Education, Science and Technology

Financial support to help youth organisations/groups develop and increase resources and improve the premises they use.

Accreditation serves to gain access to European Voluntary Service (EVS) and to ensure that the principles and minimum quality standards of EVS are met.

Registered organisations with Aġenzija Żgħażagħ may hire equipment against a fully refundable deposit. The deposit will be fully refunded once the equipment is returned on time, fully functional and in the same condition that was handed over to the organisation.

Supporting youth organisations in the development, planning, implementation and evaluation of projects that are aimed to provide for the well-being of their respective members as well as for the community and society.

The aim of this card is to promote mobility, increase youth information and encourage the participation of youths abroad. Among the benefits, young people will have access to information and discounts both locally and abroad.

The main budget of this action is allocated to support transnational activities involving organisations and participants from Programme Countries. Part of the budget available for this action can fund international activities including organisations and participants from Programme and Partner Countries neighbouring the EU.

Promoting high-quality youth work; promoting empowerment, open it to cross-sectoral cooperation allowing greater permeability across all fields of actions concerning young people; promoting entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship among young people.

This Key Action covers any type of activity aimed at supporting and facilitating the modernisation of education and training systems.

Under Key Action 3, the Erasmus+ programme will fund strategic activities supporting policy reform across the EU in education, training and youth. Key Action 3 covers the fields of higher education, vocational education and training, schools, adult education and youth.

It is important to note that the opportunities available vary by field, and in fact the majority of opportunities under this Key Action will be outside of the annual Call for Proposals. They will either be directly implemented by the European Commission or will be the subject of specific Calls for Proposals published throughout the programme duration.

Key Action 3 aims to help Europe achieve the goals set out in European Union strategies such as Europe 2020, Education and Training 2020 and the European Youth Strategy.

The centre is available for youth organisations, agencies, associations and groups to organise live-ins, exchanges, seminars, meetings and workshops, daily group sessions, indoor and outdoor activities.

Aġenzija Żgħażagħ in collaboration with Band Clubs Association annually organise the 'Musical Tuition for Young People in Band Clubs’ scheme, as part of its Programme to Support Youth Organisations.This scheme is managed by the agency through the Parliamentary Secretariat for Youth, Sport and Voluntary Organisations. Band Clubs in various localities around Malta and Gozo provide young people with the opportunity to learn and develop their musical skills.

The main aim behind this scheme is to provide financial assistance to local Band Clubs to come up with initiatives and proposals which encourage young people to learn how to play a musical instrument and/or improve the tuition services that are already being provided. They can also come up with sustainable and innovative initiatives to develop and /or upgrade their current teaching facilities and services.