Call for Application - Nantes Creative Generations (NCG) 2019, France (Fully Funded)

Nantes Creative Generations (NCG) is a programme set up by Nantes Métropole and the City of Nantes, in partnership with local NGOs, toward young adults between 18 to 30 years old from Nantes and all over Europe.

It aims at encouraging and gathering young people involved in original initiatives, innovative projects that help strengthen the notion of citizenship, of «living together». In this way, several actions are proposed throughout the year: Forum, Cooperation award, NCG on Tour.

The Forum is the core event of Nantes Creative Generations. Each year, it brings together young adults from all Europe in Nantes to share experiences.

Everywhere in Europe, from Amsterdam to Séville, from Warsaw to Nantes, the youth engage and innovate in order to strengthen life quality in their community. Developing relations between citizens, solidarity, protection of the environment, artistic collaboration – every initiative is unique but all of them pursue a common objective : to strengthen the notion of “living together”.

In order to allow these young people to meet, to learn and perhaps to experiment with new forms of projects with a European dimension, the Nantes Creative Generations Forum brings together every year participants from Nantes and Europe to present a concrete initiative. The objective is to encourage and stimulate European exchanges so that they can go further together.As well as showcasing their own projects, participants will have the chance to learn from peers across Europe and to gain better understanding of the European dimension of local projects. A unique opportunity to develop a project, reinforce / create a network, exchange good practices, strengthen English skills, etc.

Over the course of 4 days in Nantes, participants from every background are invited to :

Present a project or initiative
Share best practice
Develop skills in setting up projects in Europe
Meet potential future partners with a view to setting up across-border projects which could be funded by the Cooperation Prize
Have discussions with other young Europeans
Take part in city visits, cultural and social events

Program:

Plenary sessions, to present projects to other participants, take part in discussions and public radio shows, and summarise the work carried out in workshops.
Workshops, to discuss specific themes in small groups and gain skills in setting up projects, in particular cross-border projects (methods, funding, communications tools, etc.).
Informal time, an opportunity to share experiences in more depth during free time.

Benefit:

Transport, accommodation and food costs are covered for 2 participants maximum per project.
Participants are asked to book their transport tickets themselves. The organization will then refund travel expenses up to 400 Euros per person, according to the original receipts and tickets sent by the participants. Refunds are provided approximatively 2 months after the Forum.

Requirement:

These are the conditions to participate to the Forum:

To be aged between 18 and 30 years old
To live and/or develop a project in Nantes Métropole or a Member state of the Council of Europe (+ Belarus) : http://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/47-members-states
To present a concrete initiative
To fill in this application form