Capacity building in the field of youth

Objective

Capacity-building projects are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of youth in Programme countries and third countries not associated to the Programme. They aim to support the international cooperation and policy dialogue in the field of youth and non-formal learning, as a driver of sustainable socio-economic development and well-being of youth organisations and young people.

The action will aim at:

  • raising the capacity of organisations working with young people outside formal learning;
  • promote non-formal learning activities especially targeting young people with fewer opportunities, in third countries not associated to the Programme, with a view to improving the level of participants’ competences while ensuring the active participation of young people in society;
  • support the development of youth work in third countries not associated to the Programme, improving its quality and recognition;
  • foster the development, testing and launching of schemes and programmes of non-formal learning mobility in third countries not associated to the Programme;
  • contribute to the implementation of the EU Youth Strategy (2019–2027) including the 11 European Youth goals, and the Youth Action Plan in the EU External Action;
  • foster cooperation across different regions of the world through joint initiatives;
  • enhance synergies and complementarities with formal education systems and/or the labour market.

Activities

The activities proposed must be directly linked to the general and specific objectives of the action, i.e. they must correspond to one or more of the thematic areas listed above and they must be detailed in a project description covering the entire implementation period. Finally, in the context of this international worldwide action, project activities must focus on building and strengthening the capacities of youth organisations and young people principally in the third countries not associated to the Programme covered by the action.

Funded projects will be able to integrate a wide range of cooperation, exchange, communication and other activities that:

  • contribute to encouraging policy dialogue, cooperation, networking and exchanges of practices;
  • promote strategic cooperation between youth organisations on the one hand and public authorities, particularly in eligible third countries not associated to the Programme;
  • promote the cooperation between youth organisations and organisations active in the education and training fields as well as with organisations from the labour market;
  • raise the capacities of youth councils, youth platforms and local, regional and national authorities dealing with youth, in particular in eligible third countries not associated to the Programme;
  • raise the capacity for management and innovation, leadership and internationalisation of youth organisations, particularly in eligible third countries not associated to the Programme;
  • support the development of information and awareness campaigns, as well as the development of information, communication and media tools;
  • help developing youth work methods, tools and materials, including encouraging initiatives of co-creation and co-design of projects, allowing participatory project creation;
  • create new forms of delivering youth work and providing training and support; facilitate non-formal learning mobility.

 

Further information on the Capacity building in the field of youth action, the administrative rules, the deadlines and the application opportunities is available on the website of the European Education and Culture Executive Agency..

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