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

Education and Culture 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; 2

Education and Culture 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; 3

Education and Culture 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 4

Education and Culture 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: 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 5

Education and Culture 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 Age of the participants: 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 6

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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 8

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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" 10

Education and Culture 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 11

Education and Culture 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 Age of the participants: Number of participants: minimum 30 For youth organisations, public bodies at local level, European youth NGOs; Applicant and venue: Programme country 12

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Education and Culture 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 14

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Education and Culture 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 16

Education and Culture 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 17

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