Last week, on 13-14 November 2014 the Info Day on EU Funding for Youth Organisations took place in Brussels. The event was organised by the European Youth Forum. Youth and Environment Europe attended the event, represented by its Secretary General.

The main objectives of the event were to provide an overview of the main EU funding programmes for youth organisations and to provide a space for exchange between them and the European Commission.  

During the first sessions of the Info Day, the head of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) and his team presented the recently published Call for the Operating Grant for European Youth NGOs (ENGYOs) and other calls for youth projects managed at a centralised level.

The second day of the event took place in the Information Office of the European Parliament where we learned more about many different EU funding opportunities: EuropeAid, Horizon 2020, COSME Programme, Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, Creative Europe Programme and many other.

This event was not only beneficial for YEE in terms of funding oportunities, but it was also a great chance to get to know other European NGOs, their work and create contacts for future cooperation.