Call for Applications – Activities in Co-operation with the European Youth Centre in 2024

Deadline: 15-Apr-23

The Youth Department of the Council of Europe invites non-governmental youth organisations, networks and other non-governmental structures involved in areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe’s youth policy to submit applications for activities to be held in co-operation with the European Youth Centres in Strasbourg and Budapest (study sessions, 1st semester 2024).

Priorities

The five strategic priorities for 2022‐25 will focus on:

• Revitalising pluralistic democracy.
• Young people’s access to rights.
• Living together in peaceful and inclusive societies.
• Youth work.
• Intergovernmental co-operation on youth policy.

Eligible Activities

• Study Sessions
  • Study sessions are international educational youth seminars (meetings), lasting between four and eight days, which bring together multipliers active in youth organisations or networks to deepen the understanding, and prepare future action, about a specific subject of common interest and relevance to the priorities of the youth organisation(s) and of the Council of Europe Youth sector. They are organised in co-operation with youth organisations and networks, and are held at one of the European Youth Centres, in Strasbourg or Budapest.
• Double Study Sessions
  • Double study sessions have the same function as study sessions, with the following specifications:
    • They are proposed and implemented by at least two applicant organisations;
    • They bring together a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 70 participants, including the preparatory team;
    • Have a maximum duration of 5 working days (exceptions are possible, if justified);
    • May benefit – when justified – from interpretation into three working languages.
• Symposia
  • Symposia are activities addressing themes and matters of common concern and interest for both the governmental and non-governmental partners of the Youth Department. Symposia are aimed at knowledge production and contributing to the youth policy development of the Council of Europe and its governmental and non-governmental partners.
• Special projects
  • Special projects are activities of an innovative character that fall outside the specific conditions of study sessions and symposia. Such projects should provide benefits for the organisation, network or youth structure concerned and have a wider application in the programme of the Youth Department. Consultation with the Secretariat of the Youth Department is recommended before applications are submitted.

Eligibility Criteria

• European/International non-governmental youth organisations with partners or branches in at least 8 European countries;
• European formal or informal networks of youth organisations and other non- governmental youth structures bringing together partners from at least 8 European countries; networks are considered eligible if their members or affiliates share a common purpose and long-term aims and their commitment for cooperation clearly goes beyond a specific time, project or activity;
• Sub-regional networks of youth organisations and/or national youth councils and structures involved in youth work, from at least 5 neighbouring countries.

Applicants should be involved in areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe’s youth policy and interested in contributing to the work priorities and principles of the Council of Europe’s youth field.

Non-Eligible Activities

The following activities are not eligible for support in co-operation with the European Youth Centre:

• Activities dealing mainly with internal affairs of the organisation, such as statutory meetings, general assemblies, congresses, etc.;
• Activities which are not related with the Council of Europe’s work or priorities, and do not offer space to explore the Council of Europe’s youth standards, approaches and resources.
• Activities with a predominantly competitive character;
• Activities that are part of a school or university programme;
• Activities with uniquely a vocational training character;
• Profit-making activities.

For more information, visit Council of Europe.