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Summary
The call is launched in accordance with the 2024 Work Programme2 and will be managed by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban policy (DG REGIO).
Youth4Cooperation reaches all age groups, from elementary school to young professionals that benefited from Interreg projects and macro-regional strategies actions. Based on this network of almost 1000 young people and given the next challenge for the European Commission to present the Cohesion Policy draft regulation 2028-2034, Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) would like to start a vast consultation process towards young people.
The aim is to carry out the consultation with digital tools and communication campaigns, using channels popular among young people. This does not exclude that applicants use their existing communication channels in their standard youth activities. The result of the consultation will have to be collected in a report with specific recommendations, which will delivered to DG REGIO. The Youth consultation which is the object of this call is part of a wider consultation exercise that involves all 2021-2027 Interreg programmes. Some coordination might be required with the programmes in the area covered by the successful beneficiaries.
This call for proposals has the objective of selecting three beneficiaries which will secure the involvement of young people in the consultations on Cooperation post 2027 which will help shaping its future and make sure that youth voices and needs are fully taken into consideration in the next programming period 2028-2034. The voices of young people will be a positive and valuable addition to the reflection on the future shape of territorial cooperation.
Detailed Call Description
The action is related to the Youth involvement thematic, and the EU priority of bringing the EU closer to its citizens.
The activities that can be funded are scoped to the main objective of consulting young people coming from, but not only, youth councils and other bodies working closely with the 4 EU macro-regional strategies. The results of the consultation will be collected in a final report including at least 10 meaningful recommendations for the post-2027 framework on territorial cooperation.
To achieve this, the selected beneficiaries will be able to use the Toolkit developed by DG REGIO and publicly accessible on Inforegio, which contains advice and tips, as well as an indicative list of questions and a reporting template.
More precisely, the beneficiary will set up:
- A clear methodology on the consultation of young people.
- How will young people be consulted/interviewed (online interviews, events, talks, surveys).
- A clear communication strategy to reach out young people mainly via digital tools.
- Social media used.
- Budget allocated.
- Development of a visual identity.
- Definition of targets.
- Translation in EU languages if needed.
- A clear set of questions that will be asked to young people.
- In cooperation with DG REGIO, the provider will establish a set of relevant questions – also based on the post 2027 toolkit mentioned above
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Thematic Categories
- Youth
Eligibility for Participation
- Legal Entities
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Application will be considered eligible only if the participants respect the following criteria:
- Have a transnational/pan-European nature;
- Have a mandate to work with/for young people (statutes, mission statement, etc)
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Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
For help related to this call, please contact: REGIO-CONTRACTS@ec.europa.eu
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