Erasmus + – Civil Society Cooperation in the field of Youth SGA – 2023

Objectives

• To raise awareness of the EU Youth Strategy including the European Youth Goals, through actions to engage, connect and empower youth
• To increase commitment and cooperation of youth civil society actors with public authorities for the implementation of policies in areas relevant for young people
• To boost youth stakeholder participation, including by building upon the potential of digital communication alongside other forms of participation
• To boost youth civil society involvement in the dissemination of policy and programme actions including results and good practices among their membership and beyond

Priorities

• Prioriry 1: to engage which aims towards a meaningful civic, democratic, economic, social, cultural and political participation of young people
• Priority 2: to 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
• Priority 3: to empower which aims to encourage young people to take charge of their own lives

Among financed actions

• Activities facilitating access and participation of stakeholders in the implementationof EU policy priorities in the field 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
• Cooperation activities to increase policy impact on target groups, sectors and/or systems

Additional information

• This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
• Initial duration of the call: 12 months

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries
• EU-wide network in youth
• European non-governmental organisations (ENGO) in youth
• Associations and interest groupings entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate
• Entities composed of members may participate as ‘sole beneficiaries’ or ‘beneficiaries without legal personality’
• Beneficiaries from countries with ongoing negotiations

• Total budet of the call: 13 million euro
• Total budget of the topic “ERASMUS-YOUTH-2023-CSC-OG-SGA”: 8 million euro
• Amount of the grant: 60 000 euro
• This grant is a lump sum grant