European Youth Together

Objective :

European Youth Together is an Action implemented under the Key Action 3 - Support to Policy Development and Cooperation of the Erasmus+ Programme. Key Action 3 provides support to policy cooperation at European Union level, thereby contributing to the implementation of existing policies and the development of new policies, which can trigger modernisation and reforms, at European Union, and systems' level, in the fields of education, training youth and sport.

European Youth Together projects aim to create networks promoting regional partnerships, to be run in close cooperation with young people from across Europe (EU Member States and third countries associated to the programme). The networks should organise exchanges, promote trainings (for instance for youth leaders) and allow for young people themselves to set up joint projects, all of which can be done through both physical and online activities.

OBJECTIVES OF THE ACTION

European Youth Together projects aim to create networks promoting regional partnerships, enabling young people across Europe to set up joint projects, organise exchanges and promote trainings (e.g. for youth leaders) through both physical and online activities. The action will support transnational partnerships for youth organisations from grassroots level to large-scale partnerships, aiming to reinforce the European dimension of their activities, including on how to live better together and helping to design sustainable future ways of living, in line with the European Green Deal and the New European Bauhaus initiative .

Important thematic priorities are working with and promoting the EU Youth Goals and, in general, the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027. The European Youth Goals are also reflected in the President von der Leyen Commission’s political guidelines. Project proposals may also treat the themes of the ‘Conference for the Future of Europe’. The European Parliament elections in 2024 are relevant in the context of this action.

Young people and youth organisations are key actors in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Youth networks should consider ways of forging solidarity and inclusiveness, and how to improve quality of life after the pandemic, which concur with challenges related to digital skills and sustainable green lifestyles.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

The action seeks to specifically support:

• The promotion and development of more transnational structured cooperation, online and offline, between different youth organisations to build or strengthen partnerships focusing on solidarity and inclusive democratic participation of all against a backdrop of the backlashes on socio-economic structures and in line with the EU Youth Strategy, the EU Youth Goals and the Youth Dialogue.
• The implementation of EU Frameworks and initiatives such as country specific recommendations from the European Semester as far as they relate to the youth area.
• Youth organisations involved in initiatives to encourage young people to participate in the democratic process and in society by organising trainings, showcase commonalities among young Europeans and encourage discussion and debate on their connection to the EU, its values and democratic foundations. This includes organising events as a lead-up to the 2024 elections to the European Parliament.
• The promotion of participation of under-represented groups of young people in politics, youth organisations and other civil society organisations by engaging vulnerable and socio-economic disadvantaged youth;
• New ways to empower youth organisations in dealing with the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, by supporting innovative ways of cooperation and network creation, development and management. Indicatively, this could include enhancing collaboration between youth organisations in a digital context through non-formal learning methods and organisational models such as alternative modes of exchanges and mutual aid.
• The reinforcement of the European dimension of the activities of youth organisations, including activities on how to live better together after the pandemic and helping to design sustainable future ways of living transnationally.

ACTIVITIES

The action targets NGOs (not for profit) and public bodies, which propose projects with a capacity to mobilise young people in partnerships covering different countries and regions within the EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme.

Mobility activities for young people should form a key component of European Youth Together projects. This mobility should offer cross-border exchanges and non-formal or informal training opportunities for young people from across Europe (East, West, North and South) that can be prepared and supported through online fora to contribute to the objectives of this action. These mobility activities must be very clearly justified according to the objectives of the action.

All the activities should contribute to broadening the outreach towards youth, reaching young people both within and beyond youth organisations including youth with fewer opportunities, to ensure a diversity of voices is heard.

1. Eligible countries : as described in the Call document.

The Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2023 is available in all official EU languages (see PDF versions).

2. Eligibility and admissibility conditions: as described in the Call document.

The Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2023 is available in all official EU languages (see PDF versions).

Proposal page limits and layout: Please refer to Part B of the standard proposal template.

Character and page limits:

• page limit: 70 pages. Please note that evaluators will not consider any additional pages and that excess pages will be blanked by the submission system.

• supporting documents can be provided as an annex and do not count tow ards the page limit

• minimum font size - Arial 9 points

• page size: A4

• margins (top, bottom, left and right): at least 15 mm (not including headers & footers)

3. Evaluation

Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the Call document.

The Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2023 is available in all official EU languages (see PDF versions).

4. Indicative timetable for evaluation and grant agreement: as described in the Call document.

The Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2023 is available in all official EU languages (see PDF versions).

Publication of the call: 24 November 2022

Deadline for submitting applications: 9 March 2023, 17:00 (Brussels Time)

Evaluation period: March-August 2023

Information to applicants: September 2023

Signature of grant agreement: September-November 2023

5. Proposal templates, guidance and model grant agreements (MGA):

Standard application form (ERASMUS LSII) Call document: Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2023 Guide for applicants: EU Funding & Tenders Online Manual Mono/Multi-beneficiary Model Grant Agreement: Lump Sum MGA