Norden 0–30 grant programme

Norden 0-30 is a funding programme for young people in the Nordic Region aged 0 to 30 who have a creative project idea that requires funding. Projects that can be funded should cover culture, social issues, and/or politics. The largest amount you can apply for is EUR 50,000.

Are you aged 0 to 30 or do you represent an organisation that works with children or young people? Does your organisation have documented experience of working with children and young people? Are you planning a collaboration that involves partners from other Nordic countries?

Norden 0-30 (formerly NORDBUK) has been set up by the Nordic Committee for Children and Young People, which is the Nordic Council of Ministers’ advisory and co-ordinating body for all issues relating to children and young people. Nordic Culture Point administers the funding programme for the committee. With Norden 0-30, the committee is seeking to support children and young people’s own projects. The programme supports children and young people’s own projects and seeks to strengthen their organisational skills, influence, and participation in political, cultural, and social activities. The target group of the programme is children and young people up to the age of 30.

Grants are awarded to

• organisations, groups, municipalities, institutions, associations and networks. Norden 0-30 supports projects with partners from two (2) or three (3) Nordic countries.

• In projects consisting of partners from two (2) Nordic countries one of them must be Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands or Åland Islands.

• At least three (3) Nordic countries must participate in projects that consist of three or more countries. In this case, Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Åland Islands count as Nordic countries. The project applicant must reside in one of the Nordic countries stated above.

The applicant does not have to be young, but must represent a partner that either consists of, or has experience of, involving children and young people.

It is also considered particularly important if the project involves co-operation with parties from Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Åland, or the North Calotte. In this context, the North Calotte means: the counties of Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms in Norway, Norrbotten County in Sweden, and the Lappi Region in Finland.

In addition to the above, co-operation with Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia can be included in the application.

Which activities are funded?

You can apply for support for projects or networks that consist of cultural, political or social activities where children and young people are actively engaged in the process and are able to have a say in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the project. Project partners should always encourage democratic participation and ensure that the children and young people involved in the project gain greater influence on the project.

For example, a project may entail:

• Networks. Either individual or a series of networking activities, such as meetings, conferences, workshops, camps, courses, or other activities designed to further develop and strengthen partnerships, provide opportunities for exchanging experiences, and to share resources for promotion efforts.
• Production. This can include processes, campaign or information material, methodology material, reports, digital storytelling, or works of art designed to make children and young people more aware of their right to participate and influence.

Funding cannot be granted to:

• organisations or networks that neither consist of, nor have experience of work on the inclusion of children and young people
• individuals
• sports organisations
• commercial projects or commercial activities that aim to generate a financial profit
• normal operating procedures, such as the purchase of equipment or furniture, or to pay salaries not directly linked to the project
• activities that have already been completed. At the earliest, activities supported by the programme may begin eight weeks after the application deadline.