Organisations active in the fields of education, training and youth receive support from the Erasmus+ Programme to carry out projects promoting the professional development of youth workers, through the implementation of activities such as transnational/international seminars, training courses, contact-making events, study visits, etc. or job shadowing/observation periods abroad in an organisation active in the youth field.

 

Role and tasks of participating Organisations
- Coordinator of a youth mobility project: applying for the whole project on behalf of all the partner organisations.
- Sending organisation: in charge of sending young people and youth workers abroad (organising practical arrangements; preparing participants before departure; providing support to participants during all the phases of the project).
- Receiving organisation: in charge of hosting the activity, developing a programme of activities for participants in cooperation with participants and partner organisations, providing support to participants during all the phases of the project.

Eligible participating organisations
- Non-profit organisation, association, NGO;
- European Youth NGO;
- Social enterprise;
- Public body at local level;
- Group of young people active in youth work but not necessarily in the context of
a youth organisation (i.e. informal group of young people);
- Public body at regional or national level;
- Association of regions;
- European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation;
- Profit-making body active in Corporate Social Responsibility.

 

Who can apply
- Any participating organisation or group established in a Programme Country can be the applicant. This organisation applies on behalf of all participating organisations involved in the project.
A mobility activity is transnational and involves at least two participating organisations (sending and receiving organisation) from different countries.
- Activities within Programme Countries: all participating organisations must be from a Programme Country.
- Activities with Partner Countries neighbouring the EU: the activity must involve at least one participating organisation from a Programme Country and one participating organisation from a Partner Country neighbouring the EU.
Either the sending organisation(s) or the receiving organisation(s) in each activity must be from the country of the National Agency receiving the application.

Eligible countries:
- 28 Member States of the European Union,
- Non EU Programme Countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia.
- Partner countries neighbouring the EU: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Territory of Ukraine as recognised by international law, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Territory of Russia as recognised by international law.

Eligible activities
- Mobility of youth workers.

Duration of project
- 3 to 24 months.

Where to apply
- National Agency of the country in which the applicant organisation is established.

Deadlines
- 12^th February 2019 at 12:00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting between 1^st May and 30^th September of the same year;
- 30^th April 2019 at 12:00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting between 1^st August and 31^st December of the same year;
- 1^st October 2019 at 12:00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting between 1^st January and 31^st May of the following year.

Interested organisations should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide .

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

Individuals seeking to apply should contact their organisation, institution, or educational establishment.

Find out more: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about_en

Organizzazioni attive nel settore dell'istruzione, la formazione e la gioventù ricevono il sostegno del programma Erasmus+ per realizzare progetti volti a promuovere diversi tipi di mobilità.

Il progetto per gli animatori giovanili sostiene le seguenti attività:
1. Formazione degli animatori giovanili: partecipazione a seminari, corsi di formazione, eventi di contatto, visite di studio;
2. networking degli animatori giovanili: periodi di ob shadowing/osservazione all'estero presso un'organizzazione attiva nel settore giovanile.

Ruolo e compiti delle organizzazioni partecipanti
- Coordinatore di un progetto di mobilità giovanile: presentare la candidatura per l'intero progetto per conto di tutte le organizzazioni partner. Se il progetto prevede solo un'attività, il coordinatore deve agire in qualità di organizzazione di invio o accoglienza. Se il progetto prevede più di un'attività, il coordinatore del progetto può (ma non è obbligato) fungere da organizzazione di invio o di accoglienza. In tutti i casi, il coordinatore non può essere un'organizzazione di un Paese Partner confinante con l'UE.
-Organizzazione di invio: responsabile dell'invio di giovani e animatori giovanili all'estero (organizzazione pratica: preparazione dei partecipanti prima della partenza; sostegno ai partecipanti durante tutte le fasi del progetto).
- Organizzazione di accoglienza: responsabile dell'accoglienza dell'attività; sviluppo del programma di attività per i partecipanti in collaborazione con le organizzazioni partecipanti e partner; sostegno ai partecipanti durante tutte le fasi del progetto.

Organizzazioni ammissibili
- Organizzazioni senza scopo di lucro; associazioni, ONG;
- ONG giovanili europee;
- Imprese sociali;
- Enti pubblici a livello locale;
- Gruppi di giovani attivi nell'animazione giovanile, ma non necessariamente nel contesto di un'organizzazione giovanile (ad es. gruppo informale di giovani);
- Organizzazioni;
- Organismo pubblico a livello regionale o nazionale;
- Associazione di regioni;
- Gruppo Europeo di Cooperazione Territoriale (GECT);
- Organismo a scopo di lucro attivo nella Responsabilità Sociale delle Imprese.

Chi può presentare domanda
- Ente pubblico a livello regionale o nazionale;
- Associazione di regioni;
- Raggruppamento Europeo di Cooperazione Territoriale;
- Organismo a scopo di lucro attivo nella Responsabilità Sociale delle Imprese.
- Può presentare la candidatura qualunque organizzazione o gruppo partecipante con sede in un Paese del Programma. Questa organizzazione presenta la candidatura per conto di tutte le organizzazioni partecipanti coinvolte nel progetto. Un'attività di mobilità deve coinvolgere almeno due organizzazioni partecipanti (organizzazione di invio e accoglienza) da diversi paesi.
- Attività nel quadro dei Paesi del Programma: tutte le organizzazioni partecipanti devono provenire da un Paese del Programma.
- Attività con i Paesi Partner confinanti con l'UE: l'attività deve coinvolgere almeno un'organizzazione partecipante da un Paese del Programma e un'organizzazione da un Paese Partner confinante con l'UE.
Sia l'organizzazione(i) di invio, che l'organizzazione (i) di accoglienza in ciascuna attività deve provenire dal paese dell'Agenzia Nazionale che riceve la candidatura.

Paesi ammissibili
- Stati membri dell'Unione europea,
- i paesi EFTA/SEE: Islanda, Liechtenstein, Norvegia (soggetta ad una Decisione del Comitato Misto SEE),
- i paesi candidati all'adesione all'UE: la Turchia, l'ex Repubblica Iugoslava di Macedonia e la Serbia,
- Paesi Partner di Vicinato nell'UE: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bielorussia, Georgia, Moldavia, Ucraina, Algeria, Egitto, Israele, Giordania, Libano, Libia, Marocco, Palestina, Siria, Tunisia, Albania, Bosnia ed Erzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Federazione Russa.

Attività ammissibili
- Formazione e networking degli animatori giovanili.

Durata del progetto: da 3 a 24 mesi.

A chi presentare la candidatura: 
- Agenzia Nazionale del paese in cui ha sede l'organizzazione candidata.

Scadenza:
- 12 Febbraio 2019 per i progetti che iniziano tra il 1 maggio e il 30 settembre dello stesso anno;
- 30 Aprile 2019 per progetti che iniziano tra il 1 agosto e il 31 dicembre 2019;
- 1° Ottobre 2019 per progetti che iniziano tra il 1 gennaio e il 31 maggio dell'anno seguente..

Le organizzazioni interessate devono fare riferimento alla Guida del Programma Erasmus+ . Per ulteriori informazioni, contattare l'Agenzia Nazionale del proprio paese.

I singoli che desiderano presentare la candidatura devono contattare la propria organizzazione o istituto educativo.

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/discover/guide/index_en.htm

Organisations active in the fields of education, training and youth receive support from the Erasmus+ Programme to carry out projects promoting different types of mobility.

 

What
"Youth Exchanges" is an opportunity allowing groups of young people between 13 and 30 years old, from at least two different countries to meet and live together for up to 21 days. To be a group leader in a youth exchange, you
Youth exchanges are managed by youth organisations, informal groups of young people or other organisations.

During a Youth Exchange participants, supported by group leaders, jointly carry out a work programme (a mix of workshops, exercises, debates, role-plays, simulations, outdoor activities) designed and prepared by them before the Exchange.
The aim is to make young people develop competences, become aware of socially relevant topics/thematic areas, discover new cultures, habits and lifestyles, mainly through peer-learning, strengthen values like solidarity, democracy, friendship.
The learning process in Youth Exchanges is triggered by methods of non-formal education. A Youth Exchange can also be a good setting for discussing and learning about inclusion and diversity issues.
Youth Exchanges are based on transnational cooperation between two or more participating organisations from different countries within and outside the European Union.

Eligible participating organisations:
- non-profit organisation, association, NGO;
- European Youth NGO;
- social enterprise;
- public body at local level;
- group of young people active in youth work but not necessarily in the context of a youth organisation (i.e. informal group of young people);
- public body at regional or national level;
- association of regions;
- European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation;
- profit-making body active in Corporate Social Responsibility.

 

Who can apply
- Public body at regional or national level;
- Association of regions;
- European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation;
- Profit-making body active in Corporate Social Responsibility.
- Any participating organisation or group established in a Programme Country can be the applicant. This organisation applies on behalf of all participating organisations involved in the project.

A mobility activity is transnational and involves at least two participating organisations (sending and receiving organisation) from different countries.
If a youth mobility project foresees only one activity, the coordinator must also act either as sending or receiving organisation.
If a youth mobility project foresees more than one activity, the project coordinator can, but not necessarily has to, act as sending organisation or receiving organisation.
In all cases, the coordinator cannot be an organisation from a Partner Country neighbouring the EU.

Activities within Programme Countries: all participating organisations must be from a Programme Country.
Activities with Partner Countries neighbouring the EU: the activity must involve at least one participating organisation from a Programme Country and one participating organisation from a Partner Country neighbouring the EU.

 

Eligible countries
- 28 Member States of the European Union,
- Non-EU Programme Countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia.
- Partner countries neighbouring the EU: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Territory of Ukraine as recognised by international law, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Territory of Russia as recognised by international law.

 

Eligible activities
- Youth Exchanges.

 

Duration of project
- 3 to 24 months.

 

Where to apply
- To the National Agency of the country in which the applicant organisation is established.

 

Deadlines
- 12^th February 2019 at 12:00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting between 1^st May and 30^th September of the same year;
- 30^th April 2019 at 12:00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting between 1^st August and 31^st December of the same year;
- 1^st October 2019 at 12:00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting between 1 January and 31 May of the following year.

Interested organisations should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

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

Individuals seeking to apply should contact their organisation, institution, or educational establishment.

Find out more: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about_en

Az oktatás, képzés és ifjúság területén tevékenykedő szervezetek különféle mobilitási projektek megvalósításához az Erasmus+ Program támogatásában részesülnek.

Mire vonatkozik a kezdeményezés?

Az ifjúsági csere olyan lehetőség, amely által a különböző országokból érkező 13 és 30 év közötti fiatalok találkozhatnak és megoszthatják egymással tapasztalataikat, mindezt maximum 21 nap keretében. A fiatalok csoportjai az együttműködés során a résztvevők által az eseményt megelőzően összeállított munkaprogramot követnek (workshopok, feladatok, viták, szerepjátékok, szimulációk, szabadtéri tevékenységek). A cserék célja, hogy a fiatalok fejlesszék különböző kompetenciáikat; az egymástól való tanulásnak köszönhetően fontos társadalmi témákkal, új kultúrákkal és szokásokkal ismerkedjenek meg; valamint olyan értékeket sajátítsanak el, mint a szolidaritás, a demokrácia és a szabadság elve. Az ifjúsági cserék nemzetközi együttműködés révén valósulnak meg, amelyekben EU-s és egyes nem uniós tagállamok szervezetei  is részt vehetnek (a partnerséghez legalább két ország részvétele  szükséges).

A mobilitási projektben az alábbi szervezetek vehetnek részt:

• nonprofit szervezet, egyesület, NGO;
• európai ifjúsági civil szervezet;
• társadalmi vállalkozás;
• közintézmény;
• ifjúsági munkával foglalkozó fiatalok csoportja, akik nem kizárólag ifjúsági szervezetek tagjai lehetnek (pl. fiatalok informális csoportjaiból is érkezhetnek);
• szervezetek

Kik pályázhatnak?

• regionális vagy országos közintézmények
• régiók egyesülete
• az Európai Területi Együttműködési Csoportosulás
• vállalati társadalmi felelősség területén dolgozó profit alapú szervek
• bármely, a programban részt vevő országban létesült szervezet beadhatja jelentkezését.
  A jelentkezést benyújtó szervezet a projektben  részt vevő valamennyi szervezet nevében jelentkezik.

Az adott mobilitási tevékenységet legalább két különböző ország két (egy fogadó és egy küldő) szervezetének kell megvalósítania.

Amennyiben az ifjúsági mobilitási projekt csupán egyetlen tevékenységet valósít meg, akkot a koordinátornak küldő és fogadó szervezetként is részt kell vennie. Ha az ifjúsági mobilitási projekt egynél több tevékenységet is megvalósít, akkor a koordinátornak nem kötelező vállalnia mindkét szerepet.

Fontos kitétel, hogy koordinátor nem lehet egy olyan szervezet, amely az Erasmus+-nak csupán partnerországa. 

Tevékenységek a Program országokon belül: minden résztvevő szervezet valamelyik programországban kell, hogy működjön.

Tevékenységek Partner országokkal (EU-val határos országok): a tevékenység legalább egy programországbeli és egy partnerországbeli szervezetet be kell, hogy vonjon.

Pályázásra jogosult országok:

• Az Európai Unió 28 tagállama,
• Nem uniós programországok: Izland, Lirchtenstein, Norvégia, Törökország, Macedónia Volt Jugoszláv Köztársaság, Szerbia
• Az EU-val szomszédos partnerországok: Örményország, Azerbajdzsán, Fehéroroszország, Grúzia, Moldova, a nemzetközi jog szerinti Ukrajna területe, Algéria, Egyiptom, Izrael, Jordánia, Libanon, Líbia, Marokkó, Palesztina, Szíria, Tunézia, Albánia, Bosznia és Hercegovina, Koszovó, Montenegró, Szerbia, a nemzetközi jog szerinti Oroszország területe.

Megvalósítható tevékenységi körök

• Ifjúsági cserék

A projektek időtartama:

• 3-24 hónap

Hova nyújtható be a pályázat?

• A pályázatot benyújtó szervezet alapítási helye szerinti nemzeti irodához.

Határidők:

• 2019. február 12. déli 12 óra (brüsszeli idő szerint), a 2019. május 1-je és szeptember 30-a között induló projektek esetében;
• 2019. április 30. déli 12 óra (brüsszeli idő szerint), a 2019. augusztus 1-je és december 31-e között induló projektek esetében;
• 2019. október 1. déli 12 óra (brüsszeli idő szerint) a 2020. január 1-je és május 31-e között kezdődő projektek esetében.

A program iránt érdeklődők az Erasmus+ program pályázati útmutatójából egyéb kérdéseikre is választ kaphatnak.

Az egyes nemzeti irodák további segítséget nyújtanak.

Lényeges, hogy a pályázni szándékozó egyének vegyék fel a kapcsolatot szervezetükkel, intézményükkel vagy oktatási intézményükkel.

További információ: https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about_en

Organisationen, die in den Bereichen allgemeine und berufliche Bildung und Jugend tätig sind, werden vom Erasmus+ Programm unterstützt, um Projekte zur Förderung verschiedener Arten von Mobilität durchzuführen.

"Jugendaustausch" ist eine Gelegenheit, um Gruppen von Jugendlichen zwischen 13 und 30 Jahren aus mindestens zwei verschiedenen Ländern zu treffen und bis zu 21 Tage zusammen zu leben. Der Jugendaustausch wird von Jugendorganisationen, informellen Jugendgruppen oder anderen Organisationen durchgeführt.

Während eines Jugendaustauschs führen die Teilnehmer, unterstützt von Gruppenleitern, gemeinsam ein Arbeitsprogramm aus (eine Mischung aus Workshops, Übungen, Debatten, Rollenspielen, Simulationen und Aktivitäten im Freien), die von ihnen vor dem Austausch entworfen und vorbereitet wurden.
Ziel ist es, junge Menschen dazu zu befähigen, Kompetenzen zu entwickeln, sich für sozial relevante Themen / Themenbereiche zu interessieren, neue Kulturen, Gewohnheiten und Lebensstile zu entdecken, hauptsächlich durch Peer-Learning, Werte wie Solidarität, Demokratie, Freundschaft zu stärken.
Der Lernprozess im Jugendaustausch wird durch Methoden der nichtformalen Bildung ausgelöst. Ein Jugendaustausch kann auch ein guter Ort sein, um Diskussionen über Inklusion und Diversität zu führen.
Der Jugendaustausch basiert auf einer transnationalen Zusammenarbeit zwischen zwei oder mehr teilnehmenden Organisationen aus verschiedenen Ländern innerhalb und außerhalb der Europäischen Union.

Die Teilnahme folgender Organisationen ist förderfähig:
- gemeinnützige Organisation, Verein, NGO;
- Europäische Jugend-NRO;
- Sozialunternehmen;
- öffentliche Einrichtung auf lokaler Ebene;
- Gruppe junger Menschen, die in der Jugendarbeit tätig sind, jedoch nicht unbedingt im Kontext einer Jugendorganisation (d. h. informelle Jugendgruppe);
- öffentliche Einrichtung auf regionaler oder nationaler Ebene;
- Vereinigung der Regionen;
- Europäischer Verbund für territoriale Zusammenarbeit;
- gewinnorientiertes Organ, das sich für soziale Verantwortung von Unternehmen einsetzt
 

Wer kann sich bewerben
- öffentliche Einrichtung auf regionaler oder nationaler Ebene;
- Vereinigung der Regionen;
- Europäischer Verbund für territoriale Zusammenarbeit;
- Gewinnbringendes Organ, das sich für die soziale Verantwortung von Unternehmen einsetzt.
- Jede teilnehmende Organisation oder Gruppe, die in einem Programmland ansässig ist, kann Antragsteller sein. Diese Organisation gilt für alle am Projekt beteiligten teilnehmenden Organisationen.

Eine Mobilitätsaktivität ist transnational und umfasst mindestens zwei teilnehmende Organisationen (Entsende- und Aufnahmeorganisation) aus verschiedenen Ländern.
Wenn ein Jugendmobilitätsprojekt nur eine Aktivität vorsieht, muss der Koordinator auch als Entsende- oder Aufnahmeorganisation fungieren.
Wenn ein Jugendmobilitätsprojekt mehr als eine Aktivität vorsieht, kann der Projektkoordinator als Entsendeorganisation oder Aufnahmeorganisation fungieren, muss aber nicht.
In allen Fällen kann der Koordinator keine Organisation aus einem Partnerland in der Nähe der EU sein.

Aktivitäten innerhalb der Programmländer: Alle teilnehmenden Organisationen müssen aus einem Programmland stammen.
Aktivitäten mit Partnerländern der EU: An der Aktivität muss mindestens eine teilnehmende Organisation aus einem Programmland und eine teilnehmende Organisation aus einem Partnerland der EU beteiligt sein.

Teilnahmeberechtigte Länder
- 28 Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union,
- Nicht-EU-Programmländer: Island, Liechtenstein, Norwegen, Türkei, ehemalige jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien, Serbien.
- Nachbarländer der EU: Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Weißrussland, Georgien, Moldawien, nach internationalem Recht anerkanntes Territorium der Ukraine, Algerien, Ägypten, Israel, Jordanien, Libanon, Libyen, Marokko, Palästina, Syrien, Tunesien, Albanien, Bosnien und Herzegowina Herzegowina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Russland als völkerrechtlich anerkannt.

Förderfähige Aktivitäten
- Jugendaustausch.

Dauer des Projekts
- 3 bis 24 Monate.

Wo bewerben?
- an die Nationalagentur des Landes, in dem die antragstellende Organisation niedergelassen ist.

Fristen
- 12. Februar 2019 um 12:00 Uhr (Brüsseler Ortszeit) für Projekte, die zwischen dem 1. Mai und dem 30. September desselben Jahres beginnen;
- 30. April 2019 um 12:00 Uhr (Brüsseler Ortszeit) für Projekte, die zwischen dem 1. August und dem 31. Dezember desselben Jahres beginnen;
- 1. Oktober 2019 um 12:00 Uhr (mittags Brüsseler Zeit) für Projekte, die zwischen dem 1. Januar und dem 31. Mai des folgenden Jahres beginnen.

Bei Interesse lesen Sie bitte den Erasmus+ Programme Guide

Weitere Unterstützung erhalten sie durch die Nationalagentur(en) Ihres Landes.

Personen, die sich bewerben möchten, sollten sich an ihre Organisation, Institution oder Bildungseinrichtung wenden.

Finde mehr heraus: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/about_en

This is an EU grant for the organisation of Youth dialogue projects: meetings, conferences, consultations and events promoting the active participation of young people in democratic life and their interaction with decision-makers. Through these events, young people are able to make their voice heard, providing proposals and recommendations, on how youth policies should be shaped and implemented in Europe. 

A Youth Dialogue project has three phases:
- planning and preparation;
- implementation of the activities;
- evaluation (including reflection on a possible follow-up).

Activities supported under this action
- national meetings and transnational/international seminars offering space for information, debate and active participation of young people, in dialogue with decision-makers, on issues relevant to the EU Youth Strategy and its Dialogue mechanisms;
- national meetings and transnational seminars that prepare the ground for the official Youth Conferences organised during each semester by the Member State holding the turn of Presidency of the European Union;
- events promoting debates and information on youth policy themes linked to the activities organised during the European Youth Week;
- consultations of young people to find out their needs on matters relating to participation in democratic life (online consultations, opinion polls, etc.);
- meetings and seminars, information events or debates between young people and decision-makers, youth experts around the theme of participation in democratic life;
- events simulating the functioning of the democratic institutions and the roles of decision-makers within these institutions.

Young people lead activities: they will be actively involved in all the stages of the project, from preparation to follow-up.
However, the following activities are not eligible for grants under this action: statutory meetings of organisations or networks of organisations; politically influenced events.

Eligible participating organisations
Non-profit organisations, associations, NGOs; European Youth NGOs; public bodies at local level established in a Programme Country or in a Partner Country neighbouring the EU (regions 1 to 4).
Organisations from eligible Partner Countries can only take part in the project as partners (not as applicants).

Who can apply
Any participating organisation established in a Programme Country: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, 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, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Serbia and Turkey.

Number of participating organisations
For transnational/international meetings, the activity must involve at least two participating organisations from at least two different countries, of which at least one is a Programme Country.
For national meetings, the activity must involve one organisation from a Programme Country.
 

Eligible participants
The project can last between 3 and 24 months. It must involve a minimum of 30 young participants between 13 and 30 years old, from the countries involved in the project.
If the project foresees the participation of decision-makers or experts in the youth policy field, these participants can be involved regardless of their age and geographical provenance.

Find out more: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/resources_en

Promuove la partecipazione attiva dei giovani alla vita democratica e promuove il dibattito su temi e le priorità fissati nell'ambito della strategia dell'UE per la gioventù e dei suoi meccanismi di dialogo.
Si tratta di una sovvenzione UE per l'organizzazione di progetti di dialogo con i giovani; incontri, conferenze, consultazioni ed eventi che promuovono la partecipazione attiva dei giovani alla vita democratica e la loro interazione con i decisori. Attraverso questi eventi, i giovani sono in grado di far sentire la loro voce, fornendo proposte e raccomandazioni, su come le politiche giovanili dovrebbero essere modellate e attuate in Europa.

Un progetto di dialogo giovanile comprende tre fasi:
- pianificazione e preparazione;
- implementazione delle attività;
- valutazione (compresa la riflessione su un eventuale follow-up).

Attività supportate nell'ambito di questa azione:
- incontri nazionali e seminari transnazionali/internazionali che offrono spazio all’informazione, il dibattito e la partecipazione attiva dei giovani in dialogo con i decisori su temi legati alla Strategia UE per i Giovani e i suoi meccanismi di Dialogo;
-incontri nazionali di preparazione e seminari transnazionali per le Conferenze Giovanili ufficiali organizzate durante il semestre di turno degli Stati membri per la Presidenza dell’Unione Europea;
- eventi che promuovono dibattiti e informazione sul tema delle politiche giovanili collegati ad attività organizzate durante la Settimana Europea dei Giovani;
- consultazioni dei giovani per scoprire le loro esigenze rispetto alla partecipazione alla vita democratica (consultazioni online,  sondaggi di opinione, etc.);
- incontri e seminari, eventi informativi o dibattiti tra giovani e responsabili decisionali e giovani esperti , sul tema della partecipazione alla vita democratica;
- eventi volti a simulare il funzionamento delle istituzioni democratiche e il ruolo dei decisori nell’ambito di queste istituzioni.

Le seguenti attività non sono considerate ammissibili per finanziamenti  nel quadro del Dialogo Strutturato: incontri istituzionali di organizzazioni e reti; eventi legati al mondo della politica.

Attività guidate dai giovani: i giovani devono essere attivamente coinvolti in tutte le fasi del progetto, dalla preparazione al follow-up.
Può partecipare qualsiasi organizzazione o associazione senza scopo di lucro, ONG, ONG europea giovanile, organismo pubblico a livello locale, con sede in un Paese del Programma o in Paese Partner di vicinato dell'UE. Le organizzazioni dei Paesi Partner possono partecipare solamente al progetto come partner. 

Per incontri internazionali, l’attività deve coinvolgere almeno due organizzazioni partecipanti da almeno due diversi paesi, di cui almeno uno è un Paese del Programma.  
Per incontri nazionali, l’attività deve coinvolgere un’organizzazione di un Paese del Programma.

Il progetto può avere una durata da 3 a 24 mesi. Deve coinvolgere almeno 30 giovani tra i 13 e i 30 anni, dai paesi coinvolti nel progetto. Qualora il progetto preveda la partecipazione di decisori o esperti  del settore giovanile, l’età di questi partecipanti, così come la loro provenienza geografica, è irrilevante.

Per gli incontri giovanili: l'attività deve svolgersi nel paese dell'organizzazione che presenta la candidatura. Per incontri trasnazionali/internazionali: le attività possono svolgersi in un qualsiasi Paese del Programma impegnato nell'attività. Solamente in casi debitamente giustificati e qualora l'attività principale preveda elementi di dialogo con i decisori politici a livello europeo, un'attività può essere svolta presso un'istituzione dell'Unione Europea. 

La sovvenzione massima prevista  per un incontro nel quadro del Dialogo Strutturato è di 50.000 euro.

La partecipazione completa a tutte le azioni del programma Erasmus+ è aperta ai seguenti paesi partecipanti:
 - gli Stati membri dell’Unione europea;
- i paesi EFTA/SEE: Islanda, Liechtenstein e Norvegia;
- i paesi candidati all’adesione all’UE: la Turchia, l’ex Repubblica iugoslava di Macedonia e la Serbia.

Per i richiedenti appartenenti al 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 richiedenti appartenenti al Regno Unito, questi ultimi non riceveranno più finanziamenti dall’UE (pur continuando a partecipare, se possibile) o saranno invitati a ritirarsi dal progetto sulla base delle pertinenti disposizioni sulla risoluzione della convenzione di sovvenzione.

Può presentare la candidatura qualsiasi organizzazione con sede in un Paese del Programma, all'Agenzia nazionale entro il:
- 12 Febbraio 2019, per progetti che hanno inizio tra il 1 Maggio e il 30 Settembre dello stesso anno;
- 30 Aprile 2019, per progetti che hanno inizio tra il 1 Agosto e il 31 Dicembre dello stesso anno;
- 1 Ottobre 2019, per progetti che hanno inizio tra il 1 Gennaio e il 31 Maggio dell’anno seguente.

Per ulteriori informazioni prendere in visione la guida del programma Erasmus+ o contattare l'Agenzia nazionale del proprio paese.

Per ulteriori informazioni: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/support-for-policy-reforms_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.

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

The European Commission has launched a new pilot initiative aiming at enabling vocational education and training (VET) colleges in the EU to set up student and staff exchange programmes with colleges in the Western Balkans, Turkey and Africa.
Besides student and staff mobility between colleges, these mobility partnerships will also share good practice in their countries and regions, and create networks and partnerships for exchange.

 

Objectives
The general objective is to contribute to the improvement and modernisation of VET systems in the Enlargement countries and Africa, as well as reinforcing the links between VET and the labour market.
More specifically, the aim of this call (EAC/S34/2018) is to enhance the capacity of VET providers in the Enlargement countries (Lot n°1) and Africa (Lot n°2) by promoting mobility activities aimed at improving the skills and competences of VET teachers, learners and managers and the occupational prospects of young students.
 

Expected results

Lot n° 1 Enlargement countries: Western Balkans and Turkey
- exchange programmes between Enlargement countries and European VET providers implemented;
- the knowledge, technical and pedagogical skills of VET teachers is improved;
- the knowledge of VET managerial staff is improved;
- the transversal, generic and subject-specific skills of learners are enhanced.

Indicative activities 
Mobility arrangements (identification of target groups, development of individual programmes and action plans for schools and teaching staff, implementation of mobility in the EU), document best practices, dissemination at national and regional level, creation and institution of networks and partnerships for exchanges.

 

Lot n° 2 Africa
- Exchange programmes between African and European VET providers implemented;
- The knowledge, technical and pedagogical skills of VET teachers is improved;
- The knowledge of VET managerial staff is improved;
- The transversal, generic and subject-specific skills of learners are enhanced;
- Best practices, teachers' and students' inputs are integrated into curriculum and training reform in the participating schools;
- Improved quality of training offered by African VET providers.

Indicative activities
Mobility arrangements (identification of target groups, development of individual programmes and action plans for schools and teaching staff, implementation of mobility in the EU), capacity support for curriculum development and consultancy support for management, development of new/revised trainer offer and contents, document best practices, dissemination and national, regional and continental level, creation and institution of networks and partnerships for exchanges.

Who can take part
Lot n° 1 Enlargement countries: Western Balkans and Turkey
Any public or private organisation in the field of vocational education and training (VET), any consortium or a company involved in VET, any public or private organisation active in the labour market, organisations active in the labour market or in the fields of education, NGOs, local authorities, Small and Medium Enterprises, etc.
They must be legally registered in a European Union Member State or in one of the Enlargement countries (Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey)

Lot n° 2: Africa
Any public or private organisation (or subsidiary/branch) in the field of vocational education and training, consortium of public or private VET providers, any public or private organisation active in the labour market.
They must be legally registered in a European Union Member State or in an African Union Member State.

Who can apply
Public or private VET organisation (or subsidiary/branch) active in the field of vocational education and training and legally registered in a European Union Member State, a consortium of public or private VET organisations.
The applicant (or lead applicant in the case of a consortium) must be established in an EU Member State.
 

Lot n° 1: the proposal must include in total at least 6 organisations of which at least 3 organisations from 3 different EU Member States and 3 organisations from 3 different Enlargement countries targeted by this action 
Lot n° 2: the proposal must include in total at least 13 organisations of which at least 3 organisations from 3 different EU Member States and 10 organisations from 10 different African countries targeted by this action and covering the 5 regions of Africa (North: Mauritania, Tunisia; West: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone; Central: Cameroon, Chad, Gabon; East: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan; South: Angola, Malawi, Namibia and South Africa.)

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 European Union during the grant period without concluding an agreement with the European Union ensuring in particular that British applicants continue to be eligible, you will cease to receive EU funding (while continuing, where possible, to participate) or be required to leave the project on the basis of the relevant provisions of the grant agreement on termination.

Eligible activities
Mobility arrangements including the identification of the target groups of staff, managers and students, preparation of training programme and learning outcomes and selection of participants;
Mobility activities consisting of:
- Learners' mobility in VET providers and/or companies abroad, from 2 weeks to less than 3 months;
- Learners' longer-term mobility in VET/providers and/or companies abroad (ErasmusPro-type mobility13) from 3 to 12 months;
- Staff mobility (maximum duration of 3 months).
Lot n° 1: Mobility activities will focus on learners and staff incoming to the EU rather than outgoing from the EU (which will be limited to staff only).  
Mobility for training and retraining purposes is only eligible for staff from non EU countries. Furthermore, individual learners from Serbia, Turkey and North Macedonia who have benefited already from mobility under the Erasmus+ programme are not eligible for mobility under this pilot scheme. The same applies for training and retraining of staff.
Lot n° 2: Mobility activities will focus on learners and staff incoming to the EU rather than outgoing from the EU (which will be limited to staff only). Mobility activities (in VET schools and/or industry) will focus on learners and staff incoming to the EU rather than outgoing from the EU (which will be limited to staff only).
 

Thematic areas
Proposals must focus on three priority fields of study:
- Engineering, manufacturing and construction (with particular emphasis on 0712 environmental protection and technology, 0713 electricity and energy and/or 0721 food processing);
- Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Veterinary (with particular emphasis on 0811 Crop and livestock production);
- Services (with particular emphasis on 1013 Hotel, restaurants and catering and/or 1015 Travel, tourism and leisure).

Implementation period
The maximum duration of each project under Lot 1 and Lot 2 is 42 months;

Deadline to apply: 14^th May 2019, 12.00 noon CET.

Read more here.

Between 23-26 May 2019, European citizens will be invited to vote in all EU Member States.

The European Parliament is the only EU institution which members are directly elected by citizens. And it matters. The EP passes laws for our protection and budgets on our behalf. It represents us abroad and acts on our petitions.

The European Parliament can hugely impact the economic, social and cultural choices made on the future of Europe.

Who can take part

• you have to be at least 18 years old (17 in Greece, 16 in Austria and Malta)
• you have to be a citizen of one of EU Member States

How to take part

• if voting in your home country, you will automatically be listed in the electoral roll - just show up and cast your vote at a polling place
• if voting abroad, you will vote by post or at an embassy/consulate - almost all Member States allow the possibility although some require voters to pre-register with their national electoral authorities

Read more here: https://eurodesk.eu/policy-points/this-time-im-voting/

#startwithvoting

În perioada 23-26 mai 2019, cetățenii europeni sunt invitați să voteze în toate statele membre ale UE.

Parlamentul European este singura instituție a UE în care membrii sunt aleși în mod direct de către cetățeni. Și acest lucru contează. Parlamentul adoptă legi pentru protecția noastră și bugete în numele nostru. Acesta ne reprezintă în străinătate și analizează petițiilor noastre.

Parlamentul European poate avea un impact deosebit asupra alegerilor economice, sociale și culturale privind viitorul Europei.

Cine poate lua parte

• trebuie să ai cel puțin 18 ani (17 ani în Grecia, 16 ani în Austria și Malta);
• trebuie să fii cetățean al unuia dintre statele membre ale UE.

Cum poți participa

• în cazul în care votezi în țara ta de origine, vei fi înscris automat pe listele electorale – trebuie doar să te prezinți și să votezi într-o secție de votare;
• dacă votezi în străinătate, vei vota prin poștă sau la o ambasadă/consulat - aproape toate statele membre permit acest lucru, deși unele solicită alegătorilor să se înregistreze în prealabil la autoritățile electorale naționale.

Mai multe informații: https://eurodesk.eu/policy-points/this-time-im-voting/

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Organisations active in the fields of education, training and youth receive support from the Erasmus+ Programme to carry out projects promoting different types of mobility.
The Mobility project for higher education students includes the following activities:

1. Student mobility for studies: a study period abroad at a partner higher education institution (HEI).
The study period should respond to student degree-related learning and personal development needs.
It must be part of the student's study programme to complete a degree at a short cycle, first cycle (Bachelor or equivalent), second cycle (Master or equivalent) and third or doctoral cycle.
A study period abroad may also include a traineeship period.
Student mobility can be in any subject area or academic discipline.

2. Student mobility for traineeships (work placement): a work placement abroad in an enterprise or any other relevant workplace.
The traineeships abroad at a workplace should be an integrated part of the student's study programme and supported during short cycle, first, second, third cycle studies and in the case of mobility within Programme Countries, within a maximum of one year after the student’s graduation.
This also includes the 'assistantships' for student teachers.

Wherever possible, the traineeships should be an integrated part of the student's study programme. 

In order to better support students to acquire the skills necessary for their future, a partnership between the Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020 programmes has been established.
This partnership will provide and promote further traineeship opportunities for students and recent graduates who wish to acquire digital skills and competences required to perform jobs and thrive in an economy and society which is being continuously digitally transformed. Students and recent graduates from all disciplines are invited to apply for a traineeship in these domains. These traineeships are expected to take place in the EU Member States as well as in Horizon 2020 associated countries. 

Who can apply
- For an application as individual Higher Education Institution: higher education institutions established in a Programme Country and awarded with an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.
- For an application as national Mobility Consortium: coordinating organisations established in a Programme Country and coordinating a consortium awarded with a higher education Mobility Consortium Accreditation.
The number of organisations in the application form is one (the applicant). It is either a single higher education institution or a Mobility Consortium coordinator established in a Programme Country.
During the implementation of the mobility project, a minimum of two organisations (at least one sending and one receiving organisation) from different Programme Countries must be involved.

 

Eligible participating organisations
1. Student mobility for studies:
- both sending and receiving organisations must be higher education institutions awarded with an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.
2. Student mobility for traineeships:
- In the case of mobility between Programme Countries, the sending organisation must be a HEI awarded with an ECHE.
- In the case of mobility between Programme and Partner Countries, the sending organisation must be a Programme Country HEI awarded with an ECHE or a Partner Country HEI recognised by competent authorities that has signed inter-institutional agreements with their Programme Country partners before the mobility takes place.
- the receiving organisation can be: any public or private organisation active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training and youth (a public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise, a public body at local, regional or national level, a social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of commerce, craft/professional associations and trade unions; research institute, foundation, school, institute, educational centre, non-profit organisation, association, NGO, body providing career guidance, professional counselling and information services).
 

Eligible countries
Mobility between Programme Countries:
- any Programme Country

Mobility between Programme and Partner Countries:
- any Programme Country; and
- any Partner Country of the world, except regions 5 and 12 (see section "eligible countries" in Part A of the Erasmus Guide)

Eligible activities:
- student mobility for studies;
- student mobility for traineeships;

Duration of the project
- Mobility between Programme Countries: 16 or 24 months.
- Mobility between Programme and Partner Countries: 24 or 36 months.

Funding:
The grant is based on the number of students taking part in the mobility activities, the average duration per participant of the planned mobility activities, the number and average duration of mobility activities (students) realized in the previous two years.

Where to apply:
- National Agency of the country in which the applicant organisation is established.

Deadline:
- 12 February 2019, 12.00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting on
- 1 June of the same year, for mobility projects between Programme Countries;
- 1 August of the same year, for mobility projects between Programme and Partner Countries.
 

Interested organisations should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.

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

Higher education students cannot apply directly for a grant. Individuals seeking to apply should contact their organisation, institution, or educational establishment.


Find out more here.

Organisations active in the fields of education, training and youth receive support from the Erasmus+ Programme to carry out projects promoting different types of mobility.

The Mobility project for higher education staff includes the following activities:

1. Staff mobility for teaching: allows higher education institution (HEI) teaching staff or staff from enterprises to teach at a partner HEI abroad. Staff mobility for teaching can be in any subject area/academic discipline.
2. Staff mobility for training: supports the professional development of HEI teaching and non-teaching staff in the form of training events abroad (excluding conferences) and job shadowing/observation periods/training at a partner higher education institution, or at another relevant organisation abroad.

A period abroad can combine teaching and training activities.
 

Who can apply
- For an application as individual HEI: higher education institutions established in a Programme Country and awarded with an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education.
- For an application as national Mobility Consortium: coordinating organisations established in a Programme Country and coordinating a consortium awarded with a higher education consortium accreditation. 
The number of organisations in the application form is one (the applicant). It is either a single HEI or a national mobility consortium coordinator established in a Programme Country.
During the implementation of the mobility project, a minimum of two organisations (at least one sending and one receiving organisation) from different Programme Countries must be involved.
For mobility projects involving Partner Countries, the minimum is one from a Programme Country and one from an eligible Partner Country.

Eligible participating organisations

1. Staff mobility for teaching:
- the receiving organisation must be a Programme Country HEI awarded with an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) or a Partner Country HEI recognised by competent authorities and having signed an inter-institutional agreement with the sending Programme Country partner before the mobility takes place;
- the sending organisation must be a Programme Country HEI awarded with an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE), or a Partner Country HEI recognised by competent authorities and having signed an inter-institutional agreement with the receiving Programme Country partner; or in the case of staff invited to teach at HEI, any public or private organisation (not awarded with an ECHE) active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training and youth (a public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise, a public body at local, regional or national level, a social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of commerce, craft/professional associations and trade unions; research institute, foundation,  school/institute/educational centre, non-profit organisation, association, NGO,  body providing career guidance, professional counselling and information services).

2. Staff mobility for training:
- the sending organisation must be a Programme Country HEI awarded with an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) or a Partner Country HEI recognised by competent authorities and having signed an inter-institutional agreement with the receiving Programme Country partner before the mobility takes place;
- the receiving organisation must be a Programme Country HEI awarded with an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) or a Partner Country HEI recognised by competent authorities and having signed an inter-institutional agreement with the receiving Programme Country partner before the mobility takes place, or any Programme Country public or private organisation active in the labour market or in the fields of education, training and youth (a public or private, a small, medium or large enterprise, a public body at local, regional or national level, a social partner or other representative of working life, including chambers of commerce, craft/professional associations and trade unions; research institute, foundation,  school/institute/educational centre, non-profit organisation, association, NGO,  body providing career guidance, professional counselling and information services).

Eligible countries
- 28 Member States of the European Union,
- Non-EU Countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

 

Eligible activities
- staff mobility for teaching;
- staff mobility for training.

 

Duration of the activity
From 2 days (5 days from and to Partner Countries) to 2 months, excluding travel time.
In mobility between Programme Countries, the minimum 2 days must be consecutive. In the case of invited staff from enterprises, the minimum duration for mobility between Programme Countries is 1 day. 
A teaching activity has to comprise a minimum of 8 hours of teaching per week (or any shorter period of stay). If the mobility lasts longer than one week, the minimum number of teaching hours for an incomplete week should be proportional to the duration of that week 

 

Venue of the activity
Staff must carry out their mobility activity in any Programme Country or Partner Country different from the country of the sending organisation and the staff country of residence. 

 

Funding
The budget available for mobility between Programme and Partner Countries is divided between different regions of the world in 12 budgetary envelopes and the size of each budgetary envelope is different. Further information on the amounts available under each budgetary envelope will be published on the National Agencies' websites.

 

Where to apply:
- National Agency of the country in which the applicant organisation is established.

 

Deadline:
- 12 February, 12.00 (midday Brussels time) for projects starting on
- 1 June of the same year, for mobility projects between Programme Countries 
- 1 August of the same year, for mobility projects between Programme and Partner Countries.

Interested organisations should read the Erasmus+ Programme Guide.
For further support, they should contact the National Agency in their country.

Individuals seeking to apply should contact their organisation, institution, or educational establishment.
 

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.

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

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

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

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

Projects
Projects must be implemented and/or benefit only eligible countries (developing countries Parties to the 2005 Convention).
The project implementation period shall be between 12 and 24 months.
The projects should start, at the earliest, in April 2020, following the approval of the project by the Intergovernmental Committee in February 2020.

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

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

Application should be completed in either English or French.

 

Deadline: 13 ^th June 2019, midnight CET.

Applications from public authorities/institutions and local NGOs will undergo a pre-selection process conducted by National Commissions for UNESCO by 22^nd July 2019, 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 2020, in seguito all'approvazione del progetto del comitato intergovernativo nel febbraio 2020. L'importo massimo che può essere richiesto è di 100.000 USD.

Scadenza: 13 giugno 2019.

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

From January to August 2020 PACT Zollverein is offering a residency programme for the development and realisation of projects and productions.
The programme is open to professional artists working in the fields of dance, performance, media arts or music. 

Participants will get:

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

Residences are awarded twice a year by an international jury. 

Deadline: 8^th July 2019,  (application period starts on 3^rd  of June).

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2yHmwrW

Da gennaio a luglio 2020 PACT Zollverein offre un programma di residenze per lo sviluppo e la realizzazione di progetti e produzioni. Il programma è aperto ad artisti professionisti che lavorano nei campi della danza, dello spettacolo, delle arti mediali o della musica.

I partecipanti avranno diritto a:

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

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

Scadenza: 8 luglio 2019.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

Participating countries:
- 28 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
- Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, 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: 
- 1^st February 2019, before 12:00 noon CET, for projects starting between 1^st July of the same year of the deadline and 31^st March of the year after the deadline.
- 1^st September 2019, before 12:00 noon CET, for projects starting between 1^st February and 31^st October of the year after the deadline.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 
The following countries ONLY can participate to the initiative within the Programme: the European Union Member States and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
 

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

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

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

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

Eligible applicants
towns/municipalities or their twinning committees or networks;
local and regional authorities;
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
- 1^st March 2019, 12:00 noon CET, for projects starting between 1^st September and 28^th February of the same year as the deadline.
- 1^st September 2019,12:00 noon CET, for projects starting between 1^st March and 31^st 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.
 

Această măsură, “Rețele de orașe”, urmărește să ofere finanțare municipalităților și asociațiilor care lucrează împreună, având o temă comună și cu o perspectivă pe termen lung și care doresc să dezvolte rețele de orașe pentru a face cooperarea lor mai durabilă. Măsura “Reţele de oraşe” reprezintă a doua măsură a Componentei 2 numită Implicarea democratică și participarea civică în cadrul programului Europa pentru cetățeni 2014-2020. Această componentă urmărește să promoveze cetățenia europeană și să îmbunătățească condițiile de participare civică și democratică la nivelul UE, să încurajeze participarea democratică a cetățenilor la nivelul UE și să sprijine participarea concretă la procesul de elaborare a politicilor UE. Voluntariatul este un element esențial al cetățeniei active: prin acordarea de timp în beneficiul altora, prin voluntariat în serviciul comunității și printr-un rol activ jucat în societate. Acesta dezvoltă sentimentul de apartenență la o comunitate, prin urmare, și dobândirea dreptului de proprietate. Voluntariatul este, prin urmare, un mijloc deosebit de puternic de a dezvolta angajamentul cetățenilor față de societate și de viața politică. Organizațiile societății civile, asociațiile de interes general european, asociațiile orașelor înfrățite și alte organizații participante se bazează adesea pe munca voluntară pentru desfășurarea și dezvoltarea activităților lor. Prin urmare, o atenție deosebită este acordată promovării voluntariatului, în special prin intermediul Corpului European de Solidaritate. În prima fază, Corpul European de Solidaritate, noua inițiativă a UE care urmărește să ofere tinerilor din UE oportunitatea de face voluntariat pentru a ajuta acolo unde este nevoie și pentru a răspunde situațiilor de criză. Aceasta se va baza pe programele UE existente, inclusiv pe programul "Europa pentru cetățeni". În acest context, promotorii de proiecte sunt încurajați să folosească baza de date a Corpului European de Solidaritate. Promotorii care decid să aleagă persoane din cadrul Corpului European de Solidaritate trebuie să respecte cerințele stabilite de Carta Corpului European de Solidaritate, inclusiv cerința referitoare la asigurarea acestora. Într-adevăr, în cadrul programului "Europa pentru cetățeni", agenția nu oferă direct sau indirect o asigurare pentru voluntarii aleși de promotori pentru proiectele lor. Prin urmare, fiecare promotor trebuie să se asigure că voluntarii/persoanele cu care lucrează sunt asigurate corespunzător pentru activitățile lor. Laaceastă inițiativă pot participa doar următoarle țări: statele membre UE și Fosta Republică Iugoslavă a Macedoniei. Rețelele tematice între municipalități pe probleme de interes comun permit discuții în cunoștință de cauză și schimburi de bune practici. Potențialul rețelelor create de înfrățirile dintre orașe ar trebui folosit pentru dezvoltarea cooperării tematice și de lungă durată între orașe. Comisia Europeană sprijină dezvoltarea unor astfel de rețele, care sunt importante pentru asigurarea unei cooperări structurate, intense și cu multiple fațete. 2.2 Reţelele de oraşe trebuie: - să integreze o serie de activități în jurul subiectelor de interes comun care trebuie abordate în contextul obiectivelor programului sau al priorităților multianuale; - să aibă definite grupuri țintă pentru care temele selectate sunt deosebit de relevante și implică membri ai comunității activi în domeniul discutat (adică experți, asociații locale, cetățeni și grupuri de cetățeni direct afectați de temă, etc.); - să mobilizeze cetățeni din întreaga Europă: un proiect trebuie să implice un minimum de 30% din participanții invitați. "Participanții invitați" sunt participanți internaționali trimiși de partenerii eligibili; - să servească drept bază pentru viitoarele inițiative și acțiuni între orașele implicate, privind aspectele abordate sau, eventual, alte aspecte de interes comun. Proiectele trebuie: - să prevadă cel puțin patru evenimente; - să implice municipalități din cel puțin patru țări participante, din care cel puțin două sunt din state membre UE; - să aibă un minimum de 30% de participanți internaționali provenind din municipalitățile invitate; - durata maximă a proiectului este de 24 luni; - proiectul trebuie să înceapă în perioada de eligibilitate, care depinde de termenul la care se depune cererea. Grantul maxim care va fi acordat este de 150000 de euro pentru un proiect. Candidaţi eligibili: - orașe/municipii și comitete sau rețele de înfrățire; - autorități locale și regionale; - federaţii/asociații de autorități locale; - organizații nonprofit care reprezintă autorități locale. Parteneri: organizațiile nonprofit ale societății civile. Candidații și partenerii trebuie să fie organisme publice sau organizații nonprofit cu personalitate juridică. Un proiect trebuie să implice municipalități din cel puțin 4 țări eligibile dintre care cel puțin două trebuie să fie din state membre ale UE. Ţări participante 28 de state membre ale 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, Suedia, Marea Britanie. - Albania, Bosnia și Herțegovina, Fosta Republică Iugoslavă a Macedoniei, Muntenegru, Serbia și Kosovo. Pentru candidații britanici: vă rugăm să luați în considerare că trebuie respectate criteriile de eligibilitate pe întreaga durată a proiectului. Dacă Marea Britanie se retrage din UE în timpul perioadei de acordare a grantului fără a încheia un acord cu UE, care să asigure candidaților britanici eligibilitate în continuare, candidații britanici vor înceta să primească fonduri UE (continuând, dacă este posibil, să participe) și vor trebui să părăsească proiectul. Programul este deschis pentru următoarele categorii de țări, cu condiția ca acestea să fi semnat un memorandum cu Comisia: a) țările în curs de aderare, țările candidate și potențial candidate, în conformitate cu principiile generale și cu termenii și condițiile generale pentru participarea țărilor respective la programele Uniunii stabilite prin Acorduri cadru, deciziile ale Consiliului de asociere sau acorduri similare; b) țările AELS care sunt părți la Acordul privind SEE, în conformitate cu dispozițiile respectivului acord. Termene limită: - 1 martie 2019, 12:00 ora prânzului CET, pentru proiecte care încep în perioada 1 septembrie-28 februarie a aceluiaşi an - 1 septembrie 2019, 12:00 ora prânzului CET, pentru proiecte care încep în perioada 1 martie-31 august a anului următor Mai multe detalii la: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/europe-for-citizens_en Pentru mai multe informaţii, contactaţi Punctul Europa pentru Cetățeni din ţara dumneavoastră.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Civil Society Projects explore innovative methods of citizens’ participation. The Civil Society Projects aims to support a variety of projects of a transnational and cross-sectoral dimension, directly involving citizens. Those projects should gather citizens from different horizons, who will act together or debate on common European issues, at local and European level.

This third measure is part 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. 
The Civil Society Projects measure is directed at activities involving citizens and at bringing together people from local communities across Europe to share and exchange experiences, opinions and values, to learn from history and to build for the future. It encourages meetings, exchanges and debates among European citizens from different countries and through different means.
 

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

2.3 - Civil Society Projects
The specific objectives are to support projects gathering citizens in activities directly linked to EU policies, providing an opportunity for direct participation in the policy making process.
A Civil Society Project must include at least two of the following three types of activities:
- promotion of societal engagement and solidarity: activities able to promoting debate/campaigns/actions on the themes of common interest in the larger framework of the rights and responsibilities of the Union citizens and making the link to the European political agenda and policy making process;
- gathering of opinions: activities aiming at gathering the individual opinions of the citizens on a specific topic to be yearly defined, favouring a bottom up approach (including the use of social networks, webinars, etc.) and media literacy;
- volunteering: activities promoting solidarity among Union citizens and beyond.

 

Applicant and partners
- Type of organisation: non-profit organisations, including civil society organisations, educational, cultural or research institutions, other organisations involved in the project can also be public local/regional authorities.
- Number of Partners: A project must involve organisations from at least 3 eligible countries of which at least two are an EU Member State.

Maximum eligible grant for a project: 150 000 EUR.
The activities must take place in any of the eligible countries.
The project must start within the relevant eligibility period.
Maximum project duration is 18 months.

 

Particpating countries
- 28 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
- Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, 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 September 2019, 12:00 noon CET, for projects starting between 1^st March and 31^st 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.

Civil Society Projects explore innovative methods of citizens’ participation. The Civil Society Projects aims to support a variety of projects of a transnational and cross-sectoral dimension, directly involving citizens. Those projects should gather citizens from different horizons, who will act together or debate on common European issues, at local and European level.

This third measure is part 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. 
The Civil Society Projects measure is directed at activities involving citizens and at bringing together people from local communities across Europe to share and exchange experiences, opinions and values, to learn from history and to build for the future. It encourages meetings, exchanges and debates among European citizens from different countries and through different means.
 

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

2.3 - Civil Society Projects
The specific objectives are to support projects gathering citizens in activities directly linked to EU policies, providing an opportunity for direct participation in the policy making process.
A Civil Society Project must include at least two of the following three types of activities:
- promotion of societal engagement and solidarity: activities able to promoting debate/campaigns/actions on the themes of common interest in the larger framework of the rights and responsibilities of the Union citizens and making the link to the European political agenda and policy making process;
- gathering of opinions: activities aiming at gathering the individual opinions of the citizens on a specific topic to be yearly defined, favouring a bottom up approach (including the use of social networks, webinars, etc.) and media literacy;
- volunteering: activities promoting solidarity among Union citizens and beyond.

 

Applicant and partners
- Type of organisation: non-profit organisations, including civil society organisations, educational, cultural or research institutions, other organisations involved in the project can also be public local/regional authorities.
- Number of Partners: A project must involve organisations from at least 3 eligible countries of which at least two are an EU Member State.

Maximum eligible grant for a project: 150 000 EUR.
The activities must take place in any of the eligible countries.
The project must start within the relevant eligibility period.
Maximum project duration is 18 months.

 

Particpating countries
- 28 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
- Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, 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 September 2019, 12:00 noon CET, for projects starting between 1^st March and 31^st 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.

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: 15 January 2019, 17:00 CET.

Individual fellowships (IF): support for experienced researchers undertaking mobility between countries, optionally to the non-academic sector, to support the mobility of researchers within and beyond Europe - as well as helping to attract the best foreign researchers to work in the EU.
Deadline: 11 September 2019, 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: 26 September 2019, 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: 2 April 2019, 17:00 CET.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eligible applicants
- secondary school students studying in a European country;
- their team has to have at least 3 members, all secondary school students. The person who will be communicating with OBESSU must have at least medium level English language knowledge;
- the applicant should have a bank account for payment in Euros (student union bank account or a bank account of another organisation that will support the team in administration);
- the initiative has to be finished until the end of 2019.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deadline: 20 January 2019, 23:59 CET.

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

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

Deadline: 20 January 2019, 23:59 CET.

For further support please contact the Programme Coordinator, Milos at [email protected]

Find out more:  https://seedsforintegration.org

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

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

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

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

Candidati ammissibili
- studenti delle scuole secondarie che studiano in un paese europeo;
- la loro squadra deve avere almeno 3 membri, tutti gli studenti delle scuole secondarie. La persona che comunicherà con OBESSU deve avere almeno una conoscenza della lingua inglese di livello medio;
- il richiedente deve disporre di un conto bancario per il pagamento in euro (conto bancario dell'Unione degli studenti o conto bancario di un'altra organizzazione che sosterrà la squadra in amministrazione);
- l'iniziativa deve essere completata entro il 2019.

Criteri di ammissibilità specifici per scala di sovvenzione:

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

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

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

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

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

Scadenza: 10 gennaio 2019.

Per ulteriori informazioni: https://seedsforintegration.org

În cadrul proiectului “Seeds for Integration”, Biroul de Organizare al Asociațiilor de Elevi din Europa (OBESSU) a lansat Granturile “Seeds for Integration”.

Obiectivul este de a oferi finanțare elevilor din învățământul liceal la nivel local, regional sau național, pentru a le permite să implementeze inițiative menite să sporească integrarea elevilor refugiați și a celor care provin din familii de migranți.

Obiective:

-Implicarea tuturor elevilor, indiferent de originea lor, într-o dezbatere privind situația copiilor refugiați sau migranți în Europa, în contextul educației, precum și de a crea un  dialog între școli la nivel local, regional și național având ca tema subiectul de mai sus;

-încurajarea și susținerea inițiativelor elevilor care îi abilitează pe colegii lor cu backgroud de migrație să împărtășească cu comunitatea școlară experiențele și provocările cu care se confruntă în domeniul educației, sporind astfel conștientizarea problemelor cu care se pot întâlni zilnic elevii refugiați migranți.

-Crearea unor legături mai strânse între comunitățile de unde provin elevii migranți și comunitățile școlare.

Granturi:

În funcție de planul și nivelul de activitate, se poate solicita un grant prin Pilonul 1, Pilonul 2 sau Pilonul 3.

Pilon 1 – Se vor acorda până la 1000 sau 4000 de euro pentru:

- inițiative ale elevilor de liceu;

- asociații ale elevilor active la nivel local, regional sau național care au idei creative privind modul în care poate fi sprijinită integrarea elevilor refugiați și migranți. Suma este alocată în funcție de mărimea asociației și de ideea proiectului.

Solicitanți eligibili

- elevi de liceu care studiază într-o țară europeană;

- echipa lor trebuie să aibă cel puțin 3 membri, toți elevi de liceu. Persoana care va comunica cu OBESSU trebuie să aibă cunoștințe de limbă engleză cel puțin de nivel mediu;

- solicitantul trebuie să aibă un cont bancar în euro (cont bancar al asociației sau cont bancar al unei alte organizații care va sprijini echipa administrativă);

- inițiativa trebuie finalizată până la sfârșitul anului 2019.

Criterii de eligibilitate în funcție de grant:

Granturi la scară mică

- toți membrii echipei trebuie să frecventeze același liceu sau inițiativa propusă trebuie să fie o activitate de colaborare între două sau mai multe școli;

- inițiativa trebuie să aibă un impact local sau regional.

Granturi pe scară largă

- candidatura trebuie să fie depusă de către un membru, o organizație candidată sau afiliată OBESSU;

- inițiativa trebuie pusă în aplicare la nivel național.

Termen limită: în derulare. Propunerile de proiecte vor fi evaluate pe parcursul anului.

Pilonul 2 – Se vor acorda până la 7500 de euro pentru:

- organizații membre OBESSU;

- organizații candidate;

- organizații afiliate

interesate să promoveze proiectul "Seeds for Integration", astfel încât și elevii care locuiesc în zonele rurale și orașele mici să cunoască proiectul și să folosească oportunitățile oferite.

Asociațiile naționale ale elevilor care solicită acest pilon trebuie să implementeze un așa-numit pachet de incluziune (IWP) având ca obiectiv promovarea proiectului la nivel național și creșterea calității candidaturilor.

Sarcini

- să organizeze cel puțin un eveniment de dimensiune mare sau mai multe evenimente mai mici pentru un număr de 100 de elevi care promovează proiectul "Seeds for Integration";

- să împuternicească elevii interesați să solicite finanțare, asistându-i în timpul procesului;

- să se asigure că toate documentele (materiale promoționale, apeluri pentru granturi, ghidul formularului de candidatură, formularul de candidatură) sunt accesibile fiecărui elev.

Solicitanți eligibili

- Orice membru, organizație candidată sau afiliată OBESSU, având o persoană responsabilă pentru a comunica cu OBESSU, care cunoaște limba engleză la nivel mediu (nivel B1/B2).

Termen limită: 10 ianuarie 2019, 23:59 CET.

Pilonul 3 – se acordă până la 10.000 de euro pentru:

- organizații ale elevilor din învățământul liceal (formale sau nonformale/la nivel local, regional sau național);

- proiecte de parteneriat între elevi de liceu și studenți care implică cooperarea între organizațiile ESU și OBESSU;

- interesate să îmbunătățească situația studenților refugiați și migranți în țara lor.

Sarcini

- să efectueze activități de cercetare privind incluziunea în cadrul mediului educațional;

- să organizeze campanii pentru creșterea numărului de elevi refugiați sau care provin din familii de migranți;

- să îi aducă împreună pe elevii din comunitățile gazdă și pe elevii refugiați sau migranți prin intermediul diferitelor evenimente sportive;

- să organizeze expoziții de artă care să prezinte realitățile comunităților de refugiați și migranți;

- să pregătească festivaluri de muzică/gastronomice pentru comunitatea locală.

Termen limită: 10 ianuarie 2019, 23:59 CET.

Pentru sprijin suplimentar, contactați coordonatorul programului, Milos la [email protected]

Mai multe informații: https://seedsforintegration.org

En el marco del proyecto "Semillas para la integración", la Oficina de organización de sindicatos de estudiantes de escuelas europeas (OBESSU) ha lanzado las becas semillas para la integración.

El objetivo es proporcionar financiación inicial a los estudiantes de secundaria a nivel local, regional o nacional para que puedan implementar iniciativas dirigidas a mejorar la integración de estudiantes refugiados y alumnos con antecedentes migratorios.

 Los objetivos son:

- involucrar a todos los estudiantes, independientemente de sus orígenes, en un debate sobre la situación de los niños refugiados y migrantes en Europa en el contexto de la educación, y forjar un diálogo entre las escuelas a nivel local, regional y nacional sobre el tema anterior;

- Fomentar y apoyar las iniciativas de los estudiantes escolares que están empoderando a sus compañeros con antecedentes migratorios para compartir con la comunidad escolar sus experiencias y los desafíos que enfrentan en el campo de la educación, lo que aumenta la conciencia sobre los problemas que los alumnos refugiados y refugiados pueden encontrar durante su vida cotidiana. .

- Crear vínculos más estrechos entre los estudiantes migrantes de las comunidades y la comunidad escolar.

Becas

Dependiendo de cuál sea el plan y el nivel de actividad, es posible solicitar una beca bajo una de las tres modalidades posibles:

Pilar 1: se otorgarán hasta 1.000 o 4.000 euros a:

- iniciativas de base de estudiantes de secundaria;

- sindicatos de estudiantes activos a nivel local, regional o nacional que tengan una idea creativa sobre cómo apoyar la integración de alumnos y estudiantes con antecedentes de refugiados y migrantes. La cantidad se asigna de acuerdo con el tamaño del sindicato y la idea del proyecto.

Solicitantes elegibles

- estudiantes de secundaria que estudian en un país europeo;

- su equipo debe tener al menos 3 miembros, todos estudiantes de secundaria. La persona que se comunicará con OBESSU debe tener al menos un nivel medio de inglés;

- el solicitante debe tener una cuenta bancaria que permita que el pago se realice en euros (cuenta bancaria del sindicato de estudiantes o una cuenta bancaria de otra organización que apoyará al equipo en la administración);

- La iniciativa debe estar terminada a finales de 2019.

Criterios específicos de elegibilidad por escala de becas:

Becas a pequeña escala

- todos los miembros del equipo deben asistir a la misma escuela de nivel secundario o la iniciativa propuesta debe ser una actividad de colaboración entre 2 o más escuelas;

- La iniciativa debe tener un impacto local o regional.

Becas a gran escala

- la solicitud debe ser presentada por un miembro de OBESSU, candidato u organización afiliada;

- La iniciativa debe ser implementada a nivel nacional.

Plazo: se aceptan solicitudes de forma continua. Las propuestas de proyectos serán evaluadas a lo largo del año.

Pilar 2 - Hasta 7500 euros concedidos a:

- Miembro de OBESSU;

- Organización candidata;

- Organización afiliada interesado en promover el proyecto "Semillas para la integración" para que incluso los estudiantes que viven en áreas rurales y pueblos pequeños sepan de qué se trata el proyecto y aprovechen las oportunidades que se ofrecen.

Los sindicatos de estudiantes de escuelas nacionales que soliciten este pilar, deberán implementar el llamado Paquete de Trabajo de Inclusión (IWP) con el objetivo de promover el proyecto a nivel nacional y contribuir a aumentar la calidad de las solicitudes.

Tareas

- organizar al menos uno grande o varios eventos más pequeños para un total de 100 estudiantes que promueven el proyecto "Semillas para la integración";

- capacitar a los estudiantes interesados ​​en solicitar fondos, asistiéndolos durante el proceso;

- asegúrese de que toda la documentación (materiales promocionales, convocatoria de solicitudes, guía del formulario de solicitud, formulario de solicitud) sea accesible para cada estudiante.

Solicitantes elegibles

- Cualquier Miembro de OBESSU, Candidato u Organización afiliada cuya persona representativa, a cargo de la comunicación con OBESSU, tenga al menos un nivel de conocimiento del idioma inglés (nivel B1 / B2).

Fecha límite: 10 de enero de 2019, 23:59 CET.

Pilar 3 - Hasta 10.000 euros concedidos a:

- Organización de estudiantes de escuela secundaria (formal o no formal / que trabaja a nivel local, regional o nacional);

- proyectos de colaboración entre la escuela secundaria y estudiantes universitarios que implican la cooperación entre ESU y las organizaciones OBESSU

- Interesados ​​en mejorar la posición de los estudiantes refugiados y migrantes en su país.

Tareas

- hacer una investigación sobre la inclusión del ambiente de aprendizaje;

- organizar una campaña para aumentar el número de estudiantes con antecedentes de refugiados / migrantes;

- reunir a estudiantes de las comunidades anfitrionas y aquellos con antecedentes de refugiados y migrantes a través de diferentes eventos deportivos;

- organizar una exposición de arte para presentar las realidades de las comunidades de refugiados y migrantes;

- Preparando festival de música / comida para la comunidad local.

Fecha límite: 10 de enero de 2019, 23:59 CET.

Para obtener ayuda, comuníquese con el Coordinador del programa, Milos, en [email protected]

Más información en: https://seedsforintegration.org

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

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

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

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

Eligible applicants
- secondary school students studying in a European country;
- their team has to have at least 3 members, all secondary school students. The person who will be communicating with OBESSU must have at least medium level English language knowledge;
- the applicant should have a bank account for payment in Euros (student union bank account or a bank account of another organisation that will support the team in administration);
- the initiative has to be finished until the end of 2019.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deadline: 20 January 2019, 23:59 CET.

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

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

Deadline: 20 January 2019, 23:59 CET.

For further support please contact the Programme Coordinator, Milos at [email protected]

Find out more:  https://seedsforintegration.org

Zis Foundation is inviting young people of all nationalities between 16 and 20 to get the chance to receive a grant of 600 Euros for a self-organised study trip to a foreign country.

Who can apply
- young people between 16 and 20 years old;
- from all nationalities;
- not yet attending university.

Conditions of the journey
- it researches a topic chosen by the participant;
- it is undertaken alone;
- it is paid with the grant (600 euros) alone;
- it lasts four weeks at least;
- it takes the participant abroad, e.g. German citizens and residents of Germany should not travel in Germany;
- transport by plane is not allowed;
- trips to regions of warfare or violent ethnic conflicts will not be sponsored;
- every participant has a personal advisor (mentor) to help to organise the trip via e-mail;
- participants hand in a study report (8000 words at least), a diary and a statement within three months after return in German or English.

How to apply
- candidates have to complete the application form;
- parents are asked to complete a consent form (even if the candidate has reached the majority age).

Deadline to apply 15^th February 2020.

All details are available here.

Higher education students at master's level who want to complete a full study programme in another Programme Country can apply for an EU-guaranteed loan to contribute to their costs.
Loans are offered by participating banks and student loan agencies on favourable conditions to mobile students and include better than market interest rates and up to two years to allow graduates to get into a job before beginning repayment.
 
The loan scheme is established in cooperation with the European Investment Bank Group and will be gradually put in place over the first few years of the Eramus+programme in the Programme Countries.

Who can apply for a loan
To be eligible to apply students must:
- be a resident of one of the Erasmus+ Programme Countries;
- have successfully completed first cycle higher education studies (Bachelor or equivalent);
- have been accepted for a 2nd cycle programme (Master or equivalent) at a recognised higher education institution (HEI) which holds the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE).

The Master (or equivalent) that they intend to study must: 
- be delivered in a different country from their country of residence and from where they obtained their Bachelor degree (or the equivalent degree giving them access to the Master programme)
- be a full programme that will lead to a (Master or equivalent) degree. 

 Amount of loan
The loans are up to 12,000 EUR for a 1-year Master programme and up to 18,000 EUR for an up to 2-year Master and can cover living, tuition and other study costs in any of the 33 Erasmus+ Programme Countries.
Key social safeguards include no collateral by student or parents, favourable interest rate, favourable pay-back terms.

Where to apply
Directly to participating banks, higher education institutions or student loan companies.

More information on the Scheme and the participating financial institutions is available here.

Studenti universitari a livello di master che desiderano completare il loro programma di studi in un altro Paese del Programma, possono presentare domanda per un prestito garantito UE come contributo alle loro spese.

I prestiti vengono offerti dalle banche e le agenzie di prestito a condizioni favorevoli per gli studenti, e comprendono tassi di interesse migliori di quelli del mercato e fino ai due anni, affinché i laureati possano trovare un impiego prima di iniziare il rimborso.

Per essere ammessi alla richiesta di finanziamento gli studenti devono:

• essere residenti in uno dei paesi aderenti al Programma Erasmus+
• aver completato il primo ciclo di studi (laurea triennale o equivalente)
• essere stati accettati per un programma di secondo ciclo (laurea magistrale, master o equivalente) presso un istituto d'istruzione superiore (IIS) riconosciuto titolare della carta Erasmus per l'istruzione superiore (CEIS).
• Il corso di laurea magistrale (o master, o equivalente) che intendono seguire deve: 
• svolgersi in un paese diverso dal proprio paese di residenza e dal paese in cui hanno ottenuto il diploma di laurea triennale (o il diploma equivalente che consente l'accesso al programma di laurea magistrale)
• essere un programma completo che consente il conseguimento di un titolo (master, laurea magistrale o equivalente).

I prestiti possono essere erogati soltanto per studi condotti presso università titolari della carta Erasmus per l'istruzione superiore.

I prestiti hanno un importo massimo di 12 000 EUR per programmi di master di 1 anno e di 18 000 EUR per programmi di 2 anni e possono coprire costi di sostentamento, spese di iscrizione e altri costi legati allo studio in ciascuno dei 33 paesi aderenti al Programma Erasmus+.

Tra i principali dispositivi di tutela sociale rientrano l'assenza di garanzie collaterali richieste agli studenti o ai loro genitori, i tassi di interesse favorevoli e i termini agevolati per la restituzione.

Gli studenti possono presentare domanda direttamente presso le banche partecipanti, gli istituti di istruzione superiore o le società che erogano prestiti agli studenti.

Per ulteriori informazioni prendere in visione la guida del programma Erasmus+ o contattare l'agenzia nazionale del proprio paese.

The European Solidarity Corps - Quality Label Is a compulsory accreditation for organisations interested to participate in the European Solidarity Corps volunteering, traineeships and job activities. It ensures consistently high standards in Solidarity Corps’ activities and help organisations find partners.

What it is
Depending on the type of solidarity activity an organisation wants to be involved in and its role, there are different requirements in order to obtain the Quality Label. An organisation can apply for a supporting and/or host role for volunteering and/or Traineeships and Jobs. 

This is required to ensure compliance of the participating organisations with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps, as regards their responsibilities during all stages of solidarity activities.
All organisations holding a Quality Label gain access to the European Solidarity Corps database. However, having a quality label will not automatically lead to funding. 

How it works
An organisation can apply for different scopes and roles of Quality Label, depending on the Actions it wishes to be involved in, as well as for a combination of several Quality Labels:

- Quality Label for Volunteering (supporting and/or host role);
- Quality Label for Traineeships;
- Quality Label for Jobs;

A Quality Label is not needed for solidarity projects.

The Quality Label is awarded for the entire duration of the programming period (2018-2020) and will remain valid until the end of the last project in which the organisation is involved, implemented through a grant of the current programming period.
In order to facilitate partner-finding, profiles of all organisations holding a Quality Label are published in a database of Quality Label organisations. 
Additionally, as soon as the Quality Label has been awarded, organisations have access to the European Solidarity Corps Portal where they are invited to advertise activities for which they are looking for participants.
Organisations have to make use of the European Solidarity Corps Portal's database to search for participants. 

Organisations having been accredited under the European Voluntary Service (EVS)/Erasmus+ volunteering programmes do not need to apply for the Quality Label. 

Who can apply
For a Quality Label for Volunteering, any organisation legally established in
- a participating country (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom) or
- a partner country (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Russian Federation);

For a Quality Label for Traineeships or Jobs, any organisation legally established in
- a Member State of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom);

- any organisation having control links with affiliated entities can apply on behalf of these.

Where to apply
1. To the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency for:
- Europe-wide networks or platforms of organisations applying for themselves and on behalf of at least one of their affiliated entities and involving at least two different countries;
- National public authorities and services (e.g. government ministries, national civic services);
- Organisations providing volunteering, traineeship or job activities run with the support of EU programmes other than the European Solidarity Corps.`

2. To the National Agency in which the applicant organisation is established for all other cases and for organisations established in a participating country.

3. To the relevant SALTO for organisations established in a partner country neighbouring the EU:
- SALTO South East Europe for organisations established in Western Balkans countries, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Liechtenstein and Serbia;
- SALTO Eastern Europe and Caucasus for organisations established in Eastern Partnership countries, the territory of Russia as recognised by international law, Iceland and Norway;
- SALTO EuroMed for organisations established in Southern Mediterranean.

Application forms for a Quality Label (call 2018) are available here.

When to apply
Applications for Quality Label can be submitted on a continuous basis.

Organisations with a valid European Voluntary Service accreditation can participate in volunteering activities without holding a Quality Label.

For further details, please check the European Solidarity Corps Guide.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The next call for ERC Advanced Grants should be announced on 21^st  May 2019.

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

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

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

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

Scadenze: 30 agosto 2018. Il prossimo invito per le sovvenzioni Advanced Grants verrà lanciato nel maggio 2019.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The ERSTE Stiftung Foundation and Open Society Foundations in cooperation with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, are inviting journalists from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Greece and Serbia to take part in their Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence 2019.

They will have to submit research proposals on the theme “Freedom”.
 Do you want to take your skills as a journalist to another level, receiving close editorial support and a generous allowance in order to research a subject in depth?

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

Participating fellows will receive: a bursary of €2,000, a travel allowance of up to €2,000, close editorial supervision and mentoring, and the chance to attend international career development seminars and be published in the most influential regional and international media.
In addition, the top three articles chosen by an international jury will receive awards of €4,000, €3,000 and €1,000. 
Applicants should be proficient in English (speaking, reading and comprehension), although reports may be written in local languages.
Fellowship reports will be disseminated widely in all local languages as well as in English.

The fellowship will run from April until December 2019 and three winners shall be selected during the final seminar held at the end of the year.

Deadline: 6^th March 2019, 24h.

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

Fundația ERSTE Stiftung și Fundațiile pentru o Societate Deschisă, în cooperare cu Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, invită jurnaliști din Albania, Bosnia-Herțegovina, Bulgaria, Croația, Kosovo, Republica Macedonia, Muntenegru, România, Grecia și Serbia să candideze pentru o bursă în cadrul programului Bursă pentru Excelență în jurnalism 2019.

Ei trebuie să prezinte propuneri de investigații jurnalistice pe tema "Libertate".

Vrei să îți îmbunătățești abilitățile de jurnalist, să beneficiezi de sprijin editorial și o alocație generoasă pentru a aprofunda un subiect?

Zece jurnaliști vor fi selectați pentru a primi finanțare și sprijin profesional pentru cercetare și pentru redactarea unui material pe un subiect de importanță regională și europeană.

Participanții selectați vor primi o bursă de 2.000 de euro și o alocație de călătorie de până la 2.000 de euro. Aceștia vor beneficia de supervizare editorială și consiliere din partea unui mentor și vor avea șansa de a participa la seminare internaționale de dezvoltare a carierei și de a le fi publicate articolele în media la nivel regional și internațional.

În plus, primele trei articole alese de un juriu internațional vor primi premii de 4.000 de euro, 3.000 de euro și 1.000 de euro.

Candidații trebuie să cunoască foarte bine limba engleză, chiar dacă materialele pot fi scrise în limbile locale.

Materialele bursierilor vor fi difuzate pe scară largă în toate limbile locale, precum și în limba engleză.

Bursele se acordă pentru perioada aprilie - decembrie 2019 și trei câștigători vor fi selectați în cadrul seminarului final de la sfârșitul anului.

Termen limită: 6 martie 2019

Toate detaliile sunt disponibile la: http://fellowship.birn.eu.com/ro/page/home

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Budget
The total budget available for the co-financing of projects under the present call is EUR 10 000 000.
The financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 75 % of the total eligible costs.
The maximum grant per project will be EUR 2 000 000.
The Agency reserves the right not to distribute all the funds available.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Budget
The total budget available for the co-financing of projects under the present call is EUR 10 000 000.
The financial contribution from the EU cannot exceed 75 % of the total eligible costs.
The maximum grant per project will be EUR 2 000 000.
The Agency reserves the right not to distribute all the funds available.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deadline: 1 June 2018, 12 pm Brussels time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- gestion des risques, préparation et réaction aux catastrophes

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

- renforcement du volontariat local dans les pays tiers

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

- capacité de fournir une alerte rapide aux communautés locales.

Corps éligibles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Activités éligibles

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

​Budget

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

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

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

Plus d’infos

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2Heb0V0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2Heb0V0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.