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: 12 September 2018, 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

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.

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 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

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

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.

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

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

EMJMDs aim to:

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

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

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

Read more here.
 

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

Such an organisation can be:

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

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

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

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

For more information please visit the scholarships page.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

EMJMDs aim to:

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

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

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

Read more here.
 

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

Such an organisation can be:

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

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

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

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

For more information please visit the scholarships page.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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


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

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.

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

This is an EU funding for organisations or public bodies to organise major Europe-wide sports events, involving partners or sportspeople from participating countries, promoting volunteering in sport, social inclusion through sport; gender equality in sport, health-enhancing physical activity and the implementation of the European Week of Sport. 

This Action provides financial support for
- the organisation of European-wide sport events organised in one Programme Country;
- national events -organised simultaneously in several Programme Countries by organisations or public bodies active in the field of sport. The expected results of these events are:
- increased awareness as regards the role of sport in promoting social inclusion, equal opportunities and health-enhancing physical activity;
- increased participation in sport, physical activity and voluntary activity.


 

Eligible activities
- preparation of the event;
- organisation of educational activities for athletes, coaches, organisers and volunteers in the run-up to the event;
- organisation of the event;
- organisation of side-activities to the sporting event (conferences, seminars);
- implementation of legacy activities (evaluations, drafting of future plans);
- communication activities linked to the topic of the event.

Activities not eligible under this action
- sport competitions regularly organised by international, European or national sport federations/leagues on an annual basis;
- professional sport competitions.

 

Who can apply
Any public body or organisation, with its affiliated entities (if any), active in the field of sport, 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.
- public body in charge of sport at local, regional or national level;
- sport organisation at local, regional, national, European or international level;
- coordinator of a national event organised in the framework of a European event in the field of sport.

 

Eligible events and participants
- European-wide sport events organised in one country must involve participants to the event from at least 10 different Programme Countries or
- Sport events organised simultaneously in several Programme Countries must involve participants to the events from at least 10 different Programme Countries.

 
Duration of the project
Up to one year (from preparation of the event to its follow-up). 
The event must take place during the following year, any time till 31^st October.

Maximum grant awarded
- 300.000 EUR, for not-for-profit European sport events organised during the European Week of Sport;
- 500.000 EUR, for not-for-profit European sport events not related to the European Week of Sport.
Maximum of 80% financing of the total eligible costs.
 

Deadline
Applications should be submitted to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency by 4^th April 2019, 12:00 midday Brussels time, for projects starting on 1^st November of thesame year.

For further support please check the Erasmus+ programme or contact the national agency in your country.

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

Find out more: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/sport/not-for-profit-european-sport-events_en

This is an EU funding for organisations or public bodies to organise major Europe-wide sports events, involving partners or sportspeople from participating countries, promoting volunteering in sport, social inclusion through sport; gender equality in sport, health-enhancing physical activity and the implementation of the European Week of Sport. 

This Action provides financial support for
- the organisation of European-wide sport events organised in one Programme Country;
- national events -organised simultaneously in several Programme Countries by organisations or public bodies active in the field of sport. The expected results of these events are:
- increased awareness as regards the role of sport in promoting social inclusion, equal opportunities and health-enhancing physical activity;
- increased participation in sport, physical activity and voluntary activity.


 

Eligible activities
- preparation of the event;
- organisation of educational activities for athletes, coaches, organisers and volunteers in the run-up to the event;
- organisation of the event;
- organisation of side-activities to the sporting event (conferences, seminars);
- implementation of legacy activities (evaluations, drafting of future plans);
- communication activities linked to the topic of the event.

Activities not eligible under this action
- sport competitions regularly organised by international, European or national sport federations/leagues on an annual basis;
- professional sport competitions.

 

Who can apply
Any public body or organisation, with its affiliated entities (if any), active in the field of sport, 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.
- public body in charge of sport at local, regional or national level;
- sport organisation at local, regional, national, European or international level;
- coordinator of a national event organised in the framework of a European event in the field of sport.

 

Eligible events and participants
- European-wide sport events organised in one country must involve participants to the event from at least 10 different Programme Countries or
- Sport events organised simultaneously in several Programme Countries must involve participants to the events from at least 10 different Programme Countries.

 
Duration of the project
Up to one year (from preparation of the event to its follow-up). 
The event must take place during the following year, any time till 31^st October.

Maximum grant awarded
- 300.000 EUR, for not-for-profit European sport events organised during the European Week of Sport;
- 500.000 EUR, for not-for-profit European sport events not related to the European Week of Sport.
Maximum of 80% financing of the total eligible costs.
 

Deadline
Applications should be submitted to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency by 4^th April 2019, 12:00 midday Brussels time, for projects starting on 1^st November of thesame year.

For further support please check the Erasmus+ programme or contact the national agency in your country.

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

Find out more: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/actions/sport/not-for-profit-european-sport-events_en

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.

This action offers the opportunity to develop, transfer and/or implement innovative outputs and/or engage into intensive dissemination and exploitation activities of existing andnewly products or innovative ideas in different areas relating to sport and physical activity. They involve various organisations and actors in and outside sport, including in particular public authorities at local, regional, national and European levels, sport organisations, sport-related organisations and educational bodies.

Collaborative Partnerships support projects which:
- Encourage participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the implementation of the Council Recommendation on health-enhancing physical activity and being in line with the EU Physical Activity Guidelines and the Tartu Call for a Healthy Lifestyle;
- Encourage participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the European Week of Sport;
- Promote education in and through sport with a special focus on skills development, as well support  the implementation of the EU Guidelines Dual Careers of Athletes;
- Promote voluntary activity in sport; 
- Combat doping, notably in recreational environments;
- Combat match-fixing;
- Improve good governance in sport;
- Combat violence and tackle racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport; 
- Encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport.

In all these areas, gender equality should be promoted. Cooperation with the Partner Countries should be encouraged.

In addition, Collaborative Partnerships should also support the implementation of the European Week of Sport, a European Commission initiative, launched to promote sport and physical activities in the European Union, in the light of declining participation levels. The European Week of Sport is intended to be organised with the following concept: an official opening, a flagship event, and 5 Focus Days, each day with a different focus theme: education, workplaces, outdoors, sport clubs and fitness centres. Among other activities, the European Week of Sport will encourage the organisation of cross-border awareness-raising activities.
As from 2017, the European Week of Sport takes place from 23^rd to 30^th September. Apart from the activities organised by the European Commission, Member States will organise national activities and coordinate local ones.
 

Supported activities
- networking among stakeholders;
- development, identification, promotion and sharing of good practices;
- preparation, development and implementation of educational and training modules and tools;
- activities to increase the competences of multipliers in the field of sport and to develop monitoring and benchmarking of indicators, notably as regards the promotion of ethical behaviours and codes of conduct among sportspeople;
- awareness-raising activities on the added value of sport and physical activity in relation to the personal, social and professional development of individuals;
- activities to promote innovative synergies between the field of sport and the fields of health, education, training and youth;
- activities to improve the evidence-base of sport to tackle societal and economic challenges (collection of data underpinning the aforementioned activities, surveys, consultations, etc.);
- conferences, seminars, meetings, events and awareness-raising actions underpinning the aforementioned activities.

Collaborative Partnerships target the cooperation between organisations established in Programme Countries.

Who can take part
Collaborative Partnerships are open to any type of public institutions or organisations active in the field of sport established in a Programme Country or in any Partner Country of the world (public body in charge of sport at local, regional or national level; National Olympic Committee or National Sport confederation; sport organisation at local, regional, national, European or international level; national sports league; sport club; organisation or union representing athletes; organisation or unions representing professionals and volunteers in sport (such as coaches, managers, etc, organisation representing the 'sport for all' movement; organisation active in the field of physical activity promotion; organisation representing the active leisure sector; organisation active in the field of education, training or youth)

A Collaborative Partnership should be composed of:
- applicant/coordinator: organisation that submits the project proposal on behalf of all the partners.
- partners: organisations that contribute actively to the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the Collaborative Partnership.

A Collaborative Partnership is a transnational action, which involves at least five organisations from five different Programme Countries. 
There is no maximum number of partners. However, the budget for project management and implementation is capped (and equivalent to 10 partners). 

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.


Venue
The activities must take place in the countries (one or more) of the organisations involved in the Collaborative Partnership.
 

Duration of the project
The duration must be chosen at the application stage (12, 18, 24, 30 or 36 months), based on the objective of the project and on the type of activities foreseen over time.

Grant
The maximum grant awarded is 400.000 EUR with a maximum of 80% financing of the total eligible costs.



Deadline
Applications should be submitted to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency by 4^th April 2019, 12:00 midday Brussels time, for projects starting on 1^st January of the following year.
Individuals seeking to apply should contact their organisation, institution, or educational establishment.
 

For further support please check the Erasmus+ programme or contact the national agency in your country.
 

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/sports_2019_en

This action offers the opportunity to develop, transfer and/or implement innovative outputs and/or engage into intensive dissemination and exploitation activities of existing andnewly products or innovative ideas in different areas relating to sport and physical activity. They involve various organisations and actors in and outside sport, including in particular public authorities at local, regional, national and European levels, sport organisations, sport-related organisations and educational bodies.

Collaborative Partnerships support projects which:
- Encourage participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the implementation of the Council Recommendation on health-enhancing physical activity and being in line with the EU Physical Activity Guidelines and the Tartu Call for a Healthy Lifestyle;
- Encourage participation in sport and physical activity, especially by supporting the European Week of Sport;
- Promote education in and through sport with a special focus on skills development, as well support  the implementation of the EU Guidelines Dual Careers of Athletes;
- Promote voluntary activity in sport; 
- Combat doping, notably in recreational environments;
- Combat match-fixing;
- Improve good governance in sport;
- Combat violence and tackle racism, discrimination and intolerance in sport; 
- Encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport.

In all these areas, gender equality should be promoted. Cooperation with the Partner Countries should be encouraged.

In addition, Collaborative Partnerships should also support the implementation of the European Week of Sport, a European Commission initiative, launched to promote sport and physical activities in the European Union, in the light of declining participation levels. The European Week of Sport is intended to be organised with the following concept: an official opening, a flagship event, and 5 Focus Days, each day with a different focus theme: education, workplaces, outdoors, sport clubs and fitness centres. Among other activities, the European Week of Sport will encourage the organisation of cross-border awareness-raising activities.
As from 2017, the European Week of Sport takes place from 23^rd to 30^th September. Apart from the activities organised by the European Commission, Member States will organise national activities and coordinate local ones.
 

Supported activities
- networking among stakeholders;
- development, identification, promotion and sharing of good practices;
- preparation, development and implementation of educational and training modules and tools;
- activities to increase the competences of multipliers in the field of sport and to develop monitoring and benchmarking of indicators, notably as regards the promotion of ethical behaviours and codes of conduct among sportspeople;
- awareness-raising activities on the added value of sport and physical activity in relation to the personal, social and professional development of individuals;
- activities to promote innovative synergies between the field of sport and the fields of health, education, training and youth;
- activities to improve the evidence-base of sport to tackle societal and economic challenges (collection of data underpinning the aforementioned activities, surveys, consultations, etc.);
- conferences, seminars, meetings, events and awareness-raising actions underpinning the aforementioned activities.

Collaborative Partnerships target the cooperation between organisations established in Programme Countries.

Who can take part
Collaborative Partnerships are open to any type of public institutions or organisations active in the field of sport established in a Programme Country or in any Partner Country of the world (public body in charge of sport at local, regional or national level; National Olympic Committee or National Sport confederation; sport organisation at local, regional, national, European or international level; national sports league; sport club; organisation or union representing athletes; organisation or unions representing professionals and volunteers in sport (such as coaches, managers, etc, organisation representing the 'sport for all' movement; organisation active in the field of physical activity promotion; organisation representing the active leisure sector; organisation active in the field of education, training or youth)

A Collaborative Partnership should be composed of:
- applicant/coordinator: organisation that submits the project proposal on behalf of all the partners.
- partners: organisations that contribute actively to the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the Collaborative Partnership.

A Collaborative Partnership is a transnational action, which involves at least five organisations from five different Programme Countries. 
There is no maximum number of partners. However, the budget for project management and implementation is capped (and equivalent to 10 partners). 

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.


Venue
The activities must take place in the countries (one or more) of the organisations involved in the Collaborative Partnership.
 

Duration of the project
The duration must be chosen at the application stage (12, 18, 24, 30 or 36 months), based on the objective of the project and on the type of activities foreseen over time.

Grant
The maximum grant awarded is 400.000 EUR with a maximum of 80% financing of the total eligible costs.



Deadline
Applications should be submitted to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency by 4^th April 2019, 12:00 midday Brussels time, for projects starting on 1^st January of the following year.
Individuals seeking to apply should contact their organisation, institution, or educational establishment.
 

For further support please check the Erasmus+ programme or contact the national agency in your country.
 

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/sports_2019_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

The Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) provides the general quality framework for European and international cooperation activities a higher education institution (HEI) may carry out within the Erasmus+ Programme.

The award of an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education is a pre-requisite for all higher education institutions (HEIs) located in one of the countries listed below and want to apply and participate in learning mobility of individuals and/or cooperation for innovation and good practices under the Erasmus+ programme.

For HEIs located in other countries, the ECHE is not required, and the quality framework will be established through inter-institutional agreements between HEIs. The Charter is awarded for the full duration of the Programme.
 

HEIs established in one of the following countries are eligible to apply for an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education:
- the 28 Member States of the European Union,
- the EFTA-EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway),
- THE EU candidate countries (Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey).
 

The Charter is awarded for the full duration of the Programme.
The National Authorities will designate, among the applicants, the Higher Education Institutions to be considered eligible to participate in learning mobility of individuals and/or cooperation for innovation and good practices under the Programme, in their respective territories.

Deadline: 29 March 2019, 12:00 (noon) CET.
 

All details can be found here.
 

For further support please contact the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).

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

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

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

Small Collaborative Partnerships allow organisations to develop and reinforce networks, increase their capacity to operate at transnational level, exchange good practices, confront ideas and methods in different areas relating to sport and physical activity. Selected projects may also produce tangible outputs and are expected to disseminate the results of their activities, although in a way that is proportional to the aim and scope of the project. Small Collaborative partnerships involve various organisations including in particular public authorities at local, regional and national levels, sport organisations, sport-related organisations and educational bodies.
 

Small Collaborative Partnerships particular aim at ensuring the continuity of Preparatory actions 2013 and are, in particular, projects aimed to:
- encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport;
- promote European traditional sports and games;
- support the mobility of volunteers, coaches, managers and staff of non-profit sport organisations; 
- protect athletes, especially the youngest, from health and safety hazards by improving training and competition conditions;
- promote education in and through sport with special focus on skills development.

Small Collaborative Partnerships should promote the creation and development of transnational networks in the field of sport. They should include at least one local or regional sport club.
 

Supported activities
- networking among stakeholders;
- promotion, identification and sharing of good practices;
- preparation, development and implementation of educational and training modules and tools;
- awareness-raising activities on the added value of sport and physical activity in relation to the personal, social and professional development of individuals;
- conferences, seminars, meetings, events and awareness-raising actions underpinning the aforementioned activities.

Small Collaborative Partnerships target the cooperation between organisations established in Programme Countries.

Who can take part
Small Collaborative Partnerships are open to any type of publicbody with its affiliated entities (if any) active in the field of sport established in a Programme Country or in any Partner Country of the world (public body in charge of sport at local, regional or national level; National Olympic Committee or National Sport confederation; sport organisation at local, regional, national level; national sports league; sport club; organisation or union representing athletes; organisation active in the field of physical activity promotion; organisation representing the active leisure sector).

A Small Collaborative Partnership should be composed of:
- applicant/coordinator: organisation that submits the project proposal on behalf of all the partners.
- partners: organisations that contribute actively to the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the Small Collaborative Partnership.

A Small Collaborative Partnership is a transnational action, which involves at least three organisations from three different Programme Countries. 
There is no maximum number of partners. However, the budget for project management and implementation is capped (and equivalent to 5 partners). 

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.


Venue
The activities must take place in the countries (one or more) of the organisations involved in the Small Collaborative Partnership.
 

Duration of the project
From 12 to 24 months. The duration must be chosen at the application stage (12, 18 or 24 months), based on the objective of the project and on the type of activities foreseen over time.

Grant
The maximum grant awarded is 60.000 EUR with a maximum of 80% financing of the total eligible costs.



Deadline
Applications should be submitted to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency by 4^th April 2019, 12:00 midday Brussels time, for projects starting on 1^st January of the following year.
Individuals seeking to apply should contact their organisation, institution, or educational establishment.
 

For further support please check the Erasmus+ programme or contact the national agency in your country.
 

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/sports_2019_en

Small Collaborative Partnerships allow organisations to develop and reinforce networks, increase their capacity to operate at transnational level, exchange good practices, confront ideas and methods in different areas relating to sport and physical activity. Selected projects may also produce tangible outputs and are expected to disseminate the results of their activities, although in a way that is proportional to the aim and scope of the project. Small Collaborative partnerships involve various organisations including in particular public authorities at local, regional and national levels, sport organisations, sport-related organisations and educational bodies.
 

Small Collaborative Partnerships particular aim at ensuring the continuity of Preparatory actions 2013 and are, in particular, projects aimed to:
- encourage social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport;
- promote European traditional sports and games;
- support the mobility of volunteers, coaches, managers and staff of non-profit sport organisations; 
- protect athletes, especially the youngest, from health and safety hazards by improving training and competition conditions;
- promote education in and through sport with special focus on skills development.

Small Collaborative Partnerships should promote the creation and development of transnational networks in the field of sport. They should include at least one local or regional sport club.
 

Supported activities
- networking among stakeholders;
- promotion, identification and sharing of good practices;
- preparation, development and implementation of educational and training modules and tools;
- awareness-raising activities on the added value of sport and physical activity in relation to the personal, social and professional development of individuals;
- conferences, seminars, meetings, events and awareness-raising actions underpinning the aforementioned activities.

Small Collaborative Partnerships target the cooperation between organisations established in Programme Countries.

Who can take part
Small Collaborative Partnerships are open to any type of publicbody with its affiliated entities (if any) active in the field of sport established in a Programme Country or in any Partner Country of the world (public body in charge of sport at local, regional or national level; National Olympic Committee or National Sport confederation; sport organisation at local, regional, national level; national sports league; sport club; organisation or union representing athletes; organisation active in the field of physical activity promotion; organisation representing the active leisure sector).

A Small Collaborative Partnership should be composed of:
- applicant/coordinator: organisation that submits the project proposal on behalf of all the partners.
- partners: organisations that contribute actively to the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the Small Collaborative Partnership.

A Small Collaborative Partnership is a transnational action, which involves at least three organisations from three different Programme Countries. 
There is no maximum number of partners. However, the budget for project management and implementation is capped (and equivalent to 5 partners). 

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.


Venue
The activities must take place in the countries (one or more) of the organisations involved in the Small Collaborative Partnership.
 

Duration of the project
From 12 to 24 months. The duration must be chosen at the application stage (12, 18 or 24 months), based on the objective of the project and on the type of activities foreseen over time.

Grant
The maximum grant awarded is 60.000 EUR with a maximum of 80% financing of the total eligible costs.



Deadline
Applications should be submitted to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency by 4^th April 2019, 12:00 midday Brussels time, for projects starting on 1^st January of the following year.
Individuals seeking to apply should contact their organisation, institution, or educational establishment.
 

For further support please check the Erasmus+ programme or contact the national agency in your country.
 

Find out more: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/funding/sports_2019_en

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The information measures should be implemented:
- at multiregional or national level of an EU Member State, or 
- at European Union level (in at least two Member State).

The maximum duration of information measures is 12 months.

 

Budget
Total budget earmarked for the co-financing of activities is estimated at EUR 4 000 000. 
This amount is subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the draft budget for 2019 after the adoption of the budget for 2019 by the budgetary authority or provided for in the provisional twelfths.
The grant amount will be minimum EUR 75 000 and maximum EUR 500 000.

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

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

Deadline: 14 December 2018.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scadenza: 14 dicembre 2018.

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

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

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

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

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

Deadline: 31^st  January 2019.

Read more here .
 

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

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

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

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

Applications can be made in Arabic, English or French.
 

Deadline: 31^st December 2018.

Find out more here.

The FARE - Football Against Racism in Europe- network co-ordinates action against racism in and around football stadiums across Europe. Each year they organise an action week where football fans, ethnic minorities and football clubs will stand united against discrimination. This year it will take place between 11 and 25 October 2018.
FARE provides small-grants to grassroots organisations such as supporters groups, community groups, NGOs and activists to help them run activities in their community, stadium, town or city duringt he Football People action weeks inOctober.

The pool of small grants aims to fund activities and events at local and regional level that tackle discrimination, promote social inclusion and use football to bring people of different communities together.

Activities should meet one or more of these objectives:

• Fight discrimination in football
• Celebrate diversity in football
• Improve the representation of minorities and women in football
• Develop ideas and new practices that challenge exclusion
• Use football as a tool for empowerment, social inclusion and education

Proposed activities must stand against discrimination in football and promote the sport as a tool for inclusion.
Fare will give priority to activities that actively involve and propel the inclusion and empowerment of migrants, ethnic minorities, refugees, asylum seekers, women, LGBT communities or disabled people.

Who can apply
Formal or informal groups or organisations that want to tackle discrimination in and through football.

The maximum funding through the Small Grants is €500.

Deadline for applications:  31 July 2018.

For further information on how to apply, please check the website.

La rete FARE - Il calcio contro il razzismo in Europa - coordina un'azione contro il razzismo negli stadi di tutta Europa. Tutti gli anni organizza una settimana di azione concreta in cui i fans del calcio, le minoranze etniche e le associazioni sportive si uniscono nella lotta contro la discriminazione. Quest'anno l'evento avrà luogo tra l'11 e il 25 Ottobre 2018. 

I piccoli finanziamenti mirano a sovvenzionare attività ed eventi a livello locale e regionale che affrontano la discriminazione, promuovono l'inclusione sociale e usano il calcio per riunire persone di diverse comunità.

Le attività dovrebbero soddisfare uno o più di questi obiettivi:
-Combattere la discriminazione nel calcio
-Celebrare la diversità nel calcio
-Migliorare la rappresentanza delle minoranze e delle donne nel calcio
-Sviluppare idee e nuove pratiche che sfidano l'esclusione
-Usare il calcio come strumento per l'empowerment, l'inclusione sociale e l'educazione
Le attività proposte devono opporsi alla discriminazione nel calcio e promuovere lo sport come strumento di inclusione.
Fare darà priorità alle attività che coinvolgono attivamente e spingono l'inclusione e l'empowerment di migranti, minoranze etniche, rifugiati, richiedenti asilo, donne, comunità LGBT o disabili.

Ammissibilità
Gruppi o organizzazioni formali o informali che vogliono affrontare la discriminazione nel e attraverso il calcio. Il finanziamento massimo tramite Small Grants è di € 500.

Scadenza: 31 luglio 2018.

Per ulteriori informazioni, vedere qui.

The FARE - Football Against Racism in Europe- network co-ordinates action against racism in and around football stadiums across Europe. Each year they organise an action week where football fans, ethnic minorities and football clubs will stand united against discrimination. This year it will take place between 11 and 25 October 2018.
FARE provides small-grants to grassroots organisations such as supporters groups, community groups, NGOs and activists to help them run activities in their community, stadium, town or city duringt he Football People action weeks inOctober.

The pool of small grants aims to fund activities and events at local and regional level that tackle discrimination, promote social inclusion and use football to bring people of different communities together.

Activities should meet one or more of these objectives:

• Fight discrimination in football
• Celebrate diversity in football
• Improve the representation of minorities and women in football
• Develop ideas and new practices that challenge exclusion
• Use football as a tool for empowerment, social inclusion and education

Proposed activities must stand against discrimination in football and promote the sport as a tool for inclusion.
Fare will give priority to activities that actively involve and propel the inclusion and empowerment of migrants, ethnic minorities, refugees, asylum seekers, women, LGBT communities or disabled people.

Who can apply
Formal or informal groups or organisations that want to tackle discrimination in and through football.

The maximum funding through the Small Grants is €500.

Deadline for applications:  31 July 2018.

For further information on how to apply, please check the website.

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.

The ERC Starting Grant                         
supports up-and-coming research leaders who are about to establish or consolidate a proper research team and to start conducting independent research in Europe. The scheme targets promising researchers who have the proven potential of becoming independent research leaders. It will support the creation of excellent new research teams and will strengthen others that have been recently created.

In brief:

Candidates can be of any nationality, with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD (or equivalent degree) and scientific track record showing great promise. 
Host organisation: legally recognised public or private research organisation situated in an EU Member State or an Associated Country. 
Funding: up to EUR 1.5 M per grant (in some circumstances up to € 2 million)

Duration: up to 5 years
Calls for proposals: published annually

How to apply?
An ERC grant application should be submitted by the candidate 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 Participant Portal Submission Service (PPSS).

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

Deadline: 17 October 2018.

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

Le sovvenzioni del Consiglio Europeo per la Ricerca (ERC) per Ricercatori Indipendenti nella Fase Iniziale sono disponibili per il sostegno di ricercatori che intendono sviluppare progetti di ricerca di frontiera. 
Il Consiglio Europeo della Ricerca (ERC) è un'iniziativa europea di finanziamento, creata per sostenere i migliori scienziati, ingegneri e studiosi in Europa. Il suo obiettivo è di incoraggiare la ricerca di alto livello in Europa attraverso finanziamenti competitivi e di sostenere la ricerca di frontiera in tutti i campi della ricerca, sulla base dell'eccellenza scientifica.

Sovvenzione ERC  per Ricercatori Indipendenti nella fase iniziale (ERC Starting Grant):
sostiene responsabili della ricerca che sono in procinto di creare o consolidare una squadra di ricercatori ed iniziare a condurre ricerca indipendente in Europa. Il programma è rivolto a ricercatori emergenti che hanno le potenzialità per divenire futuri responsabili indipendenti della ricerca. Sostiene la creazione di nuove squadre di ricerca di eccellenza e ne rafforza altre che sono state create di recente.

In breve:

• Candidati: candidati di qualsiasi nazionalità, con 2-7 anni di esperienza dal termine del PhD (o titolo equivalente) e curriculum negli studi scientifici promettenti.
• Organizzazione di accoglienza: organizzazione di ricerca pubblica o privata legalmente riconosciuta, con sede in uno degli Stati membri UE o paese Associato. I paesi Associati sono Albania, Bosnia Erzegovina, Croazia, Islanda, Israele, Isole Faroe, ex Repubblica Yugoslava di Macedonia, Norvegia, Repubblica di Moldavia, Montenegro, Serbia, Svizzera (associazione parziale), Turchia e Ucraina.
• Finanziamento: fino a 1.5 milioni di euro a sovvenzione.
• Durata: fino a 5 anni.
• Inviti a presentare proposte: pubblicato annualmente.

Come presentare domanda? La domanda ERC di sovvenzione deve essere presentata da un singolo PI con il sostegno, e per conto di, un istituto di accoglienza. Può essere presentata solamente in risposta ad un invito a presentare proposte attraverso il servizio online di presentazione delle domande (EPSS).

Per ulteriori informazioni, contattare il punto nazionale: http://erc.europa.eu/national-contact-points

Scadenza: 17 Ottobre 2018. 

Per ulteriori informazioni: http://erc.europa.eu/starting-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.

The ERC Starting Grant                         
supports up-and-coming research leaders who are about to establish or consolidate a proper research team and to start conducting independent research in Europe. The scheme targets promising researchers who have the proven potential of becoming independent research leaders. It will support the creation of excellent new research teams and will strengthen others that have been recently created.

In brief:

Candidates can be of any nationality, with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD (or equivalent degree) and scientific track record showing great promise. 
Host organisation: legally recognised public or private research organisation situated in an EU Member State or an Associated Country. 
Funding: up to EUR 1.5 M per grant (in some circumstances up to € 2 million)

Duration: up to 5 years
Calls for proposals: published annually

How to apply?
An ERC grant application should be submitted by the candidate 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 Participant Portal Submission Service (PPSS).

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

Deadline: 17 October 2018.

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

In the framework of the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme, EURES Axis, the European Commission has launched the call for proposals EaSI-EURES: Targeted mobility scheme - Your first EURES job. The call is financed under the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation "EaSI" 2014-2020:  a European-level financing instrument managed directly by the European Commission to contribute to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy, by providing financial support for the Union's objectives in terms of promoting a high level of quality and sustainable employment, guaranteeing adequate and decent social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty and improving working conditions.

Objectives
The Call aims to support the development of actions for the work placement of young EU citizens aged 18-35 in an EU, Iceland and Norway territory country other than their country of residence and to help address mobility obstacles.
Jobseekers and employers (SMEs in particular) are the main target groups.
Priority will be given to vulnerable sub-groups, notably unemployed young people, including long- term unemployed.
Projects can cover all economic sectors and types of occupations, though specific sectors may be given priority in accordance with the demand side or the supply side needs in the countries covered by the action.
Support can be provided not only to candidates who wish to find work in a new country but also to those who may wish to return to their country of origin or former country of residence.

Types of action
The call supports the implementation of the TMS-YFEJ scheme, by i.e. ensuring the provision of customised employment services and include innovative working methods to foster the placement and integration of mobile young workers in the host country (ies), combined with financial incentives.

Proposals should focus on:
- Job placements and also on at least one of following types of placements
- Traineeships;
- Apprenticeships.
The proposal should focus on the provision of pre-placement, placement and post-placement services

Selected projects in the framework of this call for proposals should support and finance the following groups:
- young people (aged 18-35) willing to find a job, traineeship or apprenticeship and move to another Member State;
- employers and SMEs in particular when these provide an integration programme for their newly-recruited young mobile workers, trainees or apprentices.

Granted projects should
- be able to ensure the highest possible number of quality work placements. The expected result is the work placement of at least 3500 young people in the EU EFTA/EEA countries, other than their country of residence.
- be based on a consortium with a broad geographical coverage. 

Who can apply
1. Any legal organisations registered in
- EU Member States
- Iceland and Norway in accordance with the EEA Agreement.
2. Public, private or third sector employment services or other labour market organisations with a legal profit or non-profit status;
3. If lead applicants, EURES National Coordination Offices which are in organisations whose main mission is to ensure the provision of employment and placement services to jobseekers, job changers, trainee/apprentice candidates and employers covering jobs and/or work-based trainings. Those services must include information, recruitment, matching and pre- and post-placement support;
4. If co-applicants, EURES member organisations (i.e. National Coordination Offices, EURES partners and associated EURES partners) or other public or private labour market actors (including the third sector); providers of the same services as lead applicants and/or complementary customer-oriented services in other expertise fields such as information, training, education, career guidance, mentoring, legal advice, integration support or other equivalent.
5. Consortia
Actions must have the involvement of a minimum of five organisations established in at least five different EaSI-EURES participating countries. At least three of these organisations must be EURES member organisations. Besides the lead applicant, members of the consortia can be co-applicants (at least four from four different EaSI-EURES participating countries, different from the home country of the lead applicant).

Budget
The total available budget for this call is EUR 11,200,000. The EU grant requested should indicatively be between EUR 2,500,000 and 10,000,000, thus the Commission expects to fund 2 to 4 projects.

Duration
The projects should in principle start the first day following the date when the last of the two parties signs the grant agreement ("the starting date of the action").
The indicative duration of projects should be 24 months.

Deadline: 6 September 2018, Swim, Courier and Post: 24:00 Brussels time (CET) Hand deliveries 16:00 Brussels time.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2M4ndO8

In the framework of the Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme, EURES Axis, the European Commission has launched the call for proposals EaSI-EURES: Targeted mobility scheme - Your first EURES job. The call is financed under the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation "EaSI" 2014-2020:  a European-level financing instrument managed directly by the European Commission to contribute to the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy, by providing financial support for the Union's objectives in terms of promoting a high level of quality and sustainable employment, guaranteeing adequate and decent social protection, combating social exclusion and poverty and improving working conditions.

Objectives
The Call aims to support the development of actions for the work placement of young EU citizens aged 18-35 in an EU, Iceland and Norway territory country other than their country of residence and to help address mobility obstacles.
Jobseekers and employers (SMEs in particular) are the main target groups.
Priority will be given to vulnerable sub-groups, notably unemployed young people, including long- term unemployed.
Projects can cover all economic sectors and types of occupations, though specific sectors may be given priority in accordance with the demand side or the supply side needs in the countries covered by the action.
Support can be provided not only to candidates who wish to find work in a new country but also to those who may wish to return to their country of origin or former country of residence.

Types of action
The call supports the implementation of the TMS-YFEJ scheme, by i.e. ensuring the provision of customised employment services and include innovative working methods to foster the placement and integration of mobile young workers in the host country (ies), combined with financial incentives.

Proposals should focus on:
- Job placements and also on at least one of following types of placements
- Traineeships;
- Apprenticeships.
The proposal should focus on the provision of pre-placement, placement and post-placement services

Selected projects in the framework of this call for proposals should support and finance the following groups:
- young people (aged 18-35) willing to find a job, traineeship or apprenticeship and move to another Member State;
- employers and SMEs in particular when these provide an integration programme for their newly-recruited young mobile workers, trainees or apprentices.

Granted projects should
- be able to ensure the highest possible number of quality work placements. The expected result is the work placement of at least 3500 young people in the EU EFTA/EEA countries, other than their country of residence.
- be based on a consortium with a broad geographical coverage. 

Who can apply
1. Any legal organisations registered in
- EU Member States
- Iceland and Norway in accordance with the EEA Agreement.
2. Public, private or third sector employment services or other labour market organisations with a legal profit or non-profit status;
3. If lead applicants, EURES National Coordination Offices which are in organisations whose main mission is to ensure the provision of employment and placement services to jobseekers, job changers, trainee/apprentice candidates and employers covering jobs and/or work-based trainings. Those services must include information, recruitment, matching and pre- and post-placement support;
4. If co-applicants, EURES member organisations (i.e. National Coordination Offices, EURES partners and associated EURES partners) or other public or private labour market actors (including the third sector); providers of the same services as lead applicants and/or complementary customer-oriented services in other expertise fields such as information, training, education, career guidance, mentoring, legal advice, integration support or other equivalent.
5. Consortia
Actions must have the involvement of a minimum of five organisations established in at least five different EaSI-EURES participating countries. At least three of these organisations must be EURES member organisations. Besides the lead applicant, members of the consortia can be co-applicants (at least four from four different EaSI-EURES participating countries, different from the home country of the lead applicant).

Budget
The total available budget for this call is EUR 11,200,000. The EU grant requested should indicatively be between EUR 2,500,000 and 10,000,000, thus the Commission expects to fund 2 to 4 projects.

Duration
The projects should in principle start the first day following the date when the last of the two parties signs the grant agreement ("the starting date of the action").
The indicative duration of projects should be 24 months.

Deadline: 6 September 2018, Swim, Courier and Post: 24:00 Brussels time (CET) Hand deliveries 16:00 Brussels time.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/2M4ndO8

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

This is an EU grant for the organisation of transnational cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of youth, education, training and socio-economic sectors in Programme and Partner Countries.

Capacity Building projects should carry out activities:
- promoting strategic cooperation between youth organisations on the one hand and public authorities in Partner Countries on the other hand;
- promoting the cooperation between youth organisations and organisations in the education and training fields as well as with representatives of business and the labour market;
- raising the capacities of youth councils, youth platforms and local, regional and national authorities dealing with youth in Partner Countries;
- enhancing the management, governance, innovation capacity and internationalisation of youth organisations in Partner Countries;
- launching, testing and implementing youth work practices;
- developing new forms of practical training schemes and simulation of real-life cases in society;
- developing new forms of youth work, strategic use of open and flexible learning, virtual mobility, open educational resources (OER) and better exploitation of the ICT potential;
- developing cooperation, networking and peer-learning activities fostering efficient management, internationalisation and leadership of youth work organisations.

 

Capacity-building activities
- activities encouraging the policy dialogue, cooperation, networking and exchanges of practices in the field of youth, such as conferences, workshops and meetings;
- large-scale youth events;
- information and awareness campaigns;
- development of information, communication and media tools;
- development of youth work methods, tools and materials, as well as youth work curricula, training modules and documentation instruments such as Youthpass;
- creation of new forms of delivering youth work and providing training and support, notably through open and flexible learning materials, virtual cooperation and open educational resources (OER).

 

Mobility activities (are compulsory under Civil Society Fellowships for Youth. For all other types of Capacity building projects, they are optional)
- Youth Exchanges between Programme and eligible Partner Countries;
- Mobility of youth workers between Programme and eligible Partner Countries;
- Volunteering activities from/to eligible Partner Countries;

For detailed activities for Youth Exchanges and Mobility of youth workers please check part B of the guidelines.

Volunteering activities
Volunteering activities allow young people aged 17-30 to express their personal commitment through unpaid and full-time voluntary service in another country. Young volunteers are given the opportunity to contribute to the daily work of organisations dealing with youth information and policies, young people's personal and socio-educational development, civic engagement, social care, inclusion of disadvantaged, environment, non-formal education programmes, ICTs and media literacy, culture and creativity, development cooperation, etc. Volunteers can do their voluntary service either individually or in group. 

Types of capacity-building projects
Capacity Building projects are transnational and involve minimum three participating organisations from three different countries, of which at least one is a Programme Country and one is an eligible Partner Country.

Between youth organisations in Programme Countries and youth organisations in:

1. Other Partner Countries 
2. Partner Countries from the Western Balkans
3. The Eastern Partnership Partner Countries
   • Civil Society Fellowships for Youth 
   • Partnership for Entrepreneurship

4.  The South-Mediterranean Partner Countries

Project Type 1 - capacity-building projects between Programme Countries and Other Partner Countries, from Regions 5-14, (the applicant must be established in a Programme Country and applies on behalf of all organisations involved in the project. Other types of organisations can be involved as partners, not as applicants).
Project Type 2 - capacity-building projects between Programme Countries and Partner Countries from the Western Balkans, Region 1, Western Balkans Youth Window projects (the applicant must be established in the Western Balkans).
Project Type 3 - capacity-building projects between Programme Countries and the Eastern Partnership Partner Countries, Region 2, Partnership Youth Window projects, (the applicant must be established in an Eastern Partnership country. In addition to the types of eligible applicant organisations, private companies, including social enterprises are eligible applicants.
There are 2 different types of activities within the Project Type 3
- Civil Society Fellowship for youth: Inclusive and participatory projects will strengthen the capacity of youth organisations and youth workers to build constructive relations with a variety of partners, including public bodies and civil society organisations.
- Partnership for Entrepreneurship: projects will promote youth entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship among young people through transnational non-formal learning projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations working in the mentioned areas, including business.
Project Type 4 - capacity-building projects between Programme Countries and Tunisia (the applicant must be established in Tunisia).

Projects should last for a minimum of 9 months and a maximum of 2 years.
Maximum grant awarded is: 150 000 EUR

Participating organisations can be any public or private organisation, established in a Programme Country or in a Partner Country from an eligible partner country.

 

Who can apply
Any non-profit organisation, association, NGO (including European Youth NGOs), national Youth Council, public body at local, regional or national level established
- in a Programme Country, for projects between Programme Countries and Other Partner Countries from Regions 5 to 14;
- in the Western Balkans (Region 1), for Western Balkans Youth Window projects;
- in an Eastern Partnership country, for Eastern Partnership Youth Window; (in addition to the types of eligible applicant organisations mentioned here above, private companies, including social enterprises)
- in Tunisia, for Tunisia Youth Window projects.

Applications should be submitted applications to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency  (EACEA) by: 24 January 2019, 12:00 (midday Brussels time), for projects starting between 1^st August and 31 ^st December of the same year.

Interested organisations should read the full details in 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.

Read more here.