Call for Applications: AU-EU Youth Lab Representation Grants 2025 ( Up to €20,000 Grant Prize)
It is a grant supporting initiatives led by underrepresented and marginalised youth in Africa with the overall goal of enabling young people to deliver the change they want in their communities. These grants will be managed by Restless Development Uganda – a non-profit global agency which supports the collective power of young leaders to create a better world.
The aim is to:
- Strengthen the role of young people in designing and delivering the change they would like to see in their communities and beyond
- Bring youth voices and solutions to policymakers at different levels, specifically the Africa Union and European Union!
Eligibility Criteria:
- Open to Youth-led organizations or groups focusing on either underrepresented or targeting marginalized youth.
- The organization or group must have young people between 15 – 35 years as the decision-makers, founders or at least co-founders must be under 35 years of age.
- At least 75% of the staff must be under the age of 35 years
- Must be registered youth-led group, CSO, networks, alliances, collectives
- Your organization or group must be based in one of the 12 African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
- The organisation or group must be active at the grassroot, sub national, national, subregional, and regional.
Grants
- Representation grants are 40 in number, and each will run for a maximum duration of 12 months. Grant sizes will be in three categories; that is, small size of €5,000 will be 10 in number, medium size of €10,000 will also be 10 in number and 20 large (€20,000).
Application Process
- Carefully read the funding manual (English | French | Portuguese)
- Develop your proposal as individual organisation or in collaboration with other youth organisations.
Deadline: February 19, 2025
Click HERE to Apply
