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The YOUTH Programme is one of the European Union’s educational programmes and focuses on non-formal education to young people aged between 15 and 25.

The programme caters for the interests of young people and youth workers, not only by offering financial support but by providing information, training and a wealth of opportunities to develop new partnerships and mobility across Europe and beyond Through the programme young people are provided with the right tools to empower themselves and feel actively involved in society. They will acquire relevant information about lives of other young people hailing from different countries, the cultural heritage of other nations and various themes of interest falling under the programme’s priorities.

How is the YOUTH programme structured?
The five main actions are:

Action 1 – Youth for Europe

Youth Exchanges offer the possibility to young people aged between 15 and 25 to meet each other through non-formal education. Exchanges bring together young people from different European countries coming from diverse educational, cultural, and social backgrounds to explore similarities and differences between their countries.

DOWNLOAD Application Youth Exchange Guidelines
Application Youth Encounter Part IV Form

Action 2 – European Voluntary Service (EVS)

Under this action, young people aged between 18 and 25 are able to spend from 6 months to 1 year abroad as European volunteers to give a helping hand in local projects from a wide range of fields such as social, ecological and environmental, arts and culture, new technologies, leisure and sports and so forth.

DOWNLOAD Application to Send Application to Host
Expression of InterestGuidelines
Application for EU-Wide Intl. Cooperation Projects

Action 3 – Youth Initiatives

Through this action, youths are encouraged to lead a project intended for their local community. They are given the chance to develop their spirit of initiative as well as express their skills and creativity. Projects falling under this action have to be between 3 months and a year long.

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Action 4 – Joint Actions

This action calls for a reinforced cooperation between actors from various sectors and fields of knowledge. It brings together the synergy of three EU programmes SOCRATES, LEONARDO DA VINCI and YOUTH and provides support for initiatives that build on their complimentary nature.

Joint actions are the subject of calls for proposals published on the Official Journal of the European Communities and being a centralised action, this action will not be presented in detail in this brochure.

Action 5 – Support Measures

Action 5 provides support to develop new YOUTH projects and to enhance capacity building and innovation in the field of international youth work. The actions’ measures are actually a package of possibilities to develop new quality YOUTH projects intended to strengthen the other programme Actions.

DOWNLOAD Application Projects 1-6 Guidelines
Application Projects 7-9 Partner Form

Application Deadlines

For EU projects between	Application deadline
May 1 and September 30	February 1
July 1 and November 30	April 1
September 1 and January 31	June 1
December 1 and April 30	September 1
February 1 and June 30	November 1


For EUROMED projects between	Application deadline
July 1 and December 31	February 1
November 1 and April 30	June 1
April 1 and September 30	November 1

For further details on the YOUTH Programme we suggest consulting the Malta YOUTH National Agency website on www.youthmalta.org

PARTNER SEARCH? Click on the the link below to look for Youth Organisations all around Europe and the Mediterranean. The Euro-Med Platform website www.euromedp.org also features other useful information and resources.