Youth in Action Funding
Youth in Action is the EU Programme for young people aged 13-30. It aims to inspire a sense of active citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among young Europeans and to involve them in shaping the Union's future. With a total budget of 885 million euros for seven years (2007-2013), the Programme supports a large variety of activities for young people and youth workers through five Actions:
Action 1 - Youth for Europe
encourages young people's active citizenship, participation and creativity through youth exchanges, youth initiatives and youth democracy projects.
Action 2 - European Voluntary Service
helps young people to develop their sense of solidarity by participating, either individually or in group, in non-profit, unpaid voluntary activities abroad.
Action 3 - Youth in the World
promotes partnerships and exchanges among young people and youth organisations across the world.
Action 4 - Youth Support Systems
includes various measures to support youth workers and youth organisations and improve the quality of their activities.
Action 5 - Support for European Co-operation in the Youth field
supports youth policy co-operation at European level, in particular by facilitating dialogue between young people and policy makers.
(European Commission website, 2010)
Each member state of the European Union has a National Agency that manages the EU programme nationally. In Ireland the National Agency is Leargas.
Leargas provide information on the Youth in Action Programme and advice on how to apply for funding.
APPETISER Training Course, Spain
28th September to 2nd October 2011
Appetiser aims to give a strong positive first experience of international youth work and motivate participants to use the “Youth in Action” Programme.
The entire idea of the seminar is to give a feeling of what it means to work with young people in an international setting. It is about giving a space for participants to explore the advantage of “internationality” themselves.
Youth in Action monitoring survey
Every year the EU Youth in Action programme supports over 7 000 projects allowing more than 130 000 young people and youth workers to make valuable experiences in the field of non formal education and youth.
YiA - Contact Making Seminar, Zadar, Croatia, 06-10 June
See Opportunities Section for more details of this contact making seminar.
The 2011 Programme Guide is now available!
The new version of the Programme Guide will be valid as of the 1st of January 2011 and will replace the current one.
The 2011 Application forms for the Youth in Action Programme are now available!
These new versions of Application forms will be valid as of the 1st of January 2011 and will replace the current ones. These forms are to be used by any promoter who wishes to apply in 2011 for a grant under the Youth in Action Programme (Actions covered by the Programme Guide). These documents have been updated in order to integrate the changes introduced in the 2011 Programme Guide; they are available in English for the moment but French and German versions will follow!
