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Focus: European Developments
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Erasmus+ in numbers: 2017 Curious about the growth of the Erasmus+ programme? The European Commission has released statistics on 2017: a record year!
With a 13% increase compared to 2016 budget-wise, Erasmus+ provided almost 800.000 people with an opportunity to benefit from learning, working or volunteering abroad, 10% more than the year before. For more figures, including country-specific statistics, please check here. |
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European Youth Week 2019Save the date in your agenda: it’s official, the European Youth Week 2019 will be organised from 29 April to 5 May!
Under the theme "Democracy and me", events will be organised all over Europe and in Brussels. You can also organise a European Youth Week event yourself: contact your National Agency for Erasmus+ Youth to get support or information. |
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YES Forum’s activities and members’ activities
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YES Forum 2019 AgendaTo help the network prepare for this year’s events, a "YES Forum 2019 Calendar" is now online. It gives an overview of the main events planned next year, with dates and locations when already available. Check it out on our website! |
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“Kinderstadt goes Europe”, 2nd Partner Meeting, 14-17 January, OradeaOn 14-17 January, YES Forum members partnering in the project “Kinderstadt goes Europe!” gathered in Oradea (RO) to discuss their progress and ideas for the future organization of their very own "Children’s Cities".
By 2020, “Kinderstadt Goes Europe”, led by YES Forum’s member St. Johannis GmbH will train youth organizations from Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany and Romania in order to prepare them to create, design and later on implement their own “Kinderstadt”, or “Children’s Towns”. It is a pedagogical concept through which children and young people roleplay a “mini-city”, and can therefore understand the complex relationships sustaining society.
In Oradea, project partners discussed how to transfer this concept to their specific contexts. The Ruhama Foundation will soon be the first to kick-off their own Kinderstadt. We are excited to hear how it goes! For more information, please click here. |
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DIVE 3rd Training, 22-27 January, MalmöOn 22-27 January in Malmö, Sweden, the DIVE project (Diversity in Pan-European Networks) held its third Training on Inclusion and Diversity in Malmö, Sweden.
YES Forum and its member Internationaler Bund supported participants from JEF Europe (Young European Federalists), ESN International (Erasmus Student Network) and AEGEE Europe with its own expertise. Young volunteers from these major European youth networks applied what they learned in previous trainings to design concrete plans aiming at opening their organisations to a broader audience.
Stay tuned! Their work also contributed to fine-tune several tools which will soon broaden these efforts to their whole networks. For more information, have a look here. |
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Calls for Proposals, Conferences and Training
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Erasmus+ – Next DeadlinesIn the youth field in particular, the following types of activities will fall under the same Erasmus+ deadlines later this year: 30 April and 1 October.
- KA1 Youth Exchanges
- KA1 Mobility of youth workers
- KA2 Strategic partnership for youth
- KA3 Youth Dialogue Projects (formerly “Meetings between Young people and Decision-makers in the field of youth”)
For more information, check the Guide here. |
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European Solidarity Corps – Upcoming CallsThe European Solidarity Corp’ next deadlines this year fall on 30 April and 1 October for the following activities:
- Volunteering Projects
- Traineeship & Jobs
- Solidarity Projects (especially adapted to youth-led projects: 5 young people aged 18-30 can apply without a registered organisation)
The Deadline for Volunteering Teams in high priority areas is 28 September. The detailed conditions for all deadlines can be found in the ESC Guide here. |
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Europe for Citizens – Relevant Call for proposals The EU published the Guide and Call for proposals for its programme “Europe for Citizens”, including relevant funded activities for YES Forum members.
Among eligible projects, “Civil society projects” in particular, under the strand “Democratic Engagement and Civic Participation”, will support projects gathering citizens in activities directly linked to EU policies, providing an opportunity for direct participation in the policy making process. Funded activities include, for instance, promotion of societal engagement and solidarity, gathering of opinions, volunteering.
Deadline: 1 September. For more information, have a look at the Programme Guide and Call for proposals here. |
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Rights, Equality and Citizenship – Upcoming CallsIn 2019, the REC (Rights, Equality and Citizenship) EU Programme will open several funding opportunities relevant for the youth & social fields.
The current relevant calls are, among others:
- Call for proposals to prevent and combat all forms of violence against children, young people and women (Deadline: 13 June)
- Call for proposals to promote the effective implementation of the principle of non-discrimination (Deadline: 20 June)
- Call for proposals to prevent and combat racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other forms of intolerance (Deadline: 24 April)
For more information and to get a complete overview of open Calls under the REC Programme, please check here. |
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