Support for EU Youth partnerships

The Youth in Action programme, Action 4.1 will support bodies active at European level in the field of youth. These activities must help encourage young people to participate as citizens in public life, in society and in the development and implementation of European cooperation actions in the broadly defined field of youth.

The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is responsible for implementing this call for proposals. This call for proposals corresponds to the grants to be awarded for 2008 and it provides for two types of agreement:

• Partnership framework agreement:
  Bodies that wish to enter into long-term cooperation with the Agency are asked to file an application for a three-year partnership framework agreement and activities must involve work in at least 12 eligible countries.
• Annual operating agreement:
  Those bodies that prefer not to commit themselves in the long term under a partnership agreement may apply for an annual operating grant and activities must involve work in at least 8 eligible countries.

Eligibility
To be eligible for an operating grant, a body must:

• be a non profit making NGO
• be legally constituted for over a year in the case of annual operating agreements at the time of applying and for at least four years in the case of partnership framework agreements at the time of applying
• be a youth organisation or one having a broader scope but including a section dedicated to youth
• involve young people in managing activities developed with them in mind
• have at least one (salaried or non-salaried) permanent member of staff. An exception is granted to bodies that have never received grants under this action and that intend to employ a permanent member of staff if this grant is awarded.

Budget
The total budget is €2.4 million. Grants can be for up to €40,000 for partnership framework agreements and €35,000 for annual agreements. Grants can cover up to 80% of costs.

The closing date for applications is 31 October 2007.

For more information please visit: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/program/ingyo_en.html

Please note that the services of a helpdesk are offered to the applicants and will be at the disposal of the public from Monday to Friday, from 9 AM to 5 PM to provide any general information related to the call for proposals

Telephone:+322 295 2584 or +322 298 4628