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Erasmus Key Action 3. “European Youth Together” projects

13 December 2025

Associations and non-profits, Association activists, Municipalities and Local Authorities, Young people over 18, Youth workers, European opportunities

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European Youth Together projects aim to create networks that promote regional partnerships, implemented in close cooperation with young people across Europe (EU Member States and third countries associated with the programme). These networks will organize exchanges, promote training initiatives (e.g., for youth leaders), and enable young people themselves to create joint projects through both physical and online activities.

The main objectives of the European Youth Together projects are the following:

  • promote cooperation between young people across Europe, enabling them to create joint initiatives, organize exchanges and facilitate training programs for youth leaders and workers, using both physical and online channels. This initiative supports transnational partnerships for youth organisations, from grassroots to large-scale levels, with the aim of strengthening their European commitment;
  • highlight key thematic priorities, including alignment and promotion of EU Strategy for the Youth Goals 2019-2027 and the European Youth Goals, as well as alignment with the Commission political guidelines by President von der Leyen. Project proposals may also address the legacy of the European Youth Year 2022 and the outcomes of the “Conference on the Future of Europe”;
  • encourage youth networks to explore ways to promote solidarity and inclusion in the recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic.

The specific objectives of the action include:

The action intends to support in particular at least one of the following specific objectives:

  • promoting and developing more transnational structured cooperation, both online and offline, between different youth organisations in order to build or strengthen partnerships focused on solidarity and the democratic and inclusive participation of all, even in a context of declining socio-economic structures, and in line with the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027, the European Youth Goals, the EU Youth Dialogue and the legacy of the European Year of Youth 2022 (e.g. youth participation and youth mainstreaming processes and the Youth Test);
  • the promotion of the six fundamental EU values440 that underpin our society: respect for human dignity; freedom; democracy; equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including those of minorities;
  • Strengthen youth organizations involved in initiatives aimed at encouraging young people's participation in the democratic process and society by organizing training activities, highlighting commonalities among young Europeans, and encouraging discussions and debates on the connection between young people and the EU, its values, and its democratic foundations. This includes organizing events to promote the participation of underrepresented youth groups in politics, youth organizations, and other civil society organizations by involving young people with fewer opportunities, such as vulnerable young people and those from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds and from rural and remote areas;
  • Promote new methods to strengthen the role of youth organizations by supporting innovative forms of cooperation and the creation, development, and management of networks. This could include, for example, strengthening collaboration between youth organizations in a digital context through non-formal learning methods and organizational models such as alternative exchanges and mutual assistance. The Declaration of the Fourth European Youth Work Convention of May 2025 and the Roadmap for a European Youth Work Strategy should provide a new supporting framework for the implementation of the European Agenda for Youth Work.
  • Strengthening the European dimension of the activities of grassroots youth organizations, including activities aimed at improving life together and contributing to the design of sustainable transnational ways of life for the future, in line with the European Green Deal and the New European Bauhaus initiative.

The action is aimed at non-profit NGOs and public bodies proposing projects that can mobilise young people in partnerships spanning several countries and regions within the EU Member States and third countries associated with the Programme and contribute to the development and implementation of the EU Youth Strategy, policy development and interaction with key stakeholders in the youth field.
Mobility activities for young people can be a key component of European Youth Together projects. To contribute to the objectives of the action, such mobility should offer cross-border exchanges and non-formal or informal learning opportunities for young people from across Europe, to be organized and supported, where appropriate, through online forums.
Such mobility activities must be clearly justified in accordance with the objectives of the action and the principles of value for money. All activities should contribute to broadening the target audience of young people, reaching out to young people within and beyond youth organizations, including young people with fewer opportunities, to ensure that the diversity of voices is heard. Measures should be taken to ensure a strong learning dimension in youth activities and the recognition of learning outcomes (including a reflection process to identify and document participants' learning outcomes, encouraging the use of European transparency and recognition tools, particularly Youthpass).

The projects of this action, which are managed directly by the EACEA Executive Agency and which normally last 24 months, must involve at least 5 organizations from as many Program Countries, and may also involve public or private companies, including social enterprises, but not as coordinators.

To find out more about how to present projects for individual types of mobility for individuals, read the specific part of the Program Guide

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