Request for Proposals: “Norden 0–30” Funding Programme

Projects that can be funded should cover culture, social issues, and/or politics. The goal of Norden 0-30 is to support projects led by children and young people. The program helps build their skills, influence, and involvement in political, cultural, and social activities.

Funding Information

• Projects with at least three Nordic countries: Up to 50000 EUR
• Projects with two Nordic countries: Up to 10000 EUR

Eligible Costs

• You can apply for support for projects or networks that involve cultural, political, or social activities where children and young people are actively involved.
• They should have a say in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the project. Project partners should encourage democratic participation and help children and young people gain more influence. Granted projects can begin 8 weeks after the application deadline.

Ineligible Costs

• Organisations or networks that do not work with or have experience involving children and young people
• Individual applicants
• sports organisations
• Projects aimed at making a financial profit
• Routine operations, such as purchasing equipment or furniture, or paying salaries unrelated to the project
• Activities that have already been completed (projects must start at least 8 weeks after the application deadline)

Eligible Projects

• Networking: This could include meetings, conferences, workshops, camps, courses, or other activities designed to strengthen partnerships, exchange experiences, and share resources.
• Production: This includes creating materials like campaigns, reports, artwork, or digital stories to help children and young people better understand their right to participate and influence decisions.

Eligibility Criteria

• Organisations, groups, municipalities, institutions, associations, and networks.
• Norden 0-30 supports projects with partners from two or three Nordic countries.
• For projects with two countries, one of them must be Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, or Åland Islands.
• For projects with three countries, at least three Nordic countries must participate. This includes Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Åland Islands.
• The applicant must live in one of the Nordic countries listed above. They do not have to be young, but they must represent a group that includes or has experience working with children and young people.
• Cooperation with Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Åland Islands, and the North Calotte (Finnmark, Nordland, Troms in Norway; Norrbotten in Sweden; Lappi region in Finland) is encouraged. Additionally, cooperation with Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania can also be included.

For more information, visit Nordic Culture Point.