International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation

13/10/2026

YOUR government has the final say on the budget for the Erasmus+ programme! 🚨

Europe needs greater resilience, competitiveness, democratic participation and capacity for change; reducing Erasmus+ means reducing one of the mechanisms that builds those capabilities. 📣

The Erasmus+ Coalition of 88 EU level organisations representing your schools, your universities and higher education institutions, your vocational education centres, your teachers and educators, your parents, your pupils and students, your volunteers, your sports organisations, your youth organisations, youth workers and the entirety of Europe’s young people are calling on European Finance and Foreign/ European Affairs Ministers to allocate at least 47.4 billion EUR to the fourth greatest achievement in the history of the EU and one of its most impactful initiatives.

Share our letter, tag your government, and spread the word! 📣

Read the joint letter: short.do/MAZtvM

Lifelong Learning Platform Jan Jambon FOD Financiën

12/10/2026

We’re thrilled to kick off our EU Values Through the Artscampaign, a journey across 10 countries of the MUS-E Network, showcasing how children, artists and communities explore European values through creative projects, with a new country and its artistic experiences featured every week!

🎨🇪🇺 EU VALUES THROUGH THE ARTS | MUS-E KOSOVO

Across Europe, MUS-E projects bring European values to life through art.
This week, discover a project from MUS-E Kosovo, where children explored creativity, communication and self-expression through theatre and play.

At Mihal Grameno Primary School in Fushë Kosovë, children worked with theatre artist Albulena Bokshi as part of the Art at School project. Through creative activities, they developed their imagination, self-confidence and ability to collaborate, while discovering new ways to express themselves. The project highlights freedom, equality and human dignity.

Swipe through to discover the project and the European values it reflects!
Different projects. Different practices. Shared European values.

🎨🇪🇺 EU VALUES THROUGH ART | MUS-E KOSOVA
Në të gjithë Evropën, projektet MUS-E i sjellin në jetë vlerat evropiane përmes artit.

Këtë javë, zbuloni një projekt nga MUS-E Kosova, ku fëmijët eksploruan kreativitetin, komunikimin dhe vetëshprehjen përmes teatrit dhe lojës.
Në Shkollën Fillore “Mihal Grameno” në Fushë Kosovë, fëmijët punuan me artisten e teatrit Albulena Bokshi në kuadër të projektit Art at School. Përmes aktiviteteve krijuese, ata zhvilluan imagjinatën, vetëbesimin dhe aftësinë për të bashkëpunuar, duke zbuluar mënyra të reja për t'u shprehur. Projekti nxjerr në pah lirinë, barazinë dhe dinjitetin njerëzor.

Shfletoni karuselin për të zbuluar projektin dhe vlerat evropiane që ai pasqyron!
Projekte të ndryshme. Praktika të ndryshme artistike. Vlera të përbashkëta evropiane.

12/10/2026

🌱 How can art bring us closer to nature and inspire more sustainable ways of living?

Join IYMF and artists Rasa Alksnyte from MUS-E Belgium and Paula Silva Carrara from MUS-E Italy on 15 October, from 18:00 to 19:00 CET, for our second MUS-E® webinar: Green Awareness in the Creative Arts.

We’ll discover artistic projects connected to nature, explore how the arts can raise environmental awareness, and discuss the role of creativity in promoting sustainability. 🌍🎨

💬 Discover inspiring projects and join the conversation!
🌍 Open to everyone | Online | In English
🔗 Register here: https://forms.gle/DqSHk3w6DmSFb6ur7
See you online! 🌿

Fondazione Mus-e Italia MUS-E Belgium

07/10/2026

🌱 How can creative arts help raise environmental awareness and inspire greener ways of thinking?

Join IYMF and representatives from MUS-E Belgium, MUS-E Italy and MUS-E Spain on 15 October, from 18:00 to 19:00 CET, for our second MUS-E® webinar: **Green Awareness in the Creative Arts.

We’ll explore how environmental awareness can be integrated into creative and artistic practices, while sharing experiences and approaches from across the MUS-E® Network.

💬 Come along, discover experiences from the MUS-E® Network and join the conversation!

🌍 Open to everyone | Online | In English

🔗 Register here: https://forms.gle/DqSHk3w6DmSFb6ur7

See you online! 🌱

Thursday October 15th at 18.00 Brussels Time (CET), the IYMF is organising a webinar open to all, to discuss green awareness through creative arts, with artists and coordinators from MUS-E Belgium, MUS-E Italy, and MUS-E Spain as speakers. Registration is open until October 14th, participants will r...

01/10/2026

🎨 How can the arts support wellbeing and create better conditions for learning at school?

Join IYMF and the National Coordinators from MUS-E Germany and MUS-E Hungary on 5 October, from 18:30 to 19:30 CET, for our first MUS-E® webinar: Arts Education for Wellbeing and Learning.

We’ll explore emotional regulation through the arts, team dynamics and social inclusion, teacher wellbeing, and how wellbeing can facilitate learning and contribute to school success.

💬 Come along, discover experiences from the MUS-E® Network and join the conversation!

🌍 Open to everyone | Online | In English

🔗 Register here: https://forms.gle/fPNFWLqko8nLJAWL9

See you online!

Monday October 5th at 18.30 Brussels Time (CET), the IYMF is organising a webinar open to all, to discuss arts education for wellbeing and learning, with MUS-E Germany and MUS-E Hungary coordinators as speakers. Registration is open until October 4th, participants will receive a link by email on the...

22/09/2026

For more than 30 years, the MUS-E® Programme has been bringing artistic practice into schools, fostering social inclusion, wellbeing through the arts, and empowering children with tools to build a better tomorrow. 🎨
Today, the MUS-E® Network brings together artists, teachers and schools across 13 countries, with a wealth of inspiring practices and experiences to share.

To share these good practices with the wider network and beyond, the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation is pleased to invite you to a series of four online thematic webinars:

✨ Arts Education for Wellbeing and Learning
🌱 Green Awareness in the Creative Arts
💻 Digital Through Creative Arts
🏫 Whole School Approach

Speakers from Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Portugal and Spain will share their experiences and good practices.

The webinars are open to the MUS-E® Network and the wider public. Partners, educators, teachers, artists, and stakeholders from the education and arts sectors are all welcome to join!

🔗 Interested in attending? Register through this link: https://linktr.ee/iymf?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=4a00a928-3b07-44b0-b7bc-2255b6fb577f

Sessions will be held in English.

05/08/2026

As proud members of the Lifelong Learning Platform, we're happy to share this opportunity - don't miss it!

29/07/2026

Erasmus+ is in danger! The funding for the future programme risks to be reduced, and this means less funding for our common European future! 🚨

--- What is happening? ✂️

In 2028, the EU will have a new budget for the Erasmus+ programme for seven years. The Member States and the EU institutions are currently negotiating this budget.
The European Commission started by proposing 40.8 billion EUR for Erasmus+. Compared to our current budget - 26.2 billion EUR - this might appear as an increase. But due to inflation, and due to new actions included in Erasmus+, this is not a real increase. And the Member States now want to cut this further!

Education represents around 2% of the EU budget, and even though our future depends on education, decisionmakers have yet again targeted this sector for further cuts. ⚠️

We promote the transformative power of Erasmus+, its great impact in Europe from a social and economic perspective, but also highlight the fact that this is the EU’s most known programme and the fourth greatest achievement according to European citizens.

--- What comes next? ‼️

Member States are urged to ensure at least 50 billion EUR for Erasmus+!

Reach out to your Finance Minister at home and tell them how important Erasmus+ is! Reach out to your Finance Minister and tell them that education and training needs to be a priority!

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Campaign credits to Lifelong Learning Platform

27/07/2026

We're still reflecting on our event at the European Parliament and the valuable insights shared by our inspiring speakers a few weeks ago.

A heartfelt thank you to all of them for contributing to such an engaging and thought-provoking discussion, as well as to everyone who attended!

Whether you'd like to revisit the key takeaways or couldn't attend but are curious about the topics we explored, you can now read our in-depth event summary on our website. You'll also find the full photo gallery there.

Check it out here: https://www.menuhin-foundation.com/what-we-learned-from-reimagining-education-through-the-arts/

20/07/2026

On July 7 and 8, we held a training in collaboration with MUS-E Belgium at Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles in Brussels. Led by artists Patries Wichers and Isabelle Maurel, 11 participants explored how to put social inclusion into practice through artistic expression.

Over the course of two inspiring days, music, movement, brainstorming sessions, and hands-on artmaking came together to provide practical tools and ideas. Participants exchanged experiences and got inspired on creative workshop approaches that can be adapted for use with children, to foster social inclusion. The training introduced tools from the MUS-E® methodology.

A big thank you to all the participants for their energy and enthusiasm, to our wonderful Artists Ambassadors for sharing their experience and expertise, and to TWNB for hosting us over these two days!

Read the full blog here: https://www.menuhin-foundation.com/a-two-day-training-on-social-inclusion-through-the-artistic-practice/