Erasmus+ Youth partnerships · KA1 · KA210 · KA220
Your partner in North Macedonia for stronger Erasmus+ Youth projects.
EVEC Kocani is a Macedonian youth NGO that recruits and prepares participants, and partners in Erasmus+ Youth projects across Europe. Need a partner who brings motivated Macedonian participants, delivery in four towns, and the European added value of an EU candidate country that widens your consortium's geographic scope? That's us. We are also bringing our network's hands-on educational tools — microgreens, mycelium, solar and drones — to North Macedonia. Project ready or still taking shape, we complete it — or strengthen it.
Why EVEC Kocani
Still building your consortium for Erasmus+ Youth projects? Here's why we're the partner you want.
You're looking for partners who genuinely contribute and complement your idea — and bring extra points to the application. However you come to us, we fit.
Not 100% sure yet — feel like something's missing from your idea?
We complement it with the EVEC network's hands-on educational tools — microgreens, mycelium, solar and drones — authored by our president and piloted at our sister organisation in Athens, and now being brought to North Macedonia. They add genuine innovation and lift your score on the green and digital priorities.
Idea's set — you just need a reliable partner?
No problem. We're an established, experienced and dependable partner — active since 2014, with 17 EU projects across our network since 2015 — and we're always glad to learn something new from you and your project.
Either way works for us — whether you need our methodology or simply the best match for your consortium, you get people who deliver and who love to learn.
01What we bring to your partnership
Concrete roles we take on in your work packages — each one a reason your application scores higher and your project is easier to deliver.
We deliver activities in Kocani, Stip, Strumica and Delcevo — with a further branch in Lozovo. Local venues, local logistics and an experienced team in each town, so your Macedonian work package runs on the ground, not on paper.
We recruit and prepare motivated Macedonian participants and youth workers, run pre-departure training, and support reintegration when they come home — a recruitment work package you can rely on.
Our members include teachers, special-education teachers, psychologists, pedagogues, social workers and nurses — people who turn your project's themes into hands-on activities with documented learning outcomes.
North Macedonia is an EU candidate country fully associated to Erasmus+. Adding us widens your consortium's geographic scope beyond the EU-27 and strengthens the European added value evaluators look for.
We work daily in day-care centres for people with disabilities in Stip and Delcevo (the centres are not ours; they long predate EVEC, which was founded in 2014, and we cooperate with them), run Roma youth integration activities, and were the first organisation in North Macedonia to introduce the Paralympic sport Boccia. Fewer-opportunities reach that's real, not a checkbox.
17 EU projects across the EVEC network since 2015 — including an Erasmus+ mobility project we coordinated ourselves — with every reference number checkable on the EU's Project Results Platform.
02Key Actions we partner on in Erasmus+ Youth projects
Macedonian participants for your exchange
We recruit and prepare a motivated Macedonian group for your youth exchange — and help you plan one delivered in our towns.
Youth workers who learn and pass it on
We send and prepare Macedonian youth workers for training courses and job-shadowing — and we're in one right now.
Your first project, made manageable
A fixed lump sum set by the current Erasmus+ rules, two or more organisations, 6–24 months. The ideal entry point — partner with us on the inclusion or green priority.
Bigger ideas, lasting results
A larger lump-sum partnership, three or more countries. We bring the reach of four towns and a candidate-country perspective, so results outlive the project.
03Themes we strengthen in Erasmus+ Youth projects
Topics and EU priorities we can build your activities around — the closer they match your call, the stronger your relevance score.
You don't just bring an idea — we complement it with real inclusion expertise and educational tools that make it greener, more digital and more innovative.
Help writing your project
New to Erasmus+, or prefer to lead it yourself? We help new NGOs turn ideas into funded Erasmus+ Youth projects — structuring priorities, work packages and outputs, and reviewing your drafts — while you stay the author and owner. Describe your idea and we reply within 3 working days with honest feedback and the next step.
Built for the award criteria
The points our partnership adds to your application.
Evaluators score your application against the Erasmus+ award criteria. A strong partner lifts your score on every one of them — here's exactly where we add the points.
A partner from an EU candidate country adds genuine European added value and widens your consortium's geographic scope — and our daily work with young people with fewer opportunities speaks directly to the inclusion and diversity priority.
Concrete, well-defined work packages — Macedonian recruitment, delivery in four towns, non-formal education, inclusion support — backed by a partner record since 2015 that strengthens your work plan.
An established, experienced partner (founded 2014 · OID E10119353 · ESC Quality Label to 2027) with four branch offices, genuinely complementing your consortium — a clear, mandate-ready role, not just a name on the list.
Reach across four towns, their schools and day-care centres; experience running an online radio and a bilingual EN/MK youth magazine; and an EVEC network that keeps results visible and reusable beyond the project.
Weights shown are for KA220 Cooperation Partnerships; KA210 and KA1 Youth are scored on the same dimensions with different weights.
Have a youth project idea? Let's turn it into a funded European partnership.
Invite us as a partner →Low-commitment first steps
Not ready for a multi-year project? Start smaller.
Start with one youth exchange — with a Macedonian group in it.
A short youth exchange (typically one to two weeks) is a low-risk way to work together first — we recruit and prepare a Macedonian group for your exchange abroad, or help you plan an activity delivered in our towns, and build the relationship from there.
Plan an exchange togetherSee our work on the ground.
Bring your youth workers to eastern North Macedonia for a short study visit or job-shadowing — see the day-care centres we work in, our Boccia sessions and our eco-school cooperation, and decide where EVEC Kocani fits before you commit.
Arrange a study visitWhat we plug into your project · the EVEC toolkit
We don't just join your project — we bring new methods with us.
Science made simple, learning made real. The four EVEC methodologies — microgreens, mycelium, solar and drones — were authored by our president, Blagoj Ristov, and piloted at our sister organisation EVEC Athens. EVEC Kocani is a founding member of the EVEC network, and we are now bringing these hands-on, non-formal tools to North Macedonia — so your project delivers more strongly on the EU green and digital priorities, and can be among the first to run them here.
Microgreens
Growing microgreens as an educational tool — a tray of seeds becomes a hands-on lesson in sustainability, healthy living and entrepreneurship. Proven by our network in Athens; we are starting it in North Macedonia.
Mycelium
Growing materials from fungi — a tangible, hands-on route into biomaterials, the circular economy and green innovation, developed in our network and new to North Macedonia.
Solar
Hands-on renewable energy — buildable projects that bring the green and digital priorities together and make clean energy tangible for young people.
Drones
Drone-based STEAM — digital skills, technology and data literacy, with green monitoring and mapping applications young people can actually fly.
Pick the tools that fit your priorities — we co-design the workshops with the network that authored them and hand you a transferable result (toolkit + methodology). An honest note: in North Macedonia these are new programmes we are starting, not past accomplishments — the delivered results so far belong to EVEC Athens. Your project can be among the first to run them here.
Track record you can verify
Evidence we deliver.
Green Pathways: Empowering NEET Youth for a Sustainable Future
The context: a mobility project for youth workers on supporting NEET young people towards a sustainable future, coordinated in Romania with partners from six countries — Romania, North Macedonia, Poland, Greece, Türkiye and Bulgaria. Our role: EVEC Stip, our branch office, is the Macedonian partner — recruiting and preparing the Macedonian participants. The status: running right now, September 2025 to October 2026.
Across the whole Erasmus+ Programme
Behind EVEC Kocani is a network active in European youth projects since 2015. North Macedonia is fully associated to Erasmus+, so we can partner on Erasmus+ Youth projects with organisations across all 27 EU Member States and the six associated countries — and as a candidate-country partner we widen the geographic scope of any consortium we join. The countries where the EVEC network's projects have already had coordinator or partner organisations are highlighted.
✓ marks the countries where the EVEC network's projects have already had coordinator or partner organisations — every reference verifiable on the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform
Trust & credibility
Real, registered, a safe partner
Our network & institutions
We work with the National Agency for European Educational Programmes and Mobility (MK01) in Skopje, and with our sister organisations across the EVEC network — your organisation could be next.
National Agency (MK01)Skopje, North Macedonia
Erasmus+ ProgrammeYouth · KA1 · KA210 · KA220
European Solidarity CorpsQuality Label — Hosting + Supporting
EVEC networkKocani · Stip · Strumica · Delcevo · Lozovo · AthensVerify us independently: Erasmus+ Project Results Platform → EU Participant Register · OID E10119353 → Our ESC Quality Label on the European Youth Portal → Request our PIF by e-mail
Legal entity: ЕВРОПСКИ ВОЛОНТЕРСКИ И ЕДУКАТИВЕН ЦЕНТАР Кочани (European Voluntary and Educational Center Kocani) · Citizens' association founded 15.02.2014, entered in the Central Registry of the Republic of North Macedonia on 11.03.2014 · EMBS 6938566 · EDB 4013014510973 · Registered office: Ul. Boris Trajkovski 42, 2300 Kocani, North Macedonia · President & legal representative: Blagoj Ristov · OID E10119353 · PIC 943554018. Branch offices: EVEC Stip (Vita Pop-Jordanova 120, 2000 Stip · OID E10039470 · PIC 924094266), EVEC Strumica (Mito Hadzivasilev-Jasmin 5, Strumica · OID E10257646), EVEC Delcevo (Biglanska 3, 2320 Delcevo · PIC 924091841), EVEC Lozovo (Vladimir Ilich Lenin 10, Lozovo).
EVEC Kocani’s Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps projects are co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
For project writers & coordinators
Partner FAQ
The practical questions you ask before you put a partner in your application — answered straight.
Is EVEC Kocani eligible to join my Erasmus+ Youth project?
Yes. We are a registered citizens' association founded in 2014, with active EU organisation IDs (OID E10119353 · PIC 943554018) and an ESC Quality Label (Hosting + Supporting) valid to 31/12/2027. Erasmus+ Youth exchanges, mobility of youth workers, KA210 and KA220 are open to any eligible organisation — no special accreditation is needed to partner. And to be straight with you: we do not currently hold an Erasmus+ KA150 youth accreditation, and we don't claim one.
Which Key Actions can EVEC Kocani partner on?
KA1 youth exchanges and mobility of youth workers — our network's partner record runs since 2015, and we're in a live KA153 project right now — plus KA210 small-scale partnerships and KA220 cooperation partnerships.
What will EVEC Kocani contribute — and will you help write your part?
We take on concrete work packages — Macedonian participant recruitment, delivery in four towns, non-formal education, inclusion expertise — and we co-draft our own sections, giving you the activity descriptions, methodology and figures you need so our contribution is written to score.
What do you provide so we can add EVEC Kocani to the application?
Everything you need, fast: our OID (E10119353), PIC (943554018), legal-entity details, and a signed Partner Information Form (PIF) and mandate — on request and comfortably before your deadline. We reply within 3 working days.
How are budget and costs handled?
Erasmus+ partnerships are funded by a lump sum set by the current Erasmus+ rules. We agree a fair share for the work packages we deliver — no hidden costs and no up-front fee — and we're paid from the project grant, like any partner.
How reliable is EVEC Kocani on delivery and reporting?
The EVEC network has taken part in 17 EU projects since 2015, including an Erasmus+ mobility project we coordinated ourselves (2020-1-MK01-KA102-077700). We manage our own activities, evidence and reporting — and every reference number is verifiable on the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform.
Can young people under 18 take part in your activities?
Yes — our target groups run from 17 to 30, with a strong focus on young people with fewer opportunities. Minors take part with parental consent, per our safeguarding policy, and the members running the activities include psychologists and special-education teachers.
What if the application isn't approved?
No cost and no obligation. We're glad to refine the idea and reapply in the next round, or adapt it for a different call — building a partnership that works is the point.
How quickly do you respond, and how do we start?
Within 3 working days. E-mail your idea, Key Action and timeline to contact@evec.org.mk and we'll reply with honest feedback and the next step.
How partnering works
From your idea to a submitted application — in three steps.
Tell us about your project
E-mail your idea, Key Action and timeline to contact@evec.org.mk. We reply within 3 working days with honest feedback and whether we're the right fit.
We align and prepare
We confirm our role and work packages, share our OID, PIC and a signed Partner Information Form, and provide a mandate letter — comfortably before your deadline.
We deliver
Once funded, we co-write our sections, recruit and prepare the Macedonian participants, deliver in our four towns, and report our part on time.
Let's build it
Let's build something that scores. Tell us about your project.
One short e-mail — wherever you're starting from, whether you need a partner for your Erasmus+ Youth projects or help writing the application. We read every message and reply personally.
We reply within 3 working days · No obligationPartner enquiry
Send us your idea, Key Action and timeline — a few honest lines are enough. We'll reply within 3 working days with feedback, our role, and everything you need for the application (OID, PIC, PIF, mandate).
E-mail contact@evec.org.mk →Or call us on +389 78 275 770 — or message us on Facebook or Instagram.
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