MOBILITY FUND BY RAIL FOR THE YOUNG AND THE DISADVANTAGED (MFRYD)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Dear Friends,

We regret to inform you that the International Union of Railways (IUR) decided not to renew the Partnership Agreement with the Council of Europe.

This Partnership Agreement, set up in 1994, was the legal basis for the functioning of the Mobility Fund by Rail for the Young and the Disadvantaged (former Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility).

The Mobility Fund by Rail for the Young and the Disadvantaged will therefore come to an end on 31 December 2011.

No new applications will be accepted as from 1 December 2011.

Thank you very much for your understanding.


The secretariat
 

The Mobility Fund by Rail for the Young and the Disadvantaged was set up to enable European Citizens from an underprivileged background to pursue a project with an educational or cultural aim that involves travel by train.  The MFRYD helps finance group projects that would not have been possible without some form of external financing. 

If you were previously registered with the SFYM your organisation’s details have been transferred to the new system.  You do not have to re-register.

Whether it be Slovenian Scouts from an area afflicted with high unemployment seeking to travel in Europe to help the Roma population or a dance class from a council estate in Marseilles (France) wishing to travel to Germany to meet and exchange thoughts, ideas and other cultural matters with a similar organisation, the Mobility Fund for the Young and Disadvantaged had financed 25 projects by the end of 2010, helping several hundred European citizens travel through Europe, with grants totalling 87,000 €.

If you believe that your organisation could benefit from this fund then please take a look at the fund presentation section of this site.

To find out more about the fund, the requirements and the application steps, please click here.

To find out how to register, to apply and follow up your projects, please click here.

To read up on projects that have been approved in past years, please click here.

We have also created a “question and answers” section which you can access by clicking here. 

If for any reason you cannot find an answer to your question or you are experiencing any technical difficulties, please send us an email at:

dg4.mfryd@coe.int