Grant for Youth from Bosnia, Kosovo and Serbia to Travel around Europe

Grant for Youth from Bosnia, Kosovo and Serbia to Travel around Europe

European Rails of Peace Project

Remark: The deadline for this year has passed. If you are interested or know those who do, please pass on this information. The deadline should be sometime in June.

Prize: Students from Balkan Communities Win a Month’s InterRail Pass to Explore Europe.

Mission: The purpose of this project is to provide 50 youth from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia with visas and sponsorship to travel throughout Europe, in order to help them to connect, through dialogue and shared experiences, with peers from communities previously engaged in conflict as well as peers from EU member countries. A second objective is to help these youth to break through the political and economic challenges of their regions and be provided with the same opportunity to travel around Europe that many of their European peers enjoy.

The railway companies of the following countries participate in the InterRail system: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Ireland, (FYR) Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and Turkey.

This seems to be a very good opportunity for young people to see the world for free.

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