AU-EU Youth Action Lab Call for Proposals: Cooperation Grants

The AU-EU Youth Action Lab invite you to apply for the Cooperation Grants aiming to empower youth organisations to engage in policy-making and cross-continental collaboration between Africa and Europe.

Activities that can be proposed:

The Cooperation Grants support the joint advocacy work of youth organisations. By advocacy, meaning speaking up for a cause, hold power to account, and/or to create change. Your initiative can take many forms and include a wide range of activities. There is no fixed formula: you are free to design activities in the way that best fits your project, as long as you show clearly how they contribute to meaningful policy and advocacy impact.

Eligibility: 

  • Your organisation must be a non-profit, operating as a Trust, Community Based Organisation (CBO) or as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)/Civil Society Organisation (CSO) with a clear social mission.
  • Apply as a consortium of two to four organisations: including one established in one of the 12 eligible African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) and one established in the European Union. Independent applications are not allowed.
  • Your organisation must be youth-led: young people (aged 18-35) represent the organisation’s governance and have primary decision-making power over the organisation’s direction and programmes (100% is aged 18-35) and are directly involved in designing and carrying out activities (>80% is aged 18-35).
  • Your project must be youth-led: all staff (100%) working on implementing the project should be young people (aged 18-35).
  • Your organisation is formal: you are legally registered in your country, have an organisation bank account and a clear governance structure.
  • The coordinator organisation must have experience working on collaborative projects with at least one partner organisation.

Read more here. 

Application deadline, 12th of February 2026 at 13:00 CET. 

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