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Accessing EU funding for civil society organisations

A toolkit co-created with Bulgarian CSO partners.

Eurochild has developed this practical and accessible toolkit on EU funding opportunities for child-focused civil society organisations (CSOs). Its purpose is to equip CSOs working for and with children with clear, actionable guidance to identify, apply for, and manage support from key EU programmes, such as Erasmus+, ESF+, CERV, and Horizon Europe. The toolkit has been developed with local Bulgarian partners in Eurochild’s project Leveraging EU influence to deliver change for families in adversity in Bulgaria.

This toolkit is grounded in the experience of Bulgarian CSOs working with children. However, it is designed to be transferable and usable by CSOs in other EU Member States, or for CSOs in other sectors. We hope to strengthen equitable access to EU funding and, ultimately, improve equity of opportunity for communities facing adversity in our societies.

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