Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The European Solidarity Corps brings together young people to build a more inclusive society, supporting vulnerable people and responding to societal and humanitarian challenges. It offers an inspiring and empowering experience for young people who want to help, learn and develop and provides a single entry point for such solidarity activities throughout the Union and beyond.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Volunteering Teams in high priority areas are large scale, high impact projects supporting voluntary activities carried out by young people from at least two different countries coming together to express solidarity by implementing short-term interventions that address common European challenges in policy areas defined each year at EU level.
Detailed Call Description
Activities by volunteering teams in high-priority areas will aim to:
- address clearly defined unmet societal challenges in the area of “relief for persons fleeing armed conflicts and other victims of natural or man-made disasters” and/ or “prevention, promotion and support in the field of healthpromote solidarity across the participating countries; enable the young people to gain skills and competences which are useful for their personal, educational, social and professional development;
- provide tangible benefits to the communities within which the activities are carried out;
- ensure a direct contact between the participant and the beneficiaries of the solidarity-related activities, to enable the young people to gain skills that are useful for their educational and social development;
- reach out to young people with fewer opportunities, including refugees, asylum seekers and migrants;
- promote diversity, intercultural and inter-religious dialogue – and the EU values of human dignity, freedom, equality and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities – as well as projects enhancing media literacy, critical thinking and a sense of initiative among young people;
- reinforce the capacities and international scope of the participating organisations;
- raise young volunteers’ awareness and understanding of other cultures and countries, offering them the opportunity to build networks of international contacts, to actively participate in society and to develop a sense of European citizenship and identity.
Applications for funding under this action are expected to address one of the policy priorities “relief for persons fleeing armed conflicts and other victims of natural or man-made disasters” and “prevention, promotion and support in the field of health”, in line with the HealthyLifeStyle4All.
The Programme can add significant value by contributing to the provision of relief and assistance to those whose lives, livelihoods and communities have been disrupted by the natural or man made disasters, including armed conflicts. The importance of solidarity among individuals and communities, within or across borders, has become even more apparent with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting big inflow of refugees into the EU.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Volunteer support: €23 per day per volunteer
Organisational Support: €37 per day per volunteer
Inclusion support: €20 per day per volunteer with fewer opportunities
Thematic Categories
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
- Youth
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Central Government
- International Organisations
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
- Trade Unions
- Youth
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The eligibility criteria for the volunteering activities implemented under Volunteering Projects are listed below:
Any public or private entity, whether non-profit or profit making, local, regional, national or international, legally established in an EU Member State, a third country associated to the Programme or a third country not associated to the Programme or any international organisation.
Participating organisations (support or host role) must hold a valid volunteering Quality Label at the application deadline and during the entire duration of the project.
- Eligible participating organisations are expected to form a consortium.
- A consortium must consist at least three eligible participating organisations with a valid volunteering Quality Label from at least two different EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme.
- Only an eligible participating organisation established in one of the EU Member States or third country associated to the Programme may submit an application for funding on behalf of the consortium.
Eligible participants – Young people between 18 and 30 years34 who are legally residing in an EU Member State, a third country associated to the Programme or a third country not associated to the Programme and have registered in the European Solidarity Corps Portal.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
European Commission – Directorate General Education & Culture (DG EAC)
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity_en
European Commission – Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
https://www.eacea.ec.europa.eu/grants/2021-2027/european-solidarity-corps_en
National Agencies
https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/organisations/contact-national-agencies_en