25/10/2026
Great experience! Super people! Excellent Y@W Team!
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Five days in Skopje, with new connections and plenty to carry into our work. 💛
The 9th “Towards Collaborative Practice” (TCP) Forum on Social Entrepreneurship and the Union of Skills brought us together to explore how youth work, Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps can support young people’s initiative, entrepreneurship, employability and active participation.
Through nine workshops, inspiring contributions and visits to local initiatives, participants shared skills and practices, explored different approaches and considered what they could bring back to their own communities.
Our final day made space for the personal stories behind this work. The Living Library opened conversations about purpose, courage and unexpected journeys. With Mónika, we reflected on what had nourished our learning, what had grown stronger and what we wanted to carry forward, before turning towards future projects and possibilities. 🌱
A heartfelt thank you to our hosts, the North Macedonian National Agency, and co-organisers, the Polish National Agency for Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps, for bringing us together within the Youth@Work Partnership.
Thank you to Raluca Diroescu, Geri, Olga, Mónika, Andri, Apostolos, Jovica from our host agency, Aleks from the Polish National Agency, and Paul and Pedro for the care, energy and teamwork behind these days. A special nod to Paul and Pedro for capturing our conversations through graphic recording, giving us a creative way to revisit and share the learning. 🎨
To every speaker, workshop holder, study visit host, human “book” and participant: thank you for your openness, generosity and willingness to learn from one another.
We’ll continue sharing stories from the Forum over the coming days. As everyone heads home, we look forward to seeing how these ideas and relationships develop through the work we do next.
