Deadline: 16-Mar-25
Are you ready to tackle some of their world’s global challenges? The Cooperation Grants has launched its call to support youth organisations, particularly marginalised youth, to engage in policy-making and cross-continental collaboration between Africa and Europe.
Cooperation grants aim to help African and European youth organisations share resources, knowledge and strategies, and to leverage the added value of collaboration, creating a stronger response across continents.
Youth-led organisations from the AU and EU must apply together, with at least two organisations as part of the consortium. Each group of organisations must dedicate their proposal to tackling one solution, with work taking place in both continents. They believe that by cooperation, their actions become stronger!
Aims
- Cooperation Grants aim to:
- Enable young people, to become effective advocates for their rights and their priorities by giving them the financial resources required to dedicate efforts to policy-work on local, national and international stages.
- Provide training and resources to help youth understand how to engage with government institutions and influence policy as active citizens.
- Facilitate connections between youth organisations across Africa and Europe to promote intercultural dialogue and collaborative initiatives.
Funding Information
- Grants of 50.000 EURO are available for consortiums of youth-led organisations, with at least one African organisation and one European organisation.
Eligible Activities
- The Cooperation Grants support the joint advocacy work of youth organisations. By advocacy, they mean speaking up for a cause, hold power to account, and/or to create change. Your initiative can take many forms and include a wide range of activities, such as:
- Organising policy events with stakeholders;
- Conducting research and share findings;
- Facilitating the participation of marginalised youth in policy discussions;
- Hosting events to mobilise support for youth-led projects;
- Launching online campaigns to raise awareness about youth issues.
- Using social media tools to share ideas and work together.
- Connecting youth with EU and AU representatives;
- Create connections with other youth-led initiatives and projects;
- Press releases to engage with media to spread key messages and project updates.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your organisation must be legally registered in your country, have an organisation bank account and a governance structure;
- Your organisation is youth-led (age 18 to 35) where young people are the decision makers;
- Your organisation is located in one of the European Union member states or in one of the 12 specific African countries, namely Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe;
- At least one of the cooperating organisations has prior experience working on collaborative projects.
Application Requirements
- Applications must be submitted jointly; independent submissions from a single organisation will not be accepted.
- Make sure you meet the eligibility criteria.
- Find at least one partner organisation from the other continent.
For more information, visit AU-EU Youth Lab.
