Swiss indirect participation

New: The Swiss coordination office introduces new criterias for all the projects. More information in German or French

The current situation
Switzerland is currently not a member of the YOUTH IN ACTION program yet this will change quite soon: at the end of June 2009, the European Union and Switzerland have put initials under a new bilateral agreement, wich will allow Switzerland to become a full member of YOUTH IN ACTION. The agreement still has to be aproved by the governement and the parliament. If everything goes smoothly, we should be able to enter the program by the first of January 2011.
To bridge this transition period, the Swiss government created a fund, which can be used to finance young people living in Switzerland to take part in an activity.

Possibilities to invite Swiss youngsters
Until the full membership is accomplished, Switzerland does not count as program country and can therefore not appear in an application to another national agency. However, it is possible for them to join an activity: Swiss organisations or individual youngsters can apply upon the Swiss Coordination Office Youth for Europe, which will check the request and – if all requirements are fulfilled – finance the extra cost caused by these extra-participants.
Practically, this means:
• The hosting organisation has to send us a copy of the contract with their national agency (proof that the project was accepted)
• The Swiss coordination office pays the same amounts per participant as granted in the contract and a share of the lump sum items directly to the organisers
• The travelling cost are settled directly with the Swiss participants

Important: The Swiss partners have to apply to our office in advance, retro-active funding is not possible!

Possibility to organise an event in Switzerland
It is as well possible for a Swiss organisation to carry out an event in Switzerland and to invite partners from other countries. To a few national exceptions our office applies the same rules as all the other countries do. Due to the indirect participation, purely bilateral events between one partner in Switzerland and one partner abroad are however not possible.
The corresponding forms and further information can be found in the German or French section of this website.

If you are looking for partners in Switzerland you are kindly asked to fill in this form.

Contact
For any further questions, don’t hesitate to contact us through email
or telephone (+ 41 31 326 29 22).

Documents to download
Explanation of possible inclusion of Swiss partners in your activity