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Embrace a more sustainable diet – “Eat4change” Training Course

WWF Finland is organising a training course that will take place in Finland from 18 to 22 September 2023. The “Eat4change” project will cover every cost, including

• accommodation,
• travels,
• learning materials and training costs.

Through this training course you will have the opportunity to acquire important background information on the climate crisis, balanced and sustainable diet, youth empowerment, active citizenship, behaviour change and much more.

The objective of this project is to increase young people’s awareness of the impacts of diets on the environment and of their role as consumers and active citizens.

It will be lasting three days, full of interesting and interactive activities. You will learn loads of methods, tools and activities that you will be easily able to adapt and implement in your projects!

You will also have the opportunity to spend a lot of time in nature and to meet and network with other youth workers that shares the same interests as you.

The requirements to participate are:

• You work directly with youth or you are part of a youth organization
• You are interested in learning about and supporting active citizenship
• You want to improve your knowledge about climate protection and balanced and sustainable diets 
• Want to be part of a dynamic European network of youth workers.

Do not miss this opportunity and join this training course. The dead line of the project is June 25.

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What type of activities the strands supports

The strand – Democratic engagement and civic participation offer grants to:
– Activities covering civic participation, focusing in particular on European Union policies
– Initiatives developing opportunities for mutual understanding, intercultural learning, solidarity, societal engagement and volunteering at EU level

For that reason, it includes three specific measures:
Town twinning – supporting projects bringing together citizens from twinned towns. By mobilising citizens at local and EU levels to debate on concrete issues from the European political agenda, this measure will seek to promote civic participation in the EU policy making process and develop opportunities for societal engagement and volunteering.
Networks of towns – providing funding to municipalities and associations working together on a common theme in a long term perspective, and wishing to develop networks of towns to make their cooperation more sustainable
Civil society projects – supporting projects gathering citizens in activities directly linked to EU policies, providing an opportunity for direct participation in the policy making process. Funded activities may include: promotion of societal engagement and solidarity, gathering of opinions, volunteering.

Type of grants available under the umbrella of Europe for Citizens

For actions with a limited lifetime during which proposed specific activities are implemented
Town twinning (town/municipalities and non-profit organisations representing local authorities):
* The maximum eligible grant for a project is 25 000 EUR
* The maximum project duration is 21 days
Networks of towns (Town/municipalities or their twinning committees or networks, other levels of local/regional authorities, federations/associations of local authorities, non-profit organisations representing local authorities:
* The maximum eligible grant for a project is 150 000 EUR
* The maximum project duration is 24 months
Civil society projects (Non-profit organisations, including civil society organisations, educational, cultural or research institutions):
* The maximum eligible grant for a project is 150 000 EUR
* The maximum project duration is 18 months

In order to apply, you must create an EULogin (European Commission Authentication Service) account. Furthermore, each organisation involved in your project (applicant and partners) must register in the Participant portal and receive a Participant Identification Code (PIC). The PIC will be requested in the application form. To access the Participants’ portal, you will need your EULogin username and password.
Finally, create your official electronic application form, also called the eForm. To create your eForm, your will be asked to go through the follow steps, without interruption:
* Select the funding opportunity
* Even more select a language option
* Select the organisation(s) participating in your proposed activity (applicant and partners)
* Even more create the application eForm
* Above all save the application eForm to your local computer or network drive
* Finally fill in the e-form and save regularly

Your project has better chances to be approved it it has consistency with the objectives of the Programme and Programme strand, quality of the activity plan of the project, a good dissemination plan and a real impact and citizen involvement.

Read more here.

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