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Educational projects for young people and youth workers. International mobilities. Association for European Cooperation, Development and Communication.

26/08/2026

📢 OPEN CALL for participants from Belgium🇧🇪
Join the Erasmus+ Training Course "Connecting on Common Ground" and explore new approaches to inclusion, community building, and non-formal education in an international learning environment.

📍 Antalya, Türkiye
📅 25–31 October 2026 (including travel days)

👥 Who can apply? Youth workers, youth leaders, and non-formal educators aged 20–45 with experience in facilitation, community work, or youth programmes.
During the training, you will:
✨ Exchange practices with professionals from different countries
🤝 Develop new facilitation and community engagement skills
🌍 Explore innovative approaches to digital inclusion and accessibility in youth work
💡 Build new international partnerships and bring fresh ideas back to your organisation
💶 Travel reimbursement: up to €309
🏠 Accommodation, meals, and programme costs are fully covered by Erasmus+
📩 Apply by September 3: https://forms.gle/xuUgTXGGKXQFWoU97

19/08/2026

📢 OPEN CALL for participants from Belgium 🇧🇪
🎲 Want to explore how games can make democracy more engaging for young people?
Join the international CIVIKO training course and discover how innovative, gamified approaches can support youth participation and active citizenship.

📍 Orta Nova, Italy
📅 19–23 October 2026 (including travel days)
👥 For: Youth workers, youth leaders & non-formal educators, with experience in facilitation, community work or youth programmes.

During the training, you will:
🎲 Test and explore the new CIVIKO board game as an educational tool
🌍 Strengthen your knowledge and skills in democratic participation
💡 Learn methods you can use with young people in your local community
🤝 Exchange practices with youth workers from across Europe
🚀 Prepare to multiply the project's results through local activities

💶 Travel budget: up to €309
🏠 Accommodation, meals and programme activities are fully covered.
⏰Apply by August 31 via the link: https://forms.gle/MDjgTDyu4y88tK6LA
(please use this form instead of one mention in the infopack)

18/08/2026

🌍 YOUTH360 is heading to Madagascar!
A major new stage of the YOUTH360 – Developing and Recognising Youth Skills project is about to begin!
From 15 to 21 August 2026, 36 participants from the 12 YOUTH360 partner organisations will take part in a 7-day international Training Course in Antananarivo, Madagascar, hosted by Youth First Madagáscar , with the support of project coordinator CODEC vzw.
The Training Course has a very practical goal: to strengthen the capacity of people working with young people to design and implement 21st-century skills learning pathways and use Open Badges to recognise skills developed through youth work and non-formal learning.

Throughout the week, participants will:
🔹 exchange experiences and explore youth skills and employability;
🔹 learn to create Open Badges and online learning pathways;
🔹 discover good practices in skills learning and recognition;
🔹 connect with youth organisations and stakeholders in Madagascar;
🔹 test their learning pathways and badges;
🔹 and prepare action plans to bring the learning back home.

Participants will earn Open Badges throughout the programme and receive a Youthpass Certificate recognising their learning and achievements.
🌱 After the Training Course, they will bring this knowledge home and support local training activities on Open Badges and learning pathways, multiplying the impact of YOUTH360 across participating countries.
This is what YOUTH360 is about: connecting youth work, skills development, digital recognition and employability, while fostering learning between Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.
🇲🇬 Madagascar, here we come!
Follow us over the coming days as we share moments, learning and experiences from the YOUTH360 Training Course in Antananarivo. 📸🌍
🇪🇺 Co-funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Programme.

10/08/2026

🇬🇪✨ During our ESC volunteering experience in Tbilisi, Georgia, our team learned how to use escape rooms as a creative tool for non-formal education and human rights awareness. Through the Eurobus initiative and our work at Manglisi Camp, we discovered new ways to make complex topics like discrimination, AI, personal data and women’s achievements easier to explore and discuss🧩💡 We strengthened our skills in teamwork, communication, critical thinking, creativity and facilitation while learning from each other and the participants. Most importantly, we saw how interactive learning can encourage people to reflect, share their perspectives and connect human rights with everyday life❤️ We left the experience with new tools, ideas and inspiration to bring into our future youth work.

05/08/2026

🌍✨ Our participants have successfully completed their one-month European Solidarity Corps volunteering experience in Tbilisi, Georgia!
Hosted by NGO Droni, the project brought together young volunteers from Belgium, Italy, Germany, and Georgia to support local youth initiatives while developing their own skills through non-formal education and intercultural learning. Throughout the month, participants designed and facilitated educational escape rooms on topics such as human rights, discrimination, AI, and personal data, led activities during a youth camp, and strengthened their presentation, teamwork, and facilitation skills.
Beyond the educational activities, they discovered Georgian culture through local traditions, shared meals, cultural events, and everyday life in Tbilisi, building meaningful friendships and lasting international connections.
We are grateful to Droni for hosting our volunteers and creating such an inspiring learning environment🤗 And we are proud of our participants for their commitment, creativity, and positive impact, and we look forward to seeing how they will use this experience in their future community and youth work💙🌍

28/07/2026

📢 OPEN CALL for participants from Belgium🇧🇪

🌍 Ready to strengthen your facilitation skills while connecting with youth workers from across Europe?

Join the Erasmus+ Training Course "Connecting on Common Ground" and explore new approaches to inclusion, community building, and non-formal education in an international learning environment.

📍 Antalya, Türkiye
📅 25–31 October 2026 (including travel days)
👥 Who can apply? Youth workers, youth leaders, and non-formal educators aged 20–45 with experience in facilitation, community work, or youth programmes.

During the training, you will:
✨ Exchange practices with professionals from different countries
🤝 Develop new facilitation and community engagement skills
🌍 Explore innovative approaches to digital inclusion and accessibility in youth work
💡 Build new international partnerships and bring fresh ideas back to your organisation

💶 Travel reimbursement: up to €309
🏠 Accommodation, meals, and programme costs are fully covered by Erasmus+

📩 Apply by August 9: https://forms.gle/xuUgTXGGKXQFWoU97

20/07/2026

💻Digital transformation in Youth Work: Discover Cities of Learning

Are you a youth worker, educator, or training provider looking to recognise skills and build structured learning pathways? No matter where you are based, you are welcome to join our global discussion.

Join us for the first webinar in the Youth 360 project series. In this session, we will introduce the core features of the Cities of Learning platform and explore how digital badges can bridge the gap between non-formal education and employability.

📅 Date: Thursday, 23 July 2026
🕒 Time: 15:00 – 16:30 CET (14:00 – 15:30 BST / 16:00 – 17:30 EAT)
💬 Language: English
📍 Location: Online (Link provided upon registration)
👉 Secure your place here: https://bit.ly/youth360-webinar1

🌍 An expanding Global Network
The Youth 360 project brings together a dedicated consortium of partners from 12 countries across Europe and Africa: Belgium, Burundi, Cyprus, Italy, Kenya, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mozambique, Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, and Tanzania. While partners working in these nations anchor the project, the Cities of Learning platform is active and available in many more countries worldwide. We warmly welcome participants from all corners of the globe to connect, share experiences, and grow the ecosystem together.

We will be joined by experts who will showcase how they use the platform and badges for 21st-century skills development and recognition. Learn from practical, real-world examples across youth work.

Webinar details:
Participation is free of charge.
All active participants will receive a digital Open Badge to recognise their participation and learning.
If you are unable to attend live, the session will be recorded, and the link will be shared with all registered participants.

Funding: This project is co-funded by the European Union through the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).

18/07/2026

Pixels of Mind: Days 4 & 5
Sometimes the best way to reflect on our digital habits is to put our phones away. We spent the whole day disconnecting from screens and reconnecting with each other through conversations, touch, shared experiences, and spontaneous moments. For many, it became a real turning point of the project💙
The next day, inspired by the previous one, we worked in international teams to develop our own media projects, including podcasts, video reels, and an original game. Each group transformed their ideas into creative outputs exploring the themes of the exchange. The energy, teamwork, and imagination invested in the process created an amazing final products that the participants were proud to share with each other.

14/07/2026

Pixels of Mind: Day 3
We started by stepping into the digital world! In our first session, we were challenged to act like algorithms. We were completing tasks with zero verbal communication, strictly through our phones 📱🤖. The second part of the day, on the contrary, was "human" activities: debates and fishball, where participants were able to share their personal experience.
After a delicious German lunch of Currywurst & Pommes 🇩🇪🍟, we took a refreshing break from screens to visit a local Alpaca farm 🦙 Spending time with these fluffy animals was the perfect way to recharge our human connection.
Wrapped up this amazing day with an unforgettable Greek cultural evening filled with traditional food, sweets, dance and great vibes! 🇬🇷✨

12/07/2026

Pixels of Mind Youth Exchange: Day 2💻

Today, we really got into the program. Starting by defining our fears and expectations for the whole project, followed by research of each national team on challenges and opportunities that AI brings to our society.
However, the most interesting part of the day, and actually of everything we've done so far, was a game where we were divided into two teams: the Human team and the AI team. During the three rounds, we were laughing our hearts out; it was incredibly fun and engaging. Everyone participated, and we genuinely had an amazing time together.
🇵🇹The day ended with our Portuguese team presenting their country, their traditions, and cooking their amazing food.

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