ERASMUS-YOUTH-TOG European Youth Together: the application, step by step

What it is

European Youth Together is an Erasmus+ action for projects run by a consortium of at least 5 organisations from 5 countries in the youth field. Unlike most Erasmus+ actions, it is submitted to the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) in Brussels, not to a National Agency. The grant is a lump sum fixed from the detailed budget table, up to €500,000 per project.

Who can apply

Legal entities established in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme: NGOs (including European Youth NGOs and national Youth Councils) working in the field of youth, and public authorities at local, regional or national level. For-profit organisations may also participate, but not as coordinator.

Minimum consortium

A consortium of at least 5 applicants (beneficiaries, not affiliated entities) from at least 5 EU Member States and/or third countries associated to the Programme. Associated partners are allowed, but affiliated entities and associated partners do not count towards the minimum. Activities must take place in an EU Member State or third country associated to the Programme.

Duration

Normally 24 months; extensions are possible if duly justified, through an amendment.

Grant

A lump sum fixed by the granting authority from the estimated project budget you build in the detailed budget table, the evaluation result and a funding rate of 80%. Maximum EU contribution per project: €500,000.

Deadlines

Deadlines are set in each call. Check the current deadline on the call's topic page on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.

How many applications

The same organisation can submit only one application as coordinator by the deadline.

How it is scored

To be considered for funding, applications must score at least 60 points, also taking into account the necessary minimum pass score for each of the four award criteria (i.e. minimum 15 points for the categories ‘Relevance of the project‘ and ’Quality of the project design and implementation"; 10 points for the categories of ’Quality of the partnership and the cooperation arrangements‘ and ’Impact’).

Ex-aequo proposals will be prioritised according to the scores they have been awarded for the award criterion ‘Relevance’. When these scores are equal, priority will be based on their scores for the combined criteria ‘Quality’. When these scores are equal, priority will be based on their scores for the criterion ‘Impact’.

The form structure

Part B, the technical description, in the order of the Erasmus+ template (ERASMUS BB and LS Type II, V2.0). Part A — administrative data — is filled in online on the Funding & Tenders Portal.

1. 1.Project summary
2. 2.1. Relevance
   • 1.1 Background and general objectives
   • 1.2 Needs analysis and specific objectives
   • 1.3 Complementarity with other actions and innovation — European added value
3. 3.2. Quality
   • 2.1 Project design and implementation: concept and methodology; project management, quality assurance and monitoring and evaluation strategy; project teams, staff and experts; cost effectiveness and financial management; risk management
   • 2.2 Partnership and cooperation arrangements: consortium set-up; consortium management and decision-making
4. 4.3. Impact
   • 3.1 Impact and ambition
   • 3.2 Communication, dissemination and visibility
   • 3.3 Sustainability and continuation
5. 5.4. Work plan, work packages, activities, resources and timing
   • 4.1 Work plan
   • 4.2 Work packages, activities, resources and timing
6. 6.5. Other
   • 5.1 Ethics
   • 5.2 Security
7. 7.6. Declarations
8. 8.Annexes

How you write it in AvenEU

• ✦Part B section by section, with every question of the template and an estimate of the pages your text fills against the 70-page limit.
• ✦EUri analyses each section against the action's four criteria, using the correct maximum and the minimum each must reach.
• ✦The detailed budget table, with the official workbook's own arithmetic, and a download of the official workbook filled with your figures.
• ✦EUri proposes budget lines from your proposal text, each with the passage it comes from.
• ✦Partner suggestions from Erasmus+ data, filtered to the countries the action admits.
• ✦A Word file of Part B that keeps every instruction and processing tag of the template, ready to move into the official template.