SALTO-YOUTH stands for Support, Advanced Learning and Training Opportunities for Youth. It works within the Erasmus+ Youth and the European Solidarity Corps programmes.

Money for international (rural) youth projects

European Youth Foundation (Council of Europe): www.coe.int/youth/. The EYF funds international youth projects (minimum 4 European partner countries)
European Mobility Fund (Council of Europe): www.coe.int/youth/. The Mobility Fund pays rail travel for disadvantaged groups participating in international youth projects.
Leader +: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rur/leaderplus/index_en.htm. Leader+ is designed to help rural actors improve the long-term potential of their local region. Projects need to fall within specific priorities granted to specific countries. Sometimes there is a youth focus in these projects.
Interreg: www.interact-eu.int. Interreg is financed by the European development fund for social cohesion and supports cross border trans-national and interregional cooperation. Maybe your region is part of an Interreg project.
European Cultural Foundation: www.eurocult.org. ECF is an independent non-profit organisation that promotes cultural cooperation in Europe and gives funding for projects with a strong cultural component e.g. concerts, theatre.
World Bank Small Grants Programme for local communities: www.worldbank.org/smallgrants. The Small Grants Programme is one of the few global programmes of the World Bank that directly funds civil society organisations.
Rotary & Lyons Clubs: www.rotary.org & www.lionsclubs.org. These are associations of professionals that sometimes give money to projects which answer the needs that challenge communities around the world.
Embassies & Cultural Institutes: Some Embassies and cultural institutes (e.g. Goethe Institut, British Council, Alliance Française,) are actively involved in supporting local projects in different countries.
Visegrad Fund: www.visegradfund.org. Provides funding for cooperation projects between the Visegrad countries: Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.
Nordic Council: www.norden.org. The Nordic Council funds projects with a Nordic dimension.

Different foundations: Find an overview of foundations at Funders Online www.fundersonline.org. Funders Online is an initiative of the European Foundation Centre www.efc.be/projects/orpheus/. The EFC promotes and supports the work of foundations and corporate funders in Europe. E.g. Banks sometimes have foundations that fund projects e.g. la Caixa in Spain.
Corporate social responsibility: www.csreurope.org. Companies supporting social projects or civic society. CSR Europe regroups over 60 multinational corporations as members. E.g. Nokia Connection programme: www.nokia.com/A4254327. This is a programme that funds projects for youth development.
If you are looking for more about getting and managing money for youth projects, have a look at the T-Kit on Funding & Financial Management at www.youth-partnership.net or www.SALTO-YOUTH.net/Toolbox/
For more info about European funding, you can also contact Eurodesk in your country www.eurodesk.org.

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