Must-have-criteria:

* The duration of the project (be it an activity, a sequence of activities, a social Plan or similar things as e.g. Youth Center, Workshop, action group, etc.) may vary between one day, several months or years. Actions of the project have to be concordant with the principles of democracy.

* Countries to apply: EU-members, Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Island, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Russia, San Marino, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican.

* The project must be either organized by people from those countries, have a major group of participants in those countries, or has to be orientated towards at least one of those countries. The project should be either organized and carried out by young people who are between 14 and 27 years old, or it should have those as its target group.

* Ongoing and planned projects may apply, but also completely finished projects, which are not older than 2 years.

* The project should contribute to Democracy in Europe effectively and in a sustainable way. It should be non-party and non-confessional, and have no destructive goals, e.g. demand for racisms/ anti-Semitism­/ sexisms/ segregation. It should support and encourage participation of young people and their capacity to act.

* The project should be non-commercial.

Other criteria:

* The project-promoter can be smaller youth groups as well as big Organizations. If possible, the projects should be creative and innovative.

* The project can have an emphasis on a topic, e.g. Generation solidarity, Media, Participation, Discrimination, Environment, Integration, Education, etc.

* Especially smaller project are asked to apply. Projects by young people will be (relatively) favored; all kinds of project-groups will be factored in the evaluation process.

Deadline: 15th April 2010

For more information and application form click here