i-Portunus is a pilot project funded by the European Commission under the Creative Europe programme which supports the international mobility of artists, creators and cultural professionals in the sectors of music, literature, architecture and cultural heritage. In 2020-21 there will be a total of five calls.

The programme is managed by a consortium headed by the Goethe-Institut with Institut français, Izolyatsia and Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts.

Mobility should focus on international collaboration, professional development, production-oriented residencies or presentations.
i-Portunus provides financial support to help fund the cost of travel (transportation, accommodation etc.) to another Creative Europe country (or several of them). 
The mobility support is not meant to cover the cost of transporting goods, art works or material.

Eligibility

• Artists and culture professionals (individuals or groups of up to 5 people) who are at least 18 years old and reside legally in a Creative Europe country. 
• The total length of the mobility has to be between 7 and 60 days (including travel days). It could be continuous, or segmented and it has to focus on one project.
• The applicant has not previously received i-Portunus mobility support.

Funding
The maximum amount of the whole grant is 3.000,00 EUR/person.

How to apply
Applicants need to organise a project with a host institution/partner/fellow in another Creative Europe country (check the Transartists database to get inspired).
They need to describe the project and its main objective, being international collaboration, production oriented residency, or professional development.
They need to provide documents showing that applicant/s have made plans with a partner or host institution and that the partner/host institution is committed to the project.
Finally, they have to illustrate how this mobility will affect applicants' professional development or career path.

Applications must be in English via my.i-portunus.eu before the deadline.

Deadlines: 

• 28 February 2021, 18:00 CET, for Literary Translation and Music sectors. 
• 14 March 2021, 18:00 CET for Architecture.

Next call will open on 15 February 2021 (music and cultural heritage).

Read more here.

i-Portunus è un nuovo progetto pilota finanziato dalla Commissione europea nell'ambito del programma Europa creativa che sostiene la mobilità a breve termine di artisti e professionisti della cultura.
È gestito da un consorzio guidato dal Goethe-Institut con Institut français, Izolyatsia e Nida Art Colony dell'Accademia delle arti di Vilnius.

i-Portunus 2020-21 lancia cinque bandi aperti per sostenere la mobilità internazionale di artisti, creativi e professionisti della cultura nei settori della musica, della letteratura, dell'architettura e dei beni culturali. I bandi rimangono aperti per due mesi e vengono lanciati in date diverse: 9 dicembre 2020 (per la musica e la traduzione letteraria), 15 gennaio 2021 (architettura), 15 febbraio 2021 (musica e patrimonio culturale).

La mobilità dovrebbe concentrarsi sulla collaborazione internazionale, lo sviluppo professionale e le residenze orientate alla produzione. In ogni settore i-Portunus si concentra su esigenze specifiche.

i-Portunus prevede un budget complessivo di 500.000,00 EUR, ripartito sui prossimi cinque bandi. Il programma fornisce un sostegno finanziario per contribuire a finanziare le spese di viaggio (trasporto, alloggio, ecc.) in un altro paese dell'Europa creativa (o in diversi di essi); il sostegno alla mobilità non è destinato a coprire le spese di trasporto di merci, opere d'arte o materiale.

Ammissibilità
Artisti e professionisti della cultura (singoli o gruppi fino a 5 persone) che abbiano almeno 18 anni e risiedano legalmente in un paese dell'Europa Creativa.

Le candidature devono essere presentate in inglese e devono contenere tutte le informazioni richieste. La candidatura deve essere effettuata utilizzando il modulo online i-Portunus.

I candidati e i gruppi di candidati devono essere persone fisiche e non persone giuridiche. La durata totale della mobilità deve essere compresa tra 7 e 60 giorni (inclusi i giorni di viaggio). Può essere continuativa o segmentata e deve concentrarsi su un unico progetto. Tutte le candidature saranno valutate in modo indipendente da due esperti specializzati nel settore e nelle diverse regioni che valuteranno: pertinenza/necessità; preparazione/fattibilità e risultati.

Scadenze
- 28 febbraio 2021, h.18:00 CET(musica e traduzione letteraria)
- 14 marzo 2021, h 18:00 CET (architettura)

Per saperne di più: https://www.i-portunus.eu/about-the-programme/general-information/

i-Portunus este un proiect pilot finanțat de Comisia Europeană în cadrul programului Europa Creativă, care susține mobilitatea internațională a artiștilor, creatorilor și profesioniștilor din domeniul culturii în sectoarele muzicii, literaturii, arhitecturii și patrimoniului cultural. În 2020-21 vor fi organizate cinci apeluri.

Programul este gestionat de un consorțiu condus de Goethe-Institut cu Institut français, Izolyatsia și Nida Art Colony - Vilnius Academy of Arts.

Mobilitatea ar trebuie să se concentreze asupra colaborării internaționale, dezvoltării profesionale și rezidențelor orientate spre producție.

i-Portunus oferă sprijin financiar pentru a contribui la finanțarea costurilor de călătorie (transport, cazare etc.) către o altă țară participantă la programul Europa Creativă (sau mai multe dintre ele).

Sprijinul pentru mobilitate nu este destinat să acopere costurile de transport pentru mărfuri, opere de artă sau materiale.

Eligibilitate

• Artiști și profesioniști din domeniul culturii (persoane sau grupuri de până la 5 persoane) care au cel puțin 18 ani și au reședința legală într-o țară participantă la programul Europa Creativă.

• Durata totală a mobilității trebuie să fie cuprinsă între 7 și 60 de zile (inclusiv zilele de călătorie). Aceasta ar putea fi continuă sau segmentată și trebuie să se concentreze asupra unui singur proiect.

• Candidatul nu a primit anterior sprijin pentru mobilitate în cadrul i-Portunus.

Finanțare

Suma maximă a întregului grant este de 3.000,00 de euro/persoană.

Cum poți candida

Solicitanții trebuie să organizeze un proiect cu o instituție gazdă/partener/coleg din altă țară participantă la programul Europa Creativă (pentru inspirație puteți vizita baza de date Transartists).

Aceștia trebuie să descrie proiectul și obiectivul său principal, cum ar fi colaborarea internațională, rezidența orientată spre producție sau dezvoltarea profesională.

De asemenea, trebuie să prezinte documente din care să reiasă că solicitantul/solicitanții au făcut planuri împreună cu un partener sau cu o instituție gazdă și că partenerul/instituția gazdă și-a asumat anumite angajamente în proiect.

În cele din urmă, trebuie să ilustreze modul în care această mobilitate va afecta dezvoltarea profesională sau cariera solicitanților.

Candidaturile trebuie depuse în limba engleză prin my.i-portunus.eu înainte de termenul limită.

Termene limită:

• 28 februarie 2021, 18:00 CET, pentru sectoarele de traducere literară și muzică.

• 14 martie 2021, 18:00 CET pentru arhitectură.

Mai multe informații pot fi găsite aici.

i-Portunus ist ein von der Europäischen Kommission im Rahmen des Programms "Kreatives Europa" finanziertes Pilotprojekt, das die internationale Mobilität von Künstler/-innen, Kulturschaffenden und Kulturprofis in den Bereichen Musik, Literatur, Architektur und Kulturerbe unterstützt. In den Jahren 2020-21 wird es insgesamt fünf Ausschreibungen geben. 

Es wird von einem Konsortium unter der Leitung des Goethe-Instituts mit dem Institut français, Izolyatsia und Nida Art Kolonie der Kunstakademie Vilnius verwaltet.

Die Mobilität sollte sich auf internationale Zusammenarbeit, professionelle Entwicklung, produktionsorientierte Aufenthalte oder Präsentationen konzentrieren.
i-Portunus bietet finanzielle Unterstützung, um die Kosten für die Reise (Transport, Unterkunft etc.) in ein anderes Land (oder mehrere) zu finanzieren.
Die Mobilitätsunterstützung ist nicht dazu gedacht, die Kosten für den Transport von Waren, Kunstwerken oder Material zu decken.

Förderkriterien
- Künstler/-innen und Kulturschaffende (Einzelpersonen oder Gruppen von bis zu 5 Personen) ab 18 Jahren, die ihren rechtmäßigen Wohnsitz in einem Land des kreativen Europas haben. 
- Die Gesamtlänge der Mobilität muss zwischen 7 und 60 Tagen (einschließlich Reisetage) liegen. Sie kann fortlaufend oder unterteilt sein und muss sich auf ein Projekt konzentrieren.
- Der Antragsteller oder die Antragstellerin darf zuvor noch keine i-Portunus-Mobilitätsförderung erhalten haben.

Förderung
Die maximale Höhe der Gesamtförderung beträgt 3.000,00 EUR/Person.

Wie man sich bewirbt
Antragsteller/-innen müssen ein Projekt mit einer Gastinstitution/einem Partner/einem Fellow in einem anderen Creative Europe Land organisieren (schauen Sie in der Transartists Datenbank nach, um sich inspirieren zu lassen).
Sie müssen das Projekt und sein Hauptziel beschreiben, sei es eine internationale Zusammenarbeit, ein produktionsorientierter Aufenthalt oder eine professionelle Entwicklung.
Sie müssen Dokumente vorlegen, die zeigen, dass Sie Pläne mit einem Partner oder einer Gastinstitution gemacht haben und dass der Partner/die Gastinstitution sich dem Projekt verpflichtet hat.
Schließlich müssen sie darlegen, wie sich diese Mobilität auf Ihre berufliche Entwicklung oder den Karriereweg auswirken wird.

Bewerbungen müssen in englischer Sprache über my.i-portunus.eu vor Ablauf der Frist eingereicht werden.

Einsendeschluss:
28. Februar 2021, 18:00 Uhr MEZ, für die Bereiche Literarische Übersetzung und Musik.
14. März 2021, 18:00 Uhr MEZ für Architektur.

Die nächste Ausschreibung öffnet am 15. Februar 2021 (Musik und Kulturerbe).

Lesen Sie hier mehr.

i-Portunus est un projet pilote financé par la Commission européenne dans le cadre du programme Europe Créative qui soutient la mobilité internationale des artistes, créatifs et professionnels de la culture dans les secteurs de la musique, de la littérature, de l'architecture, et du patrimoine culturel. En 2020-21, il y aura un total de 5 appels à projets.

Le programme est géré par un consortium dirigé par l'Institut Goethe et l'Institut français, Izolyatsia et Nida Art Colony de l'Académie des Arts de Vilnius.

La mobilité doit porter sur un projet de collaboration international, de développement professionnel, des résidences de production ou des présentations.
i-Portunus apporte un soutien financier pour aider à couvrir les frais de voyage (transport, logement, etc.) vers un ou plusieurs autre(s) pays participant au programme Europe Creative.
Le soutien financier n'a pas pour objectif de couvrir les coûts liés au transport de biens, d'oeuvres d'art ou de matériel.

Eligibilité

• Artistes et professionnels de la culture (individus ou groupes de 5 personnes maximum) âgés d'au moins 18 ans et qui résident légalement dans un pays d'Europe Créative. 
• La durée totale de la mobilité doit être comprise entre 7 et 60 jours (jours de voyage compris). Elle peut être continue ou segmentée et doit porter sur un projet.
• Le candidat ne doit pas avoir déjà reçu d'aide à la mobilité i-Portunus par le passé.

Financement
Le montant maximum de la bourse est de 3 000 € par personne.

Comment candidater
Les candidats doivent organiser un projet avec une institution/partenaire/associé hôte dans un autre pays Europe Créative (consulter la base de données Transartists pour trouver de l'inspiration).
Ils doivent décrire le projet dont l'objectif principal devra consister en une collaboration internationale, une résidence de production ou de développement professionnel.
Ils doivent fournir des documents montrant que les candidats ont organisé le projet avec un partenaire ou une institution hôte, et que le partenaire ou l'institution est engagé dans le projet. 
Enfin, ils doivent illustrer comment cette mobilité influera sur le développement professionnel ou la carrière des candidats.

Les candidatures doivent être envoyées en anglais via my.i-portunus.eu avant la date limite.

Date limite : le 21 février 2021, à 18h, pour les secteurs de la traduction littéraire et de la musique.
Les prochains appels ouvriront le 15 janvier 2021 (pour l'architecture), et le 15 février 2021 (pour la musique et le patrimoine culturel).

Plus d'informations ici.

Az i-Portunus egy folyamatban lévő projekt, melyet az Európai Bizottság kezdeményezett a „Kreatív Európa program” keretén belül, és amely művészek, alkotók és kulturális szakemberek nemzetközi mobilitását biztosítja a zene, irodalom, építészet és kulturális örökség iparágaiban. 2020-21 között öt felhívás kerül majd meghirdetésre.

A programot a Goethe Intézet koncorziuma kezeli a Francia Intézet és a Vilnius Művészeti Akadémia Izolyatsia and Nida Művészeti Kolónia közreműködésével.

A mobilitásnak a nemzetközi együttműködésekre, a szakmai fejlődésre, és az előállítás-orientált rezidenciákra és előadásokra kell fókuszálnia.

Az i-Portunus anyagi támogatást biztosít az utazási költségek lefedéséhez (utazás, szállás stb.) egy másik Kreatív Európa országba (vagy többe is).

A mobilitási támogatás nem vonatkozik a csomagok és művészeti kellékek, felszerelések szállítási költségeire.

Kiválasztás

Művészek vagy kreatív szakemberek számára (egyéni jelentkezők vagy maximum 5 ember alkotta csoportok), akik elmúltak 18 évesek és legális állampolgárai egy Kreatív Európa országnak.

A mobilitás teljes időtartama 7 és 60 nap között mozoghat (beleértve az utazás napjait is). Történhet folytatólagosan vagy részletekben is, és egy projektre kell, hogy koncentráljon.

A jelentkező nem rendelkezhet korábbról megmaradt i-Portunus mobilitási támogatással.

Finanszírozás

A támogatás maximális összege 3.000,00 Euró/fő.

Jelentkezés menete

• A jelentkezőknek egy adott projektet kell megszervezniük fogadóintézmény/partner/szervezőtárs segítségével egy másik Kreatív Európa országban country (nézd át a Transzművészek adatbázist inspirációért).
• A projektről és annak céljairól leírást szükséges adni, legyen szó nemzetközi együttműködésről, előállítás-orientált rezidenciáról vagy szakmai fejlődésről.
• A jelentkezőknek dokumentáción keresztül kell bemutatniuk, hogy terveket állítottak elő a fogadóintézmény vagy partner segítségével, és hogy a fogadóintézmény vagy partner elkötelezte magát a projekt mellett.
• Végezetül pedig, körül kell írniuk hogy a mobilitás miképpen fogja tudni támogatni a jelentkező szakmai fejlődését karrierútja során.
• A jelentkezésnek angol nyelvűnek kell lennie a my.i-portunus.eu portálon, és a határidő előtt kell beadni.
   

Jelentkezési határidő:

• 2021. február 28., 18:00 Közép-európai idő szerint az irodalmi fordítói és zenei szektorok számára.
• 2021. március. 14., 18:00 Közép-európai idő szerint az építészeti szektor számára.

A következő felhívás 2021. február 15-én nyílik majd meg (a zenei és kulturális örökség szektoroknak).

Itt olvashatsz többet.

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 Youth Sector Priorities for 2022/2023.

1. Revitalising pluralistic democracy
2. Young people’s access to rights
3. Living together in peaceful and inclusive societies
4. Youth work.

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. Participants must represent at least 7 Council of Europe member states. It has to be run by an international team (4 nationalities represented in the project team). The EYF will cover up two-thirds of the total cost. Maximum grant: € 20,000.

B. Annual work plan - including a series of activities over a period of one year, interconnected and which contribute to the same broader aim. Each activity/element should contribute to the aim of the work plan and the accomplishments of the work plan as a whole should contribute to the global purpose of the organisation. 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 for 2 consecutive years - 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: € 15,000.

Who can apply
International non-governmental youth organisations, international networks of youth NGOs, regional networks of youth NGOs, national non-governmental youth organisations , from the Council of Europe member states.
 

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 (2^nd half of the following year)
- Annual Work plan for following year 
- One-off structural grants for following year (regional network)

1 October 2021 (midnight CET) for:
-  2-year structural grant for 2022-2023 (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 for pilot activities applications is 28 February 2021 (midnight Strasbourg Time). 
The next deadline for one-off international activities and annual work plans is 1 April 2021, for activities taking place in 2022.
 

The EYF will not process any new NGO registrations 2 weeks before the deadlines of April and October.

Find out more here.

La Fondazione Europea per la Gioventù 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 internazionali o reti giovanili, o da altre ONG impegnate in settori legati all'animazione socioeducativa, 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 2022-2023.
1. Rivitalizzare la democrazia pluralistica
2. L'accesso dei giovani ai diritti
3. Vivere insieme in società pacifiche e inclusive
4. Animazione socioeducativa
 
La FGE sostiene le seguenti attività:
A. Attività internazionali - compresi gli incontri di giovani o di animatori giovanili in Europa per promuovere la partecipazione e l'apprendimento interculturale. I partecipanti devono rappresentare almeno 7 Stati membri del Consiglio d'Europa. Deve essere gestita da un team internazionale (4 nazionalità rappresentate nel team del progetto). L'AEYF coprirà i due terzi del costo totale. Sovvenzione massima: 20.000 euro.
B. Piano di lavoro annuale - comprendente una serie di attività nell'arco di un anno, interconnesse e che contribuiscono allo stesso obiettivo più ampio. Ogni attività/elemento dovrebbe contribuire allo scopo del piano di lavoro e i risultati del piano di lavoro nel suo complesso dovrebbero contribuire allo scopo globale dell'organizzazione. Queste attività farebbero parte e sosterrebbero la strategia o il piano d'azione della vostra ONG per i prossimi anni. Sovvenzione massima: 50.000 euro.
C. Sovvenzione strutturale per 2 anni consecutivi - La Fondazione Europea per la Gioventù può, ogni 2 anni, concedere alle organizzazioni o alle reti internazionali non governative giovanili un contributo per coprire parte dei costi amministrativi generali legati alla gestione delle loro attività a livello europeo. Sovvenzione annuale massima: 25.000 euro all'anno per 2 anni (cioè un massimo di 50.000 euro per 2 anni).
D. Sovvenzione strutturale una tantum (non rinnovabile) - La Fondazione può anche contribuire ai costi amministrativi delle reti regionali per aiutarle a creare una struttura europea. Sovvenzione una tantum massima: 15.000 euro.

Chi può candidarsi
Organizzazioni giovanili internazionali non governative, reti internazionali di ONG giovanili, reti regionali di ONG giovanili, organizzazioni giovanili nazionali non governative, degli Stati membri del Consiglio d'Europa.
 
Scadenze:
1 aprile (mezzanotte CET) per:
- Attività internazionali che si svolgono tra il 1° gennaio e il 30 giugno (1° semestre dell'anno successivo)
- Piano di lavoro annuale per l'anno successivo 
1 ottobre (mezzanotte CET) per:
- Attività internazionali che si svolgono tra il 1° aprile e il 31 dicembre (2° semestre dell'anno successivo)
- Piano di lavoro annuale per l'anno successivo 
- Sovvenzioni strutturali una tantum per l'anno successivo (rete regionale)
1 ottobre 2021 (mezzanotte CET) per:
- Sovvenzione strutturale di 2 anni per il 2022-2023 (ONG/reti internazionali)

Date limite per le attività pilota
Non ci sono scadenze fisse per l'invio di una domanda, tuttavia un sistema di date limite è stato deciso dal Comitato di programmazione per la gioventù nel dicembre 2016 per consentire un tempo sufficiente per la valutazione, la comunicazione bidirezionale e il processo decisionale.
Tenendo presente questo, la domanda deve sempre essere presentata almeno 3 mesi prima della data di inizio del progetto.
La prossima data limite per la presentazione delle domande per le attività pilota è il 28 febbraio 2021 (mezzanotte, ora di Strasburgo). 
La prossima scadenza per le attività internazionali una tantum e i piani di lavoro annuali è il 1° aprile 2021, per le attività che si svolgeranno nel 2022.
 
L'AEYF non tratterà alcuna nuova registrazione di ONG due settimane prima delle scadenze di aprile e ottobre.

Per saperne di più: https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-youth-foundation/deadlines

Fundaţia Europeană pentru Tineret (EYF) este o instituţie a Consiliul Europei care oferă sprijin financiar pentru activităţi europene de tineret. EYF încurajează cooperarea între tinerii din Europa prin acordarea unui sprijin financiar pentru activităţile de tineret care servesc la promovarea păcii, înţelegerii şi cooperării în spiritul respectului pentru drepturile omului, democraţiei, toleranţei şi solidarităţii. 

EYF oferă sprijin financiar următoarelor tipuri de activităţi întreprinse de ONG-uri sau reţele de tineret sau de alte ONG-uri implicate în domenii relevante pentru politica şi activitatea de tineret a Consiliului Europei: 

-activităţi educative, sociale, culturale şi umanitare cu caracter european; 

-activităţi care urmăresc consolidarea păcii şi cooperării în Europa; 

-activităţi menite să promoveze o strânsă cooperare şi o mai buna înţelegere între tinerii din Europa, în special prin dezvoltarea schimbului de informaţii; 

-activităţi menite să stimuleze ajutorul reciproc în Europa şi în ţările dezvoltate în scopuri culturale, educative şi sociale; 

-studii, cercetare şi documentare pe probleme de tineret. 

Pentru a obține sprijinul EYF, este esențial ca proiectele să fie în concordanță cu valorile și activitatea Consiliului Europei și cu Prioritățile sectorului de tineret pentru perioada 2022/2023.

1. Revitalizarea democrației pluraliste

2. Accesul tinerilor la drepturi

3. Să trăim împreună în societăți pașnice și incluzive

4. Munca în domeniul tineretului.

EYF poate finanța următoarele operațiuni:

A. Activităţi internaţionale - inclusiv întâlniri ale tinerilor sau liderilor de tineret din Europa pentru promovarea participării şi învăţării interculturale. Participanții trebuie să reprezinte cel puțin 7 state membre ale Consiliului Europei. Activitatea trebuie să fie condusă de o echipă internațională (4 naționalități reprezentate în echipa de proiect). EYF va finanţa până la două treimi din costul total. Grant maxim: 20.000 de euro. 
B. Plan anual de lucru - include o serie de activități pe o perioadă de un an, interconectate și care contribuie la același obiectiv mai larg. Fiecare activitate/element trebui să contribuie la obiectivul planului de lucru, iar realizările planului de lucru în ansamblu trebui să contribuie la obiectivele generale ale organizației. Aceste activități ar face parte și ar susține strategia sau planul de acțiune al ONG-ului pentru anii următori. Grant maxim: 50.000 de euro.
C. Grant structural pentru 2 ani consecutivi- Fundaţia Europeană pentru Tineret poate să acorde, o data la 2 ani, organizaţiilor sau reţelelor internaţionale neguvernamentale de tineret o contribuţie financiară care să acopere o parte din costurile generale administrative implicate în derularea activităţilor acestora la nivel european. Grant anual maxim: 25.000 de euro pe an pentru 2 ani (maximum 50.000 de euro pentru 2 ani).

D. Grant structural "one-off" (care nu poate fi reînnoit) - Fundatia poate, de asemenea, să contribuie la costurile administrative ale reţelelor regionale, pentru a le ajuta să înfiinţeze o structură europeană. Grant "one-off" maxim: 15.000 de euro.

Cine poate candida

Organizații internaționale neguvernamentale de tineret, reţele internaţionale neguvernamentale de tineret, rețele regionale ale ONG-urilor de tineret, organizații naționale neguvernamentale de tineret din statele membre ale Consiliului Europei.

Termene limită:
1 aprilie (miezul nopții CET) pentru:
- Activităţi internaţionale ce au loc între 1 ianuarie şi 30 iunie (prima jumătate a anului următor)
- Planul anual de lucru pentru anul următor
1 octombrie (miezul nopții CET) pentru:
- Activităţi internaţionale ce au loc între 1 aprilie şi 31 decembrie (a doua jumătate a anului următor) 

 - Planul anual de lucru pentru anul următor

 - Granturi structurale "one-off" pentru anul următor (reţea regională)

1 octombrie 2021 (miezul nopții CET) pentru:
- Grant structural pentru 2 ani pentru 2022-2023 (ONG-uri/reţele internaţionale) 
 

Termene limită pentru activitățile pilot

Nu există termene limită fixe pentru trimiterea unei candidaturi, dar un sistem de termene limită a fost decis de Comitetul de programare pentru tineret în decembrie 2016, pentru a acorda suficient timp pentru evaluare, comunicare bidirecțională și luarea deciziilor.

Ținând cont de acestea, solicitarea trebuie întotdeauna depusă cu cel puțin 3 luni înainte de data începerii proiectului.

Următorul termen limită pentru trimiterea candidaturilor pentru activități pilot este 28 febuarie 2021 (miezul nopții ora Strasbourgului). 

Următorul termen limită pentru activități internaționale “one-off” și planuri anuale de lucrueste 1 aprilie 2021, pentru activități care vor avea loc în 2022.

EYF nu va lua în considerare nicio nouă înregistrare a unui ONG sosită cu 2 săptămâni înainte de termenele limită din aprilie și octombrie. 

Mai multe informații: https://www.coe.int/en/web/european-youth-foundation/deadlines

The European Commission call for proposals EACEA 33/2019  aims to support the establishment and development of transnational cooperation platforms of Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) to connect Centres operating in a given local context at European level.
The transnational cooperation platforms will bring together CoVEs that: 
- Share a common interest in specific sectors or trades (e.g. aeronautics, e-mobility, healthcare, tourism, etc.), or
- Develop together innovative approaches to tackle societal, technological and economic challenges (e.g. climate change, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, sustainable development goals, integration of migrants, supporting learners with disabilities/special needs, upskilling people with low skills and/or low qualification levels, etc.)

The platforms will create world-class reference points for vocational training. They will be inclusive and either bring together existing CoVEs in different countries, or expand the model by linking well-established CoVEs in one country with partners in other countries, that intend to develop CoVEs in their local eco-system, thus contributing to ‘upward convergence’ of VET excellence.
The CoVEs will adopt a bottom-up approach to excellence where VET institutions are capable of rapidly adapting skills provision to evolving local needs. They aim to bring together a set of local/regional partners such as initial and continuing VET providers, tertiary education institutions including universities of applied sciences and polytechnics, research institutions, science parks, companies, social enterprises, chambers and their associations, social partners, sectoral skills councils, professional/sector associations, national and regional authorities and development agencies, public employment services, etc.


Projects must provide evidence that they aim to:
- Establish strong and enduring relationships at both local and transnational levels, between the VET community and businesses, in which interactions are reciprocal and mutually beneficial, and
- Integrate activities, build reflexive relationships between the various activities and services, and
- Be firmly anchored into wider frameworks of regional development, innovation and/or smart specialisation strategies. These can be either existing strategies or being developed in the context of the project (describing how the project contributes to those strategies).

 

Partnerships
The partnership shall include at least eight full partners from a minimum of four Erasmus+ Programme countries (including at least two Member States of the European Union).
Each country must involve:
- at least one company, industry or sector representatives (e.g. chambers or trade associations), and
- at least one vocational education and training provider (at secondary and/or tertiary level.
One of the partners above will be the coordinating organisation, applying for the Erasmus+ grant on behalf of the partnership.
 

The Erasmus+ Programme countries are the following:
- 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: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey.

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, 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 Article II.17.3.1(a) of the grant agreement.

Activities
Activities must start on 1 October 2020 or 1 November 2020. The duration of the projects is 4 years.
The project must include relevant deliverables linked to:
- at least 3 activities related to Cluster1 - Teaching and learning, and
- at least 3 activities related to Cluster2 - Cooperation and partnership, and
- at least 3 activities related to Cluster3 - Governance and funding.

Projects are required to apply EU wide instruments and tools whenever relevant.
They should also aim to adopt an inclusive dimension, by including actions that help address diversity and promote – in particular through innovative and integrated approaches – ownership of shared values, equality, including gender equality, and non-discrimination and social inclusion, including for people with special needs/fewer opportunities.
A particular focus will be on digital skills as they are increasingly important on all job profiles across the entire labour market, as well as skills to support the transition to a circular and greener economy to meet emerging professional needs for green skills and sustainable development.

Budget
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at a maximum of 20 million euros.
Financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 80% of the total eligible costs.
The maximum EU grant per project is 4 million euros.

Deadline: 20 February 2020, 17.00 (Brussels time).

Read more here.

Live info session
An info session for all interested potential applicants will be organised on 5^th November 2019.
The event will be webcast live here. 

For further support, do not hesitate to contact the EACEA VET team at [email protected].

L’obiettivo generale dell’invito a presentare proposte è sostenere la creazione e lo sviluppo di piattaforme di cooperazione transnazionale di Centri di eccellenza professionale (Centres of Vocational Excellence, CoVE) per collegare i Centri che operano in un determinato contesto locale a livello europeo.

Le piattaforme di cooperazione transnazionale riuniranno i CoVE che:

-hanno un interesse comune in attività o settori specifici (ad esempio aeronautica, mobilità elettrica, sanità, turismo ecc.), o
-sviluppano congiuntamente approcci innovativi per far fronte alle sfide sociali, tecnologiche ed economiche (ad esempio cambiamenti climatici, digitalizzazione, intelligenza artificiale, obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile, integrazione dei migranti, sostegno agli studenti con disabilità/esigenze specifiche, riqualificazione delle persone con competenze limitate e/o bassi livelli di qualificazione ecc.).

Le piattaforme creeranno punti di riferimento di livello mondiale per la formazione professionale. Saranno inclusive e riuniranno i CoVE esistenti in diversi paesi oppure amplieranno il modello collegando i CoVE consolidati in un paese con partner di altri paesi, che intendono sviluppare i CoVE nel loro ecosistema locale, contribuendo in tal modo a una «convergenza verso l’alto» dell’eccellenza dell’istruzione e formazione professionale (IFP).

I progetti devono dimostrare di mirare a:
-stabilire relazioni solide e durature a livello locale e transnazionale, tra la comunità IFP e le imprese, in cui le interazioni sono reciproche e reciprocamente vantaggiose, e
-integrare attività, costruire relazioni riflessive tra le varie attività e servizi, ed
-essere saldamente ancorati a quadri più ampi di sviluppo regionale, innovazione e/o strategie di specializzazione intelligente. Queste possono essere strategie esistenti (da identificare chiaramente) o in fase di sviluppo nel contesto del progetto (descrivendo come il progetto contribuisce a tali strategie).

Partenariati
Il partenariato comprende almeno otto partner a pieno titolo, provenienti da almeno di quattro paesi aderenti al programma Erasmus+ (inclusi almeno due Stati membri dell’Unione europea).

- almeno un’impresa, rappresentanti dell’industria o del settore (ad esempio camere di commercio o associazioni di imprese) e
- almeno un fornitore di istruzione e formazione professionale (a livello secondario e/o terziario. 
Uno dei partner di cui sopra assumerà il ruolo di organizzazione coordinatrice, incaricata di presentare la candidatura per una sovvenzione Erasmus+ per conto del partenariato.

I paesi partecipanti al programma Erasmus+ sono i seguenti::
- i 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 (2), Repubblica Ceca, Romania, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna, Svezia, Ungheria;
- i paesi del programma non membri dell’UE: Islanda, Liechtenstein, Norvegia, Repubblica di Macedonia del Nord, Serbia, Turchia..

Per i candidati del Regno Unito: si ricorda che è necessario essere in possesso dei requisiti di ammissibilità per l’intera durata della sovvenzione. Se il Regno Unito recederà dall’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 candidati britannici, questi ultimi non riceveranno più finanziamenti dall’UE (pur continuando a partecipare, se possibile) o saranno invitati a ritirarsi dal progetto sulla base dell’articolo II.17.3.1(a) della convenzione di sovvenzione.

Attività
Le attività devono avere inizio il 1 ottobre 2020 o il 1 novembre 2020. La durata dei progetti è di 4 anni.

Il progetto deve includere i prodotti pertinenti collegati ad:
- almeno 3 attività correlate a gruppo tematico 1 - Insegnamento e apprendimento, e
- almeno 3 attività correlate a gruppo tematico 2 - Cooperazione e partenariato, e
- almeno 2 attività correlate a gruppo tematico 3 - Governance e finanziamento.

I progetti sono tenuti ad utilizzare mezzi e strumenti a livello dell’UE ogniqualvolta ciò sia pertinente. Devono inoltre mirare ad adottare una dimensione inclusiva, integrando azioni che contribuiscano ad affrontare la diversità e promuovano, in particolare attraverso approcci innovativi e integrati, la titolarità di valori condivisi, la parità, compresa la parità di genere, la non discriminazione e l’inclusione sociale, anche per le persone con esigenze specifiche/minori opportunità. Un’attenzione particolare sarà rivolta alle competenze digitali sempre più importanti per tutti i profili professionali nell’intero mercato del lavoro, nonché alle competenze per sostenere la transizione verso un’economia circolare e più verde per soddisfare le esigenze professionali emergenti in materia di competenze verdi e sviluppo sostenibile

Bilancio
La disponibilità di bilancio complessiva destinata al cofinanziamento dei progetti è stimata a 20 milioni di EUR al massimo. Il contributo finanziario dell’UE non può superare l’80 % del totale dei costi ammissibili. La sovvenzione massima dell’UE per progetto è di 4 milioni di EUR. L’Agenzia si riserva il diritto di non distribuire tutti i fondi disponibili.

Scadenza: 20 febbraio 2020, 17.00 (Brussels time).

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://bit.ly/35JKL5t

The European Commission call for proposals EACEA 33/2019  aims to support the establishment and development of transnational cooperation platforms of Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) to connect Centres operating in a given local context at European level.
The transnational cooperation platforms will bring together CoVEs that: 
- Share a common interest in specific sectors or trades (e.g. aeronautics, e-mobility, healthcare, tourism, etc.), or
- Develop together innovative approaches to tackle societal, technological and economic challenges (e.g. climate change, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, sustainable development goals, integration of migrants, supporting learners with disabilities/special needs, upskilling people with low skills and/or low qualification levels, etc.)

The platforms will create world-class reference points for vocational training. They will be inclusive and either bring together existing CoVEs in different countries, or expand the model by linking well-established CoVEs in one country with partners in other countries, that intend to develop CoVEs in their local eco-system, thus contributing to ‘upward convergence’ of VET excellence.
The CoVEs will adopt a bottom-up approach to excellence where VET institutions are capable of rapidly adapting skills provision to evolving local needs. They aim to bring together a set of local/regional partners such as initial and continuing VET providers, tertiary education institutions including universities of applied sciences and polytechnics, research institutions, science parks, companies, social enterprises, chambers and their associations, social partners, sectoral skills councils, professional/sector associations, national and regional authorities and development agencies, public employment services, etc.


Projects must provide evidence that they aim to:
- Establish strong and enduring relationships at both local and transnational levels, between the VET community and businesses, in which interactions are reciprocal and mutually beneficial, and
- Integrate activities, build reflexive relationships between the various activities and services, and
- Be firmly anchored into wider frameworks of regional development, innovation and/or smart specialisation strategies. These can be either existing strategies or being developed in the context of the project (describing how the project contributes to those strategies).

 

Partnerships
The partnership shall include at least eight full partners from a minimum of four Erasmus+ Programme countries (including at least two Member States of the European Union).
Each country must involve:
- at least one company, industry or sector representatives (e.g. chambers or trade associations), and
- at least one vocational education and training provider (at secondary and/or tertiary level.
One of the partners above will be the coordinating organisation, applying for the Erasmus+ grant on behalf of the partnership.
 

The Erasmus+ Programme countries are the following:
- 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: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey.

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, 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 Article II.17.3.1(a) of the grant agreement.

Activities
Activities must start on 1 October 2020 or 1 November 2020. The duration of the projects is 4 years.
The project must include relevant deliverables linked to:
- at least 3 activities related to Cluster1 - Teaching and learning, and
- at least 3 activities related to Cluster2 - Cooperation and partnership, and
- at least 3 activities related to Cluster3 - Governance and funding.

Projects are required to apply EU wide instruments and tools whenever relevant.
They should also aim to adopt an inclusive dimension, by including actions that help address diversity and promote – in particular through innovative and integrated approaches – ownership of shared values, equality, including gender equality, and non-discrimination and social inclusion, including for people with special needs/fewer opportunities.
A particular focus will be on digital skills as they are increasingly important on all job profiles across the entire labour market, as well as skills to support the transition to a circular and greener economy to meet emerging professional needs for green skills and sustainable development.

Budget
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at a maximum of 20 million euros.
Financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 80% of the total eligible costs.
The maximum EU grant per project is 4 million euros.

Deadline: 20 February 2020, 17.00 (Brussels time).

Read more here.

Live info session
An info session for all interested potential applicants will be organised on 5^th November 2019.
The event will be webcast live here. 

For further support, do not hesitate to contact the EACEA VET team at [email protected].

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 and Sweden) or an Associated Country.
The Associated Countries are Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Israel, Georgia, North Macedonia, Norway, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Ukraine, Tunisia and Turkey.
Notice for UK applicants: The Withdrawal Agreement foresees that the UK will continue to participate in the current 2014-2020 EU programmes, including ERC Grants, as if the UK was an EU Member State until the closure of the programmes.

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 the EU submission service. This is the online system through which proposals must be submitted. (see also the online guide to using the proposal submission service and the H2020 Online manual.

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

 

Deadline: 26 August 2020, 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, Nord Macedonia, Norvegia, Moldavia Montenegro, Serbia Svizzera e Turchia). Avviso per i richiedenti del Regno Unito: L'accordo di ritiro prevede che il Regno Unito continui a partecipare agli attuali programmi UE 2014-2020, comprese le sovvenzioni del CER, come se il Regno Unito fosse uno Stato membro dell'UE fino alla chiusura dei programmi.
- 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”.

Scadenza: 26 agosto 2020.

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

Granturile oferite de Consiliul European pentru Cercetare (ERC) sunt disponibile pentru a sprijini cercetătorii în derularea proiectelor de cercetare de frontieră. Consiliul European pentru Cercetare (ERC) este o inițiativă de finanțare europeană, menită să sprijine cei mai buni oameni de știință, ingineri și savanți din Europa. Mandatul său este de a încuraja cercetarea de înaltă calitate în Europa prin finanțare competitivă și pentru a sprijini proiectele transfrontaliere de cercetare în toate domeniile de cercetare, pe baza excelenței științifice.

Granturile ERC – Advanced Grants permit liderilor de excepție din domeniul cercetării, indiferent de naționalitate și vârstă, să continue proiecte inovatoare, cu risc ridicat, care deschid noi direcții în domeniile lor de cercetare sau în alte domenii.

Granturile ERC – Advanced Grants vizează cercetătorii recunoscuți ca cercetători independenți, lideri în domeniul lor de cercetare.

Pe scurt:

Propuneri de proiecte de cercetare: cercetare de tip pionierat în orice domeniu al științei, inginerie și burse

Cercetători: candidații, indiferent de naționalitate și vârstă, trebuie să fie independenți din punct de vedere științific și să dețină o înregistrare recentă a activităților de cercetare și a profilului de cercetare care îi identifică drept lideri în domeniile lor de cercetare.

Organizația gazdă: organizație de cercetare publică sau privată recunoscută legal și situată într-un stat membru al UE (Austria, Belgia, Bulgaria, Croația, Cipru, Republica Cehă, Danemarca, Estonia, Finlanda, Franța, Germania, Grecia, Ungaria, Irlanda, Italia, Letonia, Lituania, Luxemburg, Malta, Olanda, Polonia, Portugalia, România, Slovacia, Slovenia, Spania și Suedia) sau într-o țară asociată. Țările asociate sunt Albania, Armenia, Bosnia și Herțegovina, Islanda, Israel, Georgia, Republica Macedonia de Nord, Norvegia, Republica Moldova, Muntenegru, Serbia, Elveția, Insulele Feroe, Turcia, Ucraina și Tunisia.

Notificare pentru solicitanții din Marea Britanie: Acordul de retragere prevede că Marea Britanie va continua să participe la programele UE 2014-2020, inclusiv Granturi ERC, ca și cum Marea Britanie ar fi un stat membru al UE până la închiderea programelor.

Finanțare: până la 2,5 milioane de euro per grant.

Durata: până la 5 ani.

Apelurile pentru propuneri de proiecte: publicate anual.

În propunere poate fi solicitată o sumă suplimentară de 1 milion de euro:

- costuri de pornire eligibile pentru cercetători lideri care se mută în UE sau într-o țară asociată, ca urmare a primirii grantului ERC;

- și/sau achiziționarea de echipamente importante și/sau

- acces la facilități mari.

Cum se poate candida

O cerere de finanțare ERC trebuie depusă prin intermediul serviciului de depunere al UE. Acesta este sistemul online prin care trebuie depuse propuneri (consultați și ghidul online pentru utilizarea serviciului de depunere a propunerilor și manualul online H2020).

Pentru informații suplimentare luați legătura cu punctul național de contact:

https://erc.europa.eu/national-contact-points

Termen limită: 26 august 2020, 17:00:00 (CET).

Mai multe informații: 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.

About

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 and Sweden) or an Associated Country.
The Associated Countries are Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Israel, Georgia, North Macedonia, Norway, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Ukraine, Tunisia and Turkey.

Notice for UK applicants: The Withdrawal Agreement foresees that the UK will continue to participate in the current 2014-2020 EU programmes, including ERC Grants, as if the UK was an EU Member State until the closure of the programmes.

Conditions

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 the EU submission service. This is the online system through which proposals must be submitted. (see also the online guide to using the proposal submission service and the H2020 Online manual.

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

More information

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

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 and 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

LOT 1
- Digital education and competences
- Teaching and teachers

LOT2
- Funding mechanisms for upskilling and reskilling, including schemes similar to Individual Learning Accounts
- Policy and processes to support the validation of non-formal and informal learning, including through effective guidance

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.

National Agencies or other structures and networks of the Erasmus+ Programme, receiving a direct grant from the Commission in accordance with the legal basis of the Erasmus+ Programme are not eligible to participate.
Nevertheless, the legal entities hosting the Erasmus+ National Agencies or the structures and networks mentioned above are considered eligible applicants.

Eligible countries
- Member States of the European Union,
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, North Macedonia 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, 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 of the grant agreement.
 

Partnership composition requirement
The minimum partnership composition requirement for this call is 4 entities representing 3 different eligible countries.
Specifically
- At least three public authorities (Ministries or equivalent) each from a different Programme country, while at least one of the three public authorities must be from a Member State of the European Union and
- At least one public or private entity with expertise in analysis and policy impact evaluation (‘researche r’). Such entity shall be responsible for the methodological aspects and the field trial protocols. The partnership can involve more than one such entity, as long as the work is coordinated and consistent.

 

Coordination requirement
A project proposal can only be coordinated and submitted, on behalf of all applicants, by one of the following:
- A public authority (Ministry or equivalent);
- A public or private entity delegated by a public authority.

Eligible activities
Activities must start between 1 January 2021 and 28 February 2021.
Project’s duration must be between 24 and 36 months.

Budget
The total budget available for the co-financing of projects under the present call is EUR 14 000 000.
- LOT 1: EUR 12 000 000
- LOT 2: EUR 2 000 000.
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: postponed to 5 May 2020, 17.00 CET,
- full proposals: 24 September 2020, 17.00 CET.
 

Find out more here.

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 and 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

LOT 1
- Digital education and competences
- Teaching and teachers

LOT2
- Funding mechanisms for upskilling and reskilling, including schemes similar to Individual Learning Accounts
- Policy and processes to support the validation of non-formal and informal learning, including through effective guidance

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.

National Agencies or other structures and networks of the Erasmus+ Programme, receiving a direct grant from the Commission in accordance with the legal basis of the Erasmus+ Programme are not eligible to participate.
Nevertheless, the legal entities hosting the Erasmus+ National Agencies or the structures and networks mentioned above are considered eligible applicants.

Eligible countries

- Member States of the European Union,
- EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
- EU candidate countries: Turkey, North Macedonia 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, 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 of the grant agreement.

Partnership composition requirement

The minimum partnership composition requirement for this call is 4 entities representing 3 different eligible countries.
Specifically
- At least three public authorities (Ministries or equivalent) each from a different Programme country, while at least one of the three public authorities must be from a Member State of the European Union and
- At least one public or private entity with expertise in analysis and policy impact evaluation (‘researche r’). Such entity shall be responsible for the methodological aspects and the field trial protocols. The partnership can involve more than one such entity, as long as the work is coordinated and consistent.

Coordination requirement

A project proposal can only be coordinated and submitted, on behalf of all applicants, by one of the following:
- A public authority (Ministry or equivalent);
- A public or private entity delegated by a public authority.

Eligible activities

Activities must start between 1 January 2021 and 28 February 2021.
Project’s duration must be between 24 and 36 months.

Budget

The total budget available for the co-financing of projects under the present call is EUR 14 000 000.
- LOT 1: EUR 12 000 000
- LOT 2: EUR 2 000 000.
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: postponed to 5 May 2020, 17.00 CET,
- full proposals: 24 September 2020, 17.00 CET.

More information

Find out more here.

The Erasmus+ VET Mobility Charter aims to encourage organisations that have track records of proven quality in organising VET mobility for learners and staff to further develop their European internationalisation strategies. 

Objectives
The acquirement of the VET Mobility Charter aims to give the VET Mobility Charter Holders the possibility to apply in a simplified way under the Erasmus+ Key Action 1 mobility for VET learners and staff as of 2016.
It also aims to support the capacity building of sending organisations to organise quality mobility for learners and staff, whilst at the same time rewarding, promoting and further developing quality in mobility.
 

Eligible applicants
Applications can be submitted either by a single VET organisation or by a national mobility consortium, provided that:
- for an application as individual VET organisation: the applicant must be a VET organisation established in a Programme Country, sending its own learners and staff abroad;
- for an application as national mobility consortium: the applicant must be the coordinator of the national mobility consortium. Any member of a national mobility consortium can be the coordinator.
A consortium must comprise at least 3 members from the same Programme Country and need to be identified at the time of applying. Amongst the members of a national mobility consortium, the sending organisations must be organisations providing vocational education and training and sending their own learners and staff abroad.
Consortia might be either already legally or informally established or they can be new ones.
 

Eligible participants
- any public or private organisation (or its subsidiary/branch) active in the field of vocational education and training (referred to as a VET provider); or
- any public or private organisation active in the labour market (referred to as a company).
Example of participants:
- vocational education school/institute/centre; public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise (including social enterprises); social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of commerce, craft/professional associations and trade unions; public body at local, regional or national level; research institute; foundation; school/institute/educational centre (at any level, from pre-school to upper secondary education, and including adult education); non-profit organisation, association, NGO,  body providing career guidance, professional counselling and information services; body responsible for policies in the field of vocational education and training.
 
Each participating organisation must be established in a Programme Country:
- the Member States of the European Union,
- the EFTA-EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
- the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey.
 

The VET Mobility Charter is awarded for the full duration of the Erasmus+ Programme and is subject to the holder's continued compliance with its requirements.
The award of the VET Mobility Charter does not imply any direct funding nor any guarantee for funding under the Key Action 1 mobility for VET learners and staff.
The VET Mobility Charter is not obligatory for participation in Erasmus+ VET Mobility.
 
Applicants are required to submit their applications online to the National Agency of the country in which the applicant organisation is established.
 

Deadline: 16 May 2019, 12:00 (midday) CET.

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

Find out more here.

L'obiettivo della Carta della mobilità in ambito VET Erasmus+ è incoraggiare le organizzazioni che hanno un'esperienza dimostrata nell'organizzazione di attività di mobilità di qualità nell'ambito dell'istruzione e della formazione professionale per i discenti e il personale a sviluppare ulteriormente le loro strategie di internazionalizzazione europea.

I titolari della Carta della mobilità VET possono richiedere finanziamenti secondo una procedura semplificata nell'ambito dell'Azione Chiave 1 di Erasmus+ relativa alla mobilità per studenti e personale VET a partire dal 2019. La Carta sostiene inoltre lo sviluppo delle capacità delle organizzazioni di invio nell'organizzare una mobilità di qualità per discenti e personale, ricompensando, promuovendo e sviluppando ulteriormente nel contempo la qualità nella mobilità.

Richiedenti ammissibili
La candidatura alla Carta della mobilità VET può essere presentata sia da una singola organizzazione VET sia da un consorzio di mobilità nazionale, alle seguenti condizioni:
- per una candidatura come singola organizzazione VET: il richiedente deve essere un'organizzazione VET stabilita in un paese aderente al programma che invia all'estero i propri discenti e il proprio staff;
- per una candidatura come consorzio di mobilità nazionale: il richiedente deve essere il coordinatore di un consorzio di mobilità nazionale. Ciascun membro di un consorzio di mobilità nazionale può essere coordinatore. Un consorzio deve comprendere almeno 3 membri, cioè organizzazioni partecipanti. Tutti i membri del consorzio devono appartenere allo stesso paese aderente al programma e devono essere identificati al momento della presentazione della candidatura. Tra i membri di un consorzio di mobilità nazionale, le organizzazioni d'invio devono essere organizzazioni che forniscono istruzione e formazione professionale e inviano i propri discenti e il proprio personale all'estero. I consorzi possono essere già costituiti, legalmente o ufficiosamente, o essere di nuova formazione.

Partecipanti ammissibili
Un'organizzazione partecipante può essere:
- qualsiasi organizzazione pubblica o privata attiva nel campo dell'istruzione e della formazione professionale (definita organizzazione VET); oppure
- qualsiasi organizzazione pubblica o privata attiva nel settore del mercato del lavoro.
Ad esempio, tra queste organizzazioni possono figurare: scuole/istituti/centri di istruzione professionale;  imprese pubbliche o private, di piccole, medie o grandi dimensioni (incluse le imprese sociali); parti sociali o altri rappresentanti del mondo del lavoro, comprese camere di commercio, ordini di artigiani o professionisti e associazioni sindacali; enti pubblici a livello locale, regionale o nazionale; istituti di ricerca; fondazioni; scuole/istituti/centri educativi (a qualsiasi livello, dall'istruzione prescolastica a quella secondaria superiore, inclusa l'istruzione per gli adulti); organizzazioni senza scopo di lucro, associazioni o ONG; enti per l'orientamento professionale, la consulenza professionale e i servizi di informazione; enti responsabili per le politiche nel campo dell'istruzione e della formazione professionale.

Tutte le organizzazioni devono avere sede in un paese aderente al programma:
- gli Stati membri dell'Unione europea;
- i seguenti paesi EFTA/SEE: Islanda, Liechtenstein, Norvegia;
- l'ex Repubblica jugoslava di Macedonia, la Serbia e la Turchia.

Le organizzazioni titolari della Carta della mobilità VET devono rispettare i criteri di qualità e saranno monitorate dalle Agenzie nazionali Erasmus+ nel corso del programma. L’assegnazione della Carta della mobilità VET non comporta alcun finanziamento diretto o garanzia di finanziamento nel quadro dell’Azione 1 per la mobilità per i discenti e il personale VET. La Carta della mobilità VET non è obbligatoria per la partecipazione alla Mobilità VET con Erasmus+.

I richiedenti sono tenuti a presentare le loro domande on line all'Agenzia nazionale del paese nel quale ha sede l'organizzazione richiedente.

Scadenza: 16 Maggio 2019, 12:00 CET.

Per ulteriore supporto, le organizzazioni devono contattare l'Agenzia Nazionale nel proprio paese.

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

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. 
All the eligible countries within the Europe for Citizens programme can participate to the European Solidarity Corps initiative.
 

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, Serbia and Kosovo.
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: 
- 4 February 2020, 17:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 July 2020 and 31 March 2021.
- 1 September 2020, 17:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 February 2021 and 31 October 2021.

 

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.  

Il volontariato è un elemento essenziale di una cittadinanza attiva: dedicando il proprio tempo agli altri, i volontari rendono un servizio alla loro comunità e svolgono un ruolo attivo nella società. In tal modo sviluppano il senso di appartenenza a una comunità, assumendosene anche la responsabilità. Pertanto, il volontariato è uno strumento particolarmente efficace per rafforzare l’impegno dei cittadini a favore della loro società e della sua vita politica. Le organizzazioni della società civile, le associazioni di interesse generale europeo, le associazioni per il gemellaggio tra città e altre organizzazioni partecipanti si affidano spesso al lavoro dei volontari per svolgere e sviluppare le proprie attività. Per tale motivo, un’attenzione particolare è riservata alla promozione del volontariato, in particolare tramite il Corpo europeo di solidarietà.

Il Corpo europeo di solidarietà è un’iniziativa dell’Unione europea che offre ai giovani l’opportunità di operare come volontari o di impegnarsi in progetti, nel proprio paese o all’estero, che aiuteranno le comunità e le persone in tutta l’Europa.

Nella sua fase attuale, il Corpo europeo di solidarietà si avvale degli strumenti dell’Unione esistenti, tra cui il programma “Europa per i cittadini”.  Pertanto i candidati possono utilizzare il programma “Europa per i cittadini” per compiere opera di sensibilizzazione sul Corpo europeo di solidarietà e farvi ricorso. In particolare, i candidati sono invitati a reclutare i suoi membri, accertandosi che le organizzazioni interessate soddisfino i criteri previsti per il loro accoglimento e sottoscrivendo la Carta del Corpo europeo di solidarietà. La Commissione europea ha istituito un portale web dedicato al Corpo europeo di solidarietà. Tutti i paesi ammissibili nell’ambito del programma Europa per i cittadini possono partecipare all’iniziativa del Corpo europeo di solidarietà.

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:
- 4 febbraio 2020 - per progetti che hanno inizio tra il 1 febbraio 2020 e il 31 marzo 2021. 
- 1 settembre 2020 - per progetti che hanno 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.

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. All the eligible countries within the Europe for Citizens programme can participate in the European Solidarity Corps initiative.

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.

Requirements

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, Serbia and Kosovo.
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

- 4 February 2020, 17:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 July 2020 and 31 March 2021.
- 1 September 2020, 17:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 February 2021 and 31 October 2021.

More information

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.

Launched by the European Commission, the call Erasmus+ KA3: Support for policy reform - Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects invites the submission of forward-looking cooperation projects (FLCPs), transnational cooperation projects aiming to identify, test, develop or assess innovative policy approaches that have the potential of becoming mainstreamed and giving input for improving education and training systems. 

Specific objectives 
- to kick-start longer-term changes and field-test innovative solutions to challenges in the education and training fields which have the potential of becoming mainstreamed and to generate a sustainable and systemic impact on education and training systems,
- to support transnational cooperation and mutual learning on forward-looking issues among key stakeholders,
- to facilitate the collection and analysis of evidence to substantiate innovative policies and practices. 

Proposals must address one of the six priorities:
- acquisition of basic skills by low-skilled adults;
- designing and assessing the effectiveness of continuing training to meet current and future skill needs;
- promoting innovative technology in the field of providing career guidance;
- promoting innovative and cross-disciplinary approaches to STE(A)M teaching in education;
- promoting the use of self-reflection tools to support innovation and systemic change in education and training institutions;
- higher education - achieving the aims of the Digital Education Action Plan (including Open Science), and assessing learning outcomes for the purpose of benchmarking among higher education institutions.

Proposals not addressing any of these priorities will not be considered.

Eligible applicants
Public and private organisations active in the field of education and training or other sectors such as non-formal learning, including youth, other socio-economic sectors and/or organisations carrying out cross-sectoral activities from the Programme Countries:
- EU Member States,
- EFTA/EEA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- candidate countries the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Serbia.

The minimum partnership composition requirement for this call is three organisations representing three Programme Countries.

Eligible activities
Only activities taking place in Programme Countries are considered eligible for funding.
 

Project duration
Activities must start on 1^st November 2019, 1^st December 2019 or 1^st January 2020.
The project duration must be between 24 and 36 months.
 

Budget
The total budget available for the co-financing of projects under the present call is EUR 12 000 000.
The maximum grant per project is EUR 500 000. 
Financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 75 % of the total eligible project costs.

Deadline: 19 March 2019, 12:00 (noon, CET).

Find out more here.

Launched by the European Commission, the call invites the submission of forward-looking cooperation projects (FLCPs), transnational cooperation projects aiming to identify, test, develop or assess innovative policy approaches that have the potential of becoming mainstreamed and giving input for improving education and training systems. 

Specific objectives 
- to kick-start longer-term changes and field-test innovative solutions to challenges in the education and training fields which have the potential of becoming mainstreamed and to generate a sustainable and systemic impact on education and training systems,
- to support transnational cooperation and mutual learning on forward-looking issues among key stakeholders,
- to facilitate the collection and analysis of evidence to substantiate innovative policies and practices. 

Proposals must address one of the six priorities:
- acquisition of basic skills by low-skilled adults;
- designing and assessing the effectiveness of continuing training to meet current and future skill needs;
- promoting innovative technology in the field of providing career guidance;
- promoting innovative and cross-disciplinary approaches to STE(A)M teaching in education;
- promoting the use of self-reflection tools to support innovation and systemic change in education and training institutions;
- higher education - achieving the aims of the Digital Education Action Plan (including Open Science), and assessing learning outcomes for the purpose of benchmarking among higher education institutions.

Proposals not addressing any of these priorities will not be considered.

Eligible applicants
Public and private organisations active in the field of education and training or other sectors such as non-formal learning, including youth, other socio-economic sectors and/or organisations carrying out cross-sectoral activities from the Programme Countries:
- EU Member States,
- EFTA/EEA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway;
- candidate countries the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey and Serbia.

The minimum partnership composition requirement for this call is three organisations representing three Programme Countries.

Eligible activities
Only activities taking place in Programme Countries are considered eligible for funding.
 

Project duration
Activities must start on 1^st November 2019, 1^st December 2019 or 1^st January 2020.
The project duration must be between 24 and 36 months.
 

Budget
The total budget available for the co-financing of projects under the present call is EUR 12 000 000.
The maximum grant per project is EUR 500 000. 
Financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 75 % of the total eligible project costs.

Deadline: 19 March 2019, 12:00 (noon, CET).

Find out more here.

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 theEurope 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. 
All the eligible countries within the Europe for Citizens programme can participate to the European Solidarity Corps initiative.

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;
federation/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 two have to be EU Member States. 

 

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, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo.
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
- 3 March 2020, 17:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 September 2020 and 28 February 2021.
- 1 September 2020,17:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 March 2021 and 31 2021 August 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.
 

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.  

Il volontariato è un elemento essenziale di una cittadinanza attiva: dedicando il proprio tempo agli altri, i volontari rendono un servizio alla loro comunità e svolgono un ruolo attivo nella società. In tal modo sviluppano il senso di appartenenza a una comunità, assumendosene anche la responsabilità. Pertanto, il volontariato è uno strumento particolarmente efficace per rafforzare l’impegno dei cittadini a favore della loro società e della sua vita politica. Le organizzazioni della società civile, le associazioni di interesse generale europeo, le associazioni per il gemellaggio tra città e altre organizzazioni partecipanti si affidano spesso al lavoro dei volontari per svolgere e sviluppare le proprie attività. Per tale motivo, un’attenzione particolare è riservata alla promozione del volontariato, in particolare tramite il Corpo europeo di solidarietà.

Il Corpo europeo di solidarietà è un’iniziativa dell’Unione europea che offre ai giovani l’opportunità di operare come volontari o di impegnarsi in progetti, nel proprio paese o all’estero, che aiuteranno le comunità e le persone in tutta l’Europa.

Nella sua fase attuale, il Corpo europeo di solidarietà si avvale degli strumenti dell’Unione esistenti, tra cui il programma “Europa per i cittadini”.  Pertanto i candidati possono utilizzare il programma “Europa per i cittadini” per compiere opera di sensibilizzazione sul Corpo europeo di solidarietà e farvi ricorso. In particolare, i candidati sono invitati a reclutare i suoi membri, accertandosi che le organizzazioni interessate soddisfino i criteri previsti per il loro accoglimento e sottoscrivendo la Carta del Corpo europeo di solidarietà. La Commissione europea ha istituito un portale web dedicato al Corpo europeo di solidarietà. Tutti i paesi ammissibili nell’ambito del programma Europa per i cittadini possono partecipare all’iniziativa del Corpo europeo di solidarietà.

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.
- Albania, Bosnia ed Erzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Ex Repubblica Jugoslava di Macedonia (FYROM), Kosovo.

Scadenze:
- 3 Marzo 2020 - per progetti che hanno inizio tra il 1 settembre 2020 e il 28 febbraio 2021;
- 1 Settembre 2020 - per progetti che inizio il 1 marzo 2021 e il 31 agosto 2021.

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. All the eligible countries within the Europe for Citizens programme can participate in the European Solidarity Corps initiative.

• 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

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. 

Requirements

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;
• federation/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 two have to be EU Member States. 

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, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo.
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

- 3 March 2020, 17:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 September 2020 and 28 February 2021.
- 1 September 2020,17:00 CET, for projects starting between 1 March 2021 and 31 2021 August of the year after the deadline.

More information

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.

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.

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 April 2021, following the approval of the project by the Intergovernmental Committee in February 2021.

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.

Application should be completed in either English or French.

 

Deadline: 16 June 2020, 23:59 CET.

Applications from public authorities/institutions and local NGOs will undergo a pre-selection process conducted by National Commissions for UNESCO by 10 July 2020, 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, nell'aprile 2021, in seguito all'approvazione del progetto del comitato intergovernativo nel febbraio 2021. L'importo massimo che può essere richiesto è di 100.000 USD.

Scadenza: 16 giugno 2020.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://en.unesco.org/creativity/ifcd/apply

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

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.

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. Application should be completed in either English or French.

Budget

Maximum amount that can be requested from the IFCD is $100,000 for programmes/projects.

More information

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 trainings (for instance for youth leaders), and allow young people themselves to set up joint projects, all of which could be done through both physical and online activities.
European Youth Together seeks to support initiatives from at least five youth organisations from five different eligible 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.

Thematic priorities
For 2020 the thematic priorities are the promotion of EU Youth Goals #3#4 and #10, namely ‘Inclusive Societies’, ‘Information and Constructive Dialogue’ and ‘Sustainable and Green Europe.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, youth networks could consider ways of forging solidarity and inclusiveness, which concur with challenges related to digital skills and green lifestyles.

Specific Objectives
The initiative will specifically support:
- promotion and development of more structured cooperation, online and offline, between different youth organisations to build or strengthen partnerships focusing on solidarity and inclusive democratic participation of all against a backdrop of the backlashes on socio-economic structures and in line with youth goals numbers 3, 4 and 10;
- youth organisations involved in initiatives to encourage young people to participate in the democratic process and in society by organising trainings, showcase commonalities among young Europeans and encourage discussion and debate on their connection to the EU, its values and democratic foundations, including by providing a meaningful voice to youth in the framework of the Covid-19 recovery process;
- promote participation of under-represented groups of young people in politics, youth organisations and other civil society organisations by engaging vulnerable and socioeconomic disadvantaged youth.

It targets youth NGOs, public bodies and informal groups of young people in politics, youth organisations and other civil society organisations by engaging vulnerable and socioeconomic disadvantaged youth; new ways to empower youth organisations in dealing with the Covid-19 crisis and its aftermath, by supporting innovative ways of cooperation and network creation, development and management. This could include enhancing collaboration between youth organisations in a digital context through and by non-formal learning and organisational models including alternative modes of exchanges and mutual aid

It targets youth NGOs, public bodies and informal groups of young people, especially those active at grassroots level, 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.

Large-scale mobility activities for young people should form a key component of European Youth Together projects. This mobility should offer cross-border exchanges and non-formal or informal training opportunities for young people from across Europe (East, West, North and South) that can be prepared and supported through online fora to support the objectives of this call. 

All the activities should contribute to widening the outreach towards young people to ensure a diversity of voices, reach young people within and beyond youth organisations and youth with fewer opportunities, thereby using a variety of channels.

Eligible applicants
The minimum partnership composition requirement for this call is at least 5 partners/organisations (including the applicant) from 5 different countries eligible for participation in the Erasmus+ programme.
Applying organisations should demonstrate their capacity to ensure a good geographical balance in terms of partners from different parts of the Erasmus+ Programme Countries.
Proposals may be submitted by applicants which are a non-profit organisation working in the field of youth (Youth NGO) established in an Erasmus+ Programme Country.
The following organisations, established in an Erasmus+ Programme Country, can take part in the proposals as partners:
- non-profit organisations (private or public) and NGOs (including European Youth NGOs) working in the field of Youth;
- public authorities (national, regional, local);
- non-profit organisations, associations and NGOs including European Youth NGOs;

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 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: North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia and Turkey.

For UK: Please be aware that following the entry into force of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement* on 1 February 2020 and in particular Articles 127(6), 137 and 138, the references to natural or legal persons residing or established in a Member State of the European Union are to be understood as including natural or legal persons residing or established in the United Kingdom.

Eligible activities
- Mobility activities including large scale exchanges between young people, including (but not restricted to) networking and non-formal or informal training opportunities and the development of projects by young people;
- Activities facilitating access and participation of youth in the EU policy activities relevant to young people;
- 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.

As a transversal principle, participating organisations should pursue strategies to connect to young people at grassroots level from a diversity of backgrounds with a view to ensuring a growing number of young people at the grassroots levels are being reached. This covers the involvement of a diverse youth population that also includes those from remote/rural areas; with a migrant background; and/or from disadvantaged social backgrounds.

Project results
Granted projects should demonstrate their expected contribution to the overall EU youth policy agenda by:
- building on the objectives of the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 and more specifically by demonstrating how they are contributing to the ‘Engage-Connect-Empower’ priorities of the Strategy;
- building on the outcomes of the New Narrative for Europe, European Youth Goals and other debate projects and opinion surveys related to the future of Europe and linking them to policy development at local/regional/national/European level;
- improving the involvement of young people in democratic life, in terms of active citizenship and engagement with decision makers (empowerment, new skills, involvement of young people in project design, etc.);
- helping to improve the capacity of the youth sector  active at grassroots level to work transnationally with care of inclusiveness, solidarity and sustainability and promoting transnational learning and cooperation between young people and decision makers;
- upscaling existing best practices and outreach beyond the regular network(s), including making good use of digital means to stay connected under all circumstances even in situations of remoteness, isolation or confinement;
- 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.
The eligibility period of the grant agreements is expected to start in January 2021 or within the first quarter of 2021.

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: 28 July 2020, 17.00 (Brussels time).

Find out more here. 

The Seed Funding for grass root initiatives on youth engagement in peace and democratic processes in the EuroMediterranean region, launched, in the framework of the Joint Programme of the European Union and the Council of Europe “Ensuring sustainable democratic governance and human rights in the Southern Mediterranean” (South Programme III - 2018-2020), following the 2018 Lisbon Forum on "Youth, Peace and Security in the Euro-Mediterranean region" which took place on the 15-16 November in Lisbon, is a grant allocation aiming to co-fund regional and/or local projects which promote youth engagement in peace, security and democratic processes in the Euro-Mediterranean region. In particular, it aims at recognizing the role of young people in democratic promotion, social cohesion, peace building – all elements within the youth, peace and security (YPS) agenda. Young people’s courage, creativity, innovation, resilience and efforts constitute the “connecting tissue” to bridge the different levels of engagement toward a sustainable peace.
 

The objective is to support youth organisations, initiatives and movements to run smallscale projects on youth, peace and security.

Eligible applicants must
- be legally constituted as a non-governmental organisation;
- be based in one of the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Kingdom of Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia;
- have a field office in one of the above mentioned countries;
- assure that the project/action is implemented in one of the countries mentioned above;
- target beneficiaries from the above mentioned countries;
- have an interest in working on youth, peace and security;
- have sufficient capacities (funding, operational and professional) to carry out the activity mentioned in the project proposal throughout the stipulated period;
- have a bank account in the name of the organisation or its representative.
 

Eligible projects
Proposals, from either youth-led organisations whose work is focused on youth, peace and security or those who wish to develop this/ese topic(s), may include multiple activities with a view to put into practice the key findings of the 2018 Lisbon Forum:

- Changing the narrative about youth, namely their contribution to youth, peace and security;
- Sharing more information on the contribution of youth by providing reliable data and factual evidence;
- Considering the involvement of young people as an asset in decision making processes;
- Improving the efforts in the understanding and analysing youth complexity by considering and exploring diversity of young people, according to the context-related challenges they face;
- Improving and assuring effective dialogue and engagement between policy/decision making stakeholders and youth;
- Increasing cooperation at local and national level between stakeholders and youth;
- Promoting approaches that foster integration through intercultural dialogue;
- Increasing the number and type of grass-roots activities in order to reach out to more marginalized youth;
- Advocating for gender issues and gender-bases discrimination in the context of youth, peace and security; - Implementing target actions for gender mainstreaming;
- Advocating for the recognition of the contribution of youth civil society to peace and security;
- Improving recognition of civil society initiatives for promoting and building peace, taking into account the needs and priorities of the context in the countries.

Target stakeholders
Projects should target in particular the following key stakeholders:
- Youth under the age of 35 from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Kingdom of Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia;
- Youth organisations from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Kingdom of Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia;
- Any relevant stakeholders working on the above-mentioned topics.
 

Implementation period
Projects must be implemented during the period 1^st October 2019 and 31^st January 2020.

Budget:
Maximum 5000€ per project/organisation.
 

Deadline: 25 August 2019, (at midnight CET).
 

All details are available here.

Im Rahmen des gemeinsamen Programms der Europäischen Union und des Europarats wurde die Startfinanzierung für Basisinitiativen zum Engagement der Jugend für Frieden und demokratische Prozesse in der Region Europa-Mittelmeer ins Leben gerufen: „Gewährleistung einer nachhaltigen demokratischen Regierungsführung und der Menschenrechte im südlichen Mittelmeerraum „(Südprogramm III - 2018-2020) ist eine Finanzhilfe, die im Anschluss an das Lissabon-Forum„ Jugend, Frieden und Sicherheit in der Europa-Mittelmeer-Region “, das am 15./16. November in Lissabon stattfand, im Jahr 2018 zur Finanzierung regionaler und / oder lokaler Projekte genutzt wird, die das Engagement der Jugend für Frieden, Sicherheit und demokratische Prozesse in der Europa-Mittelmeer-Region fördern.Insbesondere soll die Rolle junger Menschen bei der Förderung der Demokratie, dem sozialen Zusammenhalt und der Friedenskonsolidierung anerkannt werden - alles Elemente der Agenda für Jugend, Frieden und Sicherheit (YPS). Der Mut, die Kreativität, die Innovation, die Widerstandsfähigkeit und die Anstrengungen der jungen Menschen bilden das „Bindegewebe“, um die verschiedenen Ebenen des Engagements für einen nachhaltigen Frieden zu verbinden.

Ziel ist es, Jugendorganisationen, -initiativen und -bewegungen bei der Durchführung kleiner Projekte zu Jugend, Frieden und Sicherheit zu unterstützen.

Zulässige Kandidaten müssen
- als Nichtregierungsorganisation rechtmäßig konstituiert sein;
- in einem der folgenden Länder ansässig sein: Algerien, Ägypten, Israel, Jordanien, Libanon, Libyen, Königreich Marokko, Palästina und Tunesien;
- eine Außenstelle in einem der oben genannten Länder haben;
- sicherstellen, dass das Projekt / die Aktion in einem der oben genannten Länder durchgeführt wird;
- Zielbegünstigte aus den oben genannten Ländern;
- Interesse an Jugend, Frieden und Sicherheit haben;
- über ausreichende Kapazitäten (finanzielle, operative und berufliche) verfügen, um die im Projektvorschlag genannte Tätigkeit während des festgelegten Zeitraums durchzuführen;
- ein Bankkonto im Namen der Organisation oder ihres Vertreters haben.

Zulässige Projekte
Vorschläge von von Jugendlichen geführten Organisationen, deren Arbeit sich auf Jugend, Frieden und Sicherheit konzentriert, oder von Organisationen, die dieses / diese Thema (e) entwickeln möchten, können mehrere Aktivitäten umfassen, um die wichtigsten Ergebnisse des Lissabon- Forums 2018 in die Praxis umzusetzen:

- Änderung der Erzählung über die Jugend, nämlich ihres Beitrags zu Jugend, Frieden und Sicherheit;
- Weitergabe von Informationen über den Beitrag der Jugend durch Bereitstellung zuverlässiger Daten und Fakten;
- Berücksichtigung der Einbeziehung junger Menschen als Aktivposten bei Entscheidungsprozessen;
- Verbesserung der Bemühungen zum Verständnis und zur Analyse der Jugendkomplexität durch Berücksichtigung und Erforschung der Vielfalt junger Menschen entsprechend den kontextbezogenen Herausforderungen, mit denen sie konfrontiert sind;
- Verbesserung und Sicherstellung eines effektiven Dialogs und Engagements zwischen Akteuren der Politik / Entscheidungsfindung und Jugendlichen;
- Intensivierung der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Interessengruppen und Jugendlichen auf lokaler und nationaler Ebene;
- Förderung integrationsfördernder Ansätze durch interkulturellen Dialog;
- Erhöhung der Anzahl und Art der Basisaktivitäten, um stärker benachteiligte Jugendliche zu erreichen;
- Für Genderfragen und Diskriminierung aufgrund des Geschlechts im Kontext von Jugend, Frieden und Sicherheit eintreten; - Umsetzung von Zielaktionen für Gender Mainstreaming;
- Für die Anerkennung des Beitrags der Jugendzivilgesellschaft zu Frieden und Sicherheit eintreten;
- Verbesserung der Anerkennung von Initiativen der Zivilgesellschaft zur Förderung und Schaffung von Frieden unter Berücksichtigung der Bedürfnisse und Prioritäten des Kontextes in den Ländern.

Target stakeholders
Projects should target in particular the following key stakeholders:
- Youth under the age of 35 from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Kingdom of Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia;
- Youth organisations from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Kingdom of Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia;
- Any relevant stakeholders working on the above-mentioned topics.
 

Implementation period
Projects must be implemented during the period 1^st October 2019 and 31^st January 2020.

Budget:
Maximum 5000€ per project/organisation.
 

Deadline: 25 August 2019, (at midnight CET).
 

All details are available here.

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 here.

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.

Scopri di più: https://bit.ly/2CXnUYV

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 strand1. European remembrance projects within the Europe for Citizens' 2014-2020 programme supports activities fostering a common culture of remembrance and mutual understanding between citizens from different EU Member States, notably by supporting projects that reflect on historical turning points and changes in regimes in Europe's 20th century and on their continuous importance for the Europe of today.

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. It will also support projects promoting the role of Europe's cultural heritage as a pivotal element of cultural diversity, and intercultural dialogue and local heritage linked to European memory.

In 2020, specific priorities for European Remembrance are:
- 1950 Robert Schuman Declaration;
- 1990 German reunification and democratic transition of other countries in Europe;
- 2000 Proclamation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

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. 
All the eligible countries within the Europe for Citizens programme can participate to the European Solidarity Corps initiative.

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.
 

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, Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo.
 

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: 4 February 2020, 17:00, Brussels time, for projects starting between 1^st September 2020 and 28^th February 2021.

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.

The strand1. European remembrance projects within the Europe for Citizens' 2014-2020 programme supports activities fostering a common culture of remembrance and mutual understanding between citizens from different EU Member States, notably by supporting projects that reflect on historical turning points and changes in regimes in Europe's 20th century and on their continuous importance for the Europe of today.

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. It will also support projects promoting the role of Europe's cultural heritage as a pivotal element of cultural diversity, and intercultural dialogue and local heritage linked to European memory.

In 2019, specific priorities for European Remembrance are:
- 1919 Peace treaties bringing World War I to an end (including the Treaty of Versailles);
- 1939 End of Spanish civil war in a European perspective;
- 1979 European Parliament elections (first directly elected European Parliament);
- 1989 Democratic revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe and the fall of the Berlin wall;
- 2004 15 years of EU enlargement into central and Eastern Europe.

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.

 

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, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo.
 

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^st February 2019, 12:00 (noon), Brussels time, for projects starting between 1^st September of the same year as the deadline and 28^th February 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.

Tandem Ukraine is looking for cultural workers, managers, representatives of initiatives and organisations to explore and develop cross-border collaborations between Ukraine and its neighbouring regions.

The programme is addressed to newly developed or a more established cultural initiatives, public institutions, (civil society) organisations or socially engaged companies based in Ukraine or its neighbouring regions: e.g. Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Baltics or Balkans.

How it works
A balanced mix of up to 32 applicants will be invited to the Partner Forum, taking place from 4 to 8 June 2019.
The Partner Forum provides the space and a framework for invited applicants to form cross-border collaborations (Tandems). Each Tandem will consist of between two and four partners which represent different levels of experience.
One or two of the partners will be based in Ukraine and the others in a country from the neighbouring regions. 

After the Partner Forum, Tandems go on a working placement, to explore and gain an insight into the local context of the partner(s) in Ukraine.
With this inside knowledge, the collaboration partners will develop a joint pilot project, which will serve as a space for learning, innovation and engagement.

Tandems get the opportunity to receive funding to implement the pilot project in the framework of the programme. Throughout the year, participants meet for networking, workshops and peer-to-peer exchange.

At the end of the programme, there is a final presentation, time for reflection and the opportunity to connect with the growing Tandem network.

Who can apply
Tandem Ukraine 2019-2020 is open only for cultural workers based in Ukraine or Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey.

Deadline to apply: 17^th April 2019 (23:59 CET).

Applicants will be informed on the selection in the second week of May 2019.

Find out more here.

The programme's objective is to enhance human capital development in Africa, while strengthening intra-African collaboration as called for by Agenda 2063.

More specifically, the programme aims to:
- increase the employability of students;
- improve the quality of higher education in Africa and its relevance to Africa's development vision;
- strengthen the modernisation and internationalisation of African higher education institutions, and promote the development of an African higher education and research space.

Mobility of students and staff between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is expected to help them acquire stronger knowledge and skills and contribute to improve the quality and relevance of teaching and learning through exchanges of practices. In addition, the scheme will contribute to strengthen the modernisation and internationalisation strategies of HEIs through the establishment of mechanisms to manage the mobility flows.

Call is open to the following thematic fields of study:

• Agriculture and Food Security;
• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and
• Information and Communications Technology (ICT);
• Economics, business, finance;
• Education Sciences;
• Health Sciences;
• Environment.
  
   

Eligible applicants, partnership and individuals
Higher education institutions (HEIs) private or public, registered in Africa that provide courses at postgraduate level (master level and/or doctorate degree) of higher education leading to a qualification recognised by the competent authorities in their own country. Only HEIs accredited by relevant national authorities in Africa are eligible. Branches of HEIs from outside Africa are not eligible.

The partnership is composed of a lead applicant and co-applicants (partner HEIs and an EU technical partner).
The technical partner has to be a HEI from one of the EU Member States having been awarded an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.
The partnership will be constituted of minimum four and maximum six African HEIs as partners (including the applicant) and one technical partner from an EU Member State.
 

Eligible activities and duration
The project will entail the organisation and implementation of student and staff mobility in high quality master and doctoral programmes and academic/administrative staff mobility, as well as the provision of education/training and other services to foreign students and teaching/training and research assignments and other services to staff from the countryies covered by the project.
Mobility must take place only in Africa.
Activities shall start on 1st January 2021.
​​​​​​​The duration of the project must be between 60 months.
 

Budget
The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 9 800 000 allowing around 350 mobility flows. 
Each grant will amount to between EUR 1 000 000 (minimum grant size) and EUR 1 400 000 (maximum grant size).
 

Deadline: 19 May 2020, at 17.00 CET.

Read more here.

The programme's objective is to enhance human capital development in Africa, while strengthening intra-African collaboration as called for by Agenda 2063.

More specifically, the programme aims to:
- increase the employability of students;
- improve the quality of higher education in Africa and its relevance to Africa's development vision;
- strengthen the modernisation and internationalisation of African higher education institutions, and promote the development of an African higher education and research space.

Mobility of students and staff between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is expected to help them acquire stronger knowledge and skills and contribute to improve the quality and relevance of teaching and learning through exchanges of practices. In addition, the scheme will contribute to strengthen the modernisation and internationalisation strategies of HEIs through the establishment of mechanisms to manage the mobility flows.

Eligible applicants and partnership composition
Higher education institutions (HEIs) registered in Africa that provide courses at postgraduate level (master level and/or doctorate degree) of higher education leading to a qualification recognised by the competent authorities in their own country. Only HEIs accredited by relevant national authorities in Africa are eligible. Branches of HEIs from outside Africa are not eligible.

The technical partner has to be a HEI from one of the EU Member States having been awarded an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.
The partnership will be constituted of minimum four and maximum six African HEIs as partners (including the applicant) and one technical partner from the EU.

 

Eligible activities and duration
The project will entail the organisation and implementation of student and staff mobility in high quality master and doctoral programmes and academic/administrative staff mobility, as well as the provision of education/training and other services to foreign students and teaching/training and research assignments and other services to staff from the countryies covered by the project.
Mobility must take place in one of the eligible countries covered by this call for proposals.
The duration of the project must be between 60 months.

 

Budget
The overall indicative amount made available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 9 800 000 allowing around 350 mobility flows. 
Each grant will amount to between EUR 1 000 000 (minimum grant size) and EUR 1 400 000 (maximum grant size).
 

Deadline: 12 June 2019, at 12.00 noon CET.

Read more: https://bit.ly/2CheZQ9

This action supports higher education institutions to create international study programmes for students at master level and award scholarships. Higher education institutions from at least three different Programme Countries* are invited to work together in consortia, to create and submit their proposal for Joint Master Degrees under the Erasmus+ programme.

An Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) is a prestigious, integrated, international study programme, jointly delivered by an international consortium of higher education institutions (HEIs) and, where relevant, other partners with specific expertise and interest in the study programme.

EMJMDs aim to:

• Foster excellence, innovation, and internationalisation in HEIs
• Boost the attractiveness of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and support the EU's external action in the field of higher education
• Improve the level of competences and skills of Master graduates and their employability

Partnership between Erasmus Mundus and the Inter-University Exchange Project (IUEP) of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
In 2019 for the first time, Erasmus Mundus opens up to a new partnership model in the form of a joint call EU-Japan. The purpose of the joint call will be to select excellent consortia of European and Japanese universities to develop highly integrated joint master programmes and offer scholarships to students. Mobility of students and scholars between the EU and Japanese universities involved in projects will be a key feature of the action.

The partnership will co-fund 3-4 projects which will foster innovation and excellence in provision of Joint Masters in consortia consisting of at least 3 higher education institutions from Erasmus+ Programme Countries and at least 1 higher education institution from Japan. 
In addition, the Japanese Higher education institution must be a master-degree awarding institution and award the joint or multiple diploma degree(s) together with at least one master-degree awarding higher education institution from a Programme Country.

Read more here.
 

Eligible participating organisations
A participating organisation can be any public or private organisation established in a Programme Country or in a Partner Country that contributes directly and actively to the delivery of the EMJMD.

Such an organisation can be:

• a higher education institution (HEI);
• a public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise (including social enterprises);
• a public body at local, regional or national level;
• a non-profit organisation, association, NGO;
• a research institute.

HEIs established in a Programme Country must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE). An ECHE is not required for participating Partner Country HEIs.

Eligible participating individuals
Students at Master level, staff in the participating organisations, invited scholars /guest lecturers from Programme and Partner Countries.
Students at Master level who have obtained a first higher education degree or demonstrate a recognised equivalent level of learning according to national legislation and practices in the degree awarding countries are eligible.

How to apply
Students apply for a scholarship directly to the EMJMD Catalogue and contact the consortium offering the Master Course for more information on courses and application procedures.
The selection, recruitment and monitoring of individual scholarship holders fall under the responsibility of the EMJMD consortium.
Students can apply to a maximum of three different programmes. Students and potential scholars/guest lecturers should contact directly the relevant consortium for more information on courses and application procedures.

For more information please visit the scholarships page.  

Funding 
The maximum grant amount awarded for selected projects will depend on a number of elements:

• the EMJMD length (60, 90 or 120 ECTS credits);
• the EMJMD participation costs defined by the consortia;
• the implementation of the optional preparatory year;
• the number of Programme/Partner country scholarships.

EMJMDs receive funding for four intakes of students (starting from the selection 2018) to allow them to increase their worldwide visibility.

Who can apply
Any higher education institution established in one of the Programme Countries may submit an application on behalf of the consortium that delivers the EMJMD. Branches of Partner Country HEIs established in a Programme Country or branches of Programme Country HEIs established in a Partner Country are not eligible to apply.

HEIs established in a Programme Country must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE). An ECHE is not required for participating HEIs in Partner Countries.

Number and profile of participating organisations
Each consortium must include HEIs from at least three different Programme Countries.
For consortia co-funded by the EU and MEXT, at least one additional, obligatory Japanese partner HEI must be included and designated as the coordinator for MEXT in addition to the obligatory Programme Country coordinator (applicant).
HEIs from Programme Countries (and HEIs for the consortia co-funded by the EU and MEXT) must be in a position to host EMJMD students and deliver at least the minimum number of ECTS credits (or the equivalent Japanese framework) for the study period spent in their institution.

Number of participants
The EMJMD grant will finance a maximum of 60 student scholarships for the four intakes.  In addition, EMJMD consortia can apply for up to 28 additional student scholarships for the four intakes for targeted regions/countries of the world. 
For consortia co-funded by the EU and MEXT, a maximum of 32 scholarships will be funded by the EU and 32 scholarships funded by MEXT.  These consortia are not eligible to apply for additional scholarships for targeted regions/countries of the world
 

Venue(s)
The EMJMD study period must take place in at least two of the Programme Countries represented in the consortium (i.e. at least two mobility periods for all students, different from the country of residence of the student). 
For consortia co-funded by the EU and MEXT, one of the two minimum student mobility periods must take place in Japan and the other in a Programme Country represented in the consortium.

Duration of project
Depending on the duration of the EMJMD (1 to 2 academic years) and whether the consortium chooses to undertake a preparatory year, the consortium will receive a grant agreement for a minimum duration of 4 and a maximum of 6 academic years to finance 4 consecutive student intakes. In exceptional cases, the duration of an EMJMD may be extended of up to 12 months, upon request by the applicant/coordinator and with the agreement of the Executive Agency. In such a case, the total grant will not change.

Duration of activity
Optional preparatory year: 1 academic year.
Implementation of the EMJMD programme: 4 consecutive intakes of 1 to 2 academic years (60/90/120 ECTS credits).

Where to apply
Eligible organisations should submit their proposals to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, located in Brussels.

 

When to apply
Applicants have to submit their grant application by 14 February at 12:00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting between 1^st August and 31^st October of the same year.

Exception 
For proposals to be co-funded under the EU-MEXT partnership, applicants have to submit their grant application by 1^st April at 12:00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting between 1^st August and 31^st October of the same year. In parallel, the Japanese coordinator will make available the same proposal to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

Interested organisations should read the full details in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.


Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/key-action-1-learning-mobility-individuals/erasmus-mundus-joint-master-degrees_en 

Si tratta di un'opportunità per istituti di istruzione superiore per creare programmi di studio internazionali per studenti a livello di master e assegnare borse di studio. 
Un titolo di master congiunto Erasmus Mundus (EMJMD)65 è un programma di studio internazionale integrato di alto livello di 60, 90 o 120 crediti ECTS, offerto da un consorzio internazionale di IIS di paesi diversi e, se del caso, da altri partner, attivi o meno nel settore dell'istruzione, con competenza e interesse specifici nelle aree di studio/ambiti professionali oggetto del programma comune. La loro specificità consiste nel loro elevato livello di integrazione e nella loro natura congiunta66, nonché nel contenuto accademico di prim'ordine e nella metodologia che offrono.

Chi?
Il consorzio dovrà essere formato da:
- candidato/coordinatore: un istituto di istruzione superiore che presenta proposte di progetto per conto di tutti i partner;
- partner a pieno titolo: istituti di istruzione superiore riconosciuti che rilasciano il diploma di laurea magistrale e qualunque organizzazione privata o pubblica che contribuisca attivamente alla preparazione, implementazione e valutazione del programma;
- partner associati (facoltativo);
- entità affiliate (facoltativo).

Un’organizzazione partecipante può essere qualsiasi organizzazione pubblica o privata, con le sue entità affiliate (se presenti), con sede in un Paese aderente al Programma o in un Paese partner, che contribuisce direttamente e attivamente all’erogazione del programma EMJMD. Ad esempio: istituti di istruzione superiore (IIS); un’impresa pubblica o privata, di piccole, medie o grandi dimensioni (incluse le imprese sociali); un ente pubblico a livello locale, regionale o nazionale; un’organizzazione senza scopo di lucro, un’associazione o una ONG; un istituto di ricerca.

Informazioni sulle sovvenzioni
A seconda della durata del programma EMJMD (1 o 2 anni accademici) e del fatto che il consorzio scelga o meno di attivare un anno preparatorio, il consorzio riceverà una convenzione di sovvenzione per un minimo di 4 fino a un massimo di 6 anni per finanziare 4 cicli consecutivi di ammissione di studenti. In casi eccezionali, la durata di un EMJMD può essere estesa, su richiesta del richiedente/coordinatore e con l’accordo dell’Agenzia esecutiva, per un massimo di 12 mesi. In tal caso, la sovvenzione totale non cambierà.

Borse di studio per studenti di Master Congiunti Erasmus Mundus
La sovvenzione EMJMD finanzierà fino a massimo di 60 borse di studio per i quattro cicli di ammissione. I consorzi EMJMD possono inoltre presentare domanda per un massimo di 28 borse di studio aggiuntive per quattro cicli di ammissione per regioni/Paesi destinatari del mondo. Per quanto concerne i consorzi co-finanziati dall’UE e dal MEXT, l’UE finanzierà fino a un massimo di 32 borse di studio e altrettante saranno finanziate dal MEXT. Tali consorzi non possono fare domanda di borse di studio aggiuntive per regioni/Paesi destinatari del mondo.

Come? 
Le proposte per i Master Congiunti Erasmus Mundus devono essere presentate all'Agenzia Esecutiva Istruzione, Audiovisivi e Cultura entro il 14 Febbraio 2019 per progetti che hanno inizio il 1 Agosto e 31 Ottobre dello stesso anno.

Chi può partecipare
Un istituto di istruzione superiore (IIS) avente sede in un Paese aderente al Programma.

Le organizzazioni interessate devono leggere con attenzione le informazioni contenute nella Guida del Programma Erasmus+ .

Gli studenti che desiderano partecipare al programma devono contattare il proprio istituto di istruzione.

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

This action supports higher education institutions to create international study programmes for students at master level and award scholarships. Higher education institutions from at least three different Programme Countries* are invited to work together in consortia, to create and submit their proposal for Joint Master Degrees under the Erasmus+ programme.

An Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) is a prestigious, integrated, international study programme, jointly delivered by an international consortium of higher education institutions (HEIs) and, where relevant, other partners with specific expertise and interest in the study programme.

EMJMDs aim to:

• Foster excellence, innovation, and internationalisation in HEIs
• Boost the attractiveness of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and support the EU's external action in the field of higher education
• Improve the level of competences and skills of Master graduates and their employability

Partnership between Erasmus Mundus and the Inter-University Exchange Project (IUEP) of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
In 2019 for the first time, Erasmus Mundus opens up to a new partnership model in the form of a joint call EU-Japan. The purpose of the joint call will be to select excellent consortia of European and Japanese universities to develop highly integrated joint master programmes and offer scholarships to students. Mobility of students and scholars between the EU and Japanese universities involved in projects will be a key feature of the action.

The partnership will co-fund 3-4 projects which will foster innovation and excellence in provision of Joint Masters in consortia consisting of at least 3 higher education institutions from Erasmus+ Programme Countries and at least 1 higher education institution from Japan. 
In addition, the Japanese Higher education institution must be a master-degree awarding institution and award the joint or multiple diploma degree(s) together with at least one master-degree awarding higher education institution from a Programme Country.

Read more here.
 

Eligible participating organisations
A participating organisation can be any public or private organisation established in a Programme Country or in a Partner Country that contributes directly and actively to the delivery of the EMJMD.

Such an organisation can be:

• a higher education institution (HEI);
• a public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise (including social enterprises);
• a public body at local, regional or national level;
• a non-profit organisation, association, NGO;
• a research institute.

HEIs established in a Programme Country must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE). An ECHE is not required for participating Partner Country HEIs.

Eligible participating individuals
Students at Master level, staff in the participating organisations, invited scholars /guest lecturers from Programme and Partner Countries.
Students at Master level who have obtained a first higher education degree or demonstrate a recognised equivalent level of learning according to national legislation and practices in the degree awarding countries are eligible.

How to apply
Students apply for a scholarship directly to the EMJMD Catalogue and contact the consortium offering the Master Course for more information on courses and application procedures.
The selection, recruitment and monitoring of individual scholarship holders fall under the responsibility of the EMJMD consortium.
Students can apply to a maximum of three different programmes. Students and potential scholars/guest lecturers should contact directly the relevant consortium for more information on courses and application procedures.

For more information please visit the scholarships page.  

Funding 
The maximum grant amount awarded for selected projects will depend on a number of elements:

• the EMJMD length (60, 90 or 120 ECTS credits);
• the EMJMD participation costs defined by the consortia;
• the implementation of the optional preparatory year;
• the number of Programme/Partner country scholarships.

EMJMDs receive funding for four intakes of students (starting from the selection 2018) to allow them to increase their worldwide visibility.

Who can apply
Any higher education institution established in one of the Programme Countries may submit an application on behalf of the consortium that delivers the EMJMD. Branches of Partner Country HEIs established in a Programme Country or branches of Programme Country HEIs established in a Partner Country are not eligible to apply.

HEIs established in a Programme Country must hold a valid Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE). An ECHE is not required for participating HEIs in Partner Countries.

Number and profile of participating organisations
Each consortium must include HEIs from at least three different Programme Countries.
For consortia co-funded by the EU and MEXT, at least one additional, obligatory Japanese partner HEI must be included and designated as the coordinator for MEXT in addition to the obligatory Programme Country coordinator (applicant).
HEIs from Programme Countries (and HEIs for the consortia co-funded by the EU and MEXT) must be in a position to host EMJMD students and deliver at least the minimum number of ECTS credits (or the equivalent Japanese framework) for the study period spent in their institution.

Number of participants
The EMJMD grant will finance a maximum of 60 student scholarships for the four intakes.  In addition, EMJMD consortia can apply for up to 28 additional student scholarships for the four intakes for targeted regions/countries of the world. 
For consortia co-funded by the EU and MEXT, a maximum of 32 scholarships will be funded by the EU and 32 scholarships funded by MEXT.  These consortia are not eligible to apply for additional scholarships for targeted regions/countries of the world
 

Venue(s)
The EMJMD study period must take place in at least two of the Programme Countries represented in the consortium (i.e. at least two mobility periods for all students, different from the country of residence of the student). 
For consortia co-funded by the EU and MEXT, one of the two minimum student mobility periods must take place in Japan and the other in a Programme Country represented in the consortium.

Duration of project
Depending on the duration of the EMJMD (1 to 2 academic years) and whether the consortium chooses to undertake a preparatory year, the consortium will receive a grant agreement for a minimum duration of 4 and a maximum of 6 academic years to finance 4 consecutive student intakes. In exceptional cases, the duration of an EMJMD may be extended of up to 12 months, upon request by the applicant/coordinator and with the agreement of the Executive Agency. In such a case, the total grant will not change.

Duration of activity
Optional preparatory year: 1 academic year.
Implementation of the EMJMD programme: 4 consecutive intakes of 1 to 2 academic years (60/90/120 ECTS credits).

Where to apply
Eligible organisations should submit their proposals to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, located in Brussels.

 

When to apply
Applicants have to submit their grant application by 14 February at 12:00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting between 1^st August and 31^st October of the same year.

Exception 
For proposals to be co-funded under the EU-MEXT partnership, applicants have to submit their grant application by 1^st April at 12:00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting between 1^st August and 31^st October of the same year. In parallel, the Japanese coordinator will make available the same proposal to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

Interested organisations should read the full details in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.


Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/key-action-1-learning-mobility-individuals/erasmus-mundus-joint-master-degrees_en 

Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe is awarding travel grants to young people between 18 and 27 years of age and who live in one of the 47 Council of Europe member states. 
The grant should enable young people to explore Europe and personally document it. The trip needs to address a specific topic or question research.

All sponsored trips should not start before May 1^st, 2019 and be completed by December 30^th, 2019.
Trips should be between three and six weeks long. If you are enrolled in a vocational training, a trip of two weeks is also acceptable.

What travel grants can you apply for?
There are two travel grants you can choose from. All of them seek to foster European youth mobility. However, there are some differences in regards to thematic focus as well as some additional requirements and applicants’ profiles.
 

“What connects Europe?” – travelling with the Interrail-Global Pass (Deutsche Bahn)
In cooperation with Deutsche Bahn, the Schwarzkopf Foundation awards 35 Interrail-Global Passes in total, enabling you to travel up to 31 countries in Europe, including Turkey, for up to one month.
This travel grant focuses on “What connects Europe?” and worths 379€.
Applicants need to have permanent residency in an EU member state, Russia, or Turkey and be between the ages of 18 and 27.
Travellers do independent research on this topic by applying their own focus and document their findings on video.
Applicants can choose between a 2-month, 15 day-travelling pass or a 1-month, 7-day travelling pass. 
The trip itself should take place between 1^st June and 30^th November.
No later than three months after the journey the travel grantee is required to submit a report of the journey and the research in form of a vlog.
The report needs to include an explanation of how the research topic was addressed, the concrete findings and as personal reflections on the experiences.
 

Travel grants on the topic “Future of Europe” (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA)
In cooperation with the Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA), the Schwarzkopf Foundation awards travel grants worth 600€ to research relevant trends and future developments in Europe.
With their travel grants, the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe and the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) want to give young people the opportunity to travel and explore Europe.
The travel grant amounts to 600 € (six hundred euros).
• The grantee will be paid 450 € at the beginning of the journey and 150 € after presenting the report.
• Travels should be planned to other EU member state countries.
Applicants should be between 18 and 27 years old and hold permanent residence in one of the 28 EU member states.
The trip should include a project related to one of these two questions:
• Labour mobility in the EU – Importance of cross-border work for employees and companies
• Chances of digitalization for economy and working world
The applicant should plan and carry out the trip independently. The trip should last a minimum of three and a maximum of six weeks.
In case travellers are enrolled in vocational training, the trip can in some circumstances be shortened to two weeks.
No later than two months after the journey, travellers are requested to submit a report of the journey and the research, either in the form of a photo story with background information, a blog series, a vlog, or a written report.
The report needs to include an explanation of how the research topic was addressed, the concrete findings and grantees reflection on the experiences and impressions from the trip.

Deadline: 1^st May 2019, 23:59 CET.

Due to the Corona (COVID-19) virus and limited travel opportunities, there will be no travel grants granted in 2020.

Find out more: https://schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/en/travelgrants

Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe is awarding travel grants to young people between 18 and 27 years of age and who live in one of the 47 Council of Europe member states. 
The grant should enable young people to explore Europe and personally document it. The trip needs to address a specific topic or question research.

All sponsored trips should not start before May 1^st, 2019 and be completed by December 30^th, 2019.
Trips should be between three and six weeks long. If you are enrolled in a vocational training, a trip of two weeks is also acceptable.

What travel grants can you apply for?
There are two travel grants you can choose from. All of them seek to foster European youth mobility. However, there are some differences in regards to thematic focus as well as some additional requirements and applicants’ profiles.
 

“What connects Europe?” – travelling with the Interrail-Global Pass (Deutsche Bahn)
In cooperation with Deutsche Bahn, the Schwarzkopf Foundation awards 35 Interrail-Global Passes in total, enabling you to travel up to 31 countries in Europe, including Turkey, for up to one month.
This travel grant focuses on “What connects Europe?” and worths 379€.
Applicants need to have permanent residency in an EU member state, Russia, or Turkey and be between the ages of 18 and 27.
Travellers do independent research on this topic by applying their own focus and document their findings on video.
Applicants can choose between a 2-month, 15 day-travelling pass or a 1-month, 7-day travelling pass. 
The trip itself should take place between 1^st June and 30^th November.
No later than three months after the journey the travel grantee is required to submit a report of the journey and the research in form of a vlog.
The report needs to include an explanation of how the research topic was addressed, the concrete findings and as personal reflections on the experiences.
 

Travel grants on the topic “Future of Europe” (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA)
In cooperation with the Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA), the Schwarzkopf Foundation awards travel grants worth 600€ to research relevant trends and future developments in Europe.
With their travel grants, the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe and the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) want to give young people the opportunity to travel and explore Europe.
The travel grant amounts to 600 € (six hundred euros).
• The grantee will be paid 450 € at the beginning of the journey and 150 € after presenting the report.
• Travels should be planned to other EU member state countries.
Applicants should be between 18 and 27 years old and hold permanent residence in one of the 28 EU member states.
The trip should include a project related to one of these two questions:
• Labour mobility in the EU – Importance of cross-border work for employees and companies
• Chances of digitalization for economy and working world
The applicant should plan and carry out the trip independently. The trip should last a minimum of three and a maximum of six weeks.
In case travellers are enrolled in vocational training, the trip can in some circumstances be shortened to two weeks.
No later than two months after the journey, travellers are requested to submit a report of the journey and the research, either in the form of a photo story with background information, a blog series, a vlog, or a written report.
The report needs to include an explanation of how the research topic was addressed, the concrete findings and grantees reflection on the experiences and impressions from the trip.

Deadline: 1^st May 2019, 23:59 CET.

Find out more: https://schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/en/travelgrants

The COMPASS Training Courses in Human Rights Education are strategic national or regional activities for the development of competences of key multipliers for human rights education with young people.
The training courses can be organised at the initiative of national youth organisations or institutions interested in advancing the provisions and quality of human rights education and implementing the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education. The focus of 2021 supported initiatives will be on increasing the capacity of young people to advocate and act for Human Rights.

Eligible applicants

• 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 encouraged. Project partners may include local or national organisations or institutions interested in introducing, and developing the provisions and quality of human rights education.

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.

Support provided by The Council of Europe:
a) Financial support in the form of grants of up to 5 000 Euro;
b) Institutional support; 
c) Educational support.

The organisers of training courses included in the 2021 programme will be invited for a preparatory workshop which will be held in February 2021. 
 

Implementation period
Projects should start on 1^st April 2021 and shall be fully implemented by 31^st November 2021.
Reporting requirements shall be completed on 15 December 2021.

Deadline: 15^th December 2020, 23:00 CET.
 

Read more here.

Cursurile de formare COMPASS privind educația în domeniul drepturilor omului sunt activități strategice naționale sau regionale pentru dezvoltarea competențelor multiplicatorilor privind educația în domeniul drepturilor omului în rândul tinerilor.

Cursurile de formare pot fi organizate la inițiativa organizațiilor sau instituțiilor naționale de tineret interesate să promoveze calitatea educației în domeniul drepturilor omului și să pună în aplicare Carta Consiliului Europei privind educația pentru cetățenie democratică și educația în domeniul drepturilor omului. Inițiativele sprijinite în 2021 se vor concentra pe consolidarea capacităților tinerilor de a pleda și de a acționa în favoarea drepturile omului.

Candidați eligibili

• organizații de tineret neguvernamentale și/sau alte organizații guvernamentale;
• organizații guvernamentale focusate în primul rând pe drepturile omului, tineret și/sau educație;
• instituții implicate în educația privind drepturile omului;
• rețele naționale ale activiștilor și/sau educatorilor în domeniul drepturilor omului.

Sunt încurajate parteneriatele între diferite tipuri de organizații. Parteneri în proiecte pot fi organizații sau instituții locale sau naționale interesate de introducerea și dezvoltarea măsurilor privind calitatea educației în domeniul drepturilor omului.

Cursurile de formare naționale/regionale eligibile trebuie:

• să urmărească dezvoltarea competențelor (cunoștințe, abilități, atitudini și valori) principalilor multiplicatori privind educația în domeniul drepturilor omului în rândul tinerilor, cum ar fi lideri de tineret, formatori, lucrători de tineret, profesori și profesori formatori;
• să furnizeze un program și o metodologie bazate pe abordările descrise în Compass (o introducere în Compass și abordările de aici; este considerată esențială experiența în utilizarea manualului și adaptarea acestuia în contextul participării);
• să susțină și să promoveze EDC/HRE la nivel național pe baza Cartei Consiliului Europei privind educația pentru cetățenie democratică și educația în domeniul drepturilor omului;
• să prevadă o continuare a cursului de către participanți, inclusiv, de exemplu, măsuri pentru sprijinirea rețelelor naționale ale organizațiilor și formatorilor/multiplicatorilor implicați în domeniul educației pentru drepturile omului în rândul tinerilor;
• să ofere participanților copii ale Compass în limba lor, acolo unde este posibil;
• să aibă în vedere conectarea cu inițiativele, proiectele și programele anterioare privind educația în domeniul drepturilor omului în rândul tinerilor la nivel național și să se bazeze pe acestea;
• să se adresesze participanților din diferite organizații și instituții;
• să aibă o durată de cel puțin 4 zile lucrătoare consecutive;
• să implice minimum 18 și maximum 40 de participanți/cursanți.

Sprijin acordat de Consiliul Europei:

a) Sprijin financiar sub formă de granturi de până la 5 000 de euro;

b) Sprijin instituțional;

c) Suport educațional.

Organizatorii cursurilor de formare incluse în programul 2021 vor fi invitați la un atelier de pregătire care va avea loc în februarie 2021.

Perioada de implementare

Proiectele trebuie să înceapă la 1 martie 2021 și să fie puse în aplicare până cel mai târziu 30 noiembrie 2021. Raportarea trebuie finalizată până la data de 15 decembrie 2021.

Termen limită: 15 decembrie 2020, 23:00 CET.

Mai multe informații pot fi găsite aici. 

I corsi di formazione COMPASS in materia di educazione ai diritti umani sono attività strategiche nazionali o regionali per lo sviluppo delle competenze dei principali moltiplicatori per l'educazione ai diritti umani con i giovani.

I corsi di formazione possono essere organizzati su iniziativa di istituzioni o organizzazioni giovanili nazionali interessate ad accrescere l’offerta e la qualità dell'educazione ai diritti umani e ad attuare la Carta del Consiglio d'Europa sull'educazione alla cittadinanza democratica e ai diritti umani. Le iniziative sostenute nel 2021 saranno incentrate sull'aumento della capacità dei giovani di sostenere e agire a favore dei diritti umani.

Candidati ammissibili:
- organizzazioni giovanili non governative e/o organizzazioni non governative di altro tipo;
- organizzazioni governative che si occupano di diritti umani, gioventù e/o istruzione;
- istituzioni che si occupano di educazione ai diritti umani;
- reti nazionali di attivisti per i diritti umani e/o educatori per i diritti umani.
Sono incoraggiati i partenariati tra diversi tipi di organizzazioni. I partner del progetto possono includere organizzazioni o istituzioni locali o nazionali interessate a introdurre e sviluppare l’offerta e la qualità dell'educazione ai diritti umani.

I corsi di formazione nazionali/regionali ammissibili devono:
- mirare a sviluppare le competenze (conoscenze, abilità, attitudini e valori) dei principali moltiplicatori dell'educazione ai diritti umani con i giovani, quali animatori giovanili, formatori, operatori giovanili, insegnanti e formatori di insegnanti;
- prevedere un programma e una metodologia basati sugli approcci delineati in Compass (un'introduzione a Compass e ai suoi approcci; l'esperienza nell'uso del manuale e come adattarlo ai contesti dei partecipanti è considerata essenziale);
- sostenere l'EDC/HRE a livello nazionale sulla base della Carta del Consiglio d'Europa sull'educazione alla cittadinanza democratica e ai diritti umani;
- prevedere un follow-up del corso da parte dei partecipanti, comprese, ad esempio, misure per sostenere le reti nazionali di organizzazioni e formatori/moltiplicatori coinvolti nell'educazione ai diritti umani con i giovani;
- fornire ai partecipanti copie di Compass nella loro lingua (o nelle loro lingue), ove possibile;
- prevedere il collegamento con iniziative, progetti e programmi già esistenti sull'educazione ai diritti umani con i giovani a livello nazionale.
- essere preparati e aperti ai partecipanti di diverse organizzazioni e istituzioni;
- avere una durata minima di 4 giorni lavorativi consecutivi;
- coinvolgere almeno 18 e un massimo di 40 partecipanti/discenti.

Sostegno fornito dal Consiglio d'Europa:
a) Sostegno finanziario sotto forma di sovvenzioni fino a 5.000 euro;
b) Sostegno istituzionale;
c) Sostegno educativo.

Gli organizzatori dei corsi di formazione inclusi nel programma 2021 saranno invitati per un workshop preparatorio che si terrà nel febbraio 2021. I progetti devono iniziare il 1° aprile 2021 e realizzarsi entro il 31 novembre 2021. I requisiti di rendicontazione devono essere completati il 15 dicembre 2021.

Scadenza: 15 dicembre 2020, ore 23:00 CET.

Per saperne di più, cliccare qui.

The COMPASS Training Courses in Human Rights Education are strategic national or regional activities for the development of competences of key multipliers for human rights education with young people.

About

The training courses can be organised at the initiative of national youth organisations or institutions interested in advancing the provisions and quality of human rights education and implementing the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education. The focus of 2021 supported initiatives will be on increasing the capacity of young people to advocate and act for Human Rights.

Eligible applicants

• 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 encouraged. Project partners may include local or national organisations or institutions interested in introducing, and developing the provisions and quality of human rights education.

Eligible projects

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.

Additional support

Support provided by The Council of Europe:
a) Financial support in the form of grants of up to 5 000 Euro;
b) Institutional support; 
c) Educational support.

The organisers of training courses included in the 2021 programme will be invited for a preparatory workshop.

More information

Read more on the Council of Europe's dedicated page.

The EU Aid Volunteers initiative brings volunteers and organisations from different countries together to work on humanitarian projects worldwide.
This call aims to fund projects involving the selection, preparation and deployment of EU Aid junior and senior volunteers.
These projects will contribute to strengthening the Union’s capacity to provide needs-based humanitarian aid aimed at strengthening the capacity and resilience of vulnerable and disaster-affected communities in third countries.

 

Objectives
The deployment, apprenticeships and online volunteering opportunities for senior and junior professionals shall contribute to:
- Capacity building of vulnerable or disaster-affected communities in third countries;
- Resilience building and disaster risk management in vulnerable, fragile or disaster-affected countries and forgotten cases;
- Disaster prevention, preparedness, disaster risk reduction and recovery from natural and man-made disasters; including the impacts of climate change;
- Enhancing the link between relief, rehabilitation and development;
- Support to emergency response operations.

Activities funded under this call for proposals are expected to achieve the following results:
- Selection, recruitment and deployment of 500 junior/senior professionals to communities in third countries in vulnerable and disaster-affected countries;
- For 100 junior professionals: possibility to take part in apprenticeship placements in Europe before deployment;
- To achieve synergies and complementarity with EU-funded operations in humanitarian aid, civil protection, resilience-building and linking relief, rehabilitation and development in the respective countries/region where EU Aid Volunteers are deployed;
- To communicate the Union’s humanitarian aid principles and the EU Aid Volunteers initiative in line with the Communication Plan of the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.
- To provide opportunities for online volunteering to support or complement project activities.

Eligible bodies
All organisations involved in the project will be referred to hereafter as the ‘consortium’.
All applicants involved in applying, and acting as either sending or hosting organisations, must be certified under the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.
The organisation applying on behalf of all applicants (coordinator) must be a certified EU sending organisation under the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.
The remaining applicants are either certified sending or certified hosting organisations under the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.
Project proposals involving sending and hosting organisations that have applied for certification before the deadline for submitting applications it is highly recommended to apply for certification by 11 June 2020, 17:00 CET.
A project consortium must involve at least two certified sending organisations from two different countries and two certified hosting organisations.
Non-certified organisations specialised in any areas relevant to the objectives or the actions of the project may be involved as partner in the consortium in order to contribute with their specific expertise

Organisations
- 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.

 

Eligible activities
- Selection, preparation and deployment of junior and senior EU Aid Volunteers to humanitarian aid projects in the area of disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction and LRRD in vulnerable and disaster-affected communities in third countries;
- Communication activities in compliance with the Communication Plan of the EU Aid Volunteers initiative;

Activities may include:
- Apprenticeship placements for junior volunteers in EU sending organisations;
- Online volunteering opportunities, via the EU Aid Volunteers Platform, managed by the Commission, to support the actions of the EU Aid Volunteers;
- Support for emergency response operations;
- Capacity building of vulnerable, disaster-affected communities and local organisations;
- Capacity building of hosting organisations. 

Project activities may include:
- information, communication and public awareness;
- hazard, risk analysis and early warning;
- contingency planning and preparedness for response;
- protection of livelihoods, assets and small scale mitigation works. 
 

Eligible candidate volunteers should 
- have a minimum age of 18 years;
- be citizens of the European Union; and
- third-country nationals who are long-term residents in a Member State.
- be junior professionals, in particular, recent graduates with less than five years’ professional experience and less than five years’ experience in humanitarian action; or
- be senior professionals with five years’ professional experience in positions of responsibility or expert positions.

Eligible activity venue 
EU Aid Volunteers shall not be deployed in the theatre of international and non-international armed conflicts.
An indicative list of third countries for deployments 2020 has been defined prior to the call according to a needs assessment methodology similar to that for humanitarian aid actions but excluding areas with ongoing armed conflict. 
This list can be found here, it can be modified due to the events that could endanger the security and safety of volunteers.

Apprenticeship placements for junior volunteers prior to deployment must take place in one of the sending organisations' offices participating in the project, where possible in a country other than the country of origin of the EU Aid Volunteer.
 

Eligible implementation period
Projects start at the earliest when the last party signs the grant agreement and can last for a maximum duration of 24 months. Within the project duration:

• Deployment placements of EU Aid Volunteers can range between 1 month as a minimum and 18 months as a maximum;
• In the case of support to emergency operations, deployment of EU Aid Volunteers can range between 2 weeks as a minimum and 3 months as a maximum;
• Apprenticeship placements prior to the deployment of junior volunteers can take up to 6 months in one of the participating EU member states.

Budget
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects under this call for proposals is estimated at EUR 13 500 000.
The maximum grant allocated to a project will be EUR 1 400 000.
Grant requests below EUR 60 000 will not be considered for funding.

Deadline: 1 July 2020, 17:00 CET.

 

Find out more here.

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

Inițiativa Voluntari UE pentru ajutor umanitar reunește voluntari și organizații din diferite țări pentru a lucra în proiecte umanitare din lumea întreagă.

Apelul urmărește să finanțeze proiecte implicând selecția, pregătirea și plasarea voluntarilor UE pentru ajutor umanitar, juniori și seniori.

Acest proiect va contribui la consolidarea capacităților Uniunii de a furniza ajutor umanitar în funcție de nevoi, urmărind consolidarea capacităților și rezilienței comunităților afectate de dezastre din țările terțe. 

Obiective

Oportunitățile de voluntariat, de stagii de ucenicie sau de voluntariat online pentru profesioniști seniori sau juniori trebuie să contribuie la:

-Consolidarea capacităților comunităților vulnerabile sau afectate de dezastre din țările terțe;

-Managementul riscului la dezastre și consolidarea rezilienței în țări vulnerabile sau afectate de dezastre și în alte cazuri;

-Prevenirea dezastrelor, pregătirea în caz de dezastre, reducerea riscului la dezastre și redresarea în cazul dezastrelor naturale sau a celor produse de oameni; inclusiv impactul schimbărilor climatice;

-Creșterea importanței legăturii între ajutor, reabilitare și dezvoltare;

-Sprijin pentru operațiuni de intervenție în caz de urgență.

Activitățile finanțate în cadrul acestui apel trebuie să obțină următoarelor rezultate:

-Selecția, recrutarea și plasarea a 500 de profesioniști juniori/seniori în comunitățile din țările terțe, din țări vulnerabile și afectate de dezastre;

-Pentru 100 de profesioniști juniori: posibilitatea de a participa la stagii de ucenicie în Europa înainte de plasament;

-Să stimuleze sinergiile și realizarea complementarității cu operațiunile finanțate de UE în domeniul ajutorului umanitar, al protecției civile, al consolidării rezilienței și al corelării ajutorului, reabilitării și dezvoltării în țările/regiunile unde sunt plasați voluntarii UE pentru ajutor umanitar;

-Să comunice principiile UE privind ajutorul umanitar și ale inițiativei Voluntari UE pentru ajutor umanitar în conformitate cu Planul de comunicare al inițiativei Voluntari UE pentru ajutor umanitar.

-Să ofere oportunități de voluntariat online pentru a sprijini sau a completa activitățile proiectului.

Organisme eligibile

Toate organizațiile implicate în proiect vor fi denumite în continuare “consorții”.

Toți solicitanții implicați în depunerea candidaturilor și care acționează în calitate de organizații de trimitere sau primire, trebuie să fie certificate în cadrul inițiativei Voluntari UE pentru ajutor umanitar.

Organizația care depune candidatura în numele tuturor solicitanților (coordonatoare) trebuie să fie o organizație de trimitere certificată în cadrul inițiativei Voluntari UE pentru ajutor umanitar.

Ceilalți solicitanți sunt fie organizații de trimitere, fie organizații de primire certificate în cadrul inițiativei Voluntari UE pentru ajutor umanitar.

Pentru propunerile de proiecte implicând organizații de trimitere și primire care au candidat pentru certificare înainte de termenul limită de trimitere a candidaturilor este recomandată solicitarea certificării înainte de 11 iunie 2020, 17:00 CET.

Proiectul unui consorțiu trebuie să implice cel puțin două organizații certificate de trimitere din două țări diferite și două organizații certificate de primire.

Organizațiile necertificate specializate în domenii relevante pentru obiectivele sau acțiunile proiectului pot să fie implicate în calitate de parteneri în consorțiu aducându-și contribuția prin intermediul expertizei lor specifice.

Organizaţii

- organizații neguvernamentale nonprofit constituite în conformitate cu legislația unui stat membru și ale căror sedii centrale se află în UE; sau

- organisme de drept public cu caracter civil reglementate de legislația unui stat membru; sau

- Federația Internațională a Societăților Naționale de Cruce Roșie și Semilună Roșie.

Sunt eligibile să candideze doar entități cu personalitate juridică stabilite în statele membre ale Uniunii Europene (Austria, Belgia, Bulgaria, Croația, Cipru, Republica Cehă, Danemarca, Estonia, Finlanda, Franța, Germania, Grecia, Ungaria, Irlanda, Italia, Letonia, Lituania, Luxemburg, Malta, Olanda, Polonia, Portugalia, România, Slovacia, Slovenia, Spania, Suedia, Marea Britanie).

Activități eligibile

- Selectarea, pregătirea și plasarea voluntarilor UE pentru ajutor umanitar juniori și seniori pentru proiecte de ajutor umanitar în domeniul pregătirii în caz de dezastre și al reducerii riscului la dezastre în comunitățile vulnerabile și afectate de dezastre din țările terțe;

- Activități de comunicare în conformitate cu Planul de comunicare al inițiativei Voluntari UE pentru ajutor umanitar;

Activitățile pot include:

- stagii de ucenicie pentru voluntarii juniori în organizațiile de trimitere din UE;

- oportunități de voluntariat online, prin intermediul Platformei Voluntari UE pentru ajutor umanitar gestionată de Comisie, pentru a sprijini acțiunile voluntarilor UE pentru ajutor umanitar;

- sprijin pentru operațiunile de intervenție în caz de urgență;

- consolidarea capacităților comunităților vulnerabile și afectate de dezastre și organizațiilor locale;

- Consolidarea capacităților organizațiilor de primire.

Activitățile proiectului pot include:

- informare, comunicare și sensibilizarea publicului;

- analiză de risc și pericole și avertizare timpurie;

- planificare de contingență și pregătire pentru intervenție;

- protecția mijloacelor de subzistență, a activelor și a lucrărilor de mici dimensiuni.

Candidații eligibili trebuie

- să aibă cel puțin 18 ani;

- să fie cetățeni ai Uniunii Europene; și

- cetățeni ai țărilor terțe care sunt rezidenți pe termen lung într-un stat membru.

- să fie profesioniști juniori, în special, absolvenți cu o experiență profesională mai mică de cinci ani în domeniul acțiunilor umanitare; sau

- să fie profesioniști seniori cu o experiență profesională de cinci ani în funcții de conducere sau de experți.

Locuri eligibile de desfășurare a activităților

Voluntarii UE pentru ajutor umanitar nu vor fi mobilizați în regiuni unde au loc conflicte armate internaționale sau locale.

O listă orientativă a țărilor terțe privind plasamentele de voluntari 2020 a fost definitivată înainte de lansarea apelului, în conformitate cu o metodologie de evaluare a nevoilor similară cu cea aplicabilă acțiunilor de ajutor umanitar, dar excluzând zonele cu conflicte armate în curs de desfășurare.

Această listă poate fi găsită aici și poate fi modificată din cauza evenimentelor care ar putea pune în pericol securitatea și siguranța voluntarilor.

Stagiile de ucenicie pentru voluntari juniori care se desfășoară înainte de un stagiu de voluntariat trebuie să aibă loc într-una dintre organizațiilor de trimitere care participă la proiect, acolo unde este posibil într-o altă țară decât țara de origine a voluntarului UE pentru ajutor umanitar.

Perioadă de implementare eligibilă

Proiectele încep cel mai devreme când ultima parte semnează acordul de finanțare și poate dura maximum 24 de luni. În cadrul duratei proiectului:

• Stagiile voluntarilor UE pentru ajutor umanitar pot dura între minimum 1 lună și maximum 18 luni;

• În cazul sprijinirii operațiunilor de urgență, stagiul voluntarului UE pentru ajutor umanitar poate dura între minimum 2 săptămâni și maximum 3 luni;

• Stagiile de ucenicie pentru voluntarii juniori desfășurate înainte de stagiile de voluntariat pot dura până la 6 luni într-unul dintre statele membre UE participante.

Buget

Bugetul total alocat pentru cofinanțarea proiectelor în cadrul prezentului apel pentru propuneri de proiecte este estimat la 13.500.000 de euro.

Grantul maxim alocat unui proiect va fi de 1.400.000 de euro.

Cererile de finanțare sub 60.000 de euro nu vor fi luate în considerare pentru finanțare.

Termen limită: 1 iulie 2020, 17:00 CET.

Mai multe informații găsiți aici.

Pentru alte organizații de sprijin, trebuie să contactați Agenția Executivă pentru Educație Audiovizual și Cultură.

The EU Aid Volunteers initiative brings volunteers and organisations from different countries together to work on humanitarian projects worldwide. This call aims to fund projects involving the selection, preparation and deployment of EU Aid junior and senior volunteers. These projects will contribute to strengthening the Union’s capacity to provide needs-based humanitarian aid aimed at strengthening the capacity and resilience of vulnerable and disaster-affected communities in third countries.

Objectives

The deployment, apprenticeships and online volunteering opportunities for senior and junior professionals shall contribute to:
- Capacity building of vulnerable or disaster-affected communities in third countries;
- Resilience building and disaster risk management in vulnerable, fragile or disaster-affected countries and forgotten cases;
- Disaster prevention, preparedness, disaster risk reduction and recovery from natural and man-made disasters; including the impacts of climate change;
- Enhancing the link between relief, rehabilitation and development;
- Support to emergency response operations.

Outcomes

Activities funded under this call for proposals are expected to achieve the following results:
- Selection, recruitment and deployment of 500 junior/senior professionals to communities in third countries in vulnerable and disaster-affected countries;
- For 100 junior professionals: possibility to take part in apprenticeship placements in Europe before deployment;
- To achieve synergies and complementarity with EU-funded operations in humanitarian aid, civil protection, resilience-building and linking relief, rehabilitation and development in the respective countries/region where EU Aid Volunteers are deployed;
- To communicate the Union’s humanitarian aid principles and the EU Aid Volunteers initiative in line with the Communication Plan of the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.
- To provide opportunities for online volunteering to support or complement project activities.

Eligible bodies

• All organisations involved in the project will be referred to hereafter as the ‘consortium’.
• All applicants involved in applying, and acting as either sending or hosting organisations, must be certified under the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.
• The organisation applying on behalf of all applicants (coordinator) must be a certified EU sending organisation under the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.
• The remaining applicants are either certified sending or certified hosting organisations under the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.
• Project proposals involving sending and hosting organisations that have applied for certification before the deadline for submitting applications it is highly recommended to apply for certification by 11 June 2020, 17:00 CET.
• A project consortium must involve at least two certified sending organisations from two different countries and two certified hosting organisations.
• Non-certified organisations specialised in any areas relevant to the objectives or the actions of the project may be involved as partner in the consortium in order to contribute with their specific expertise

Organisations

- 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.

Eligible activities

- Selection, preparation and deployment of junior and senior EU Aid Volunteers to humanitarian aid projects in the area of disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction and LRRD in vulnerable and disaster-affected communities in third countries;
- Communication activities in compliance with the Communication Plan of the EU Aid Volunteers initiative;

Activities may include:
- Apprenticeship placements for junior volunteers in EU sending organisations;
- Online volunteering opportunities, via the EU Aid Volunteers Platform, managed by the Commission, to support the actions of the EU Aid Volunteers;
- Support for emergency response operations;
- Capacity building of vulnerable, disaster-affected communities and local organisations;
- Capacity building of hosting organisations. 

Project activities may include:
- information, communication and public awareness;
- hazard, risk analysis and early warning;
- contingency planning and preparedness for response;
- protection of livelihoods, assets and small scale mitigation works. 

Volunteers

Eligible candidate volunteers should 
- have a minimum age of 18 years;
- be citizens of the European Union; and
- third-country nationals who are long-term residents in a Member State.
- be junior professionals, in particular, recent graduates with less than five years’ professional experience and less than five years’ experience in humanitarian action; or
- be senior professionals with five years’ professional experience in positions of responsibility or expert positions.

Eligible activity venue 

EU Aid Volunteers shall not be deployed in the theatre of international and non-international armed conflicts.
An indicative list of third countries for deployments 2020 has been defined prior to the call according to a needs assessment methodology similar to that for humanitarian aid actions but excluding areas with ongoing armed conflict. 
This list can be found here, it can be modified due to the events that could endanger the security and safety of volunteers.

Apprenticeship placements for junior volunteers prior to deployment must take place in one of the sending organisations' offices participating in the project, where possible in a country other than the country of origin of the EU Aid Volunteer.

Eligible implementation period

Projects start at the earliest when the last party signs the grant agreement and can last for a maximum duration of 24 months. Within the project duration:

• Deployment placements of EU Aid Volunteers can range between 1 month as a minimum and 18 months as a maximum;
• In the case of support to emergency operations, deployment of EU Aid Volunteers can range between 2 weeks as a minimum and 3 months as a maximum;
• Apprenticeship placements prior to the deployment of junior volunteers can take up to 6 months in one of the participating EU member states.

Budget

The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects under this call for proposals is estimated at EUR 13 500 000.
The maximum grant allocated to a project will be EUR 1 400 000.
Grant requests below EUR 60 000 will not be considered for funding.

More information

Find out more by visiting the EU Aid Volunteers Deployment pages.

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

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 Training Networks (ITN): support for joint research training and/or doctoral programmes, implemented by European partnerships of universities, research institutions, and non-academic organisations.
Deadline: 14 January 2020, 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: 9 September 2020, 17:00 CET.

Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND) that finance fellowships involving mobility to or from another country: to encourage the movement of researchers across borders and provide good working conditions.
Deadline: 29 September 2020, 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 May 2020, 17:00 CET.

European Researchers' Night (NIGHT): to stimulate interest in research careers, especially among young people.
Deadline: 12 January 2021, 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

Acţiunile Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) fac parte din pilonul "Excelenţă în ştiinţă" al Horizon 2020, programul cadru al UE pentru cercetare şi inovare şi care sprijină dezvoltarea carierelor şi formarea cercetătorilor, concentrându-se pe abilitățile de inovare, în cadrul tuturor disciplinelor ştiinţifice, prin mobilităţi globale şi cros-sectoriale.

Acţiunile Marie Sklodowska-Curie oferă sprijin financiar pentru toate etapele carierei unui cercetător, de la candidaţi cu doctorat până la cercetători experimentaţi şi încurajează mobilitatea transnaţională, intersectorială şi multidisciplinară.

Obiectivul este de a consolida, cantitativ și calitativ potențialul uman în cercetare și tehnologie în Europa, având drept scop:

- sprijinirea cercetătorilor pentru a dezvolta noi abilități şi o gamă mai largă de competenţe; 

- oferirea de condiții de muncă atractive pentru cercetători;

- anularea barierelor reale sau de percepţie între domeniul academic şi alte sectoare, precum afacerile;

- promovarea implicării industriei etc. în cercetarea doctorală şi post-doctorală.

Grup ţintă:

Sunt vizate persoane fizice şi organizaţii din domeniul cercetării. 

Activităţi:

Rețele de formare inovatoare (ITN): sprijin pentru programe comune de formare de cercetare şi/sau programe de doctorat, implementate de parteneriate europene ale universităţilor, institutelor de cercetare şi organizaţiilor nonuniversitare.

Termen limită: 14 ianuarie 2020, 17:00 CET.

Burse individuale (IF): sprijin pentru cercetătorii cu experienţă care desfășoară mobilitatea între țări, opţional în sectorul non-academic, pentru a sprijini mobilitatea cercetătorilor din Europa și din afara Europei - precum şi pentru a contribui la atragerea celor mai buni cercetători străini pentru a lucra în UE.

Termen limită: 9 septembrie 2020, 17: 00 CET

Cofinanțare programe regionale, naționale și internaționale (COFUND): finanţează burse care implică mobilitatea către sau din altă țară: pentru a încuraja circulația transfrontalieră a cercetătorilor şi pentru a oferi condiţii bune de lucru.

Termen limită: 29 septembrie 2020, ora 17:00 CET

Schimburi de personal pentru cercetare și inovare (RISE): cooperare internațională și intersectorială prin sprijin pentru mobilitatea pe termen scurt a personalului de cercetare - inovare indiferent de nivelul de carieră, de la cei mai tineri la cei mai în vârstă, inclusiv personalul administrativ și tehnic.

Termen limită: 12 mai 2020, 17:00 CET

Noaptea europeană a cercetătorilor (NIGHT): pentru a stimula interesul pentru o carieră în cercetare, în special în rândul tinerilor.

Termen limită: 12 ianuarie 2021, 17:00 CET

Pentru detalii suplimentare consultați programul Marie Skłodowska-Curie.

Pentru alte informaţii practice şi consultanţă, luaţi legătura cu punctul de contact naţional: 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. They 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.

Who can apply

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.

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.

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.

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.

European Researchers' Night (NIGHT): to stimulate interest in research careers, especially among young people.

More information

Please consult the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Work Programme for more details. For further guidance and practical information, contact the National Contact Point in your country.