European Youth Foundation Grants
The European Youth Foundation (EYF) is a fund established in 1972 by the Council of Europe to provide financial support for European youth activities. It has an annual budget of approximately 3 million Euros. Since 1972, more than 300 000 young people, aged between 15 and 30 and mostly from member states, have benefited directly from EYF-supported activities. In 2007 the EYF supported some 300 projects involving more than 15 000 young people.
The EYF thus provides financial support to the following types of activity undertaken by non-governmental youth organisations or networks or by other non-governmental structures involved in areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe’s youth policies and work:
* educational, social, cultural and humanitarian activities of a European character;
* activities aiming at strengthening peace and co-operation in Europe;
* activities designed to promote closer co-operation and better understanding among young people in Europe, particularly by developing the exchange of information;
* activities intended to stimulate mutual aid in Europe and in the developing countries for cultural, educational and social purposes;
* studies, research and documentation on youth matters.
Activities that can be financed by the EYF
* International youth meetings (Category A)
* Youth activities other than meetings (Category B)
* Administration of international non-governmental youth organisations and networks (Category C)
* Pilot projects (Category D)
These priority objectives are:
* to help young people, particularly disadvantaged young people, deal with the challenges facing them and fulfil their own aspirations;
* to encourage new forms of youth participation and organisation;
* to make a contribution to social cohesion, including through the fight against exclusion and the prevention of phenomena affecting young people more particularly;
* to adapt and broaden programmes and structures in line with changes in society.
Who can apply for an EYF grant?
* An international non-governmental youth organisation or network
* A national or local non-governmental youth organisation or network
* Non-governmental structures involved in youth work
Deadline:1 February 2010.
