Deadline for concept notes is 18/11/09.
Size of grants have a min. of 250.000 and a maximum of 1.000.000 euro, with a max. of 80% of eligible costs. No geographical zone.
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Thematic priorities

 Priority will be given to actions that:

• Demonstrate that children's participation is directly linked to addressing challenges impacting on the fulfilment of children's rights and responding to children's needs in the context and settings of the proposed actions.
• Sustain inclusive participation of children enabling equal opportunities for all groups of interested children regardless of their age, gender, abilities, ethnicity and social background.

• Foster genuine child leadership in strategic programme development and interventions and advocacy actions at local, national and regional level.

• Encourage communication through child-led and child participatory communication strategies, including media.

• Demonstrate that proposed children's participation is entrenched in effective and sustainable forms of collaboration and association or alliances with stakeholders and duty-bearers of their rights.

• Support networking and representation of children in formal constituencies and fora where children can exercise their citizenship competencies and civic engagement based on awareness and action as rights holders. Synergies and fruitful exchanges with relevant youth movements will also be given special attention.

• Are led by local non-State actors that demonstrate that children's involvement is rooted in relevant civil society actions.

Types of activities:

 ·         Skill development for children to analyse issues and contexts affecting their rights and well-being, as well as formulate and express informed opinions, including peer to peer training and initiatives.

·         Dissemination of child-friendly information and diversification of access to information for children involving children from target groups as actors of information sharing, advocacy and communication in child participatory strategies and actions through appropriate channels, including media.

·         Capacity building and strengthening of child-led and/or child participatory associations, movements and networks to form partnerships or alliances at local, national or regional level, or establishment of such structures if proven necessary.

·         Strengthening or establishing of local, national and regional partnership, networks and cooperation of children with relevant stakeholders and duty bearers.

·         Skill development for children to identify and sustain their representatives in policies, programmes, advocacy and follow-up process, including monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

·         Development or scaling-up of successful approaches that strengthen the abilities of organised and representative children's constituencies to influence decision-making related to children rights or socio-economic issues affecting children's well-being.

·         Development of innovative approaches to include children's participation in the preparatory, reporting and follow-up phases of the UNCRC country progress and alternative reports.

·         Actions supporting the improvement of effective systems sustaining children in claiming their rights, including access and participation in complaint mechanisms and procedures, with special attention to children out-of-school, children living and/or working on the street and other most vulnerable and excluded groups of children.

 This list is not exhaustive.

 Expected Results:

 Some of th expected results are:

 ·         Enhanced understanding and analysis by children of issues affecting their rights, and their well-being; increased knowledge of their rights and better understanding of related challenges and opportunities.

·         Increased access of children to information related to their rights, including increased child-friendly information and child-led communication.

·         Increased capacity and skills of children to develop and lead innovative approaches, including advocacy actions, policy development and monitoring, in relation to the achievement of their rights and fulfilment of their needs, at local, national and regional level.

·         Greater recognition and support of the added value of children's participation by stakeholders and duty-bearers of children's rights.

·         Stronger and representative child-led and/or child participatory associations, movements and networks to form partnerships or alliances at local, national or regional level, effectively promoting the realisation of children's rights.

·         Strengthened local, national and regional partnership, networks and cooperation of children with relevant stakeholders and duty bearers.

·         Improved systems and mechanisms sustaining children in claiming their rights within a safe and protected environment.

·         Improved children inclusion and participation in the preparatory, reporting and follow-up phases of the UNCRC country progress and alternative reports.