What are "Youth Democracy Projects"?

It can be a project which:
- promotes the involvement of young people in participatory structures;
- develops the dialogue between public authorities and a group of young people;
- facilitates the dialogue between public authorities and young people who are not members of organizations;
- creates structures or strategies for bringing young people closer to political decision-making;
- identifies and overcomes obstacles to the participation of young people in democratic life.

Brief Description of a Youth Democracy Project:

Because this is a new action, there is plenty of space for new initiatives and ideas. Nevertheless, it's clear that a Youth Democracy Project must be based on a real partnership both at a local and transnational level. More technically a project should involve at least 2 countries with 2 local partners per country.
Please note that a youth democracy project may only be developed with partners from Programme Countries (European Union Member States, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland, Croatia, Switzerland or Turkey).

The local partnership in each country should be composed of:

An informal group of young people;
A non-profit organisation or an association established in one of the programme countries;
A local or regional public body.

Target group:

A minimum of 16 young people from 13 to 30 years old per project.

Selection criteria:

- Quality of the programme and working methods;
- Diversity of actors involved in the project;
- Relevance of the objectives;
- European dimension of the project;
- Visibility of the project;
- Dissemination of results and follow up of the project.

Deadlines for submitting a project:

1st February 2013: for projects starting between 1st May and 31st Oct 2013.
1st May 2013: for projects starting between 1st August 2013 and 31st January 2014.
1st October 2013: for projects starting between 1st Jan and 30th June 2014.