Education and Culture Non-formal learning opportunities for young people Erasmus + 1.

Education and Culture

Non-formal learning opportunities for young people

Erasmus+

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Erasmus+ youth specific objectives»Improve the level of key competences of young people, including those with fewer opportunities;

»Promote young people's participation in democratic life in Europe and the labour market;

»Foster quality improvements in youth work; enhance cooperation between youth organisations;

»Complement policy reforms at local, regional and national level; support the evidence-based youth policy making; foster the recognition of non-formal learning;

»Promote youth mobility and cooperation between Programme and Partner countries;

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Annual priorities»Promoting young people's social inclusion and well-being;

»Promote healthy behaviours, e.g. through outdoor activities and grassroots sport;

»Raise awareness about EU Citizenship;

»Develop basic and transversal skills such as entrepreneurship, digital skills and multilingualism;

»Enhance ICT;

»Promote coherence between national and EU recognition tools;

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Activities • Key Action 1 (open to Neighbouring Partner Countries (NPCs))

- Youth Exchanges

- European Voluntary Service

- Mobility and training of youth workers

• Key Action 2 (SP: very limited access for Partner countries; YCP: all PCs, except NPCs)

- Strategic Partnerships

- Youth Capacity Building (CENTRALISED, EACEA)

• Key Action 3 (open to neighbouring partner countries)

- Structured Dialogue: young people + decision makers

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• KA1 - Youth Exchanges

What: meet, become aware of socially relevant topics, debate, discover new cultures, peer-learning …

Duration: between 5 and 21 days

Age of the participants: 13-30

Number of participants: between 16 and 60

Applicants: youth organisations (including informal groups), public bodies, private bodies engaged in CSR, a.o.

Venue: in a country of one of the participating organisations

If activities are with Neighbouring Partner Countries (NPC), at least one org. needs to be from a Programme country and one from a Neighbouring Partner country

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• KA1 – European Voluntary Service

What: deal with youth information and/or policies, young people's socio-educational development, civic engagement, social care, environment, media literacy …

Duration: between (2 weeks) 2 months and 12 months


Number of participants: maximum 30

For youth organisations (including informal groups), public bodies, private bodies engaged in CSR, a.o. – any participating organisation needs to be accredited;

Venue: One of the countries of a participating organisation

Volunteer from Progr. Country to Progr. Country or Neighb. PC

Volunteer from Neighbouring PC to Programme Country

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• KA1 - Training and networking opportunities for youth workers

What: professional development of youth workers, seminars, trainings, study visits, job-shadowing …

Duration: between 2 days and 2 months

Age of the participants: no limitation

Number of participants: maximum 50

For youth organisations (including informal groups), public bodies, private bodies engaged in CSR, a.o.

Venue: Activities must take place in the country of one of the participating organisations

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• KA2 – Strategic Partnerships

What: enhance the quality and relevance of learning offers, innovative learning approaches, exchange of good practice, entrepreneurial experience, ICT, facilitate the validation of non-formal and informal learning …

Duration of the project: between 6 months and 2 years

Partners from Partner countries only if they bring

"essential added value"

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• KA2 – Youth Capacity Building

What:

» Foster youth cooperation between Programme countries and Partner Countries from different regions of the world;

» Improve the quality and recognition of youth work, non-formal learning and volunteering in Partner countries and enhance their synergies and complementarities with the other education systems;

» Test and launch schemes of non-formal learning mobility at regional level …

» Promote transnational non-formal learning mobility, notably targeting young people with fewer opportunities:

Duration of the project: between 9 months and 2 years

Age and number of participants: for youth mobility activities the limits of KA1 apply

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• KA3 – Meeting of young people with policy makers in the youth field

What: national meetings and transnational seminars, events linked to activities organised within the context of the European Youth Week, events simulating the functioning of democratic institutions

Duration of the project: between 3 and 24 months


Number of participants: minimum 30

For youth organisations, public bodies at local level, European youth NGOs;

Applicant and venue: Programme country

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• Windows within the framework of the Youth in Action Programme (role of SALTOs; accreditation):

• "Eastern Partnership Youth Window"

• "Western Balkans Youth Window"

• If continued under Erasmus+, organisations from these neighbouring regions could submit applications directly to EACEA

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Key Action

Management mode

Type of action

E4A Budget (Heading 1)

Complementary external action budget (Heading 4)

Applicant Geographical scope Applicant Geographical

scope

Key Action

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National Agencies

Mobility of individuals

Mobility of youth

workers

Organisations based in

Programme Countries

Participating countries and

Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU

Organisations based in Programme Countries

Programme Countries

and Western Balkans ENP* countries

Key Action

2 EACEA

Capacity-building with embedded mobility (notably

volunteering)


Programme Countries


ACP countries, Asia, Latin America

Organisations based in Western Balkans and

ENP countries

Programme Countries

and Western Balkans

ENP countries

Key Action

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National Agencies

Structure Dialogue meetings


Programme Countries


Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU

Organisations based in Programme Countries

Programme Countries

and Western Balkans ENP* countries


Main award criteria

Relevance of the project

Quality of the project design and implementation

Quality of the project team and cooperation arrangements

Impact and dissemination

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What makes a good project

•Solidity of the partnership submitting the project

•Think cross-sectoral when relevant!

•Convincing learning dimension

•Inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities

•Impact through dissemination and visibility

•Good preparation and follow-up

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For more informationhttp://ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus

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Education and Culture Non-formal learning opportunities for young people Erasmus + 1.

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