EU FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

General objectives of the initiative
The EU Aid Volunteers initiative aims to contribute to strengthening the Union's capacity to provide needs-based humanitarian aid aimed at preserving life, preventing and alleviating human suffering and maintaining human dignity and to strengthening the capacity and resilience of vulnerable or disaster-affected communities in third countries, particularly by means of disaster preparedness, disaster risk reduction, and by enhancing the link between relief, rehabilitation and development.

The objective of the call is to fund projects involving the selection, preparation and deployment of junior and senior EU Aid Volunteers, apprenticeship for junior volunteers and online volunteering.
The deployment of senior and junior professionals, apprenticeships for junior professionals and online volunteering opportunities shall contribute to:
- Capacity building of vulnerable or disaster-affected communities in third countries;
- Resilience building and disaster risk management in vulnerable, fragile or disasteraffected countries and forgotten crises;
- Disaster prevention, preparedness, disaster risk reduction and recovery from natural and man-made disasters, including the impacts of climate change:
- Enhancing the link between relief, rehabilitation and development;
- Support to emergency response operations

BUDGET AVAILABLE
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at EUR 13 500 000 (maximum co-financing is 85%).
The maximum grant will be EUR 1 400 000. Grant requests below EUR 60 000 will not be considered for funding. The Agency expects to fund 12 proposals