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Civil Society Cooperation in the field of Youth
Funding Program
Erasmus+
Call number
ERASMUS-YOUTH-2025-CSC-OG-FPA
deadlines
Opening
20.02.2025
Deadline
15.05.2025 17:00
Estimated EU contribution per project
max. € 1,000,000.00
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Call content
short description
This call aims to set up 2-years’ Framework Partnership Agreements with European Civil Society Organisations. Cooperation with high quality civil society organisations is relevant due to their broad contact with end users through their extensive networks at both European and national level. They have a dual role given their top-down multiplier effect and their bottom-up contribution to policy development.
Call objectives
The objective of the present call is to provide structural support, referred to as operating grants, to European non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) and EU-wide networks active in the field of youth pursuing the following general aims/objectives:
- Raise awareness of the EU Youth Strategy including the European Youth Goals, through actions to engage, connect and empower youth;
- Promote and strengthen the EU Youth Dialogue in order to build young people’s confidence in the EU project by addressing the democratic deficit, lack of transparency and visibility and to ensure meaningful youth involvement and dialogue at all stages of EU decision-making by improving existing participation mechanisms and creating new ones. This will build on the legacy of the European Year of Youth and its commitment to strengthen the EUYD as the main youth participation instrument in Europe.-Strengthen dialogue with civil society and citizens, particularly young people;
- Ensure young people have better access to reliable information, support their ability to evaluate information critically and engage in participatory and constructive dialogue;
- Strengthen young people’s democratic participation and autonomy as well as provide dedicated youth spaces in all areas of society;
- Increase commitment and cooperation of youth civil society actors with public authorities for the implementation of policies in areas relevant for young people;
- Boost youth stakeholder participation, including by building upon the potential of digital communication alongside other forms of participation;
- Boost youth civil society involvement in the dissemination of policy and programme actions including results and good practices among their membership and beyond.
The Topic also embraces the four general priorities as embedded in the Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps programmes namely – inclusion and diversity, - digital transformation, - environment and fight against climate change as well as participation in democratic life. Moreover, giving young people a voice on their future is a priority for the new Commission with new initiatives announced by the President such as the Youth Policy dialogues with Commissioners and the President’s Youth Advisory Board. This is part of the Commission work in embedding youth participation, developing a true and lasting culture of participative democracy.
These general objectives draw on the assets of youth ENGOs and EU-wide networks and on their capacity to reach out to large numbers of interested parties and to advocate EU policy priorities. They should therefore be clearly embedded in the work plans, activities and deliverables of the applicant organisations.
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Expected effects and impacts
The EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 focuses on three core areas of action:
- ENGAGE which aims towards a meaningful civic, democratic, economic, social, cultural and political participation of young people;
- CONNECT which is to foster different and inclusive forms of learning mobility for young people across the European Union and beyond, to make new connections, relations and exchange of experience, as well as engagement in solidarity and volunteering activities;
- EMPOWER which aims to encourage young people to take charge of their own lives. In line with the EU Youth Strategy, the Topic will promote activities aiming at engaging, connecting and empowering young people
Eligible activities must be directly linked to the objectives and priorities and must be coherent, consistent and cost-effective. Activities may be performed at European, cross- border, national, regional or local level. The activities described should cover the two years of the framework partnership agreement.
Every year, an operating grant (through a Specific Grant Agreement) may be awarded to Framework Partners in order to finance their activities, insofar as they are in line with the objectives of the programme in the area concerned and the policy priorities that may be established by the Commission. The costs of general administrative expenditure necessary for the running of these organisations may also be covered within the yearly SGA.
The organisations active in the field of youth that will be supported under this call are expected to carry out activities such as (the following is an indicative non-exhaustive list):
- Activities facilitating access and participation of stakeholders in the implementation of EU policy priorities in the field of youth, including those activities building on the achievements and contributing to the long-lasting legacy of the European Year of Youth;
- Exchanges of experience and good practice; networking and partnerships with other stakeholders;
- Capacity-building for the member organisations, including peer learning, training, advisory, guidance and coaching activities to improve the effectiveness of policy actions;
- Initiatives and events for developing the membership of the ENGO/EU-wide networks;
- Awareness-raising, information, dissemination and promotion activities (seminars, workshops, campaigns, meetings, public debates, consultations, etc.) on EU policy priorities in the field of youth and on EU funding instruments (EU programmes, in particular Erasmus+, European solidarity Corps) to support these priorities;
- Cooperation activities to increase policy impact on target groups, sectors and/or systems.
All the above activities should contribute to widening the outreach towards young people to ensure a diversity of voices, reach young people within and beyond youth organisations and youth with fewer opportunities, thereby using a variety of traditional and digital channels.
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Expected results
- The expected quantitative and qualitative impacts of the activities and deliverables on the target group(s), on policy or strategies concerned, in the short and long term and at European, national, regional or local level.
- The impact of involving target groups in the proposed activities and in the production of the proposed deliverables.
- The impact of the work programme on awareness and active commitment, and how it will facilitate exchanges and debates between actors from different sectors, levels and countries on key policy issues.
Eligibility Criteria
Regions / countries for funding
Iceland (Ísland), Liechtenstein, North Macedonia (Северна Македонија), Norway (Norge), Serbia (Srbija/Сpбија), Türkiye
eligible entities
Education and training institution, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)
Mandatory partnership
No
Project Partnership
Only applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries).
other 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: third countries associated to the Erasmus+ Programme (including EEA countries), countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement to the Erasmus+ programme and where that agreement enters into force before the grant signature (list of participating countries)
- be non-governmental;
- be non-profit organisation;
Erasmus+ National Agencies (sole activity of their legal entity) or National Agencies departments of legal entities dealing with activities outside the remit of National Agencies cannot apply or participate in this Action.
This Call is open to two categories of bodies:
Category 1: European non-governmental organisation (ENGO) in youth
For the purpose of this programme, these are NGOs that operate through a formally recognised structure composed of a European body/secretariat legally established for at least one year in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme and of national organisations/branches in at least nine EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme.
These national organisations/branches must:
- have a proven statutory link7 with the European body/secretariat;
- be active in the field of youth.
Therefore, a European NGO must be composed of at least nine entities (the European body/secretariat and at least eight national organisations/branches) established in nine different EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme.
Category 2: EU-wide network in youth An EU-wide network (informal network) must:
- Be composed of legally autonomous non-profit organisations active in the field of youth and running activities that support the implementation of the fields of action of the EU Youth Strategy;
- Operate through an informal governance setting, composed of a) an organisation legally established for at least one year on the date of submission of the application in an eligible country with functions of coordination of and support to the network at European level (the Applicant organisation); and b) other organisations established in at least nine Eligible Countries;
- Involve young people in the management and governance of the network.
In order to justify the links between the different organisations involved in the informal network a memorandum of understanding signed between all organisations involved must be sent at grant agreement preparation stage. Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register — before submitting the proposal — and will have to be validated by the Central Validation Service (REA Validation). For the validation, they will be requested to upload documents showing legal status and origin.
Additional information
Topics
Relevance for EU Macro-Region
EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)
project duration
24 Months
Additional Information
Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:
- Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
- Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed and then assembled and re-uploaded)
- mandatory annexes and supporting documents (templates available to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed, assembled and re-uploaded):
- list of previous projects (key projects for the last 4 years) (template available in Part B)
- CSC Youth – Other ANNEX.
Proposals are limited to maximum 40 pages (Part B).
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