The Open Society Foundations place a high priority on protecting and improving the lives of people across societies, especially marginalized and excluded communities.  The Open Society Youth Initiative seeks to identify, support and promote the work of European youth seeking to combat xenophobia and intolerance and to promote inclusion.
 

Recognizing that economic, and at times social, realities make it hard for young people to obtain the funding needed to put their ideals into practice, the Open Society Foundations announce an open call for proposals for new and innovative initiatives that promote tolerance and inclusion and/or combat racism and xenophobia in Europe.  Proposals to promote the full participation of youth with mental or physical disabilities in the cultural, economic, political and social life of their communities are also strongly encouraged. For the purpose of this call, Europe will be defined as the member states of the European Union as well as Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.

Proposals are sought that will focus on areas such as: political and civic engagement of youth; integration of minority and majority communities; use of new media tools to counter xenophobia and tackle discrimination; awareness raising of the importance and benefits of inclusion; as well as those that seek to promote explicitly, though not exclusively, the inclusion of minority groups, like the Roma, in the economic, social, political and social life of the community.

Application guidelines and the required application form are availalble in English and Russian on the Youth Initiative website.

Applications for this grant are accepted on a rolling basis.
 

► Please note that the Decade of Roma Inclusion Secretariat Foundation is not involved in organizing this program and cannot provide assistance to potential applicants. If you have questions or would like to apply, please use the contact information provided in the application guidelines.


Source: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/youth/focus/xenophobia-racism-europe