In 2015, European Commission supported 35 international youth projects in Serbia within Erasmus+ Programme, totalling in EUR1,525,686.6.
During the first and the second call for proposals within Key Action 2, a total of 320 projects have been submitted from the Balkans. Out of these 320, Brussels Executive Agency, in charge with implementation of Erasmus+ Programme Youth in Action, has supported 66 projects in the Balkans, 35 out of which came from Serbia, that is, as many as 58% of the total of approved projects. Such a large amount of Serbian projects proves high quality of project proposals sent to Brussels from Serbia, which is why Serbia came to be the most successful in the Balkans within 2015 Erasmus+ Youth Component.
In the next two years, 35 international youth projects will be funded, covering the areas such intercultural learning, sports, employment, entrepreneurship, sustainable development, media, rural development and youth work.
Within the approved projects, youth from across Europe will be able to visit Serbia, learn and undergo trainings, take part in youth exchanges, camps and other educational and sports activities organised by young people and those engaged in working with the young in Serbia. Also, Serbian youth will be able to travel and undergo trainings in European countries for free.
Serbia has been the most active country in the Balkans in 2015, with 36 accredited organisations and Youth Offices eligible to take part in European Volunteer Service. Through EVS, the young in Serbia can live, study and volunteer in 33 European countries, whereas young people from other countries can stay in Serbia for up to 12 months.
Find the overview of the approved projects within the first and the second call for proposals below:
List of supported projects, the first call for proposals, deadline 3 April, 2015
List of supported projects, the first call for proposals, deadline 2 September, 2015
To promote its programme in Serbia, “Hajde da…” Group was supported by: Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Serbia, SALTO Resource Centre for South East Europe and Erasmus+ Programme. The support was essential in order to realise trainings, info days, seminars and promotions across Serbia, through which several hundreds of organisation, youth offices and representatives of municipalities received information on how to use Erasmus+ Programme sources. Also, in 2015, the contact point informed several thousands of young people about the possibilities of Erasmus+: Youth in Action.
