Archives: May 2009

Action 4, Youth Support Systems, of the Youth in Action programme, will support projects that target the introduction, implementation and promotion of creative, innovative and qualitative elements in non-formal education and youth work for a non-profit-making purpose. This may relate to the activity content and/or the methods used provided these are based on novel approaches. Priority will be assigned to projects focusing on media literacy of young people; and E-youth work. This call is associated with the current European Year of Creativity and Innovation and offers an overall budget of EUR1.2 million.

Deadline: 30 September
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/funding/2009/call_action_4_4_en.php

Action 4, Youth Support Systems, of the Youth in Action programme, will support projects that target the introduction, implementation and promotion of creative, innovative and qualitative elements in non-formal education and youth work for a non-profit-making purpose. This may relate to the activity content and/or the methods used provided these are based on novel approaches. Priority will be assigned to projects focusing on media literacy of young people; and E-youth work. This call is associated with the current European Year of Creativity and Innovation and offers an overall budget of EUR1.2 million.

Deadline: 30 September
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/funding/2009/call_action_4_4_en.php

The European Cultural Foundation are offering Artistic Project Grants ranging from EUR30,000 to EUR60,000 for works led by cultural organisations and individual artists on the theme of diversity in Europe.

http://www.eurocult.org/we-support-cultural-cooperation/grants/
Deadline: 31 July.

This call for proposals will provide EUR4 million to support transnational projects to identify and test suitable networks and good practices in the field of sport, in the following areas: • Promoting health-enhancing physical activity; • Promoting education and training in sport; • Encouraging sport for persons with disabilities; • Promoting gender equality in sport.

Deadline: 31 August
http://ec.europa.eu/sport/preparatory_actions/doc743_en.htm

The LIFE+ call for 2009 has now been launched. EUR250 million in funding is available across its three sub-programmes.

LIFE+ Nature and Biodiversity aims to protect, conserve, restore, monitor and facilitate the functioning of natural systems, natural habitats, wild flora and fauna, with the aim of halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010.

LIFE+ Environment Policy and Governance will support actions on:
- Climate change (greenhouse gas stabilisation);
- Cost-effective measures to enhance water quality by achieving good ecological status through Water Framework Directive river basin management plans;
- Air quality;
- Sustainable use and restoration of soil functions;
- Improved environmental performance of the urban environment;
- Noise;
- Protection from chemical risks;
- Environment and health information;
- Ensuring sustainable management and use of natural resources and waste, and improving the environmental performances of products, sustainable production and consumption patterns, waste prevention, recovery and recycling;
- providing comprehensive information on forests in relation to climate change, biodiversity, fires and their protective functions;
- developing and demonstrating innovative approaches for environmental technologies;
- developing strategic approaches to promote the effective implementation and enforcement of EU environmental legislation and improve the policy knowledge base and/or to improve the environmental performance of SMEs.
Proposals dealing with climate change issues will be especially favoured.

LIFE+ Information and Communication will support awareness-raising measures on environmental issues, including forest fire prevention.

Deadline: 15 September
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/funding/lifeplus2009/call/index.htm

This call under the Lifelong Learning Programme will finance projects supporting European cooperation in education and training, particularly by funding national awareness campaigns on this theme and developing transnational networks in the development and implementation of national and regional lifelong learning strategies. Approximately EUR2.7 million will be available.

Deadline: 14 August.
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/funding/2009/index_en.htm

The Commission’s DG Regio has launched the 2010 RegioStars Awards under the Regions for Economic Change initiative to identify, disseminate and communicate the best in innovative practices funded through EU Cohesion Policy. The themes selected for this year are:
- Urban brownfield sites;
- Integration of migrants/marginalised groups in urban areas;
- ICT applications for e-inclusion;
- ICT applications by or for SMEs;
- Broadband coverage in less developed regions/rural areas; and
- Websites of European added value.
Deadline: 17 July.
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperation/interregional/ecochange/regiostars_en.cfm?nmenu=4#2010