Support Measures In addition to the general aims and criteria as outlined in chapter G and H.1, third-country Support Measures should comply with the following specific criteria:

•  Activity 9 (support for quality and innovation) is not eligible for third-country cooperation. Nor are activities supporting
  Action 3 or Action 4 of the YOUTH program.
• Activities must be multilateral, i.e. involve a minimum of four countries.
• They must involve a minimum of two Program countries (of which at least one must be an EU Member State).
• In the case of Euro-Med cooperation, two EU Member States must be involved.
• They must involve at least two third countries from the same region.
• Activities 1 (practical training experience/job shadowing) and 2 (feasibility visits), as well as activities aiming to develop
  EVS with third countries, may involve only two or three partner countries and are selected at a national level.

There should be a balance between the number of Program countries and the number of third countries. The national groups should be balanced and consist of approximately equal numbers of participants.