What are "Youth Initiatives"?

It can be:
- A national Youth initiative: proposed by a group of young people from programme countries. This is a project which can be realised at a local, regional or national level.
- A transnational Youth initiative: could be realised in common with young people from at least one other country. This project should be based on a real partnership and aimed at exchanging and sharing the practices developed by young people in their respective communities.

Brief description of a Youth initiative:

The group of young people has to choose a theme relevant to the group itself and to the local community. For example: art and culture, fight against racism and xenophobia, the environment, equal opportunities, media and communication, cultural heritage etc.
A well-structured programme and a timetable for the project must be provided. It must be clearly linked to the objectives. The project can last anywhere between 3 and 18 months, including preparation, implementation, evaluation and follow-up. For concrete examples of projects, take a look at our Youth Initiatives database "Compendium".

Target group:

A Youth Initiative project should actively involve a minimum of 4 young people (in each country) from 15 to 30 years old.

Selection criteria:

- Quality of the programme and working methods
- Impact of the project on the local community
- Innovation
- 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 2012: for projects starting between 1st May and 31st Oct 2012.
1st May 2012: for projects starting between 1st August 2012 and 31st January 2013.
1st October 2012: for projects starting between 1st Jan and 30th June 2013.

Want to know more about this sub-action?

Take a look at the programme guide and in particular, at ACTION 1.

Do you already have an idea? Are you looking for partners?

You can use one of SALTO-YOUTH tools managed by SALTO-YOUTH Information namely OTLAS Partner Finding. No matter where your interests lie you will find what you are looking for in OTLAS!

Participate in one of our training courses to help you manage a transnational project and meet other young people from different countries;

Contact your national agency (the national desk in charge of the development of the YOUTH in Action programme in your country of residence) to get more info or to apply!