The Council of Europe’s European Youth Foundation is a unique fund dedicated to youth organisations and international youth co-operation initiatives for promoting democracy, human rights and peace. The European Youth Foundation provides grants to youth organisations to carry out initiatives that contribute to the priorities of the Council of Europe in the field of youth. Additionally, the European Youth Foundation develops support measures for youth organisations to prepare them to better identify, plan, implement, evaluate and learn from their projects.
As part of its support measures, the EYF organises twice a year a meeting with international youth organisations in Brussels, Belgium, as a commitment to its partnership with youth organisations. The format of the learning and networking days for 2025 is new, and several changes are under development in the framework of the EYF reform. The event will focus both on reinforcing the partnership with the youth sector of the Council of Europe and provide opportunities for learning for youth organisations.
The learning and networking days are scheduled for 26 – 28 February 2025 and have the following objectives:
- Inform youth organisations about essentials and the latest updates of the youth sector, and the grants of the EYF for which international youth organisations can apply in 2025,
- Reinforce the skills of youth organisations in areas of relevance for the implementation of initiatives and projects supported by the EYF,
- Create a space for mutual learning and networking among youth organisations.
The programme of the learning and networking days will include:
- introduction to the youth sector of the Council of Europe, including information on the EYF grants and its reform, the Council of Europe’s work on integrating a youth perspective, as well as about the programme of the European Youth Centres,
- workshops on different topics in the area of project management and development of youth organisations, fundraising strategies, engaging with member organisations, financial management of EYF grants
- networking and exchange on good practices and opportunities for bilateral consultations.
The event will involve up to 30 participants, from different international youth organisations that intend to apply for EYF grants and/or study sessions under the programme of the European Youth Centres of the Council of Europe. The EYF may provide partial travel and subsistence support to those organisations whose headquarters is not based in Brussels, on the basis of needs. Meals and coffee breaks for all other participants will be covered for the duration of the programme.
During the learning and networking days the EYF secretariat will be available for bilateral consultations with youth organisations upon request.
The event is organised with the contribution of the European Youth Forum, who also hosts the activity.
The programme will start on 26 February at 14.00 and end on 28 February at 13.00.
To pre-register for the learning and networking days, international youth organisations and networks are invited to fill in the following form before 5 February 2025:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EYF2025
For further information, please contact [email protected]