In 2026, 43 organisations were awarded structural grants for the period 2026-2027. Together, these organisations represent more than 1,000 member organisations across the 46 member states of the Council of Europe. The total amount of awarded structural grants for 2027 is identical to the one awarded in 2026 - 950 250 euro. 

When applying, these organisations demonstrated their commitment to all four youth sector priorities of the Council of Europe:

• Revitalising pluralistic democracy
• Young people’s access to rights
• Living together in peaceful and inclusive societies
• Youth work

In addition, the organisations have committed to the Council of Europe’s transversal priorities: accessibility, gender mainstreaming, and a youth perspective.

The list of the awarded grants:

Structural grants 2026-2027

Structural grants provide operational support to youth organisations or networks that have cooperated with the European Youth Foundation (EYF) or the European Youth Centres of the Council of Europe. These lump sum grants are designed to cover general administrative costs—including office expenses, staff, organisation of statutory meetings, equipment, and other essential operations—ensuring these international youth organisations and networks can continue their vital work effectively.

This page presents a summary of the awarded grants submitted by the youth organisations at the 1 April 2026 deadline for calls for proposals for projects to be implemented in 2027.

In 2027, 23 projects were awarded across Europe, with a combined funding amount of €914 474 (€646 441 for long-term youth co-operation projects and € 268 033 for one-off youth co-operation activities).

These projects will address key issues such as climate justice, eco anxiety, sustainability through decolonial learnings, advocacy actions, strategic mouvement building, youth work and Human Rights Education, democratic backsliding, pluralistic democracy at local level, energy transition using municipal level decision-making processes, access to health rights, combating xenophobia, youth participation and intercultural dialogue. 

One-off youth co-operation activities focuses primarily on the organisation of an international meeting of young people, for example a youth camp, seminar, conference, training course or study visit; while long-term youth co-operation projects includes a combination of international meetings and other activities, such as campaigns, advocacy projects, production of educational and other resources, research, support for local activities or regional initiatives.

APPROVED PROJECTS

 One-off youth co-operation activities 

List of awarded grants for this call

"Federalist Peace and Reconciliation Seminar", implemented by Young European Federalists (JEF Europe)

Amount: €24 985 Venue: Land Beyond (Ano Vitsa Zagoriou), Greece

This proposal seeks to address challenges of polarisation, shrinking civic space and a lack of meaningful opportunities for dialogue across divides by organising a five-day seminar camp, combining elements of a training course, dialogue seamine and stretegic workshops. By empowering young people as peacebuilders, it will bring together 24 young activists from three distinct regions shaped by conflict and peacebuilding efforts: the Western Balkans, the European Union, and Israel and Palestine. Through capacity building activities and intercultural exchanges, participants will develop skills in mediation, critical thinking and inclusive dialogue. They will gain a deeper understanding of different conflict contexts, allowing them to reflect on their own societies from a comparative perspective.

"From voices to action: building inclusive feminist and queer mouvements", implemented by International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY)

Amount: €24 878 Venue: Vienna, Austria

This activity is a five-day international strategic seminar bringing together 20 young activists and members of the feminist and queer youth organisations from across IUSY member organisations. The seminar aims to strengthen feminist and queer youth mouvements as strategic, inclusive and action-oriented by enhancing their capacity for collective organising, internal transformation and coordinate political action. Two outputs are expected to be produced during the project implementation, namely "organisational accountability guidelines" (to support stronger, inclusive feminist and queer youth mouvements) and a joint campaign framework - to be used for advocacy actions by youth organisations. 

"Passion for peace, embracing Human Rights - so History and Hope can Rhyme", implemented by the european play work association (e.p.a. e.V) 

Amount: €24 985 Venue: Belfast, United Kingdom

This project will be a week-long international seminar for transformative and inclusive youth work, bringing together 35 youth workers from across Europe and beyond. The seminar will focus on the questions: "How to de-learn violence(s), dare to trust and develop a shared, fair and peaceful future together". The event will combine experiential learning, reflection, exchange of practices and collective exploration of methods for preacebuilding in youth work. The main output of the project will be a practical/digital tooklit of methods, exercises and workshop ideas practiced during the seminar, that will include activities on de-learning violence, restaurative justice, trust-building and human rights education. 

"Resilient Futures: youth leadership on eco-anxiety, conflict and environmental justice", implemented by Youth and Environment Europe (YEE)

Amount: €24 830 Venue: Plovdiv, Bulgaria

The project is a 4-day international capacity-building and strategy training course, bringing together 27 young leaders from across the YEE network to explore the intersections of eco-anxiety, conflict and social inequalities, while equipping participants with practical strategies to strengthen resilience, well being and long term engagement in youth work and activism. The event will also support YEE in developping effective organisational strategies to anticipate, address and response to these challenges.

"Libertas bootcamp 2027", implemented by LYMEC European Liberal Youth 

Amount: €14 178 Venue: Brussels, Belgium

This project tackles the issue of freedom of expression, rights to privacy and identity formation through media narratives by organising a four-day training/bootcamp in Brussels for 12 young authors contributing to Libertas, the European Liberal Youth’s online magazine. The activity aims to empower them to produce credible, fact-based, and persuasive content while reinforcing their role as informed, responsible, and impactful communicators in the public sphere. The 2027 edition of the project will strengthen long-term sustainability of the project by creating stronger connections between participants and LYMEC's wider European network, encouraging continued cooperation, exchange of best practices and dissemination of participants' written content.

"Think twice! A European youth debate lab on democratic resilience", implemented by the International Debate Education Association (IDEA)

Amount: €24 985 Venue: Bratislava, Slovakia

This project is a five-day international training seminar brining together 28 young debaters from 9 CoE member States to critically examine and dismantle the arguments that drive democratic backsliding across Europe. It aims to strengthen young people's capacity to critically analyse abd challenge anti-democratic narratives through structures debate. The main output will be a multilingual collection of argumentative cards, designed for dissemination and use in local follow-up activities, including 15 multiplier events.

"Fast & Fair Renewables (FFRes) Knowledge Lab", implemented by the European Youth Energy Network (EYEN)

Amount: €24 974 Venue: Munchen, Berlin, Hamburg and Aachen, Germany

This project is a four-day international meeting of 28 young people and local stakeholders in order to explore how renewable energy transitions can be implemented in a democratic, inclusive and youth-driven way at municipal level (using a methodology that is being pilot tested in Germany in 2026). The programme will be based on non-formal education, combining elements of a training course with a co-creation seminar - central to the project - where participants will develop concrete local replication plans and initatives based on the FFRes methodology and finally develop a toolkit.

"Accessing Rights: SRHR & Service Navigation across Europe", implemented by Migration Youth & Children Platform (MYCP)

Amount: €24 985 Venue: Strasbourg, France

This project is a four-day training for 20 young people for creating a Europe-wide migrant-led awareness campaign on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) with practical advice to accessing national health services. The programme combines interactive workshops, scenario-based learning, peer and diaspora mentoring and a campaign lab. It addresses barriers to education, social inclusion and health services, including legal restrictions, language obstacles, stigma, and lack of culturally sensitive resources that youth and migrant-youth face. Participants will develop skills to navigate formal and digital systems, accessing SRHR and other essential services and seek support safely in cases of abuse, discrimination or exclusion. As outputs, participants will produce youth-friendly guides, digital content and local initatives, as well as information and support hubs.

"Prototype Power: Youth advocacy innovation", implemented by the Board of European Students of Technology (BEST)

Amount: €9 670 Venue: Vienna, Austria

This project is a six-day adovacy and technology innovation training event for 25 university students from technical fields. It aims to equip them with advocacy, teamwork and technical skills to design and prototype accessible, technology-based solutions that communicate impactful messages around young people's living conditions and challenges. Following this event, dissemination actions will take place at local level in several European countries.

"Combating xenophobia - building a peaceful society", implemented by European Minority Youth Network (EMYN)

Amount: €22 893 Venue: Vilnius, Lithuania

This project aims to promote tolerance, critical thinking and intercultural dialogue among young people, helping to overcome xenophobia and stereotypes towards migrants through a training course for 27 youth workers and activists. Follow-up activities will entail implementation of local action plans developped during this training course, where participants will act as multipliers in their organisations and local communities.

"Minority Youth Revitalising Pluralistic Democracy in Local Communities (MYREP)", implemented by the European Youth Network for Creativity and Innovation (EYNCRIN)

Amount: €25,000 Venue: Bansko, Bulgaria

This project is a five-day training course addressing structural and institutional barriers to minority youth participation in local decision-making processes, bringing together 25 youth workers. The training focuses on analysing barriers to participation, exploring relevant Council of Europe tools, and developing outputs such as a toolkit, advocacy roadmaps, a video and a joint statement. The event will be followed by a multiplier phase involving 11 local actions, including engagement with municipalities.

"Sustainable Futures Lab - Decolonial Learnings", implemented by the European Youth for Action (EYFA)

Amount: €21 670 Venue: Falkenberg, Germany

This project is a five-day international training course for 15 young people from diverse cultural, social, and geographical backgrounds to explore climate, environmental and social justice through decolonial practice-based approaches. Participants will engage in both conceptual and practical workshops to critically reflect on environmental narratives and co-create community-based alternative responses to climate crisis. Two dissemination events will take place after the training and participants will be encouraged to further organise local multiplier events.

 Long-term youth co-operation projects

List of awarded grants for this call

"A Table for Everyone: Youth, Faith, and the Power of Radical Inclusion", implemented by the World Student Christian Federation in Europe (WSCF-E)

Amount: €60 000

The project addresses faith-based discrimination aiming to promote inclusive communities by equipping young people to critically engage with discriminatory religious and political narratives. It combines a five-day training course for 25 participants, a series of four dialogue tables, a “lab” phase consisting of online meetings and a three-day in-person meeting where selected participants develop strategies and outputs. These include a campaign, policy brief, magazine edition, toolkit, national action plans, and joint recommendations. 

"Rural Roots: youth-led rural actions through Intercultural Exchanges. A Youth Transformative Journey", implemented by European Federation for Intercultural Learning (EFIL)

Amount: €59 995

The project aims to empower young returnees from international mobility experiences to become active volunteers in rural areas. Activity 1 is a ToT for 22 EFIL trainers to build their capacity to support the transformative journey of young returnees. Activity 2 focuses on local implementation and multiplier actions and is composed of three phases: (a) local engagement workshops organised in seven EFIL countries and facilitated by trainers from Activity 1; (b) a five-day youth exchange for 35 participants to build facilitation skills and create a community of new young leaders; and (c) seven youth-led multiplier events at the local level run by participants from the youth exchange. Activity 3 is a Youth Chapter Leadership Summit over 3 days exchanging practices and developing sustainable volunteering structures for long-term youth work. The expected outputs include a Rural Youth Voices Compilation, a Transformative Journey Methodology, Local Chapter Sustainability Plans, and a Good Practices and Youth-Led Actions Report.

"Youth for Transparent Environmental Democracies (YTED)", implemented by Youth and Environment Europe (YEE)

Amount: €59 569

The project focuses on strengthening youth participation in environmental decision-making by equipping young people with the knowledge, tools, and skills to monitor environmental permitting processes across Europe, with special attention to risks of corruption. The project includes a five-day training course for 25 participants, a two-day hackathon bringing together 8 participants from the first activity in addition to 15 students to co-create monitoring tools, and a final pilot phase where tools are tested in local contexts and local actions are organised supported by microgrants.

"Escape the pressure!", implemented by the International Young Nature friends (IYNF)

Amount: €60,000

The project aims to create learning spaces where young people can explore three societal pressures that increasingly shape their lives: militarism, climate change, anti-democratic processes. Activity 1 will consist of a five-day meeting for 25 young people to build understanding of the three issues. Activity 2 will be another six-day meeting for young people to strengthen their resilience and develop responses to the three above-mentioned issues. Finally, Activity 3 will be a six-day meeting of young people on transforming the learning process into a practical educational tool - an escape box, with puzzles, riddles and cooperative tasks. Podcast episodes will complement this tool and will be developed by the participants with support from IYNF during each activity.

"Overcoming barriers to political participation of disadvantaged youth in Eastern Europe", implemented by Cooperation and Development Network for Eastern Europe (CDN)

Amount: €60,000

The project aims to enhance the political participation of disadvantaged young people in Eastern Europe, particularly those affected by migration, conflict, and political repression, by strengthening inclusion within green youth organisations. It includes a six-day camp for 35 young people focused on identifying barriers and building inclusive practices, followed by seven local dissemination activities supported by microgrants and a final online meeting to share the main results. The outputs include a dedicated webpage collecting resources produced during the project.

"Digimental: Your Mind in the Digital Age", implemented by the International Falcon Movement Socialist Education International (IFM - SEI)

Amount: €60,000

The project aims to equip young people with the competences to identify, critically assess, and safely address digital risks affecting their mental well-being, critical thinking, and decision-making, particularly those arising from AI, search engines, and social media. Activity 1 is a five-day international training for 20 young participants, focusing on understanding AI and search engines and their influence on young people’s mental well-being and cognitive processes; Activity 2 is an international activity involving 20 participants to explore the impact of social media on mental health and critical thinking; Activity 3 is a smaller-scale, three-day study visit and video lab for 10 participants, to consolidate learning and strengthen communication skills. The project outputs include two “Digimental packages", each comprising widgets, mobile wallpapers, and PDF guidelines, as well as six short videos highlighting key lessons from the project.

"Expanding and strengthening the Pool of Youth Facilitators for Democracy (P-YF4D)", implemented by the Developing Youth Participation at Local Level Network (DYPALL)

Amount: €59 771

This project aims to strengthen and expand an existing Pool of Youth Facilitators for Democracy (YF4D) and enhance local youth participation. The initiative combines a four-day training course for 16 new facilitators, a study visit to the United Kingdom on innovative youth engagement practices, a phase of 10 local pilot projects supported through microgrants, and a final international seminar focused on evaluation and the development of a digital facilitation handbook.

"Art in Action: Inspiring Civic Engagement", implemented by the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU)

Amount: €47 146

The project aims to mainstream arts-based approaches to citizenship education across OBESSU’s structures, including its Pool of Trainers and member organisations. It consists of three activities: a Training of Trainers focused on artistic methods in citizenship education, a training for international officers to promote and implement these approaches within member organisations, and a microgrant scheme supporting six projects implemented by their members. The main output is a Booklet of Best Practices on the use of artistic expression in citizenship education.

"Turning the tide on democratic backsliding: youth in action", implemented by the Erasmus Student Network (ESN)

Amount: €60,000

The project seeks to empower young people as active democratic actors to facilitate constructive civic engagement, defend pluralistic values, and rebuild trust between institutions and the communities they serve. The proposal consists of three activities: Activity 1 is a seven-day Training of Trainers for 40 youth leaders, aimed at building understanding of democratic backsliding. This activity will be complemented by online mentoring sessions; Activity 2 will be a three-day residential lab in Bulgaria to explore practical solutions to democratic challenges, test innovative educational approaches, and foster civic engagement; and finally Activity 3 will consist of 40 local initiatives to engage more young people in democratic citizenship education, accompanied by a social media campaign.

"Roma Youth Remembrance: Youth Engagement with the Memory of the Roma and Sinti Holocaust", implemented by ternYpe International Roma Youth Network (ternYpe)

Amount: €60 000

This project aims to strengthen youth engagement in Holocaust remembrance and Roma youth participation across Europe. Activity 1 will be a five-day meeting of 20 Roma and non-Roma youth at the occasion of the commemoration on 2 August of the Roma and Sinti holocaust. Activity 2: during five months participants from Activity 1 will implement at least 10 multiplier activities in schools, youth centres, cultural spaces etc., engaging young people in discussions about the Roma and Sinti Holocaust. Activity 3 will consist of a one-year a digital remembrance campaign to be implemented by the ternYpe with content produced from the multiplier actions and a few podcast episodes about important Remembrance dates concerning Roma history. Activity 4 will be another five-day remembrance programme, involving a new group of participants.

"European framework for solidarity-based youth participation rooted in Solidarity Action Day practice", implemented by Solidarity Action Day Movement in Europe ivzw (SAME)

Amount: €59 956

This project aims to develop a European framework for organising Solidarity Action Days (SAD). Activity 1: a youth taskforce of 6 people will analyse existing data and documents with regards the different models of implementation of SAD days (including hosting a capacity-building activity to process this information). In Activity 2: a co-creation international seminar will be held to clarify the model with inputs from participants and to develop a first draft SAD framework. Activity 3: this framework will be pilot tested with confirmed member organisation to clarify the usability of the model and with emerging organisations to improve stakeholder involvement and clarify gaps (five field visits will take place in this phase); finally by the end of the project, the framework will be finalised and disseminated.