Call for proposals - EACEA/12/10 - �Youth in action� programme � Action 4.5 � Support to information activities for young people and those active in youth work and youth organisations

This call for proposals will support projects which promote information and communication actions with a European dimension, aimed at young people and youth leaders. Projects must enhance the dissemination of quality information and increase young people's access to information and to various channels of communication at both national and European levels. Projects will aim in the long term to encourage the participation of young people in public life and to facilitate the achievement of their potential as active, responsible European citizens.

Preference will be given to projects which best reflect the permanent priorities of the �Youth in action� programme: participation of young people; cultural diversity; European citizenship; inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities.

Preference will also be given to projects reflecting the following annual priorities of the call: media literacy; global issues affecting young people, such as climate change, sustainable development, migrations, and the Millennium Development Goals.

Final beneficiaries of the projects are young people and people working in the youth sector, either in youth organisations and structures or in regional and local authorities.

Applicants must be non-profit organisations: non-governmental organisations (NGOs); public bodies at regional or local level; national Youth Councils.

Applicants must be legally registered in one of the programme countries: EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey. Projects must involve partners from at least two programme countries, at least one of which is an EU Member State.

This call is also open to private organisations operating in the domain of information and communication, provided that they participate on a non-profit making basis. Private entities can take part only as co-beneficiaries (partners) and cannot submit applications themselves.

Projects must include activities of a non-profit-making nature, related to the field of youth and non-formal education. They must start between 1 January 2011 and 31 March 2011, and must last for between 12 and 18 months. EU funding will be for 80% of eligible expenses of a project, with a maximum grant of �100,000.

The deadline for submission of applications is 10 September 2010. Further information is available on the EACEA website.�

Reference: 2010/C 144/12

(Added 2010-06-03)