EU funding in Lower Austria: Record sums for youth projects!

EU funding in Lower Austria: Record sums for youth projects!

In the exciting context of EU funding, Lower Austria has set a remarkable record in recent years. The youth projects in this state experienced a massive increase in financial support from the European Union. "In the past 10 years we have been able to constantly increase the EU funding for youth projects in Lower Austria. If there were still around 165,000 euros in 2014, we reached the value of 1,431,525 euros in 2024," said the youth councilor Christiane Teschl-Hofmeister. This illustrates the enormous benefits and the importance of these EU funding programs such as Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps, which not only provide financial resources, but also enable numerous exciting projects such as the "Eljub-European Youth Encounter".

The importance of EU funding seems undisputed, because the over 660 million euros in regional funding, which has flowed to Lower Austria since Austria's joining the EU in 1995, have supported a variety of projects. These budgets have already made around 6,000 projects possible, which led to a total investment volume of around four billion euros. Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner emphasized that this grant not only advanced the economic development, but also created over 15,000 new jobs and had been secured and existing places were secured. She added that around 168 million euros are provided in the current funding period (2021-2027) to support future projects.

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The long success story of the EU in Lower Austria is underlined by the efforts of sustainable projects that serve both social cohesion and economic development. "The financial support enables us to offer a variety of activities and programs for young people in Lower Austria," continued Teschl-Hofmeister. These projects not only promote the personal development of young people, but also strengthen social skills and understanding for European values. The excellent connection to export markets such as Germany and Hungary also shows the economic dynamics that Lower Austria was able to gain through the EU accession, and makes it an important player in the region, as shown in the article by Noe.gv.at.

So it should be noted that the EU funding is not only bound to numbers and statistics, but also bring a keyboard of social integration and economic diversity to the society of Lower Austria

For further information on the EU funding opportunities in Lower Austria, interested parties can visit the website of the youth: info nöa , or contact the office of LR Tesch-Hofmeister, as reported in the official statement by ots.