What?

 It is a set of successive activities over a period of one year, interconnected and which contribute to the same broader aim.

Within the strategic approach or global action plan of an organisation (what the organisation would like to achieve in the year(s) to come), you are asked to identify a coherent set of activities/elements to be submitted to the EYF.  It should be in line with what you do and want to achieve, but it should also be in line with the work, priorities and principles of the youth sector of the Council of Europe.
Each activity/element should contribute to the aim of the work plan and the accomplishments of the work plan as a whole should contribute to the global purpose of the organisation. The work plan does not need to reflect the whole strategy of your NGO; it can be one element of it only.

The different activities of a work plan have to contribute to achieve the objective of the work plan as a whole and have to be interconnected.

It is useful to look at the "flow" of the various actions chronologically: individual activities are linked to each other, feed off and feed into each other (content-wise, through the participants and/or multipliers, towards one common result).
Material production or preparatory meetings should not be included as separate activities. They should be included in the activities they are contributing to.
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The maximum grant allocated is € 50,000. The grant awarded for an annual work plan is paid in three instalments: 40% when the signed contract is sent to the EYF by post and the conditions in the contract (if any) are met. The other two payments of 30% each are linked to the receipt of a satisfactory interim and final report.

Requirements

  • Clear flow/link between actions: interconnected;
  • Each individual activity contributes to the NGO’s global plan;
  • Link with priorities, missions and vision of the CoE youth sector;
  • Several international and local activities (at least one international activity);
  • Minimum of 4 nationalities represented in team;
  • Minimum of 7 nationalities represented by participants;
  • Meetings for a minimum of 4 full working days;
  • At least one third of co-funding for international activities;
  • Gender perspective.

What kind of activities can be included?

  1. International activities - A work plan cannot be a set of very small activities or material production only. A work plan needs to have a "European dimension" and this means it should still contain international activities (at least one). Remember the criteria of international activities: 4 nationalities represented in the team, a geographical balance among participants (minimum of 7 nationalities), meetings with a minimum of 4 full working days, the need to find co-funding (at least one-third). You should find co-funding for the international activities.  The  EYF  will  not  be  able  to  cover more  than  two-thirds  of  the  total  cost  of  the  international  activities  calculated  together (i.e.  the two-third  rule will not apply to each separate international activity).
  2. Other activities - “Other activities” can be included such as campaigns, study visits, series of workshops, “mobile” activities (activities which involve travel). Preparatory meetings, research, needs analysis should be linked to an activity in the work plan, not an activity in itself. Material production should be the “result of” or part of the “follow up of” an activity and not an activity standing on its own.

Aim and objectives ?

You will be asked to provide the objectives of each activity of the work plan and also the objectives and the aim of the work plan as a whole. The objectives of each individual activity should contribute to achieve the overall objectives of the work plan.  You need to show the relevance of the set of activities submitted to the EYF within the medium or long-term development of the organisation, but also show how this contributes to the priorities, mission and vision of the Council of Europe.

Who can apply?

  • International youth NGOs;
  • International networks of youth NGOs.

Disclaimer

The international secretariat of Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw is financially supported by the European Union, through its 'Erasmus+'-programme, and by the Council of Europe, through its 'European Youth Foundation'. This website is a publication of Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw. The website reflects the views only of the author, and neither the European Commission nor the Council of Europe can be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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