Youth Initiatives are projects devised, managed and operated by young people.
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Participants: Young people between the ages of eighteen and thirty who are legally resident in a Programme Country. Those aged fifteen to eighteen may be admitted if accompanied by a youth worker or coach.
Duration: National and Transnational Youth Initiatives must last between three and eighteen months including preparation, implementation, evaluation and follow-up.
- Projects should be youth led
- Projects should take place in the local community and respond to the needs and interests of that community.
- Projects may help young people gain skills that will help them in their working life.
- Project should have a European dimension
- Projects should show potential for networking and establishing partnerships with likeminded groups throughout Europe
- Contact person in the group must be a young person participating in the project
- Legal Representative may be youth worker or coach
- A work programme must be attached to your application showing each stage of the project being implemented month by month.
These come under Action 1.2 and are primarily for groups who already have a partner group in another programme country to devise, manage and operate a long term project (between 3 – 18 months) that will benefit both local communities. (Please note you must have at least one partner group however there is no maximum number of partners that can be involved in the project)
Each group must have at least 4 participants aged between 18 – 30 years. Group numbers should be balanced but do not need to be exact. There is no maximum number.
The partner group that co-ordinates the project should apply on behalf of all the partners.
Examples of Transnational Youth Initiatives activities are:
- Establishing a common website
- Producing a CD ROM on a theme of common interest
- Creating a support network to act on a common social problem in Europe
- Producing a European CD by recording music from different countries
- Preparing a common performance / festival on music, dance, theatre, paintings…
- Preparing a film / video showing different realities in Europe
- Producing a virtual newspaper, collecting articles from different countries in Europe.
The chosen theme should be of interest and relevance to the group of young people and also to the local community. Some examples of potential themes are: art and culture, social exclusion, environment, film, media, local heritage, information technology, racism, xenophobia and drug abuse and unemployment.
Find and download an application form or contact us. Completed applications should be sent to us at Connect Youth.
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