DDP-YD/ETD (2021)28                                                                                       1 Directorate of Democratic Participation
Youth Department

March 2021

Application for an activity

to be held in co-operation with the European Youth Centre

in Strasbourg or Budapest in the first semester of 2022

Please refer to the DDCP-YD (2020) 119 for the general and specific criteria to be observed.

Please respect the page layout and limit the total number of pages to 9.

ACTIVITY IDENTIFICATION

1.      Organisation(s)[1] applying:

     

2.      Title of the activity:

     

3.      Type of activity you are applying for:

 study session   double study session         

 special project (please provide details)      

4.      Preferred venue (select one option only)

        Strasbourg                   Budapest                 No preference

5.   Total number of participants, including the preparatory team:

 20   25    30   35   40    Other (please justify):      

6.      Languages foreseen (for simultaneous interpretation):

       English French Russian Other (specify):      

7.      Number of working days for the activity excluding the arrival and departure days:      

8.      To which priorities of the programme Youth for Democracy and Human Rights, of the Youth Department of the Council of Europe, will your activity contribute? (please choose up to two priorities of the 4 listed)

  1 Revitalising pluralistic democracy, with the following programme orientations:

o    Advocating for the right of young people to exercise their right to assemble and to freely form, join and be active in associations, expanding the space for youth civil organisations to develop and advancing young people’s participation in political processes

o    Understanding the impact of artificial intelligence and supporting youth participation in artificial intelligence and Internet governance processes

o    Implementation of the Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life by developing the capacity of youth organisations to facilitate participation of young people in decision-making processes at local level, with a focus on young people in rural areas, from minorities, or vulnerable groups

o    Understanding and addressing the impact of climate crisis and environmental degradation on young people and democracy.

 2 Young people’s access to rights, with the following programme orientations:

o    Implementing the Committee of Ministers’ Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)7 on young people’s access to rights

o    Implementing the Committee of Ministers’ Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)3 on the access of young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods to social rights (ENTER! Recommendation)

o    Human rights education with young people (continuing the Human Rights Education Youth Programme)

o    Information, data and media literacy with children and young people

o    Addressing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young people and the exercise of social rights, including physical and mental health.

 3 Living together in peaceful and inclusive societies, with the following programme  
           orientations:

Combating all forms of discrimination, racism and exclusion, including structural forms, with a specific focus on:

o    Roma youth participation and combating antigypsyism;

o    social inclusion of young refugees and their transition from childhood to adulthood;

o    multiple discrimination and intersectionality (including gender equality, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability).

Enabling young people to promote peaceful societies by providing them with opportunities to play an active role in:

o    intercultural dialogue; peacebuilding and conflict transformation;

o    co-operation with neighbouring and other world regions.

Enhancing the inclusion and participation of young people in rural communities.

 4 Youth work, with the following programme orientations:

o    Dissemination and implementation of Committee of Ministers’ Recommendation CM/Rec(2017)4 on youth work and promoting a European youth work agenda;

o    Quality development and recognition of youth work and non-formal education and learning

o    Pursuing quality development and innovation (including digitalisation) in capacity-building activities.

How will the activity contribute to the priorities that you selected?

     

Contact information

9.   Address telephone, e-mail and website of the organisation(s) applying for the activity:

          

          

          

          

10.   Name, function, address and e-mail (if different from above) of the person(s) responsible for the activity on behalf of your organisation(s):

     

     

     

11.   Are you co-operating with any other organisation(s) in making this request? If so, please give details about the partner and their role in the activity:

     

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

12.    Please explain the need for this activity and its purpose in the organisational annual / long-term programme. Indicate previous experience (if any) in the subject area of the activity.

     

13.    Please describe the foreseen aim and objectives of the activity.

     

     

     

14.    Are there any practical outputs of your activity foreseen? If yes, please describe them briefly.

     

15.    Please provide a general outline of the daily programme envisaged. (The programme will be finalised during the preparation process and at the preparation meeting between the educational advisor and the team).

     

16.    Please describe the approach and working methods that will enable the achievement of the objectives. How will a participatory approach be integrated in the activity? (Please be as specific as possible).

     

17.    Please describe how you plan to include intercultural learning and human rights education as transversal dimensions of your activity.

     

18.    What is the multiplying/synergy effect of the activity?

     

19.   What is the desired profile of the lecturers or experts to be invited? (Please include names, if known, and function in the activity).

     

20.    Do you have specific reasons for holding this activity in cooperation with the EYC? What particular educational, institutional and administrative support do you expect from the Centre?

     

21.    Please give details of the composition of the multicultural preparatory team of facilitators (names if known, country of residence, gender and age, role in the organisation), including details of the previous experience of each team member in organising and implementing educational activities.

     

     

     

22.    Please provide details of the preparatory process, including meetings, envisaged (dates, places, purpose and short description).

     

23.    In which way do you expect/intend to follow-up the activity and its results (in addition to the written report)?

     

24.    How do you plan to secure the production of the study session report (also explain the type of report you envision to produce)?

     

25.    How will the activity contribute to achieving gender equality?

PARTICIPANTS

26.    Type/profile of participants to be invited. Please explain also their relation to the theme and the objectives of the activity.

     

27.    Please provide details on the procedure for recruitment and selection of the participants.

     

28.    Please describe how you intend to take into account gender equality in the selection process and composition of the group

     

29.   Please estimate the average age of the participants:

            

30.   Countries of residence (please indicate the envisaged number of participants per country

Signatories of the European Cultural Convention

Albania

     

Estonia

     

Liechtenstein

     

Romania

     

Andorra

     

Finland

     

Lithuania

     

Russian Federation

     

Armenia

     

France

     

Luxembourg

     

San Marino

     

Austria

     

Georgia

     

Malta

     

Serbia

     

Azerbaijan

     

Germany

     

Monaco

     

Slovak Republic

     

Belarus

     

Greece

     

Montenegro

     

Slovenia

     

Belgium

     

Holy See

     

The Netherlands

     

Spain

     

Bosnia and Herzegovina

     

Hungary

     

North Macedonia

     

Sweden

     

Bulgaria

     

Iceland

     

Norway

     

Switzerland

     

Croatia

     

Ireland

     

Poland

     

Turkey

     

Cyprus

     

Italy

     

Portugal

     

Ukraine

     

Czech Republic

     

Kazakhstan

     

Republic of Moldova

     

United Kingdom

     

Denmark

     

Latvia

     

Other countries:      

TECHNICAL DETAILS

31.    Please indicate any special needs or remarks regarding the language skills of the participants.

     

32.   Please give us an indication of your preference of dates/period for the activity (in order of priority), bearing in mind that the programme of activities of the European Youth Centre may not permit us to reserve for you the exact dates/period you would like.

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OTHER

33.    Any other comments or information

     

Applications must be sent to:

[email protected]

15 April 2021



[1] When applying for the first time, please supply details of aims, membership, structures and activities of your organisation. Attach the statute of your organisation and a summary of it in English or French.