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World Organization of the Scout Movement - Bureau Européen du Scoutisme

WOSM

The Bureau Européen du Scoutisme is part of the European Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner) and Save the Children Europe and

27 Jun 2022 · Consolations with Youth Organisation on the Youth Action Plan

Meeting with Iris Abraham (Cabinet of Vice-President Dubravka Šuica) and Save the Children Europe and

9 Jun 2021 · Meeting on Child Rights Strategy / EC- International CSOs

Meeting with Renaud Savignat (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)

26 May 2021 · Follow-up of the Youth Global Summit in April

Meeting with Renaud Savignat (Cabinet of Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen)

27 Jan 2021 · Youth

Meeting with Jutta Urpilainen (Commissioner)

20 Jan 2021 · Youth empowerment

Response to Multiannual Financial Framework: Erasmus Programme 2021-2027

9 Oct 2018

1. Budget: a step in the right decision, but volume still insufficient to reach full impact - we suggest to increase it to 10 times more budget. 2.1. Better support needed for grassroots and volunteer-based youth groups Recommendation 1: the proposed terminology of "small" vs. "big" organisations does not correspond with the reality of the beneficiaries. Instead we recommend giving priority in the new programme to "volunteer-led" activities and organisations, where young people play a key role in the lead of their own educational development. This would help channelling the funding to the initiatives of young people themselves, and reduce the risks of a large share of the funding going to the professional operators, as has unfortunately happened under the current programme. Recommendation 2: Local youth groups should be enabled to register as beneficiaries as independent youth groups, independently of the national legal entity. The local youth groups should receive needed guidance from their respective national agencies. This is highly needed in order to open up the reach of the programme to more young people, and allow them to lead their own projects. 2.2. Centralisation of European projects: ensuring access of European networks and organisations at central level 2.3. More flexible funds to support larger scale youth exchanges For example, Scouting organises on a regular basis large European Youth Events (Roverway, Jamborees) with thousands of participants. These events contribute to enhancing the European identity, participation and active citizenship of thousands of young people. Under the current Programme, despite fitting perfectly within the objectives of the Programme, such activities cannot receive any financial support from Erasmus+. Offering a per-event grant for such events (rather than per capita grants) would significantly increase the number of young people reached by Erasmus+. It would at the same time increase the inclusiveness of the events by allowing more young people to take part. Such a funding opportunity would increase the outreach of the Programme for a fraction of the per-capita cost, as compared with the current types of funding. 2.4. Investing in European Youth organisations: increasing the operating grants Recommendation: an equal-sized operating grant should be offered to both formal and non-formal education sectors. This would strengthen complementarities and empower the non-formal sector to provide high-quality engaging programmes. Additionally, the operating grant should be proportional with the impact reach related to the priorities of the programme and also with the cost of operation of the European platforms. 2.5. Discover EU: proposals to increase its learning dimension Recommendation 1: We recommend that no ear-marked budget is allocated to this still new initiative. This will allow more time for improving this action without the pressure of a high budget to be spent. Other actions under the youth chapter were already under budget pressure. They can therefore, if needed, absorb an increased budget. Recommendation 2: To improve this action, we suggest including an intercultural and civic learning component to the Discover EU action. Participants should be encouraged to temporarily volunteer with local civil society organisations in the countries they visit. They could also be inspired by visiting projects created in the frame of the European Solidarity Corps, Youth or Volunteering Capitals. Youth organisations with wide European Networks like Scouting can offer support for participants to be liaised with local branches they visit. Recommendation 3: To ensure the inclusivity of this action, we recommend providing all young people with a proper financial and administrative support beside their transportation costs.
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Meeting with Christine Mai (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

18 May 2016 · Erasmus +

Meeting with Christine Mai (Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics)

29 Apr 2016 · Volunteering

Meeting with Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President) and

21 Apr 2016 · EU Youth Strategy