Youth Participation Activities

Objectives

These activities aim to:

• Encourage civic engagement and participation
• Strengthen dialogue between young people and decision-makers
• Promote awareness of European values and institutions

Who Can Participate?

• Young people aged 13–30 (Facilitators and accompanying persons are not to be considered as participants of the activity but are eligible for support under certain budget categories.)
• Youth organisations and informal groups
• National Youth participation projects: minimum one participating organisation must be involved.
• Transnational and international Youth participation projects: minimum two participating organisations from different countries must be involved.
• The same organisation (one OID) cannot be involved in more than 5 applications per deadline in this action, either as applicant or partner.

Types of Activities

• Workshops, debates, and consultations
• Simulations of democratic processes
• Awareness-raising campaigns
• National and transnational youth dialogue events

Duration & Structure 

• Project duration: from 3 to 24 months
• Projects may be national or transnational

What Is Funded?

Maximum grant awarded per project for Youth participation activities: €60,000. This maximum amount does not include costs corresponding to the category “inclusion support for participants”.

• Project management
• Coaching costs
• Inclusion support for participants
• Exceptional costs

Additional funding for physical events carried out in the framework of the project:

• Youth participation events support

Additional funding for mobilities carried out in the framework of the project

• Travel
• Individual support
• Inclusion support for organisations
• Exceptional costs