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	Decision making
	Statutes of the EYC and EYF

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	Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility

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The European Youth Foundation (EYF)

Goals

The European Youth Foundation is a fund set up to provide financial support to international youth activities. It has an annual budget of approximately 2,300,000 Euros. Since 1973 more than 200,000 young people, most of them nationals of Council of Europe member states, have taken part in EYF-supported activities.

The EYF thus provides financial support to the following types of activity undertaken by non-governmental youth organisations or networks or by other non-governmental structures involved in areas of youth work relevant to the Council of Europe’s youth policies and work:

a. educational, social, cultural and humanitarian activities of a European character;
b. activities aimed at strengthening peace and co-operation in Europe;
c. activities designed to promote closer co-operation and better understanding among young people in Europe, particularly by developing the exchange of information;
d. activities intended to stimulate mutual aid in Europe and in developing countries for cultural, educational and social purposes;
e. studies, research and documentation on youth matters.

The European Youth Foundation provides financial support for:

A. international youth meetings
B. youth activities other than meetings (such as publishing manuals or newsletters or producing web sites)
C. contributions to administrative costs of international youth NGOs
D. pilot projects

Practical information

The Programming Committee of the European Youth Foundation examines and decides on grant applications twice a year. The EYF Secretariat must receive grant applications by the following deadlines:

• 1 April for activities to be carried out in the first half of the following calendar year;
• 1 October for activities to be carried out in the second half of the following calendar year.

However, there are no fixed deadlines for first applications to the EYF, which may be submitted at any time
In certain specific circumstances a grant application may be considered under an ad hoc procedure. In such cases the applicant organisation must be able to give good reasons for not submitting the application within the normal time limit.

For further information please consult the  European Youth Foundation  website

or contact:

European Youth Foundation
30, rue Pierre de Coubertin
F-67000 Strasbourg
Tel : (33) 388 41 20 19
Fax: (33) 390 21 49 64
e-mail:eyf@coe.int