testano nuove idee realizzando un progetto pilota per i propri contesti locali.

Tandem offre lo spazio per sviluppare visioni reali e significative attraverso la prototipazione di idee di progetto e la costruzione di nuove relazioni di lavoro transfrontaliere. Stabilisce contatti peer-to-peer basati su interessi sociali comuni.

Il programma è rivolto a persone di diversi contesti locali, aree urbane o rurali, che rappresentano organizzazioni culturali di varia entità, amministrazioni locali attive e imprese sociali. Condividono il loro entusiasmo per la scoperta creativa attraverso i confini, le culture, i settori e le discipline artistiche europee e abbracciano la gioia di far accadere cose nuove da insoliti incontri transnazionali. Si uniscono a una crescente comunità di produttori di cambiamenti culturali e sociali che sono profondamente impegnati a plasmare un futuro europeo comune.

Come funziona?
Fino a 32 candidati e i loro colleghi saranno invitati al forum dei partner di Tandem Europe nel 2019, dove troveranno nuove opportunità di networking e il loro potenziale partner Tandem.
Insieme al loro nuovo partner, faranno domanda per il programma completo con un'idea di collaborazione e una prima bozza della partnership Tandem che prevedono. Per la fase principale del programma, saranno selezionati fino a 12 Tandem.
Ogni nuova coppia di collaborazione beneficia di un'opportunità di collocamento presso la propria organizzazione partner Tandem all'estero, tre incontri peer-to-peer, incontri di apprendimento e networking nonché supporto finanziario e di mentoring per prototipare le proprie idee di collaborazione.

Il programma comprende:
- Un forum di quattro giorni per i partner in tandem che include workshop nei Balcani dal 28 febbraio al 5 marzo 2019 (le date includono i giorni di viaggio). L'obiettivo principale del Forum è che i partecipanti selezionati trovino un partner adatto alla loro organizzazione e strategia.
- una riunione iniziale di 3 giorni con workshop alla fine di giugno 2019 (più giorno di arrivo e partenza);
- un tirocinio professionale di 12 giorni presso singole sedi partner Tandem in tutta Europa (auto-organizzato da singoli Tandem) tra giugno 2019 e febbraio 2020;
- una riunione ad interim di 3 giorni con sessioni di apprendimento peer-to-peer e workshop nell'ottobre 2019 (più giorno di arrivo e partenza);
- una riunione finale di apprendimento e valutazione di 3 giorni a febbraio 2020 (più giorno di arrivo e partenza).

Chi può presentare la candidatura
Organizzazioni senza scopo di lucro, istituzioni pubbliche, iniziative della società civile, amministrazioni locali innovative nonché imprese creative o sociali impegnate in attività culturali nelle loro società; con sede in uno degli stati membri del Consiglio d'Europa (oltre a Bielorussia e Kosovo).

Scadenza: 15 novembre 2018 (23:59 CET).

I candidati saranno informati sulla selezione più recenti entro l'inizio di gennaio 2019.

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A Tandem Europe határokon átívelő együttműködés a társadalmi változást szeretné elősegíteni kulturális innovációs tevékenységekkel. A learning-by-doing típusú program keretein belül a kulturális és szociális kezdeményezők Európa szerte hosszútávú együttműködést körvonalaznak másik Európai országból származó partnerükkel. 

Pilot projektek keretében saját környezetükben együtt kell kialakítaniuk és letesztelniük az új ötleteket.

A Tandem ezeknek az ötleteknek szeretne teret biztosítani. A program különböző hátterű személyeket vár városi és vidéki környezetből egyaránt, akik kisebb és nagyobb kulturális szervezeteket, aktív helyi közösségeket és társadalmilag elhivatott vállalkozásokat képviselnek.

Hogyan működik?

Maximum 32 fő jelentkezőt és kollégáik meghívást kapnak a Tandem Europe Partneri Fórumra 2019-ben, ahol alkalmuk nyílik új lehetőségekkel, valamint a jövőbeli Tandem partnerükkel megismerkedni. Az új partnerükkel közösen ezután pályázhatnak a teljes programra az együttműködési ötletükkel, valamint az általuk elképzelt partneri együttműködés vázlataival. A fő program fázisra ezek után 12 Tandem kerül kiválasztásra.

A program magában foglal:

• Egy 4 napos Tandem Partner Forumot workshopokkal együtt a balkánon február 28. és március 5. között (beleértve az utazási napokat is) mely arra irányul, hogy a kiválasztott résztvevők a szervezetüknek és stratégiájuknak megfelelő partnert találhassanak.
• Egy 3 napos Kick-Off találkozót workshopokkal együtt, 2019 június végén
• Egy 12 napos szakmai csere látogatás a Tandem partnereknél Európa szerte (Tandem együttműködésenként változóan, önálló szervezésben 2019. június és 2020. február között.)
• Egy 3 napos átmeneti találkozó, amikor egymástól tanulhatnak a programban részt vevők (2019. október)
• Egy 3 napos végső tanulási és értékelői találkozó 2020. februárjában ((beleértve a megérkezési dátumokat is)

Jelentkezési határidő: 2018. november 15.

A jelentkezéssel kapcsolatos további információk itt érhetőek el.

A jelentkezőket legkésőbb 2019. januárjában értesítik az eredményekről

The strand 1. European remembrance within the Europe for Citizens' 2014-2020 programme supports activities reflecting on European cultural diversity and on common values. It also aims to finance projects reflecting on causes of totalitarian regimes in Europe's modern history (especially, but not exclusively, Nazism that led to the Holocaust, Fascism, Stalinism and totalitarian communist regimes) and to commemorate the victims of their crimes.

The strand also concerns other defining moments and reference points in recent European history. Preference will be given to projects encouraging tolerance, mutual understanding, intercultural dialogue and reconciliation as a means of moving beyond the past and building the future, in particular with a view to reaching the younger generation. 

In 2018, specific priorities for European Remembrance are:
- 1918 The end of WWI – the rise of nation states and the failure to create a European cooperation and peaceful coexistence;
- 1938/1939 Beginning of WWII;
- 1948 Beginning of the Cold War;
- 1948 The Hague Congress and the integration of Europe;
- 1968 Protest and civil rights movements, invasion to Czechoslovakia, student protests and anti-Semitic campaign in Poland.

Volunteering is an essential element in active citizenship: by giving one’s time for the benefit of others, volunteers service their community and play an active role in society. They develop the sense of belonging to a community thereby also gaining ownership. Volunteering is therefore a particularly powerful means to develop citizens’ commitment to their society and to its political life. Civil society organisations, associations of a European general interest, town twinning associations and other participating organisations often rely on volunteer work to carry out and to develop their activities. Therefore, particular attention is paid to the promotion of volunteering, in particular through the European Solidarity Corps. In its first phase, the European Solidarity Corps, the new EU initiative which aims at giving young people across the EU the opportunity to volunteer where help is needed and to respond to crisis situations, will build on existing EU programmes including the Europe for Citizens programme. In this context, project promoters are encouraged to make use of the European Solidarity Corps. 
Promoters making use of members of the European Solidarity Corps must comply with the requirements laid down by the European Solidarity Corps Charter, including the requirement relating to the insurance of the members. Indeed, within the framework of the Europe for Citizens Programme, the Agency does not provide directly or indirectly an insurance coverage to the volunteers/members used by the promoters for their projects. It is therefore for each promoter to ensure that the volunteers/members they are making use of are properly insured for their activities. 
The following countries ONLY can participate to the initiative within the Programme: the European Union Member States and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Projects under this strand should
- Include different types of organisations (local authorities, NGOs, research institutes etc.)
- Develop different types of activities (research, exhibitions, public debates, non-formal education etc.)
- Involve citizens from different target groups
- Be implemented on a transnational level, or with a clear European dimension

Eligible applicants must be:
-  public local/regional authorities or non-profit organisations, including civil society organisations, survivors' associations, and cultural, youth, educational and research
organisations, associations of twinned towns.
Number of Partners:
A project must involve organisations from at least one Member State. Preference is given to transnational projects.

Maximum eligible grant for a project: 100 000 EUR.
The activities must take place in any of the eligible countries.
The project must start within the relevant eligibility period.
Maximum project duration is 18 months.

Particpating countries:
- 28 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom;
- Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
For British applicants: please be aware that eligibility criteria must be complied with for the entire duration of the grant. If the United Kingdom withdraws from the EU during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the EU ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, British applicants will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project.

The Programme is potentially open to the following categories of countries provided that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Commission:
a) acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective Framework Agreements, Association Council Decisions or similar Agreements;
b) the EFTA countries party to the EEA Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of that Agreement. 

Deadline: 1 March 2018, 12:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 August of the same year as the deadline and 31 January of the year after the deadline.

Find out more: http://bit.ly/2qCKdOb

For more information, please contact the Europe for Citizens Point in your country.

Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe and Airbnb are awarding travel grants (EUR 550) to young people between 18 and 27 years of age and who permanently reside in one of the Council of Europe member states or Kosovo. 
The grant should enable young people to explore Europe and personally document it. The trip needs to have a specifically defined research on one of the following questions:

- What makes you feel welcome in a city and how does a city welcome you?
- How can you meet people in a new city?
- How can you connect with others and seek contact with them?
- What helps you to feel connected to the city?
- Where do you look for information on social events and how do you join them?
- How did you experience the idea of European identity on your trip?

The report can be submitted as a photo report with background information, a video diary, a blog series, or a written report.
The journey should last between three and six weeks. For those enrolled in an internship or traineeship programme, if needed, it is possible to shorten the travel period to two weeks.

The travel grant amounts to 550 € (five hundred and fifty euros). The grantee will be paid 400 € at the beginning of the journey and 150 € after presenting the report.
The travel grants don’t cover the travel costs of conferences, language courses or traineeships, but only for travel projects in Europe. 

A final report on the journey and the different experiences should be written afterwards. The report needs to include an explanation of how the research topic was addressed, the concrete findings and reflection on the experiences and impressions from the trip. Applications and reports can be submitted in German or English.

Deadline: 6 August 2017, 23:59 CEST.
Find out more: http://bit.ly/2vjMEWy

This call for proposals is launched in the framework of the Council of Europe “Youth for Democracy” programme 2018-2019 and is intended at supporting and/or co-funding national or regional projects for the implementing of the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (EDC/HRE Charter) through the training of trainers and multipliers in non-formal learning and youth work.
This call aims to support the design, implementation and evaluation of national or regional training courses for trainers and/or multipliers in human rights education with young people.

2019 COMPASS National and Regional Training Courses in Human Rights Education (NRTC’s) aim to provide an opportunity to train youth leaders, youth workers as also educators in schools and other public bodies in using Compass and the other Council of Europe educational resources on human rights education.

The courses promoted through this call should be organised at the initiative of national organisations or institutions interested in introducing and developing the provisions and quality of human rights education.
As capacity-building activities, the courses should develop the competencies (knowledge, skills, attitudes and values) of key multipliers for human rights education such as youth leaders, trainers, youth workers, teachers and teacher trainers and contribute to processes and initiatives for EDC/HRE at the national level initiated by youth organisations or other education institutions. In other words: the courses are important both for the quality of the learning that they provide and for the potential that they have in promoting human rights education.

Project partners may include local or national organisations or institutions interested in introducing, and developing the provisions and quality of human rights education, such as:
- non-governmental youth organisations and/or other non-governmental organisations;
- governmental organisations focused on human rights, youth and/or education;
- institutions involved in human rights education;
- national networks of human rights activists and/or human rights educators.
Partnerships between different (types of) organisations are thus encouraged because this reinforces the potential strategic impact of the courses.

Eligibility applicants:
- non-governmental youth organisations and/or other nongovernmental organisations; governmental organisations primarily those focused on human rights, youth and/or education;
- institutions involved in human rights education;
- national networks of human rights activists and/or human rights educators;
- legally registered in a state party to the European Cultural Convention;
- entitled to carry out the activities described in its project proposal;
- have sufficient financial capacity (stable and sufficient sources of funding) to maintain its activity throughout the period for which the grant is awarded and to participate by way of its own resources (including human resources or in-kind contributions);
- have sufficient operational and professional capacity, including staff, to carry out activities described in its project proposal;
- have a bank account.
 

Eligible national/regional training courses must
- aim at developing the competences (knowledge, skills, attitudes and values) of key multipliers in human rights education with young people such as youth leaders, trainers, youth workers, teachers and teacher trainers;
- foresee a programme and methodology based on the approaches outlined in Compass (an introduction to Compass and its approaches; experience in using the manual and how to adapt it to the participants’ contexts is considered essential);
- support and advocate for EDC/HRE at national level based on the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education;
- foresee a follow-up of the course by the participants, including for example measures to support national networks of organisations and trainers/multipliers involved in human rights education with young people;
- provide the participants with copies of Compass in their language(s), where this is possible;
- envisage linking with and building upon previous initiatives, projects and programmes on human rights education with young people at national level.
- be prepared for, and open to, participants from a variety of organisations and institutions;
- have a minimum duration of 4 consecutive working days;
- involve at least 18 and a maximum of 40 participants/learners.

The Council of Europe support 
a) Financial support in the form of grants;
b) Institutional support, in the form of recommendation letters to potential partners and funders; official Council of Europe representation; provision of educational materials, visibility of the activities in institutional Internet sites and documents; communication with publishers of Compass and Compasito translations; 
c) Educational support, by recommending or contracting a trainer(s) with relevant experience to be part of the educational team of the courses.

The organisers of training courses included in the 2019 programme will be invited for a preparatory workshop which will be held on 21^st to 23^rd of January 2019, at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg.
The workshop will deal with the practical and administrative matters of the courses and, especially, their educational aspects.

Implementation period
Projects should start on 1^st March 2019 and shall not extend beyond 30^th November 2019.
Reporting requirements shall be completed on 15 December 2019.

Budget
The indicative total available budget is 41000 Euros. The Council of Europe intends to award activities with grants of an average of 5500 €.
 

Deadline: 30^th November 2018, 23:00 CET.

Read more here.

Each year YouthActionNet is giving support to exceptional young social entrepreneurs who, through their emerging projects promote social change and connect youth with local communities, or who lead a team of dedicated young people to protect and promote the rights of children in your country.
YouthActionNet supports youth leadership development through its global and national Fellowship programs throughout the world.
The YouthActionNet’s Global Fellowship Programme targets exceptional young social entrepreneurs anywhere in the world who have developed innovative approaches to addressing issues of international relevance.

The yearlong Global Fellowship programme includes:

• Skill-building:
  A seven-day leadership retreat for twenty selected fellows which offers dynamic peer-to-peer learning, collaboration, and sharing among young visionaries. This learning is focused on six dimensions of leadership: personal, visionary, political, collaborative, organizational, and societal.
   
• Networking:
  - Networking with international and national aid agencies, NGOs, and corporate partners.
  - Peer-to-peer networking throughout the year
  - Access to potential resources to support Fellows and their projects, including volunteers, mentors, and grant opportunities
   
• Advocacy:
  - Training in communications and media outreach; public relations technical assistance.
  - Access to global advocacy platforms and media coverage. Global Fellows also have access to potential funding opportunities.
  
  Eligibility:
• open to all young people aged 18-29 as of 31st December 2018;
• applicants should be founders or co-founders of existing ventures with at least one year of impact;
• proficiency in English is required; applications must be submitted in English.
  
  Deadline: 6 March 2018,  23:59 pm EDT.

Applicants needed to register and apply online.

Find out more: http://www.youthactionnet.org/apply

           
View a list of previous winners here .