Transcript EU Youth Programme

EUROPEAN UNION
EDUCATION & YOUTH PROGRAMMES
KÖSZEG 2006
Ed Weber
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE
YOUTH PROGRAMME
Youth Programme
The Youth Programme includes non-formal education
and exchange projects of the European Union
targeting young people aged between 15 and 25 are
called the.
The Programme is open to 31 Countries.
25 EU Member States
+ 3 EFTA Countries
+ 3 Pre-Accession Countries.
25 EU Member States
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Slovenia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
The Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
Poland
Slovak Republic
Other countries
Countries in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA),
members of the European Economic Area (EEA):
Island, Liechtenstein, Norway
Pre-Accession Countries:
Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey
Partner Countries:
1st priority: Mediterranean partner countries,
South East Europe,
Eastern Europe and the Caucasus
2nd priority: Latin America
Partner countries
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Eastern Europe and the Caucasus
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Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia,
Ukraine
Mediterranean partner countries
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– 1st priority
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta,
Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia
South Eastern Europe
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Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia (FYROM),
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Aims of the YOUTH Programme
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Facilitating the integration of young people into society and
encouraging their spirit of initiative,
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Helping young people acquire knowledge, skills and competences,
and recognising the value of such experience,
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Allowing young people to give free expression to their sense of
solidarity in Europe,
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Intercultural learning, mobility, tolerance, solidarity, European
dimension on local level,
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Active participation of young people.
Aims of the YOUTH Programme
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Promoting a better understanding of the diversity of our common
European culture and shared heritage as well as of our common
basic values,
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Helping to eliminate all forms of discrimination and promoting
equality at all levels of society,
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Introducing a European element into projects which will have a
positive impact on youth work at local level.
Target Groups
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Youth groups
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Young people with fewer opportunities
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Young people who want to get involved in
European Voluntary Service
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Youth organizations
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Youth leaders, project managers or organizers,
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Local authorities, NGO’s,
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People who work in the field of youth and non-formal
education.
Priorities in the Youth Programme
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Young people who dont have abroad experience
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Youngsters wıth fewer opportunıtıes
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Disabled Young People (Physically or mentally disabled)
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Young people from the cities having the a certain priority in respect for
development
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Young people who come from families having fewer socio-economic
opportunies
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Young people who haven’t benefitted from the Youth Programme before
Priority Themes
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Environment
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Social exclusion (in general)
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Heritage protection
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Measures against delinquency
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Art and culture
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Youth information
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Rural development
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Youth policies
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Urban development
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Youth leisure
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Equal opportunities
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Youth sports
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Anti-racism/xenophobia
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Media & communications
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Health
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European awareness
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Anti-drugs/substance abuse
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Other
How to apply?
Youth Programme project applications are generally* submitted to
the National Agency.
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Project application forms obtained from the
EU website or National Agency are filled.
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Delivered to the National Agency by postal mail, cargo or by hand.
Project dates and activity dates
Youth programme actions
ACTION 1 YOUTH FOR EUROPE
ACTION 2 EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE
ACTION 3 YOUTH INITIATIVES
ACTION 4 JOINT ACTIONS
ACTION 5 SUPPORT MEASURES
ACTION 1
YOUTH EXCHANGES
How is the YOUTH programme structured?
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Action 1 – multilateral group exchanges of young people
aged 15 to 25
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Action 2 – voluntary service for young people aged 18 to 25
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Action 3 – young people developing an initiative on a local level
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Action 4 – Joint actions between non-formal and other types of
education within Europe programmes
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Action 5 – a package of possibilities for support measures to
develop new YOUTH projects and to improve their
quality
ACTION 1
ACTION 1
YOUTH EXCHANGES
Action 1 – Youth exchange
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Youth exchange brings together groups of young people from
different backgrounds from two or more countries
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Gives the opportunity to discuss and confront various themes
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Learning from each other’s countries by discovering similarities and
differences between their cultures
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Combat negative prejudices and stereotypes
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International impact on local communities
ACTION 1
YOUTH EXCHANGES
Who can participate?
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Groups of young people, in principle aged between 15 and 25
and legally resident in a Programme country ,
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Priority is given to projects that involve more than 2 countries
and the ones involving young’s with fewer opportunities,
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A youth exchange can be organised with a host group and
one or more sending groups, involving at least 1 EU Member
State.
ACTION 1
YOUTH EXCHANGES
Participants
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Minimum 16 and maximum 60 participants
- group leaders not included.
ACTION 1
YOUTH EXCHANGES
Duration
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The duration of the exchange activity should be between
6 and 21 days, excluding travel.
ACTION 1
YOUTH EXCHANGES
How to organize a Youth exchange ?
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Planning visit
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Thematic concept
(music, films, local heritage, environment, information, technology,
racism, xenophobia and drug abuse)
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Learning process
(working in groups, field visits, simulation or
role-playing games, round-table discussions, practical work,
presentations, cultural or sports activities linked to the main theme)
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The preparation - follow-up: before, during and after the
exchange.
ACTION 1
YOUTH EXCHANGES
Action 1 - Youth encounters
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Promotional value to the YOUTH programme
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Intercultural learning process
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General debates and workshops for exploration of the chosen
theme
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Debates during youth encounters must clearly focus on:
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the general and annual priority objectives and themes of the
YOUTH programme
the political priorities identified in the field of youth
the future of Europe.
ACTION 1
YOUTH EXCHANGES
Action 1 - Youth encounters
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Must be multilateral, i.e. involve partners from a minimum of 8
Programme countries (of which at least two must be EU Member
States)
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60-200 participants, aged 15-25, + group leaders (balance)
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Priority to projects that involve more than 2 countries and the ones
involving young’s with fewer opportunities
ACTION 1
YOUTH EXCHANGES
Community’s Grant
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Type of expense
Community grant
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Travel costs
70%
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Advance Planning Visit
100% of travel costs + € 48 / day per person
per sending partner
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Preparation of activities
and participants
€ 480 per country
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Activity costs
€ 960 or 1920 € (Bilateral and Trilateral)
+ € 18 flat rate / participant / day
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Exceptional costs
Up to 100%
(vaccination and visa costs etc.)
ACTION 2
ACTION 2
EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE
Action 2 – European Voluntary Service
An EVS project allows a young person to be a volunteer in
another country for a specified period, normally between 6 and
12 months.
3 Partners
in
EVS
 Volunteer
 Sending Org. + NA
 Host Org. + NA
ACTION 2
EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE
The 3 fundamental objectives of an EVS
1. To provide a non-formal intercultural learning experience for
young people;
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encouraging their social integration and active participation,
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improving their employability,
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giving them opportunities to show solidarity with other people.
2. To support the development of local communities.
3. To encourage the establishing of new partnerships and the
exchange of experience and good practice between the partners.
ACTION 2
EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE
European Voluntary Service should
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be non-profit making and unpaid
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be planned, implemented and followed up jointly in a spirit of
partnership between the volunteer, the sending and the host
organisations
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bring an added value to the host organisation and the local
community
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not involve job substitution, nor be a substitute for military
service or alternative service formulas,
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involve at least one EU Member State.
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last for a limited period (between 6- 12 months),
(in exceptional situations, it can be 3 weeks-6 months).
ACTION 2
EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE
EVS – fields of interest
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Fields of interest could be
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Environment
Arts and culture
Activities with children
Young people or elderly,
Heritage
Sports and leisure
Civil protection
ACTION 2
EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE
EVS financing
Sending Organizations:
Contributions from Community
Responsibilities of SO
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Volunteer’s international travel cost
Volunteer recruitment and
preparation
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Visa and vaccination cost
Staying in contact with the
volunteer
Contribution to SO (480 Euro flat rate to be
used for sending costs + 18 Euro fixed
amount to be used for communication
cost) In projects involving young people
with fewer opportunities:
Arranging visa and insurance
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Exceptional costs
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Advance Planning Visit (actual cost + for
max. 2 days 48 Euro fixed amount per day)
Evaluation and follow-up
ACTION 2
EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE
EVS financing
Host Organizations:
Obligations of HO
Contributions from Community
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Contribution to the host activities
(fixed amount + flat rate / organisation)
Task-related support
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Volunteer’s allowance
Personal support
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Exceptional volunteer costs
(actual costs, backed up by invoices /
receipts) in projects involving young people
with fewer opportunities
Mentor
Volunteer’s accommodation
and food
ACTION 3
ACTION 3
YOUTH INITIATIVES
ACTION 3 – Youth initiatives
Youth Initiatives supports young people’s initiative, creativity and
active participation.
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To support projects at local, regional or national level.
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Facilitating the integration of young people into society.
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Disseminating the good project ideas & practices all over
Europe by the help of networking projects.
ACTION 3
YOUTH INITIATIVES
ACTION 3 – Youth initiatives
Youth initiatives have 3 subgroups
ACTION 3 YOUTH INITIATIVES
 GROUP INITIATIVES
 NETWORKING PROJECTS
 FUTURE CAPITAL
Any group consisting of young people can apply.
ACTION 3
YOUTH INITIATIVES
ACTION 3 – Youth initiatives
1. Group Initiatives
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A group should consist of at least four individuals
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The project should have links with the local community.
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It should provide a new learning experience for the group
of young people carrying out the project.
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Duration of the projects:
Between three months and one year.
ACTION 3
YOUTH INITIATIVES
ACTION 3 – Youth initiatives
Financial Opportunities:
The maximum amounts are:
 10.000 € (priority 1),
 7.500 € (priority 2),
 5.000 € (priority 3).
Financial opportunities comprise related payments
(Transportation costs, meeting & training costs, trainer/expert
fees, accommodation costs, CD / pamphlet / booklet / magazine
/ website publication costs, etc.) that are necessary for the
realization of the projects.
A Group Initiative doesn’t involve young people’s transnational
mobility.
ACTION 3
YOUTH INITIATIVES
ACTION 3 – Youth initiatives
2. Networking Projects
A Networking project aims at identifying good practices and
transferring the outcomes resulting from a successful
Group Initiative to other groups in other countries. It may
involve young people’s mobility. Examples:
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Establishing a common web-site,
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Preparing a common performance/festival on music, dance,
theatre, paintings,
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Preparing a joint meeting/seminar to exchange good
practices, etc.
ACTION 3
YOUTH INITIATIVES
ACTION 3 – Youth initiatives
Financial Opportunities:
The maximum amounts are:
 12.000 € (priority 1),
 9.500 € (priority 2),
 7.000 € (priority 3).
Networking projects may include young people’s transnational
mobility.
ACTION 4
ACTION 5
SUPPORT MEASURES
ACTION 4 – Joint Actions
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Joint Actions
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promote a “Europe of knowledge”
are developed together with:
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SOCRATES
(funding, exchange, professionals, students in formal
education)
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LEONARDO DA VINCI (vocational trainings)
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Non-formal Education (Youth)
No Joint Actions Call for proposals have been organised in 2005
ACTION 5
ACTION 5
SUPPORT MEASURES
ACTION 5 – Support Measures
Support Measures are instruments aimed at helping all those
involved in youth activities or interested in youth matters to
prepare and develop projects and initiatives.
Support Measures have two main aims:
 To assist the development of the Action 1,2,3 through the
support of training, cooperation and information projects.
ACTION 5
SUPPORT MEASURES
ACTION 5 – Activity Types
1.
Practical training experience (job shadowing)
2.
Feasibility visits
3.
Contact-making seminars
4.
Study visits
5.
Seminars
6.
Training courses
7.
Youth information
8.
Transnational partnerships and networks
9.
Support for quality and innovation
ACTION 5
SUPPORT MEASURES
ACTION 5 – Activity Types
1.
Practical training experience (job shadowing)
This activity allows youth workers to acquire the skills for
organising a transnational project by working in a partner
organisation for a limited period of time.
2.
Feasibility visits
These allow project managers to discuss a project idea
before submitting an application under Actions 1 or 2.
3.
Contact-making seminars
These bring together potential partners for YOUTH projects.
ACTION 5
SUPPORT MEASURES
ACTION 5 – Activity Types
4.
Study visits
These activity provides an opportunity to learn about youth
work provisions in other countries.
5.
Seminars
These are a tool for the exchange of experience and good
practice, consultations or policy development etc. with regard
to the YOUTH programme and youth policy.
6.
Training courses
These help those involved in youth work and non-formal
education to acquire advanced skills and knowledge for their
activities.
ACTION 5
SUPPORT MEASURES
ACTION 5 – Activity Types
7.
Youth information
This activity supports the production of and innovative ways
of communicating information relating to the objectives and
priorities of the YOUTH programme.
8.
Transnational partnerships and networks
This activity supports the creation of new networks under the
YOUTH programme.
9.
Support for quality and innovation
This activity aims at involving young people with less
opportunities in the YOUTH programme at national, regional
and local levels.
ACTION 5
SUPPORT MEASURES
ACTION 5 – Support Measures
How is a project financed?
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Activities 1-6
These activities are co-financed on the basis of fixed amounts
and flat rates, as they are characterised by a limited duration
and a limited number of participants. These fixed amounts and
flat rates are maximum amounts.
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Activities 7-9
For these activities, YOUTH programme funding is based on
actual costs and should not exceed 50 % of the total project
cost.
ACTION 5
SUPPORT MEASURES
ACTION 5 – How to supply
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One of the partner organisations takes the lead in submitting
the application as well as in implementing the project.
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For activities 1-6 the application has to be submitted by the
host organisation to its National Agency.
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For activities 7-9 the application can be submitted by any of
the partner organisations, which will take on the role of
coordinator, to its National Agency.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
TO THE YOUTH PROGRAMME
Application deadlines
Application deadline Projects starting between
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February 1
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May 1 and September 30
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April 1
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July 1 and November 30
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June 1
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September 1 and January 31
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September 1
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December 1 and April 30
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November 1
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February 1 and June 30