Call for proposals — EACEA/09/11 — Youth in Action Programme — Action 3.2 — Youth in the world: Cooperation with countries other than the neighbouring countries of the European Union
Date: 2011-03-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, international cooperation, youth policy








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Official Journal of the European Union


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CALL FOR PROPOSALS — EACEA/09/11
Youth in Action Programme
Action 3.2 — Youth in the world: Cooperation with countries other than the neighbouring countries of the European Union
2011/C 71/06
1.   Objectives and description

The purpose of this call for proposals is to support projects, which promote cooperation in the youth sector between Youth in Action Programme Countries and Partner Countries other than those which are neighbours of the European Union (countries which have signed with the European Union an agreement relevant to the youth field). This call provides grants to projects.
Its objectives are as follows:






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To improve the mobility of young people and youth workers;










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To promote youth empowerment and active participation;










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To foster capacity-building for youth organisations and structures in order to contribute to civil society development;










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To promote cooperation and the exchange of experience and good practice in the field of youth and non-formal education;










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To contribute to the development of youth policies, youth work and the voluntary sector; and










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To develop sustainable partnerships and networks between youth organisations.




Preference will be given to those projects which best reflect the following priorities:






 


Permanent priorities of the Youth in Action Programme:






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Participation of young people;










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Cultural diversity;










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European citizenship;










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Inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities.














 


Annual priorities of the Youth in Action Programme:
In the context of the 2011 EU-China Year of Youth (1), particular attention will be given to projects aiming at promoting dialogue, exchange and cooperation in the field of youth between the EU and China. These projects shall clearly contribute to the objectives of the EU-China Year of Youth as specified in the Joint Action Plan for the Year, which was adopted on 6 October 2010 (2), namely:






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To promote intercultural dialogue and strengthen mutual understanding and friendship between European and Chinese youth;










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To encourage young people to care about and support the development of EU-China relations;










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To achieve extensive and positive impact in Europe and China and help ensure that cooperation between policy makers as well as between youth organizations is sustainable beyond 2011.














 


Additionally, the other annual priorities of the call include:






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European Year of Volunteering (3);










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Inclusive growth, and notably youth unemployment;










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Fight against poverty and marginalisation;










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Global environmental challenges and climate change.








2.   Eligible applicants

Proposals must be submitted by non-profit organisations. These organisations can be:






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Non-governmental organisations (NGOs);










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Public bodies at regional or local level; or










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National Youth Councils.




The same applies to the partner organisations.
Applicants must — at the specified deadline for submitting their proposals — have been legally registered for at least two (2) years in one of the Programme Countries.
The Programme Countries are as follows:






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The Member States of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom (4);










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Those countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA): Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland;










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Candidate countries for which a pre-accession strategy has been established, in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions laid down in the framework agreements concluded with these countries with a view to their participation in EU programmes: Croatia, Turkey.




Bodies established in the following countries may participate as partners but may not submit proposals under this call. Countries which are parties to agreements with the European Union regarding the youth field are deemed to be Partner Countries. These are as follows:






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Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela;










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Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Guinea, Rwanda, Sao Tome e Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe;










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Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Sainte-Lucia, Saint-Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago;










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Pacific: the Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu;










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Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen;










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Industrialised countries: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United States of America.




Projects must involve partners from at least four different countries (including the applicant organisation), including at least two Programme Countries, of which at least one is a Member State of the European Union, and two Partner Countries.
In relation with the 2011 EU-China Year of Youth, an exception is granted to projects involving China as a Partner Country. In those cases, projects may involve one single Partner Country (China) and one or more Programme Countries of which at least one must be a Member State of the European Union.
3.   Eligible actions and proposals

The project must include activities of a non-profit-making nature that are related to the field of youth and non-formal education.
Activities supported under this call may include, but are not limited to, the following:






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Large-scale youth events, seminars, conferences;










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Activities encouraging the development of partnerships and networks;










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Activities encouraging the policy dialogue in the field of youth;










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Information and awareness campaigns in favour of and by young people;










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Training and capacity-building of youth workers, youth organisations and multipliers;










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Job-shadowing and long-term mobility for youth workers.




Projects must start between 1 September 2011 and 31 December 2011, with a minimum duration of six months and a maximum duration of 12 months.
Only typed proposals submitted in one of the official EU languages, using the official application form, completed in full, and sent by the specified deadline (6 May 2011) will be considered. The application has to be sent in one unique package and as a single copy (the original document). It must be dated and signed (original signatures required) by the person authorised to enter into legally binding commitments on behalf of the applicant organisation.
The application form must be accompanied by an official letter from the applicant organisation, documents attesting its financial and operational capacity, and all the other documents referred to in the application form.
Applicants must submit a budget that is balanced in terms of expenditure and revenue and must comply with the ceiling for Community cofinancing, which is set at 80 % of the total eligible expenses of the project, and with the maximum grant amount set at EUR 100 000.
4.   Award criteria

Eligible applications will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:
Qualitative criteria
The qualitative criteria will represent 80 % of the points available within the evaluation procedure.






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Relevance of the project in relation to the objectives and priorities of the call (30 %)
In this respect the following aspects will be assessed:






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The project meets the general objectives of the Youth in Action Programme;










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The project meets the objectives and priorities (including the geographical focus) of this call for proposals.














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Quality of the project and of the working methods that it comprises (50 %)
In this respect the following aspects will be assessed:






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The scope of the project; in other words, its multiplier effect and in particular its sustainable impact, as well as its long-term viability;










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The high quality of the work programme in terms of content and methodology, its clearness and consistency;










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The active involvement of young people in the project;










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The visibility of the project as the quality of measures aimed at disseminating and exploiting project's results;










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The quality of the partnership, and in particular the clarity of the tasks, description of the partners’ actual role in the cooperation, as well as the experience and motivation of the partners to set up the project;










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The consistency of the budget with the activities planned in the work programme.








Quantitative criteria
The quantitative criteria will represent 20 % of the points available within the evaluation procedure.






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Profile and number of participants and of promoters involved in the project






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The balance in the number of participants from Programme Countries and Partner Countries;










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The number of promoters involved in the project;










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The number of young people and youth workers directly involved in the project.








5.   Budget

The total budget allocated to the cofinancing of projects under this call for proposals is estimated at EUR 3 000 000. Financial assistance from the Agency shall not be granted for more than 80 % of a project’s total eligible expenses. The maximum grant shall not exceed EUR 100 000. The Agency reserves the right not to distribute all the funds available. In addition, although balanced geographical representation will be sought in the selected projects, the major determining factor as to the number of projects funded per country will be quality.
6.   Deadline for submission of applications

Applications must be sent no later than 6 May 2011 to the following address:





Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency




Youth in Action Programme — EACEA/09/11




BOUR 4/029




Avenue du Bourget/Bourgetlaan 1




1140 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










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by post, date as per postmark,










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by an express courier company, the date of receipt by the courier company being taken as proof of posting (a copy of the original deposit date receipt must be included in the application form).




Applications sent by fax or e-mail will not be accepted.
7.   Additional information

Detailed Applicants’ Guidelines and application forms can be found on the Internet at the following address: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/funding/2011/call_action_3_2_en.php
Grant applications must use the application form specifically designed for this purpose and contain all the annexes and information required.


(1)  Additional information about the EU-China Year of Youth is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/focus/focus1864_en.htm

(2)  The Joint Action Plan is available at: http://ec.europa.eu/youth/news/doc/euchina.pdf

(3)  More information available at: http://europa.eu/volunteering/

(4)  Persons from overseas countries and territories and, if applicable, public or private institutions based there, are eligible under the ‘Youth in Action’ Programme, depending upon the rules of the programme and those which apply in the Member State with which they are connected. A list of these overseas countries and territories is given in Annex 1A of Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (‘Overseas Association Decision’) (OJ L 314, 30.11.2001): http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2001D0822:20011202:EN:PDF