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The European Solidarity Corps is the EU's funding programme for volunteering and promoting solidarity. Read more about European Solidarity Corps.
Volunteering Teams in high priority areas are large scale, high impact projects supporting voluntary activities carried out by young people from at least two different countries coming together to express solidarity by implementing short-term interventions that address common European challenges in policy areas defined each year at EU level.
Priorities
RELIEF FOR PERSONS FLEEING ARMED CONFLICTS AND OTHER VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR MAN-MADE DISASTERS
The programme can add significant value by contributing to the provision of relief and assistance to those whose lives, livelihoods and communities have been disrupted by the natural or man-made disasters, including armed conflicts. The importance of solidarity among individuals and communities, within or across borders, has become even more apparent with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting big inflow of refugees into the EU.
PREVENTION, PROMOTION AND SUPPORT IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH
The programme can add significant value by assisting with activities related to prevention, promotion and support in the field of health, in line with the HealthyLifeStyle4All initiative, with special focus on supporting vulnerable or disadvantaged population groups. Volunteers may be mobilised around major health challenges, including those linked to the impact of recent and ongoing crises (e.g. COVID-19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine etc.) on the general and mental health of people across Europe, as well as policy priorities such as cancer prevention and care (Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan is a flagship imitative of the current Commission).
The following activities are supported:
See the European Solidarity Corps Guide for a detailed description of each activity.
Eligible participating organisations:
Any public or private entity, whether non-profit or profit making, local, regional, national or international, legally established in an EU Member State, a third country associated to the Programme or a third country not associated to the Programme or any international organisation. Participating organisations (support or host role) must hold a valid volunteering Quality Label at the application deadline and during the entire duration of the project. Eligible participating organisations are expected to form a consortium.
Eligible participants:
Young people between 18 and 30 years34 who are legally residing in an EU Member State, a third country associated to the Programme or a third country not associated to the Programme and have registered in the European Solidarity Corps Portal.
Projects should be of 12, 24 or 36 months. The duration has to be chosen at application stage, based on the objectives of the project and on the type of activities planned over time.
Maximum EU grant per project: 400.000 EUR
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