Children and youth form our future and continue what previous generations have begun. The Nordic Children's and Youth Committee (NORDBUK) helps to fulfil the visions and ambitions of children and youth in the Nordic countries. Among others NORDBUK subsidises projects which involve Estonia.

The overall aim of the Nordic Children's and Youth Committee grants is to strengthen the Nordic identity by supporting children's and youth participation in activities regarding cultural, political and social affairs in the North, and to enhance the possibility for children and youth to strengthen the Nordic profile in international relations.

Grants are given to time-limited projects contributing to increasing contact between children and youth in the North. Grants can be given to organisations and other groups of children and young people (e.g. youth schools, youth clubs, cooperation between friendship municipalities, folk high schools, etc.) to organise seminars, courses, conferences, camps, publications, etc. Grants can be given to cover travel, board and lodging for young people from the age of 29 years and younger. Priority is given to participants younger than 25 years. The organisations should have shared statutes, and members in at least three Nordic countries or autonomous regions: Denmark, Greenland, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Åland Islands.

Grants can also be applied from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Northwest Russia. However, there must still be a minimum of three (or two) Nordic countries and/or autonomous areas involved.

Priority is given to pilot and development projects in which young people have the primary initiative and responsibility throughout the process from concept development to final evaluation. Further priority is given if the responsibility is well distributed among persons and partners. Priority is also given to projects involving many countries, especially the North-west (Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Northwest Russia and the Baltic countries. Projects involving disabled children and youth as well as minority groups are favoured. Grants are usually not given to schools, sports organisations, trade unions or social partners.

The application should explicitly include:
- The objectives and expected results
- A description of concrete activities with date(s) and venue(s)
- Coherence between budget and described activities
- A description of preparation, invitation, organisation, evaluation, documentation and publication
- Division of responsibilities for tasks among persons and partners.

The grants cannot cover all the costs involved in a project. Organisers must provide cofinancing, for instance through participation fees or other grants. Grants cannot be given to cover the procurement of office supplies or acquisition of premises. Grants are given to the organiser - not directly to participants or national representatives in a cooperation project.
Projects cannot begin until two months after the application deadlines and at the latest a year after the application deadlines. It must be evident from the material produced in connection with the project that it is supported by the NORDBUK.

The grant programme is administered by Danish Agency for International Education. It supports the internalisation of education and training in Denmark.

The agency accepts only online-applications. Applicants will receive an answer to the application about six weeks after the application deadline. A report of activities must be submitted no later than two months after the end of the project.

Application deadlines
1 February 2012
1 April 2012
1 September 2012
1 November 2012

For further information on the grants from the Nordic Children's and Youth Committee, please contact Andreas Bruun, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Nordic Children's and Youth Committee is the Nordic Council of Ministers' advisory and coordinating body for questions concerning Nordic and international children's and youth policy.