Grant obligations

Once a project is approved, the grantee NGO receives via email a grant agreement form, that must be signed and returned to the EYF by email to [email protected]
The grant agreement details all the grant obligations of the grantee and the recommendations of the Programming Committee on Youth related to the project.
Below you can find the main grant obligations.


1. Visibility

As specified in your contract, the EYF grant “is awarded on the condition that the Council of Europe logo, the visual identity of the EYF, as well as a reference to the support received by the European Youth Foundation (see details on the EYF website http://eyf.coe.int), appear on any document, publication, website, etc., linked to the activity and/or produced with the EYF grant”.
For all project documents, website, printed materials, posters, videos, social media posts - you need to mention that the project is supported by the EYF. Download the CoE logo and the EYF visual identity
For social media, mention that the project is supported by the EYF and use the hashtag #eyfcoe.
To present the EYF to your participants, you may adapt the EYF PowerPoint presentation.
For publications, indicate that they were produced with the support of the EYF and use the following disclaimer: “This publication was produced by […] with the support of the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe. It does not necessarily reflect the official position of the Council of Europe.”
2. Changes to the activity
This concerns the case in which there are modifications needed to be made, after your grant was approved and during the project implementation.
In case of budget changes between budget lines: within the grant envelope from the EYF, you may move amounts between budget lines, as long as your project purpose remains as approved by the EYF. In case you need to move money from one line to a new type of costs which was not initially included in your application or to increase fees, please consult the EYF in advance for approval of this.
In case of changes in venue and dates: please send to the EYF a message through the online system as soon as you know you need to change dates and/or venue of your activity. Please provide us also the GPS coordinates of your new venue. Explain in the message the reason for the change.
In case of changes to the programme of the activity: if the changes concern adjustments in types of sessions that do not change the objectives of your activity, please send the revised programme to the EYF for information. If the change concerns the objectives of the activity or grant as such or the length of your programme, please consult the EYF prior to the activity and justify the changes.
In case of changes of people in the team: for international activities and international activities within work plans, there is a hard criterion that the team should include at least 4 people of 4 different nationalities/countries of residence. If your team changes, but the mentioned criterion is respected, include this in your project report. In case the criterion is not respected anymore, please seek the approval of the EYF in advance to the change.
In case of changes related to project participants: if the change does not have any impact on the hard criteria (which, for international activities, are: 75% of participants under 30 and coming from at least 7 countries beneficiaries of the EYF), the change does not need to be communicated in advance. If the above criterion is not respected anymore, contact the EYF urgently. Also, if there is a major change of participants’ profiles, contact the EYF.
The EYF may ask you additional questions or information related to the changes.
3. Reporting
Reporting is an important part of the process. You must fill in the online report and send a signed financial report to the European Youth Foundation within 2 months of the end of the activity. Check the guidelines on reporting on the EYF website during the preparatory phase. Don’t forget you have to provide a signed list of participants!
Check the Reporting page on the EYF website and read the financial reporting guidelines.
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