European Youth Together 2026

European Youth Together 2026 is sponsored by European Commission — Erasmus+ Programme. <span class="topicdescriptionkind">Scope:</span><p><strong>European Youth Together</strong></p><p>European Youth Together is an Action implemented under the Key Action 3 - Support to Policy Development and Cooperation of the Erasmus+ Programme.</p><p>Key Action 3 provides support to policy cooperation at European Union level, thereby contributing to the implementation of existing policies and the development of new policies, which can trigger modernisation and reforms, at European Union, and systems' level, in the fields of education, training youth and sport.</p><p>The European Youth Together action is targeting both youth organisations at grass root level and larger organisations and supporting partnerships across borders. Activities under this action should contribute to widening the outreach towards young people to ensure a diversity of voices and reach a diverse range of young people within and beyond youth organisations, including youth with fewer opportunities. They should involve a variety of traditional and digital channels and facilitate the development of partnerships and networks, enabling participation and access for grassroots NGOs and youth movements.</p><p>European Youth Together projects aim to create networks promoting regional partnerships, to be run in close cooperation with young people from across Europe (EU Member States and third countries associated to the programme). The networks should organise exchanges, promote trainings (for instance for youth leaders) and allow for young people themselves to set up joint projects, all of which can be done through both physical and online activities.</p><p><strong>OBJECTIVES OF THE ACTION</strong></p><p>European Youth Together projects aim to create cooperation, enabling young people across Europe to set up joint projects, organise exchanges and promote trainings (e.g. for youth leaders/ youth workers) through both physical and online activities. The action will support transnational partnerships for youth organisations from both grassroots and large-scale level, aiming to reinforce the European dimension of their activities.</p><p>Important thematic priorities are working with and promoting the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 ^[1] and the European Youth Goals. The European Youth Goals are also reflected in the President von der Leyen Commission’s political guidelines ^[2]. Project proposals may also treat the legacy of the European Year of Youth 2022 (e.g., exploration of youth check or youth mainstreaming processes) and the outcomes of the ‘Conference for the Future of Europe’ [<a href="https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/new-push-european-democracy/conference-future-europe_en">Conference on the Future of Europe - European Commission</a>].</p><p>Youth networks should consider ways of forging solidarity and inclusiveness in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES</strong></p><p>The action seeks to s

Programme areas: European Youth Together

Keywords: Civil society, Civil society organisations, Democratic engagement and civic participation, Democratic participation, Grassroots NGOs, Inclusion of people with fewer opportunities, Local NGOs, NGO Youth Sector, NGOs, Social Inclusion, Training and learning within the context of Youth work, Youth, Youth NGOs, Youth empowerment, Youth engagement, Youth participation, Youth policy, Youth political engagement, Youth representation