In the field of Child and Youth Development, the Jacobs Foundation has current priorities:

1. Capitalizing on migration and the integration of youngsters with migrant backgrounds.
2. Improving learning contexts, including institutional dimensions of learning, all-day learning, out of school learning and integrative approaches to learning.
3. Economic dimensions of Child and Youth Development: macro and microeconomic effects

Within this context, the following aspects are of particular interest:

• developmental perspectives
• transitions in life
• preventative inter-mediate measures
• learning methods, such as formal and non-formal learning
• cultural contexts and values
• skills and social responsibility
• peace, inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue

Projects taking into account the Foundation’s priorities and the above mentioned aspects normally have a higher chance of being considered for funding.