The European Commission has published in the Official Journal of the European Union a call for proposals based on Decision Nº 1719/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006, establishing the Youth in Action programme for the period 2007 to 2013. The total budget of the call is over 115 million euros.
 

The general objectives stated in the Decision establishing of the Youth in Action Programme are the following:

• Promote young people's active citizenship in general and their European citizenship in particular.
• Develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people, in particular in order to foster social cohesion in the European Union.
• Foster mutual understanding between young people in different countries.
• Contribute to developing the quality of support systems for youth activities and the capabilities of civil society organisations in the youth field.
• Promote European cooperation in the youth field.

These general objectives shall be implemented at project level taking into consideration the following permanent priorities: European citizenship, participation of young people, cultural diversity and inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities.

In addition to the abovementioned permanent priorities, the Call for proposals 2010 annual priorities are:

• European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion.
• Youth unemployment and promotion of young unemployed people's active participation in society.
• Awareness-raising and mobilization of young people around global challenges development, climate change, migrations, the Millennium Development Goals).

This call for proposal concerns the support to the following Actions and sub-Actions listed below:

Action 1: Youth for Europe

• Youth Exchanges.
• Youth Initiatives.
• Youth Democracy Projects.

Action 2: European Voluntary Service

Action 3: Youth in the World

• Cooperation with the Neighbouring Countries of the European Union.

Action 4: Youth Support Systems

• Training and networking of those active in youth work and youth organisations.

Action 5: Support for European cooperation in the youth field

• Meetings of young people and those responsible for youth policy.

Applicants have to be legally established in one of the Programme or in Neighbouring Partner Countries in the Western Balkans.

The Programme has an overall budget of EUR 885 million for the period 2007-2013. The annual budget is subject to a decision of the budgetary authorities, and for Call for Proposals 2010 under Youth in Action Programme it will be of 115.32 million Euros.

Deadline for submitting proposals depends on the date when the project should start, and it goes from February 1st 2010 to November 1st 2010.