European Youth Foundation

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European Youth Foundation

• What it is
• What it finances
• Who can apply
• How to apply
• When to apply

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What is the EYF?

• A Fund set up in 1972 to provide financial
  support for European youth activities.
• A Division in the Council of Europes Directorate
  of Youth and Sport
• Annual budget approximately 3 million Euros
• Some 300 projects funded per year

Council of Europe
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What can the EYF finance?

• International youth meetings
• Youth activities other than meetings
• Administration of international non-governmental
  youth organisations and networks
• Pilot projects

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Working Priorities 2010
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International youth meetings

• contribute to the work priorities of the Council
  of Europes youth sector
• involve at least seven member states of the
  Council of Europe
• have a duration of at least 4 working days
• are partially financed from other sources than
  the EYF (at least for one third of its total
  cost)
• are attended by participants of whom at least 75
  are under the age of 30
• be likely to have a multiplying effect.

Category A Grants
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Youth activities other than meetings

• specialised publications (such as training
  manuals)
• newsletters or magazines produced by
  international youth organisations and networks
• information campaigns

• exhibitions and audio-visual materials
• websites and CD-Roms
• posters, badges and stickers
• research projects on youth related issues.

Category B Grants
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Administrative grants

• International non-governmental youth
  organisations and networks can receive an annual
  grant to cover part of the administrative costs
  related to activities for which the EYF provides
  financial support.

Category C grants
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Pilot projects

• are innovative in terms of methodology for the
  target group and/or organising body
• follow the basic educational principles of the
  Council of Europe youth sectors work
• Can receive a maximum grant of 7,600.

• are youth activities (by, with or for young
  people)
• have a European dimension, either by involving
  more than one country, and/or by taking into
  consideration the European context
• contribute to youth participation

Category D Grants
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Category D priorities for 2009

• Projects
• presented by Georgian and/or Russian youth NGOs
  dealing with the peaceful transformation of
  conflicts, especially projects involving
  co-operation between the two countries
• on conflict prevention and resolution, notably in
  the Causasus region
• promoting new constructive ways of participation
  for young people to make their voices heard
• promoting the access of young people from
  disadvantaged neighbourhoods to social rights
• dealing with the reintegration and inclusion of
  young offenders in society
• on the prevention of violence, and especially
  gender-based violence, through youth work.

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Category D-HRE priorities for 2009

• Projects
• developing local strategies and initiatives for
  intercultural approaches with young people in
  highly multicultural social environments, using a
  human rights approach
• at local or regional level developing human
  rights education and training activities with and
  for young people, presented and run by
  participants having taken part in a European,
  national or regional training course on Human
  Rights Education with young people based on
  Compass, co-organised, supported or sponsored by
  the Council of Europe.
• www.eycb.coe.int / www.coe.int/compass

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Who can apply?

• International non-governmental youth
  organisations or networks
• National, regional or local non-governmental
  youth organisations or networks 
• Non-governmental structures involved in areas of
  youth work relevant to the Council of Europes
  youth policies and work

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How to apply?

• Go to the EYF website
• www.eyf.coe.int/fej
• or via the CoE Youth Portal
• www.coe.int/youth
• Register online
• Submit your application online

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When to apply?

• 1 February for Category C
• 1 April or 1 October for Categories A and B
• At any time for Category D

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Contact the EYF

• eyf_at_coe.int
• www.coe.int/youth
• www.eyf.coe.int/fej

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Who is who in the EYF

• Mr Jean-Claude LAZARO, Head of the EYF
• Ms Karen PALISSER, Administrator in charge of
  projects and reporting
• Ms Michèle BERGDOLL, Reporting and visits to
  projects
• Ms Andréa FRANCK and Mr François MENDY, Financial
  matters
• Ms Bente MOLLER POULSEN, General information and
  registration