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Possibilities for Youth advocacy
projects within ‘Youth in Action’
Speaking up – Seminar on Youth
Advocacy
(Prague, 11-14/03/2010)
General introduction
YOUTH IN ACTION
Youth in Action
• EU funding programme
– Youth work
– Non-formal education
• Benifactors
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Young people (13 – 30)
Youth workers
INGYO’s
Special emphasis on
young people with fewer
opportunities
• Participating countries
EU Member States
EFTA/EEA countries
Candidate countries
Neighbouring Partner
Countries
– Other Partner
Countries of the World
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YiA links to youth advocacy
• Permanent priorities
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European citizenship
Participation of young people
Enhance Cultural Diversity
Inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities
• Annual priorities
– European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
(2010)
– European Year of volunteering (2011)
– Youth unemployment (2010)
– Global challenges such as sustainable development, climate
change, migrations and the Millennium Developmment
Goals (2010)
Five Actions
• Action 1 - Youth for Europe
– Focus = youth groups
• Action 2 - European Voluntary Service
– Focus = voluntary service
• Action 3 - Youth in the World
– Focus = YiA actions 1,2,4 outside EU
• Action 4 - Youth support systems
– Focus = youth workers
• Action 5 – Support for policy cooperation
– Focus = Closing gap between policy makers and youth
Youth Initiatives
ACTION 1.2
Youth Initiatives (1/3)
• Group of at least 4 young people aged
between 18 and 30 (exception 15-17) who
identify a need…
• Project duration from 3 months up to 18
months
• Based on a theme and with a well-structured
programme of activities
Youth Initiatives (2/3)
• National youth initiatives
– projects developed by a single group in their country of
residence
– Maximum grant allocation:
• €8,000 activity costs
• €1,000 (max) for DEoR + €1,000 (max) for coach
• Trans-national youth initiatives
– projects realized in common by two or more groups from
different countries
– Maximum grant allocation:
• €10,000 for trans-national youth initiatives
• €1,000 (max) for DEOR + €1,000 (max) for coach
• Any travel costs incurred for implementation of project
Youth Initiatives (3/3)
• Example
– All the Doors are Open for the Active Ones! (Latvia)
• to foster active citizenship among the young people in the region,
• to help inactive young people to develop their leadership qualities,
• 5 sequential seminars taking place on weekends.
– Youth Bus (Lithuania)
• Bus public transport, painted it in graffiti style and we put inside a
lot of information we considered useful for young people:.
theatres, cinemas timetables, information about local and
international youth organizations, etc.
– Sours (France)
• to raise awareness for the protection of the brown bear of the
Pyrenees,
• design educational material for children aged 6-12 years from
schools in the Pyrenees area.
Youth Democracy Projects
ACTION 1.3
Youth Democracy Projects (1/3)
• Projects based on at least two European
partnerships that allow the pooling of ideas,
experiences and methodologies from projects
or activities at local, regional or international
level
• To allow the creation of new networks for the
exchange, development and dissemination of
good practice in the field of youth and
participation
Youth Democracy Projects (2/3)
• Involving young people aged between 13 and 30 with a
minimum of 16 participants
– Involving two promoters per participating country
– Possible participation of decision-makers and experts regardless
of their age or geographical provenance
• The project may last from 3 to 18 months
• Projects get 75% funding of eligible costs but not exceeding
€ 50 000
• Thematic concept – YiA priorities, the future of Europe or
the political priorities identified in the framework of
European cooperation in the youth field.
Youth Democracy Projects (3/3)
• Example:
– European Youth Congress on Human Rights
Education
– Campaign on EU elections including seminars
– Advocacy training + campaign on Copenhagen
meeting on climate change
• Always process of Local  international 
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Information activities for young people and those active in youth work
and youth organisations
ACTION 4.5
Information activities for young people and those active in youth
work and youth organisations (1/2)
• Supports projects on national or EU level like:
– activities which improve young people’s acces to
information and communication services
– activities which increase the participation of young
people in the preparation and dissemination of
user-friendly, targeted information products
– Youth portals for the dissemination of specific
information for young people
• Specific call of proposals
Information activities for young people and those active in youth
work and youth organisations (2/2)
• Example:
– EU-Too: young people “on air”
• Citizenship campaign using TV
• 10 Press conferences, 10 training workshops, 30 TV
espisodes, 1 website, 1 conference, training manuals,
DVD, news reports
– www.youthactivism.net
• Virtual information centre (portal)
– Media for inclusion
• Training programme on media education for young
people facing exclusion and their youth workers
Meetings of Young People and those responsible for youth policy
ACTION 5.1
Meetings of Young People and those responsible for youth policy
(1/3)
• Aims to promote European cooperation by
encouraging structured dialogue
• Supports cooperation, seminars and structured
dialogue between young people, those active in youth
work and youth organisations and those responsible
for youth policy.
• NA covers to 75% of up to a maximum of €50,000
• Exchange of ideas and good practice and debates on
topics of European youth policy, priority themes of YiA
Programme and structured dialogue
Meetings of Young People and those responsible for youth policy
(3/3)
• Example:
– International conference on Youth Policy
• 3-day conference on intercultural dialogue between
generations
– Meet the street II
• 3 day event bringing “individual young people” together
with policy makers
• Participants make interviews
• Youtube channel “meet the street”
Meetings of Young People and those responsible for youth policy
(2/3)
• National Youth Seminars
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At least one organisation from a Programme Country
Minimum of 15 participants
Duration of project: 3 – 9 months
No specific activity duration
• Transnational Youth Seminars
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Partners from at least five Programme Countries.
Minimum of 30 participants
Duration of project: 3 – 9 months
Duration of activity: 1 – 6 days
How to ...
FROM IDEA TO PROJECT
Application procedure
• Application procedure
– Application form
– Submit to National
Agency
– Evaluation and selection
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– Decision
– Contract
– Implementation project
– Final evaluation
• Deadlines
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01 Feb.  01 May - 30 Sep.
01 Apr.  01 Jul. - 30 Nov.
01 Jun.  01 Sep. - 31 Jan.
01 Sep.  01 Dec. -30 Apr.
01 Nov.  01 Feb. – 31 Jul.
More information
• Infokit YiA
• Programme guide YiA
• Project compendia
• National agencies
– Application forms
– Project advise
– Training
• DBYN’s international
secretariat