# Capacity Building in the field of Youth in South Mediterranean Countries
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**topic id:** ERASMUS-YOUTH-2026-CB-SMC
**call id:** ERASMUS-YOUTH-2026-CB
**title:** Capacity Building in the field of Youth in South Mediterranean Countries
**programme:** Erasmus+
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2026-02-26T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2025-12-04T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ERASMUS-YOUTH-2026-CB-SMC
**description:** Expected Impact:
The expected impact focuses on improving the capacity of youth organisations, particularly in eligible third countries not associated to the Programme in Region 3 (Southern Mediterranean) to:
• contribute to the ‘Engage-Connect-Empower’ priorities of the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027, the European Youth Work Agenda and the Youth Action Plan in EU external action (2022-2027).
• building on outcomes of the European Youth Goals, the Youth Dialogue and other youth projects;
• improve the involvement of young people in democratic life, in terms of active citizenship and engagement with decision-makers (empowerment, new skills, involvement of young people in project design, etc.;
• improve the entrepreneurial and innovative capacities of young people;
• work transnationally while ensuring inclusiveness, solidarity and sustainability;
• promote and contribute to transnational learning and cooperation between young people and decision makers;
• upscale existing practices and outreach beyond the partnership, including making good use of digital means to stay connected under all circumstances even in situations of remoteness, isolation or confinement;
• link their results to local communities, creating job opportunities and nurturing innovative ideas that could be replicated and scaled up;
• demonstrate inclusion and accessibility of target groups with fewer opportunities and individuals.
• develop new tools and non-formal learning methods, especially those promoting the acquisition/improvement of competences, including media literacy skills innovative practices, in particular in the eligible third countries not associated to the Programme;
• disseminate their results in an effective and attractive way among young people involved in youth organisations;
 Objective:
Capacity-building in the field of youth projects are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of youth in the EU and countries associated to the Programme, on the one hand, and in third countries not associated to the Programme, on the other hand. For the latter, this topic targets exclusively countries in Region 3 (Southern Mediterranean).
Projects shall aim at supporting international cooperation in the field of youth and non-formal learning, as a driver of sustainable socio-economic development and well-being among youth organisations and young people. In specific, projects shall:
• Raise the capacity of organisations working with young people outside formal learning;
• Promote non-formal learning in the eligible third countries not associated to the Programme, especially in organisations that target young people with fewer opportunities (through the development, testing and launching of schemes and programmes of non-formal learning mobility in partner countries);
• Support the development of youth work in the eligible third countries not associated to the Programme;
• foster the development, testing and launching of schemes and programmes allowing organisations to enhance non-formal learning mobility in the eligible third countries not associated to the Programme;
• Contribute to the promotion and implementation of the ‘Engage-Connect-Empower’ priorities of the EU Youth Strategy (2019-2027) including the 11 European Youth goals and the European Youth Work Agenda;
• Foster interregional cooperation;
• Supporting, in the field of Youth, the objectives of the Pact for the Mediterranean in its target countries (Region 3);
• Enhance synergies and complementarities with formal education systems.
**conditions:** Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in the ERASMUS+ Programme guide 2026
Proposal page limits and layout: Page limit for the Part B Technical Description of the Application Form is 70 pages.

2. Eligible Countries
described in the ERASMUS+ Programme guide 2026

3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in the ERASMUS+ Programme guide 2026
NB: An organisation cannot be the coordinator of more than one proposal submitted under this call

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in the ERASMUS+ Programme guide 2026

5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described in the ERASMUS+ Programme guide 2026

5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the ERASMUS+ Programme guide 2026

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in the ERASMUS+ Programme guide 2026

Publication of the call: 28 November 2025.
Deadline for submitting applications: 26 February 2026, 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: March - July 2026
Information to applicants: August 2026
Signature of grant agreement: December 2026

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
n/a

Call document and annexes:
 ERASMUS+ Programme guide 2026
Application form templates
Standard application form (ERASMUS BB and LSII) 
Detailed budget table (ERASMUS LSII) 
Guidance
ERASMUS Programme Guide 
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
ERASMUS MGA 
Lump Sum MGA 

Additional documents:
 Call document
ERASMUS+ Work Programme
ERASMUS Regulation 2021/817
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
How to manage your lump sum grants
**action type:** ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
**budget:** 
  **budget Years Columns:** 
    - 2026
  **budget Topic Action Map:** 
    **111947:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-YOUTH-2026-CB-SSA - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 8000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-02-26
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-12-04
    **111948:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-YOUTH-2026-CB-NE - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 3122000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-02-26
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-12-04
    **111949:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-YOUTH-2026-CB-WB - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 3490000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-02-26
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-12-04
    **111950:** 
      -         **action:** ERASMUS-YOUTH-2026-CB-SMC - ERASMUS-LS ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2026:** 4800000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-02-26
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 0
        **max Contribution:** 0
        **min Contribution:** 0
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-12-04
**keywords:** ERASMUS-YOUTH-2026-CB-SMC, ERASMUS-YOUTH-2026-CB, Civil society organisations, Democratic engagement and civic participation, Environment, Inclusion of people with fewer opportunities, Informal and non formal learning, Media literacy, Performing arts, Training and learning within the context of Youth work, Youth empowerment, Youth engagement, Youth participation, digital skills, green skills, mobility (virtual, physical and blended)
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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