2017 Call Erasmus+ Information Sessions UK: Youth
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Introduction the Erasmus+ programme for UK organisations interested in applying for funding in 2017. This presentation covers opportunities in the field of Youth. For slides with an overview of the programme and for other sector-specific sessions (higher education, vocational education and training, schools and adult education), please visit our clipboard: http://www.slideshare.net/ErasmusPlusUK/clipboards/2017-call-erasmus-information-sessions
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2017 Call Erasmus+ Information Sessions UK: Youth
- 1. Erasmus+ 2017 Call Opportunities in the field of Youth Key Action 1: Learning mobility for young people and youth workers Key Action 2: Strategic partnerships Key Action 3: Meetings between young people and decision-makers November 2016
- 2. Key Action 1: Learning mobility for young people and youth workers
- 3. Opportunities in Youth under Key Action 1 • Youth Exchanges • European Voluntary Service (EVS) Mobility for young people • Training and networking for youth workers Mobility for staff
- 4. Key Action 1 Youth What is it? • 3-24 Months • Budgets vary in range from €2,000 to €300,000 • Transnational project – includes sending and receiving organisations • Can involve Programme and Partner countries neighbouring the EU • Award criteria differs based on activity type • Simplified eligibility criteria – focus on quality • Promotion of exceptional costs and special needs support to encourage inclusion and diversity amongst young people
- 5. Eligible organisations • Public body • NGO (CIC, CIO, registered charities, limited company - no share capital) • Informal groups of young people aged 13-30 • Private limited company (EVS applications as part of CSR agenda only & Social Enterprises) Organisations must be based and registered in the UK
- 6. 2017 Award Criteria • Relevance, quality and impact • Projects addressing diversity, intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, common values of freedom and respect for human rights, media literacy of young people developing media literacy, critical thinking skills, and sense of initiative • Projects that reach out to young people with fewer opportunities including refugees, asylum seekers and migrants
- 7. Youth Worker Mobility - what is it? • Support the professional development of people who work with young people, as a staff or volunteer • Innovate and improve the quality of youth work across Europe • Projects should clearly show the impact both on the participants and on the young people they work with • Variety of training and networking activities possible
- 8. Youth Worker Mobility - who and how long? • Partners: from Programme or Partner country neighbouring the EU (see E+ Programme Guide for list) • Participants: No age limits. Maximum 50 participants (including trainers, facilitators, leaders) per activity. Each participant should be represented by a respective partner organisation • Duration: 2 days to 2 months, excluding travel time (days must be consecutive)
- 9. Mobility of Young People: Youth Exchange and European Voluntary Service • Support learners to gain knowledge, skills and attitudes for improving their personal development and employability in the European labour market and beyond • Participants with fewer opportunities (e.g. barriers caused by disabilities, educational or economic difficulties, geography, social or cultural differences) are strongly encouraged
- 10. Youth Exchange - what is it? • Allow groups of young people to participate together in a joint programme of activities • Including: workshops, exercises, debates, role-plays, simulations, outdoor activities etc. • Ideally designed and prepared by young people before the exchange • Allow young people to discover and become aware of different social and cultural realities and to learn from each other and reinforce their feeling of being European citizens • The youngsters participating should be involved in the entire project, from conception to final evaluation. This includes the themes addressed and the planned activities.
- 11. Youth Exchange - who and how long? • Partners: must be from Programme or Partner country neighbouring the EU (see E+ Programme Guide for list) • Participants: Young people aged 13-30 who are legally resident in a Programme or Partner country • Group size: The minimum group size per partner is 16 and maximum 60 in total (excluding Group Leaders) • minimum of 4 participants per group • Groups should be balanced in terms of the number of participants and gender • Group Leaders: Each national group must have a minimum one Group Leader over 18 • Duration: 5-21 days, excluding travel
- 12. European Voluntary Service - what is it? • Voluntary service for young people in a participating country • Volunteers receive personal learning, task, linguistic and administrative support • Reinforced by a mentor who will help the volunteer integrate in the local community • Experiences expected to match the volunteers’ expected learning outcomes • Not a job substitution or with excessive responsibility
- 13. European Voluntary Service - who and where? Partners: Minimum 1 hosting and 1 sending partner organisation, one of whom should be in the UK (the applicant). All must have valid accreditation Participants: Young people aged 17-30 who are legally resident in a participating country. Maximum 30 volunteers per project Venue: in a non-profit organisation (not in their home country). A Partner country volunteer must undertake their EVS in a Programme Country (UK for UK applicants)
- 14. European Voluntary Service – how long? Long term EVS: 2-12 months, excluding travel Short term EVS: 2 weeks-2 months, excluding travel, with 10 or more volunteers on the same activity at the same time, or if group has more young people with fewer opportunities
- 15. EVS Accreditation - what is it? • Pre-requisite for submitting an EVS application • Applications can be submitted at any time. Can apply for co- ordinating, sending or receiving accreditation via e-form • Applications must be submitted 6 weeks before application date • Eligibility checks and organisation validations, followed by assessment, including an interview with the NA staff, to ensure your organisation understands and will adhere to the EVS Charter • Accredited organisations are published on the European Youth Portal where they can publicise placements for potential volunteers
- 16. EVS Accreditation - organisation roles • Sending: • Arranges pre-departure preparation • Stays in contact with the volunteer during the service period • Receiving: • Arranges the tasks (30-38hrs per week), accommodation, food, pocket money, provides mentor, assists with Youthpass • Co-ordinating • Submits application to NA and manages the distribution of the grant monies to partners • Facilitates communications amongst partners
- 17. Youth KA1 Case Study • Youth Worker Mobility: YMCA Bournemouth https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/casestudy/ymca-bournemouth • Youth Exchange: Jack Kane Community Centre https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/casestudy/jack-kane-community-centre • EVS: UNA Xchange, Calum’s story https://youtu.be/gmDRbajoQlQ • https://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/casestudy/erasmus-volunteer-calum- barron
- 18. Calum’s story: "I think EVS was the best cure for mental health – better than any drug, therapist or doctor. "Since I was a kid, I was always in trouble, and then I turned 16 and was getting into worse stuff – trouble with the law, drugs, hanging out with the wrong people. "I think this was the reason my youth workers arranged to send me to a project in Italy – to keep me out of jail. "It was a real eye-opener and life-changing. In that place, I started to behave. "I became quite open-minded because I realised that people in other countries are just people like me. "I learnt about respect, I learnt about loyalty.“
- 19. KA2: Strategic Partnerships for youth
- 20. Strategic Partnerships • Organisations apply for funding to manage a collaborative project on behalf of a partnership • Activities are flexible in type and scale • Projects can be one of the following two types: Supporting innovation Supporting exchange of good practices
- 21. Strategic Partnerships: Supporting innovation • Large-scale projects • Focus on tangible outputs • Activities to disseminate and exploit innovative ideas or products
- 22. Intellectual Outputs and Multiplier Events • Intellectual Outputs: Tangible deliverables of the project (e.g. curricula, non-formal learning materials, analyses, peer- learning methods) • Multiplier Events: Events to disseminate the intellectual outputs
- 23. Strategic Partnerships: Supporting exchange of good practices • Allow organisations to develop and reinforce networks • Increase capacity to operate at a transnational level • Exchange ideas, practices and methods.
- 24. Activities • Curriculum and course development • Youth work and non- formal learning approaches, methods and tools • Network and peer- learning • Collaboration and capacity-building • Information and guidance activities • Surveys, evidence- gathering, case studies • Development of standards and profiles • Qualifications and recognition • Training and trainer- training activities
- 25. • A project can include learning mobility activities for individuals • Both learners and staff can be supported • Learning mobility activities must link directly to overall project objectives Mobility within Strategic Partnerships
- 26. • Long-term mobility of youth workers: 2-12 months • Blended mobility of learners: 5 days – 2 months (excl. travel days) • Short-term joint staff training: 5 days – 2 months (excl. travel days) Mobility within Strategic Partnerships
- 27. • Funding: calculated at €12,500 for each month of the project (up to yearly maximum of €150,000) • Project length: 6 to 36 months • Partners: minimum of 2 (from 2 different Programme countries). One organisation applies for funding in their country, on behalf of all project partners • Participants: young people involved in learning mobility activities must be aged 13-30 years • Activities: must take place in the countries of participating organisations Eligibility criteria
- 28. • Participating organisations: any private or public organisation, established in a Partner or Programme Country • Examples: Higher education institution Other formal education institution (eg. school or vocational training centre Non-profit organisation, NGO or community body Informal group of young people Social enterprise Eligibility criteria
- 29. Budget Eligible cost Financial heading Amount Project Management and Implementation Unit costs Total number of months of the project multiplied by applicable unit contribution : • €500 for Co-ordinator • €250 for Partner Transnational Project Meetings Unit costs Distance calculator dependent €0-760 for Transnational meetings Intellectual Outputs Unit costs Costs awarded for staff with direct responsibility for project implementation. Calculated by number of days directly attributable to the project Multiplier events Unit costs €30,000 maximum €100 for each local participant €200 for each international participant Special needs support Real costs 100% of eligible costs Exceptional costs Real costs 75% of eligible costs
- 30. KA3: Meetings between young people and decision-make
- 31. • The purpose of Erasmus+ Key Action 3 is to support policy reform • Key Action 3 Youth projects are linked to the cycle of consultation involving young people and politicians at European and national levels. This is known as Structured Dialogue • Key Action 3 Youth projects contribute to Structured Dialogue directly (e.g. by including formal consultation) or indirectly (by strengthening the voice of young people on issues that concern them most Meetings between young people and decision-makers
- 32. • National and trans-national meetings on current issues and policy themes of relevance to young people • Consultations with young people • National and trans-national meetings between young people and decision-makers • Events that introduce young people to the workings of democratic institutions • Events that contribute to European Youth Week Activities
- 33. • Participating organisations: any non-profit organisation, NGO, community body or public organisation, established in Partner or Programme Country • Applicant organisation can apply for funding for national and/or transnational meetings • Young people (aged 13-30) lead the activities and must be involved in all stages of the project – planning, implementation and evaluation • Non-formal learning principles and practices are used throughout Eligibility criteria
- 34. • Projects duration: 3-24 months • Funding: up to a maximum of €50,000 • Eligible costs: Travel Project management Special needs Other costs (including consultation surveys, visas, dissemination) How does it work?
- 35. Budget • Eligible Expenditure • • Eligible cost Finance Mechanism Amount Travel Unit costs €0-€830 (amount generated by distance calculator in application form) Organisational Unit costs €29-€40 (amount calculated by day of activity for Details: p. 191, 2016 Programme Guide) Special needs Portion of eligible costs 100% of eligible costs Exceptional costs Portion of eligible costs Costs connected to consultation surveys of young people, visas, dissemination activities: 75% of eligible costs Other costs (eg. relating to participants with fewer opportunities): 100% of eligible costs Expensive travel costs: maximum up to 80% of eligible
- 36. October 2016 European Commission published 2017 Call for Proposal confirming deadlines European Commission published 2017 Programme Guide containing detailed application information From November 2016 Draft application forms published followed by ‘live’ eForms We will publish detailed guidance and run webinars to support applicants February 2017 onwards Application deadlines – three per year per Key Action • Round 1: deadline 2 February 2017 • Round 2: deadline 26 April 2017 • Round 3: deadline 4 October 2017 2017 application timetable
- 37. • Check the date and time of the deadline • Register online with the European Commission’s EU Login (formerly ECAS) system to obtain a unique reference code for your organisation • Refer to all the eligibility and quality criteria when putting your application together • Complete and submit the online eForm before the deadline How to apply
- 38. • Stay informed – sign up to our newsletter for regular news and important alerts • Learn more – consult our website and join our application support webinars • Let us help – contact our helplines for more information or to have a chat about your ideas Next steps
- 39. Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport. The Erasmus+ UK National Agency is a partnership between the British Council and Ecorys UK. erasmusplus.org.uk @erasmusplusuk ukerasmusplus erasmusplusuk
Editor's Notes
- KA1 for Youth - There are three types of learning mobility activities for youth: youth exchanges; European Voluntary Service (EVS); and training/networking for youth workers. One or more activities can be combined into a mobility project with a UK organisation. In some cases an informal group of young people can apply working in partnership with one or more organisations from the Erasmus+ participating countries. There are additional rules with regards to informal groups applications. Please refer to the Application Guidance that is on our website and also in the Programme Guide.
- Please ensure that if you are planning on a particular activity, you are applying under a correct ‘Activity Type’ as defined in the E+ Programme Guide. For example if you are applying for a youth worker mobility then you need to be addressing the needs of youth workers. Just because you are young doesn’t make you a youth worker. Think about the appropriateness of the activity type that they have applied for and whether it is indeed relevant to what your organisation wants to achieve. Our assessors score your applications in relation to the Activity Type you have chosen. If it’s worthy project but if you have applied against the incorrect activity type (exchange of young people applied under youth worker mobility for example) then it is unlikely your project scores high, as it will be assessed as a Youth Worker Mobility project which has different expectations as a project. Very black and white over the eligibility criteria so a strong emphasis on the quality.
- UK organisations active in the youth field can participate in a youth mobility project. Informal groups of young people are also eligible to apply for funding under this Action. Please make sure that you are eligible before you start your application. If you are not sure – contact us at the National Agency. Please be aware that applicant organisations must be legally registered in the United Kingdom. Therefore, Sole traders, Partnerships (other than Scottish Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships), Trusts and Unincorporated Associations are not eligible to apply for Erasmus+ funding. Organisations must be based and registered in the UK. For more information, please see the specific eligibility criteria for youth Key Action 1 projects on Page 73 -77 of the Programme Guide. We will check your organisation’s status at eligibility stage and if your organisation cannot be verified by the documents that you have uploaded to the participant portal, your application will be ineligible.
- Quality – no in Experts Guide Relevance – Any – see points in section 2.2.3
- Need to work with young people regularly either paid or voluntary. Those taking part should be youth workers and able to improve their practice when working with young people as a result of the Erasmus+ mobility. Variety of training and networking activities such as; participation of youth workers in seminars, training courses, contact-making events, study visits; a job shadowing/observation period abroad in an organisation active in the youth field.
- As with other activities under Erasmus+, a clear need from the participants and organisations needs to have been identified for these projects. Erasmus+ funds are not granted for organisations normal training offer or to fund annual general meetings or meetings of organisations that are part of a European network.
- disability (i.e. participants with special needs): people with mental (intellectual, cognitive, learning), physical, sensory or other disabilities; educational difficulties: young people with learning difficulties; early school-leavers; lower qualified persons; young people with poor school performance; economic obstacles: people with a low standard of living, low income, dependence on social welfare system; young people in long-term unemployment or poverty; people who are homeless, people in debt or with financial problems; cultural differences: immigrants or refugees or descendants from immigrant or refugee families; people belonging to a national or ethnic minority; people with linguistic adaptation and cultural inclusion difficulties; health problems: people with chronic health problems, severe illnesses or psychiatric conditions; social obstacles: people facing discrimination because of gender, age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, etc.; people with limited social skills or anti-social or risky behaviours; people in a precarious situation; (ex-)offenders, (ex-)drug or alcohol abusers; young and/or single parents; orphans; geographical obstacles: people from remote or rural areas; people living in small islands or peripheral regions;
- Quality criteria for YEX Young people have been planning the project actively involved Sufficient group leaders to ensure a safe environment. The following activities are not eligible for grants under Youth Exchanges: academic study trips; exchange activities which aim to make financial profit; exchange activities which can be considered as tourism; festivals; holiday travel; performance tours.
- 1. A bilateral project has 2 partners, a trilateral 3 and a multilateral 4 or more. Same rule of ‘eligible organisations’ for partners
- Routine tasks must be limited and need to engage with the local community through undertaking a variety of tasks within the community. The following activities are not considered as a European Voluntary Service within the framework of Erasmus+: occasional, unstructured, part-time volunteering; a work placement in an enterprise; a paid job; a recreation or tourist activity; a language course; exploitation of a cheap workforce; a period of study or vocational training abroad.
- - Coordinating organisations and receiving organisations need to be aware of EVS Training and Evaluation Cycle which involve: Pre-Departure Training (1 day) When an organisation sends a volunteer for 2 months or longer On-Arrival Training (7 days max) 2 months service or longer Mid-Term Trainings (2.5 days) 6 months service or longer The NA of the receiving volunteers will organise/pay for this training if the duration is over 2 months. Organisations can apply for funding through exceptional costs if duration is less than 2 months Benefits of EVS Training Cycle are: Young people can speak to the external trainers who are impartial and feedback to the NA regarding welfare issues Helps with culture shock Volunteers can meet and compare projects with other volunteers
- Strategic Partnerships are co-operation projects, which allow organisations to work together to improve the quality of education and training provision, tackle common issues, and develop and share innovative practice. As with all Erasmus+ actions, one organisation applies for funding on behalf of the whole partnership. If the project is approved, this organisation has overall responsibility for managing the funding and is accountable to the National Agency for the project. Strategic Partnerships are flexible in terms of their scope and scale. This means you have flexibility in choosing which activities to implement under the project. The important thing is that you show in your application that these are the activities best suited to achieving the objectives defined for the project. Projects can be one of the following two types: Strategic Partnerships supporting innovation Strategic Partnerships supporting exchange of good practices
- Projects supporting innovation tend to be large – and can last up to 3 years. scale projects. They are expected to include innovative outputs, together with activities to disseminate and exploit these innovate ideas or products. Strategic Partnerships supporting innovation can request specific funding for Intellectual Outputs (such as, new learning materials or IT tools) and Multiplier Events (conferences or seminars). This means the overall budgets can be much higher (typically, above €150,000) and will normally include the direct costs of staff assigned to the project.
- The ideas and products that result from projects of this type are known as Intellectual Outputs. They are the tangible deliverables of the project – new curricula or materials to support youth work and non-formal learning, analyses and studies, new methods for peer-learning, and so on. It’s worth noting that some applicants have found difficulty in identifying eligible costs in this area. Intellectual Outputs must be substantial (in terms of quantity and quality) in order to attract additional funding. Multiplier Events are trans-national events , such as conferences or seminars, organised to share Intellectual Outputs from the project. Costs are awarded only where the event clearly links to a specific Intellectual Output. This means that the costs of general project promotion are not eligible.
- The second type of Strategic Partnership project is Supporting exchange of good practices. These are usually smaller-scale projects - with smaller budgets, since no funding is awarded for Intellectual Outputs and Multiplier Events cannot be requested. Projects of this type can have tangible outputs, as with Strategic Partnerships supporting innovation, but their focus is on enabling organisations in different countries to work together. There is a ceiling of 100 on numbers of participants (including accompanying persons) in each project.
- These are examples of eligible activities. Beneficiaries can choose how they are combined in support of overall project objectives.
- Mobility for learners and staff is possible under Key Action 2, as under Key Action 1, but with a different focus. The emphasis of Key Action 1 is on the development of the individual – enabling them to gain knowledge, skills and experience through a period of international learning. Learning mobility under Key Action is undertaken in support of specific project objectives and the overall purpose of improving organisational collaboration.
- More detail on learning mobility under Key Action 2 Strategic Partnerships Long term mobility of youth workers Can be for a duration from 2 – 12months. Enables youth workers to experience a different working reality – with benefits to personal and professional competence (including intercultural competence). These activities also contribute to the capacity of the organisations involved. Mobility activities can be carried out by individuals (one youth worker completing an attachment at a partner organisation) or by two or more people as part of a staff exchange (one or more youth workers completing an attachment at different partner organisations). Blended mobility of learners Can be for a duration from 5 days – 2 Months (excluding travel days). These activities combine short periods of physical mobility (up to 2 months in total) with virtual mobility (IT-based communication and collaboration, including video-conferencing, live streaming, etc.) Blended mobility can also be used to support participation by people with special needs, who face obstacles to long-term learning mobility. Short term joint staff training events Can be for a duration from 5 days – 2 months (excluding travel days). Joint staff training events (such as, study-visits, workshops and training courses) enable project partners to involve their staff in short-term training of relevance overall project objectives. Each organisation will normally arrange for small groups of staff to take part.
- Funding is up to a maximum of €150,000 per year (€12,500 euro per month for youth projects) Project length: 6 to 36 months Partners: 2 or more (from 2 or more Programme Countries). One organisation takes the lead, submitting the application on behalf of the partnership. No limit to total number of partners, but project management/implementation only payable for max. 10 different organisations. Partner Country organisations can be involved, but not as applicants. Participants: Young participants involved in teaching training learning activities must be aged 13-30 years Activities: project implementation must take place in the countries of the participating organisations.
- Any private or public organisation in a Programme Country or Partner Country can take part. The applicant organisation must be based in a Programme Country. Although not eligibility criteria, an SP project has to address one of the priorities given in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide. Examples… [SEE LIST ON P. 112 OF PROGRAMME GUIDE]
- [Breakdown of eligible costs, by main cost headings] Project management and Implementation Budget: Unit Costs Project management (eg. planning, co-ordination, financial management) Small scale learning/teaching/training materials, tools, approaches etc. Virtual cooperation and local project activities information, promotion and dissemination (eg. printed/online materials) Transnational project meetings budget: Unit costs Implementation/co-ordination meetings - contributions for travel and subsistence Intellectual Outputs budget: Unit costs Tangible deliverables (substantial in quality and quantity) – eg. curricula, non-formal learning materials, analyses, peer-learning methods NB. Costs of project management activities are not eligible under this category. Costs linked to detailed project implementation (eg. mobility activities) also not eligible Unit costs for staff directly involved payable according to four distinct categories: Manager/Youth Worker/Technician/Administrator Multiplier Events Budget: Unit Costs Costs are eligible where there is a direct link to an intellectual output. Multiplier events can include local participants (from the country where the event is taking place) and/or international participants. Costs calculated according to number of participants from organisations not already included in the project as partners. Special Needs Support Budget: Real Costs Costs and their justification to be clearly stated at application. Exceptional Costs: Real Costs Includes procurement of goods and services required under the project (and detailed at application) Costs of normal office equipment (equipment in recurrent use by participating organisations) covered under Project management and implementation budget heading.
- The purpose of Key Action 3, the smallest of the three main programme strands, is to support policy reform In Youth, Key Action 3 projects are linked to the 18-month cycle of consultation involving young people and politicians at European and national levels, known as Structured Dialogue Key Action 3 Youth projects can contribute to Structured Dialogue directly - eg. by including formal consultation, to inform discussions at the twice-yearly conference of Youth Ministers and young representatives from each Programme Country. Or, they can contribute to Structured Dialogue indirectly - by improving young people’s access to decision-making processes, and strengthening young people’s voice on the issues that concern them most
- Key Action 3 Youth projects can include:- National and trans-national meetings on current issues and policy themes of relevance to young people. These include the themes identified for each cycle of Structured Dialogue Consultations with young people – to identify their interests and concerns National and trans-national meetings between young people and decision-makers (and other in position of influence and responsibility) Events that enable young people to become familiar with the workings of democratic institutions (such as, model parliaments) Events that contribute to and promote European Youth Week (next due in early 2017)
- Participating organisations: any non-profit organisation, NGO, community body or public organisation, established in Partner or Programme Country Applicant organisation can apply for funding for national and/or transnational meetings. This activity strand is unique in Erasmus+ in that it is not essential to include an international partner. Young people (aged 13-30, and resident in the countries involved in the project. A minimum of 30 participants is required) lead the activities and must be involved in all stages of the project – planning, implementation and evaluation. Non-formal learning principles and practices are used throughout Statutory meetings between organisations or politically-influenced events are not eligible for grants under this Action.
- Projects duration: 3-24 months Funding: up to a maximum of €50,000 Eligible costs: Travel Project management (grant contribution, calculated by day of activity for participants) Special needs Other costs (including consultation surveys, visas, dissemination)
- Travel: Unit costs - €0-€830 (amount generated by distance calculator in application form) Organisational support: Unit costs - €29-€40 (amount calculated by day of activity for participants. Details: p. 191, 2016 Programme Guide) Special needs support: Portion of eligible costs - 100% of eligible costs. Must be clearly detailed at application stage Exceptional costs: Portion of eligible costs - Costs connected to consultation surveys of young people, visas, dissemination activities: 75% of eligible costs. Other costs (eg. relating to participants with fewer opportunities): 100% of eligible costs Expensive travel costs: maximum up to 80% of eligible costs All Exceptional costs must be clearly detailed at application stage
- The 2017 Call for Proposals has been published and sets out the deadlines for the next year, which are common across all the participating countries. There are three deadlines for youth in February, April and October. There is also a new Programme Guide for 2017. This is the key document for the programme and sets out in great details its priorities, what projects you can apply for, how to apply, who can apply, what funding is available, eligible activities and so on. Again this is written entirely by the European Commission. Our job is to interpret the Guide and turn it into more user-friendly guidance for UK applicants, and that process will take place once it’s published. Applications for the programme are made online via what are called eForms which are again created and managed by the European Commission. eForms will be available from the UK website and again we will produce guidance to help people complete the forms. This will include application support webinars for each different project type.
- The NA is here to provide support and advice on making an application. You can sign up to our newsletter via the website to make sure you receive the latest programme information. (Note to speaker – there may be questions around the timescales after submitting the application and notification emails and other communications following submission. This can be found in annex 1 of the programme guide p245. Project lifecycle info can be found on page 248).
- Thank you and best of luck with your application – let us know if you need any help! Good bye