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Overview
YEE is excited to announce the opportunity to support 7 grant projects by youth NGOs aiming to mobilise and empower young people from marginalised communities on a local or national level to either:
- Explore youth-led local or national level work on designated capacity building topics
- Use advocacy initiatives to engage with marginalised communities [BIPOC, LGBTQI+, Roma communities etc.]
Application deadline: 31st March 2023
What does the funding include?
- 3,000 EUROs per project
- Monthly mentorship support from YEE Advocacy Working Group
- Monthly peer support from the selected organisations
The possible format can include:
- Conferences
- Workshops
- Policy papers
- Series of local actions
- Toolkit creation
- Training courses
- Content creation
Activities can include:
- Access to negotiation processes
- Advocacy training
- Assisted in the creation and planning of the proposed project
- Series of information sessions
For more inspiration, activites can include:
Adapting the physical space to non‐ barriers, creating educational materials for people with visual impairment, building community venues, supporting technological transition and skill‐building, building human capital, 1×1 mentorship programs for young people, developing a small fund for local initiatives carried out by young people with fewer opportunities.
Funding requirements
Other eligable countries include: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
At least 10 young people from marginalied communities benefited from the project, with an equitable balance on gender in the composition.
The programme must be run and organised by youth (under the age of 30). The project must run between April 2023 to August 2023 and follow the non-formal education format.
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Our mission
YEE aims to unite environmental youth non-profit organisations in Europe in order to enhance international cooperation, increase knowledge about the climate crisis, raise awareness of environmental problems and to strengthen participation of youth in environmental decision-making.
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Supported by the Council of Europe through the European Youth Foundation.
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
