24 June 2025

EUROPEAN YOUTH FOUNDATION

GRANT APPLICATION FORM
FOR 2026-2027 STRUCTURAL GRANT

(awarded in principle for 2026 and 2027, to be confirmed after the first year)

This form is for drafting purposes only and must not be sent to the EYF.

It reproduces the information contained in the online form to help you prepare your application.

All grant applications must be submitted online.

PRESENTATION

NGO Name	Information taken from registration form
NGO Responsible	Information taken from registration form
NGO Number	Information taken from registration form
NGO Type	Information taken from registration form

Before filling in this form, I confirm that the information contained in the registration form is complete and up to date (box to tick)

It is important that you update the information contained in your registration form,
in particular concerning your national branches/member organisations. This information will have a direct influence on the amount awarded for the structural grant (one of the criteria is the number of Council of Europe member states represented in the membership).
The allocation criteria can be found on the EYF website http://eyf.coe.int - Resources/Forms & guidelines. 

Person responsible

Who is in charge of communication with the EYF for this structural grant application?

This person will be the contact person for all questions and comments concerning this grant
(application and report)

First name
Surname
Function
Email
Telephone

Structure

To be eligible, your organisation/network must have a European structure or secretariat. In addition to the information given in your registration form, you have 3 000 characters to explain the structure and role of the secretariat. Does your organisation employ paid staff in its secretariat or in its European structure? If so, please attach copies of the employment certificates below.

Attach certificates / employment contracts

Activities already supported

To be eligible, your organisation must have received support for at least 3 international activities during the three-year reference period. As this structural grant is for 2026-2027, the reference period for activities already supported concerns 2023-2025.

The following are considered as support for international activities during the reference period:

­       an EYF grant for an international one-off activity;

­       an EYF grant for an annual work plan;

­       a study session in the programme of the European Youth Centres (Strasbourg or Budapest).

You are asked to indicate the activities supported for each year.

Example:

	Title of the project	Supported by
2025	Annual work plan and/or international activity EYF grant reference (automatic)	EYF
2024	Study session “Title” (to be filled in manually)	EYC
2023	Annual work plan and/or international activity EYF grant reference (automatic)	EYF

Annual activity report

Please attach the most recent annual report of your organisation / network.

PLAN

Organisational strategy for the next 2 years.

Please attach a copy of your organisation’s strategy which is valid for 2026 and 2027.

Your strategy in a nutshell

What do you consider most important for us to understand the strategy you will have in the next two years? What are the main achievements you wish to see in the next two years?

Links with the Council of Europe in a nutshell

You have 3 000 characters to explain the links between your strategic approach and the priorities of the Council of Europe’s youth sector for 2026-2027 (see EYF website http://eyf.coe.int). Please explain how your future activities will contribute to achieving the objectives defined for the youth sector’s programme.

Links with each Council of Europe priority

Please attach here the template of the Council of Europe priorities with an explanation of the links you intend to make with them in 2026 and 2027.

Accessibility, gender mainstreaming and youth perspective and your future activities

Please explain if and how you intend to further the following aspects in your work in the next two years: -          increasing your organisation’s accessibility, working more accessibly with young people, inclusion of young people with disabilities -          gender mainstreaming. If you intend to work on bringing youth perspectives to the work of the Council of Europe in other sectors beyond the youth sector, please indicate which collaborations you intend to enhance.

BUDGET

Please attach a copy of your certified/audited accounts for 2024 (certified by the person legally responsible in your organisation or audited by an independent auditor).

Fill in the online budget table with an estimate of your expenditure and income for 2026 (in Euros).

You should indicate the amount of the grant requested from the EYF for one year
(maximum €30 000).

The amount granted will be decided by the Programming Committee on the basis of a certain number of criteria (number of branches or members, paid staff, strategic approach).

If the grant is awarded for 2026, the same amount will be awarded in principle for 2027,
based on the validation by the EYF of an interim report after one year.

Expenditure
Activities	Please give a short description of all your activities (youth projects) and the corresponding budget (not limited to those funded by the EYF). This does not include statutory meetings and operating costs (see below).	€
Operating costs	Staff salaries	€
	General (phone, postage)	€
	Office rent	€
	Statutory meetings	€
	Other costs	€
	Total	€

Income
	Primary source of income	(description)	€
	Second source		€
	Third source		€
	…		€
	…		€
	EYF grant requested		Maximum 30 000 €
Total			€

Exchange rate used (if applicable) …….

VALIDATION

Before submitting your application, you will be asked to confirm that you have taken note of the EYF operational regulations (see link on EYF website – About us/Official documents - paragraph 1.B
on structural grants) and that the information you provide in the application is true and correct.

Additional attachments (optional, available at all times)

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