YOUth for EU: Empowering YOUth Citizenship for EU Future
The CERV programme seeks to support and develop open, rights-based, democratic, equal and inclusive societies based on the rule of law.
PROJECT’S START DATE: 01/05/2022
PROJECT’S END DATE: 31/04/2024
TOTAL BUDGET: 206.000,00 €
Description & Objectives
This project aims to become a space for networking of youth policy makers and to influence youth specific decision making at local and regional level, i.e. municipal and regional authorities, representatives of local councils, teachers, youth workers and youth animators.
The main objectives of the project are to:
- build a network of small-sized proeuropean cities that want to be friendly to young people and encourage them to invest themselves in their local communities and spread knowledge about European Union and common values.
- exchange good practices regarding the creation and implementation of youth policy in local governments and non-governmental organizations.
Mobility to Salamina (Greece)
The project was implemented in international partnerships to take into account different models of youth policy support, so that partners could learn from each other.
The added value was also that the project was to be implemented by local authorities, with a real impact on the shaping and implementation of youth policy through various types of mechanisms.
Target groups
Target groups can be divided into two parts:
- firstly, young people aged 13-25, who will take part in each events.
- secondly, in the events, apart from the youth themselves, there will be local authorities, people working with young people at various levels, teachers and experts.
Needs
The needs were also divided into two groups:
Youth – partner organizations due to their current activities know the needs of young people perfectly. By compiling catalogs of the needs of young people from partner countries, they can be gathered to one denominator, i.e. putting more emphasis on non-formal education, acquisition of intercultural skills, financial support and material self-government on youth projects, greater support for cities for NGOs, creation of places and programs encouraging young people to stay in cities.
Partners org. – At the target group level from partner organizations, the context of the project is dominated by the need to expand international cooperation, exchange good practices with people who have experience in implementing youth activities, develop and transfer tools in the field of youth policy to local soil, and a desire to increase civic awareness among young people.
Partners
Poland
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
Greece
Portugal
More about CERV
The CERV programme seeks to support and develop open, rights-based, democratic, equal and inclusive societies based on the rule of law. That includes a vibrant and empowered civil society, encouraging people’s democratic, civic and social participation and cultivating the rich diversity of European society, based on our common values, history and memory.
The CERV programme has four pillars
- Equality, Rights and Gender Equality – promoting rights, non-discrimination, equality (including gender equality), and advancing gender and non-discrimination mainstreaming
- Citizens’ engagement and participation – promoting citizens engagement and participation in the democratic life of the Union, exchanges between citizens of different Member States, and raising awareness of the common European history
- Daphne – fight violence, including gender-based violence and violence against children
- Union values – protect and promote Union values
Civil society organisations active at local, regional, national and transnational level, as well as other stakeholders, can apply to receive CERV funding for initiatives aimed at citizens’ engagement, equality for all and the protection and promotion of rights and EU values.
The Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme was launched in 2021 and will run for seven years until 2027.