S.A.L.T.O. has published an article in the European Youth Portal that gives some tips and project examples.

How To Make Your Erasmus Project Stand Out

Participation

When it comes to youth projects, it is important that you take into consideration the participation. For example, you can think about bringing young people together and involving organisations from different countries. It is important to consider that your project should find ways for everyone to learn and make a valuable contribution. Even better, try to engage participants in the decision-making process.

If you don’t know where to start from, consult the Participation Resource Pool. You can also find practical tips, worksheets and self-evaluation questions about projects and participation on the Participation Toolkit.

Policy Dimension

Keep in mind that your project should address the EU Youth Goals. For example, what about civic participation? Your project can make a real difference, if it encourages young people’s participation in Europe’s democratic life – be it at local, regional, national or European level. Plan your activities in such a way that they unite the participants behind the same vision and goal to create inspiring experiences.

EU Priorities

Your Erasmus project should be linked to the EU priorities too:

• Inclusion and Diversity,
• Digital Transformation,
• Participation in Democratic Life, and
• Environment and Fight Against Climate Change.

The article provides also useful examples of successful Erasmus projects – the ones that won the SALTO Awards last year.

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This guide provides participating organisations and individuals a comprehensive list of opportunities supported by the programme. No matter if you are an association thinking of developing projects, or an individual who would like to know more regarding this field, this guide is essential for understanding Erasmus+.

For most Actions, all the rules and conditions for receiving a grant from the Programme are specified in this Programme Guide. For some other Actions, which are only mentioned in this Programme Guide, stay tuned! In Youthnetworks we will post specific calls for proposals published by or on behalf of the European Commission, and the rules and conditions for receiving a grant.

Even if the core of the guide remains similar to 2019’s one, we recommend you to check details and potential changes before subbmitting your project!

If you want to know more, you can now download the 2020 guide HERE!

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The goal

The main goals of RAYSE is to deepen the connection between second generation european citizens with non-EU background and european stakeholders, passing through the local level as well. Six young people from the six participating countries (Italy, Sweden, Spain, Bulgaria, Netherland and Greece) will meet and be instructed by policy makers in order to become Youth Ambassadors for active citizens of second generation.

The project

The RAYSE project will delevolp itself through the storytelling. Each participant will contribute to a blog, the contents of which are intended to give an insight of what the life of second generation EU citizens looks like: the stories, the obstacles and the challenges that they have to face. All of this will be shared among common people and the european media, with the purpose of tracing them back to the core of european values and investigate if and how these last are being achieved or if the way to lessen their distance with the european citizens is still long and winding.

The partners

The coordinating organisation of RAYSE is Association Tia, from Italy, and the project is being carried out together with Eu Diaspora Council from Sweden, ACD La Hoya from Spain, EUNI Partners from Bulgaria, International Labour Association (based both in Netherland and Turkey) and Institute of Entrepreneurship Development from Greece. They all have experience both in migration and active citizenship.

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The ILGA-Europe Documentation and Advocacy Fund started in 2006 as a pilot project. Since then it has grown to collect valuable evidence about LGBTI human rights violations on a systematic basis. First of all, it supports small grant applications from member organisations. Besides that, ILGA-Europe and its members use this evidence strategically for advocacy purposes.

Therefore, their goal is to promote documentation of cases of discrimination, hate crimes and other human rights violations against LGBTI people according to international human rights standards.

How can be achieved the goal?

1. Work  towards LGBTI equality by gathering evidence of human rights violations
2. Support evidence-based advocacy throughout Europe
3. Build capacity of LGBTI organisations in Europe. Likewise, monitor and document human rights violations on the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression
4. Enable the use of well-documented information for advocacy purposes at the national level
5. Develop methodology and tools that can be replicated in other European countries
6. Promote documentation of cases of discrimination, hate crimes and other human rights violations against LGBTI people. Furthermore, these should be according to international human rights documentation standards.

Open calls for grants

Calls for proposals are announced once or twice a year, with almost 5 to 10 grantees per call. There are two types of grants – a documentation grant and an advocacy grant.

About ILGA Europe and human rights

ILGA-Europe are an independent, international non-governmental umbrella organisation bringing together 490 organisations from 45 European countries. ILGA-Europe are a driving force for political, legal and social change in Europe and Central Asia. Therefore, their vision is of a world where dignity, freedoms and full enjoyment of human rights are protected and ensured to everyone regardless of their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics.

More info here.

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