European Youth Foundation

Provides financial and educational support for young people and European youth activities, that promote the organisation’s fundamental values. Deadlines for 2024 are: 15th January and 15th May.

The European Youth Foundation (EYF) provides financial and educational support to a wide range of youth projects, focusing on a range of different topics. Whether projects take place at local or international level, EYF-supported projects all share some common characteristics. Learn more about these characteristics and check examples of projects supported at the dedicated page. 

The EYF provides grants to non-governmental youth organisations. For the EYF, eligible youth organisations have the following characteristics:

The following types of organisations and/or networks are eligible:

There are two deadlines each year: 15 January  2024 for international activities and annual work plans and 15 May 2024 for international activities, annual work plans and one-off structural grants. Local youth NGOs, national youth NGOs and regional networks of NGOs can apply for pilot activities throughout the year.

Information Session for Youth Organisations on Pilot Activity Grants

The European Youth Foundation will organise an online information session for youth organisations about the pilot activity grant, in view of the upcoming deadline on 15th January 2024. The online session will take place on 5th December from 10am to 11.30am CET (in English). The registration is open until 30th November 2023, through this link.  All registered participants will receive joining instructions prior to the meeting.  For any questions, please contact eyf@coe.int.

Applications are submitted online.

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