Deadline: 18-May-22
The European Commission (EC) is currently accepting proposals to Protect and Promote the Rights of the Child.
Objective: Supporting, advancing and implementing comprehensive policies to protect and promote the rights of the child.
This call for proposals will contribute to the implementation of the first thematic area of the EU Strategy on the rights on the rights of the child – Participation in political and democratic life: an EU that empowers children to be active citizens and members of democratic societies.
Activities
- establishing long-term and sustainable programmes, and child participation mechanisms at local and national levelel, including in schools;
- providing support and expanding the operational scope of existing child participation mechanisms with the aim of embeding them in the wider decision making processes and democratic system at local and national level;
- mutual learning, training activities, exchange of good practices, cooperation, including identifying good practices;
- capacity building and training activities of national, regional and local authorities;
- Training and awarness raising activities for children and adults on the right to be heard and on child participation.
Funding Information
The available call budget is EUR 3 010 000.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- non-EU countries:
- countries associated to the CERV Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature
- other eligibility conditions:
- organisations which are profit-oriented must submit applications in partnership with public entities or private non-profit organisations;
- the project can be either national or transnational;
- the application must involve at least two organisations (applicant and partner);
- the EU grant applied for cannot be lower than EUR 75 000.
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