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Call for proposals - Projects within the Euro-Med Youth Program - Lebanon - EuropeAid/133392/M/ACT/LB

published in Thursday, August 30, 2012 under Cooperation & Development

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European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument

description and objectives

The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to support and strengthen the participation and contribution of youth organisations and youth from the Euro-Mediterranean region towards the development of civil society and democracy.

The specific objectives of this Call for Proposals are:

• To stimulate and encourage mutual understanding between young people within the Euro-Mediterranean region and to fight against stereotypes and prejudices.
• To promote active citizenship among young people and enhance their sense of solidarity.
• To contribute to the development of youth policies in the different partner countries.

actions

The specific objectives are to be attained through 3 different types of Actions as envisaged by the Euro-Med Youth Programme:

• Action 1 Euro-Med Youth Exchanges: A Youth Exchange is a project based on a transnational partnership between two or more organisations from different countries. It brings together in one of the 8 ENPI South countries/territories, for one specific period of common life, groups of young people from the Euro-Mediterranean region, providing them with an opportunity to participate to activities where they can: discuss and share on one theme of mutual interest; discover and become aware of social realities and cultural backgrounds; learn from each other’s countries and cultures. A Youth Exchange requires the active participation of all groups of young people in the preparation and implementation of the activities.
• Action 2 Euro-Med Youth Voluntary Service: Voluntary Service is a project offering young people an opportunity to carry out a long or short term volunteering activity in one of the 8 ENPI countries/territories. The volunteer/s is/are hosted in one particular organisation of the ENPI South country, which has precise missions for him/her/them to implement. Voluntary service enables volunteers to express their solidarity, to acquire a valuable intercultural experience and to develop new skills. It brings benefit to local communities and to the hosting organisation (grant beneficiary), through a new impulse, the mutual exchange and the international added-value.
• Action 3 Euro-Med Youth Training and Networking: Training and Networking includes project which support the training of those active in youth work and youth organisations of the Euro-Mediterranean region (youth leaders, youth trainers, young people), in particular the exchange of experiences, expertise and good practice as well as activities which may lead to sustainable quality projects, partnerships and networks. Possible activities to be implemented in projects are: study visit, partnership building activity, seminar, training course.

organisations eligible to participate

Opened to the following bodies or institutes with legal status established in the covered areas:

• Non-governmental organization
• Local authorities
• Regional authorities
• Universities
• Any legal organisation

covered areas

Bodies or institutes must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme which are:

• Third countries

european community funding

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

• Orientation of the budget: 0.21 M€

all the important deadlines

• Thursday, November 01, 2012: Deadline for the presentation of proposals
• Tuesday, January 15, 2013: Deadline for the presentation of proposals

Further information about the call

• Web page of call for proposals EuropeAid/133392/M/ACT/LB at the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument website
• Section useful documents of the call EuropeAid/133392/M/ACT/LB

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