This is an EU grant for the organisation of Youth dialogue projects: meetings, conferences, consultations and events promoting the active participation of young people in democratic life and their interaction with decision-makers. Through these events, young people are able to make their voice heard, providing proposals and recommendations, on how youth policies should be shaped and implemented in Europe. 

A Youth Dialogue project has three phases:
– planning and preparation;
– implementation of the activities;
– evaluation (including reflection on a possible follow-up).

Activities supported under this action
– national meetings and transnational/international seminars offering space for information, debate and active participation of young people, in dialogue with decision-makers, on issues relevant to the EU Youth Strategy and its Dialogue mechanisms;
– national meetings and transnational seminars that prepare the ground for the official Youth Conferences organised during each semester by the Member State holding the turn of Presidency of the European Union;
– events promoting debates and information on youth policy themes linked to the activities organised during the European Youth Week;
– consultations of young people to find out their needs on matters relating to participation in democratic life (online consultations, opinion polls, etc.);
– meetings and seminars, information events or debates between young people and decision-makers, youth experts around the theme of participation in democratic life;
– events simulating the functioning of the democratic institutions and the roles of decision-makers within these institutions.

Young people lead activities: they will be actively involved in all the stages of the project, from preparation to follow-up.
However, the following activities are not eligible for grants under this action: statutory meetings of organisations or networks of organisations; politically influenced events.

Eligible participating organisations
Non-profit organisations, associations, NGOs; European Youth NGOs; public bodies at local level established in a Programme Country or in a Partner Country neighbouring the EU (regions 1 to 4).
Organisations from eligible Partner Countries can only take part in the project as partners (not as applicants).

Who can apply
Any participating organisation established in a Programme Country: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Republic of North Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Serbia and Turkey.

Number of participating organisations
For transnational/international meetings, the activity must involve at least two participating organisations from at least two different countries, of which at least one is a Programme Country.
For national activites, the activity must involve at least one organisation from a Programme Country.
 

Eligible participants
The project can last between 3 and 24 months. It must involve a minimum of 30 young participants between 13 and 30 years old, from the countries involved in the project.
If the project foresees the participation of decision-makers or experts in the youth policy field, these participants can be involved regardless of their age and geographical provenance.

Find out more: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/resources_en