Download the European Solidarity Corps Guide 2023.

European Solidarity Corps Guide 2023

This call for proposals covers the following actions of the European Solidarity Corps programme:

• Volunteering Projects
• Volunteering Teams in High Priority Areas
• Solidarity Projects
• Quality Label for solidarity volunteering activities
• Quality Label for humanitarian aid volunteering
• Volunteering under the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps.

Who Can Participate

Any public or private entity whether non-profit or profit making, local, regional, national or international may apply for funding under the European Solidarity Corps. In addition, groups of young people registered in the European Solidarity Corps Portal, may apply for funding for Solidarity Projects.

The following countries can fully take part in all European Solidarity Corps actions:

• the 27 Member States of the European Union and Overseas Countries and Territories,
• third countries associated to the Programme
• EFTA/EEA countries: Iceland and Liechtenstein,
• EU candidate countries: the Republic of Turkey, the Republic of North Macedonia

Deadlines

The detailed conditions of this call for proposals, including priorities, can be found in the 2023 European Solidarity Corps Guide.

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The Erasmus+ Guide 2023

The Guide is available online, with a more user-friendly, accessible format to make it easier to find information, and as a PDF file to download.

Organisations and institutions seeking funding in the framework of this call must comply with the conditions for participation and funding expressed in this Guide. The document provides information on:

• the priorities of the programme,
• the actions supported,
• the funding available for different actions,
• detailed information on participation.

The Programme Guide is already available in all languages. In the case of conflicting meanings between language versions, the English version prevails.

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The European Solidarity Corps initiative was launched in December 2016. It aimed to create new opportunities for young people to engage in solidarity related activities for the benefit of communities and people around Europe and first operated within the context of eight pre-existing EU programmes.

The 2023 Budget

The maximum Union contribution for the implementation of the programme for 2023 is set at EUR 142,200,000, and will be financed with:

• general budget of the Union for 2023,
• EFTA contributions to the programme,
• other participating countries contributions to the programme.

The allocation of the budget in 2023 compared to 2022:

Objectives and Action of the European Solidarity Corps

The specific objective of the Programme is to provide young people, including young people with fewer opportunities, with easily accessible opportunities for engagement in solidarity activities that induce positive societal changes in Europe and abroad, while improving and properly validating their competences, as well as facilitating their continuous engagement as active citizens.

To achieve its objective, the Corps implements the following operational actions:

• volunteering (volunteering under the ‘participation of young people in solidarity activities’ strand and under the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps);
• solidarity projects;
• networking activities;
• quality and support measures.

The work programme 2023 will also support the following specific annual policy priorities defined for the ‘Volunteering teams in high priority areas’:

1. Relief for persons fleeing armed conflicts and other victims of natural or man-made disasters;
2. Prevention, promotion and support in the field of health;
3. Inclusion and diversity;
4. Environmental sustainability and climate goals;
5. Digital transformation;
6. Participation in democratic life.

Implementation of the Programme

In 2023, the second full year of implementing the European Solidarity Corps under the new legal base, the Commission is planning to launch a general call for proposals to cover the following actions:

1. Volunteering: Individual Volunteering projects, Volunteering Teams in High-Priority Areas, and European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps.
2. Solidarity projects: bottom-up, solidarity-related activities, for a period of up to 12 months and are set up and carried out by groups of at least five Corps participants, addressing key challenges in their communities while presenting clear European added value. Such projects must not substitute traineeships and/or jobs.
3. Networking activities: national or transnational activities to support the Corps in fulfilling its objectives and priorities.

See the 2023 Annual Work for the implementation of the European Solidarity Corps programme.

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Erasmus Plus Programme

The Erasmus Plus is the Union Programme the general objective of which is to support, through lifelong learning, the educational, professional and personal development of people in education, training, youth and sport, in Europe and beyond, thereby contributing to sustainable growth, quality jobs and social cohesion, to driving innovation, and to strengthening European identity and active citizenship.

In order to achieve its objectives, the Erasmus+ Programme implements the following Actions:

• Key Action 1 – Learning mobility;
• Key Action 2 – Cooperation among organisations and institutions;
• Key Action 3 – Support to policy development and cooperation;
• Jean Monnet actions.

News on the E+ 2023 Annual Work Programme 

The KA3 Call for Proposals European Youth Together has been confirmed for the next year with a budget of 8 millions (same as 2022).

The budget for KA1 Actions has been increased from 132 millions to 157 millions, with an increase of 19% compared to 2022.

While KA154 Actions will not be seeing a variation on budget, which remains 30 millions.

A special KA2 Action for Ukraine is provided.

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