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This HOP course is a unique opportunity after your recent Training Course experience in Poland the past November 2025. Together, we will explore how non-formal educational approaches boosted your methodologies in both designing and multiplying entrepreneurship learning in your communities across Europe.

What is this course about?

Entrepreneurship education is more than business plans and financial skills: as we could experience along the years of the STEP Hub, it is about inspiring creative thinking, resilience, collaboration, and practical problem-solving, especially through flexible, learner-driven, and community-oriented methods. This course focuses on non-formal learning approaches that emphasize real-world experiences, peer learning, and adaptability with the aim to learn a bit more of entrepreneurial education and career development. 

You will build your skills and confidence to become a multiplier, a trainer/youth worker who can share innovative educational techniques and methodologies to spark entrepreneurial mindsets beyond formal classrooms.

A relevant adding is that the STEP HUB grew through STEP5, and we foresee working for an upcoming format that can create inclusive entrepreneurial learning thanks to digitalisation and hybridisation of job in the youth field and with the support of HEIs. 

Course Structure and Duration

• Duration: 1st December 2025 to 31st January 2026 (self-paced with periodical milestones)

• Modules: 2 interactive modules, each focusing on a key aspect of entrepreneurial training methods and impact activities. 

• Activities: Each module includes different activities that stimulate your definition of entrepreneurial youth work: the connection of the content related to the STEP5 Training Course will resonate familiar and clear. 

• Documents and a video upload will be required. But no, they won’t be streamed anywhere, and the procedure will respect GDPRs. Only HOP Trainers can visualise each pitch and it won’t leak anywhere public 

What will you learn?

• How to boost business models and entrepreneurship education tools and ideas. 

• How to stimulate your critical thinking and entrepreneurial skills using non-formal education methods. 

• How to design learner-centered, flexible educational activities in your community, seizing a local educational mission.

• How to foster entrepreneurial mindsets.

• Build and reinforce your entrepreneurial educational approaches through reflective practices and careful planning.

• Keep coherence with your long-term plans. 

How to succeed in this course

• Engage actively: participate in all exercises and discussions; your reflections and insights are valuable.

• Collaborate: give and receive constructive feedback with peers to enrich your learning.

• Apply your experience: connect course content with your own context and aspirations as an entrepreneur and trainer.

• Contact and communicate: anytime, for anything that comes, from expressing a doubt to requesting help. 

Support and Resources

Throughout the course, you will have access to:

• Clear instructions and examples for each exercise.

• Peer discussion forums to share experiences and ask questions.

• Supplementary materials and templates to support your learning path designs and reflections.

• Guidance from facilitators to help you navigate the course content and assignments.

Next Steps

• Begin with Module 1, where you will kick-off with retaking the in-Poland ideas and plans: things will be easily flowing. We promise! 

• Follow the module sequence at your own pace, aiming to complete all exercises and modules by the end of January 2026.

We are excited to accompany you on this journey of discovery, creativity, and impact!

If you have any questions or need assistance at any point, please reach out to your course facilitator (Maya and Silvia) via the HOP platform messaging system.

Let’s get started: your final STEP5 journey awaits you! 

SALTO EuroMed is launching the Erasmus+ Community of Practice (CoP) in South-Med, bringing together organisations active in Erasmus+ Youth across the South-Mediterranean region.

Members of the Community of Practice are expected to take an active role in defining, assessing, and eventually disseminating practices and approaches connected to local realities. This is not a passive learning space, but rather a working group of practitioners committed to mutual learning, peer exchange, and the continuous improvement of Erasmus+ cooperation in the South-Med region.

Objectives

• To create a community of organisations active in Erasmus+ Youth in the South-Med region;
• To identify and promote quality practices and approaches relevant to South-Med cooperation;
• To strengthen participants' capacity to develop and implement high-quality Erasmus+ projects;
• To encourage peer learning, exchange, and mutual support among practitioners;
• To collectively reflect on challenges and practical solutions linked to Erasmus+ implementation in local contexts.

This Community of Practice is meant for you if:

• You are a member of a South-Med organisation active in Erasmus+ Youth;
• You already have knowledge of the Erasmus+ programme;
• You are a practitioner involved in the design, implementation, or follow-up of Erasmus+ projects;
• You are willing to actively contribute to discussions, share experiences, and participate in collective reflection.

OVERVIEW OF THE “TAKES3 LTTA HOP ONLINE COURSE”: STRUCTURE AND TIMELINE

The “TAKES3 LTTA HOP Online Course” is a online compulsory Training Course related to our Erasmus+ KA220 "TAKES3 - Tools for Advanced Keys to Employability, Entrepreneurship and Education Skill-making".

AIM

The project aims at creating a set of digital, frontal and hybrid tools and educational activities aiming at the support of entrepreneurial models of young people with fewer opportunities and minorities, refugees, youth in diaspora with a look on sustainability and digitalisation/hybridisation of the models.

AGENDA

The settled agenda of the TAKES3 LTTA HOP online course is the following:

30th October: starting of the LTTA on HOP with Chapter 1

6^th November 2024: opening Chapter 2

13^th November 2024: opening Chapter 3

20^th November 2024: opening Chapter 4

On 29^th November 2024 on Zoom – Meet Up with all participants

On 15^th December the platform will be closed.

Each Chapter presents both readings, information, and tasks to be done in order to unlock badges and continue your learning path.

You will receive your Youthpass after the full completion of the course.

For the residential participants of the TAKES3 LTTA the full completion of the online learning is compulsory.

CONTACT

For any question, please, contact: eurofrc@gmail.com

Welcome to the SHER-Y E-learning platform, developed within the Erasmus+ project SHER-Y – Sexual Health Education Resources for Youth.

This E-learning has been created especially for young people. It offers clear, practical, and youth-friendly information to help you better understand sexual health, relationships, consent, body image, communication, personal boundaries, and digital safety.

Growing up today means navigating many different experiences, relationships, expectations, and influences – both offline and online. Social media, friendships, relationships, peer pressure, and the digital world can all affect how we see ourselves, our bodies, relationships, sexuality, and personal boundaries. Having reliable information can help you better understand these experiences and make choices that feel right, safe, and respectful.

Throughout the E-learning, you will explore topics such as:

• Puberty, body image, and self-esteem;
• Consent and personal boundaries;
• Healthy and unhealthy relationships;
• Communication, respect, and emotions;
• Pressure, manipulation, and coercion;
• Digital relationships, online behaviour, and safety.

The E-learning combines short learning units, real-life examples, quizzes, reflection activities, and interactive exercises to make learning engaging and relevant to situations you may encounter in everyday life.

By completing the E-learning, you will gain knowledge and practical skills that can help you understand yourself and others better, communicate more confidently, recognise healthy and unhealthy behaviours, set and respect boundaries, and make informed and responsible decisions.

We encourage you to take your time, participate in the activities, think about the situations and examples presented, and reflect on what they mean to you.

Thank you for joining the SHER-Y learning journey!

“EntreComp Meets Youth Work”, Training course, 12-20 February 2026 | Online, Greece

In the framework of Youth@Work Strategic Partnership.

Recommended for

• Youth workers
• Youth project managers
• Educators

Aim

The “EntreComp Meets Youth Work” training course aims to enhance understanding and promote the use of EntreComp, as well as Youthpass. This course will provide participants with a structured and systematic experience into EntreComp, from a theoretical perspective but also a practical one, which will be, applied within their youth work services.

Objectives

By the end of the activity, participants will be able to:

• Understand the EntreComp Framework
• Develop their competences in ideas and opportunities
• Enhance their resource management skills
• Implement their competences into action
• Apply EntreComp in Youth Work Practice
• Develop an action plan for integrating EntreComp competences.

Target Group

We are looking for youth workers, youth project coordinators and educators active in the youth field.

Team

Facilitators: Konstantinos Stergiou, Olga Kyriakidou and Konstantinos Spatiotis (members of the Pool of Trainers of Youth@Work Strategic Partnership).

Important to know

• The working language will be (international) English. Your English does not have to be perfect, but you need to be able to follow presentations and have discussions in English.
• The training course consists of 4 Zoom meetings of 90 minutes each and asynchronous sessions through HOP.

Details

Zoom meeting 12 February 2026, 10:00 – 11:30 CET

Zoom meeting 16 February 2026, 10:00 – 11:30 CET

Zoom meeting 18 February 2026, 10:00 – 11:30 CET

Zoom meeting 20 February 2026, 10:00 – 11:30 CET

The selected participants are committed to participate fully in both synchronous and asynchronous sessions, in order to receive their Youthpass certificate.

Online Course STEP5 - Entrepreneurship Education through Non-Formal Learning”

An Erasmus+ online course designed especially for emerging trainers, entrepreneurs, and multipliers in the field of entrepreneurship education!

This course is tailored to be a unique bridge between participants of the recent Job Shadowing experience with local partners and the upcoming in-person Training Course in November 2025. Together, we will explore effective non-formal educational approaches that empower you to design, deliver, and multiply entrepreneurship learning in your communities across Europe.

Stay tuned for an open self-paced version that will open soon!

Organised by FRSE - Foundation for the Development of the Education System and funded by the Erasmus + Youth Programme of the European Commission.

What is this course about?

Entrepreneurship education is more than business plans and financial skills: as we could experience along the years of the STEP Hub, it is about inspiring creative thinking, resilience, collaboration, and practical problem-solving, especially through flexible, learner-driven, and community-oriented methods. This course focuses on non-formal learning approaches that emphasize real-world experiences, peer learning, and adaptability with the aim to learn a bit more of entrepreneurial education and career development.

You will build your skills and confidence to become a multiplier, a trainer/youth worker who can share innovative educational techniques and methodologies to spark entrepreneurial mindsets beyond formal classrooms.

Course Structure and Duration

●      Duration: 1st August to 31st October 2025 (self-paced with periodical milestones)

●      Modules: 5 interactive modules, each focusing on a key aspect of entrepreneurship education and training methods.

●      Activities: Each module includes different engaging exercises — puzzles, matching games, reflection tasks, peer feedback, case studies and more — designed to be simple, linear, and… fun!

●      No video uploads required! All activities are designed to reduce stress and foster participation through text, discussions, and interactive exercises.

What will you learn?

●      How to analyse and compare different business models and entrepreneurship education tools.

●      Practical methods to foster creativity, critical thinking, and entrepreneurial skills using non-formal education techniques.

●      How to design learner-centered, flexible educational paths that can adapt to diverse learners and contexts.

●      Strategies to build supportive learning communities and peer networks.

●      How to prepare your own multiplication plan to share and scale entrepreneurship education in your region.

●      How to foster entrepreneurial mindsets and skills such as creativity and resilience.

●      How to build flexible, learner-driven educational paths for entrepreneurship.

How to succeed in this course

●      Engage actively: participate in all exercises and discussions; your reflections and insights are valuable.

●      Collaborate: give and receive constructive feedback with peers to enrich your learning.

●      Apply your experience: connect course content with your own context and aspirations as an entrepreneur and trainer.

●      Plan ahead: use the course as preparation for the in-person training in November 2025, where you will present and further develop your ideas.

Support and Resources

Throughout the course, you will have access to:

●      Clear instructions and examples for each exercise.

●      Peer discussion forums to share experiences and ask questions.

●      Supplementary materials and templates to support your learning path designs and reflections.

●      Guidance from facilitators to help you navigate the course content and assignments.

Next Steps

●      Begin with Module 1, where you will reflect on business models and entrepreneurship education experiences.

●      Follow the module sequence at your own pace, aiming to complete all exercises and modules by the end of October 2025.

●      Prepare to share your multiplication plan and learning path designs during the November training event.

We are excited to accompany you on this journey of discovery, creativity, and impact!

If you have any questions or need assistance at any point, please reach out to your course facilitator (Maya and Silvia) via the HOP platform messaging system.

Let’s get started: your entrepreneurial education journey awaits!

This course is developed as part of the Erasmus+ project City Shapers: Harnessing Action and Policy Empowerment (C-SHAPE), with ID number 2025-1-EL02-KA220-YOU-000360641. The course aims to equip young people, youth workers, and community leaders with the digital skills, knowledge, and practical tools needed to actively participate in civic life, influence decision-making processes, and lead community-driven initiatives in the digital age.

This course is open from January 2026 until the MSCA application submission deadline.

Participants are welcome to join at any time during this period, allowing you to start your learning journey when it best suits your schedule and project timeline.

Throughout the course, there will be pre-scheduled sessions for:

• Impact Workshops with innovation councilors

• Q&A Sessions with research councilors

You will receive a calendar of these events upon enrollment, so you can plan ahead and make the most of these valuable interactive opportunities.

Your Learning Journey

Throughout this course, you will embark on a structured and interactive learning journey that includes:

• Project Planning: Learn how to strategically plan your MSCA project application, from defining objectives to outlining work packages.

• Content Development: Receive detailed guidance and expert tips on crafting each section of your application to meet MSCA evaluation criteria.

• Interactive Workshops: Participate in an online workshop focused on maximizing the Impact section of your proposal, a critical component for success.

• Q&A Sessions: Engage directly with experienced research counselors during live Q&A sessions to clarify doubts and gain personalized advice.

• Application Feedback: Submit your draft project application for constructive feedback from a research counselor, helping you refine and strengthen your proposal.

• Collaboration Tasks: Complete practical tasks designed to enhance collaboration with your supervisor, ensuring your project is well-aligned and supported.

If you have any questions or need assistance, don’t hesitate to reach out through the course platform’s messaging system.

Welcome to the SHER-Y Online Educational Resource (OER), developed within the Erasmus+ project SHER-Y – Sexual Health Education Resources for Youth.

This learning resource has been designed to support youth workers, educators, youth leaders, and other professionals who work with adolescents. It provides practical knowledge, tools, and learning activities to help facilitate open, informed, and age-appropriate conversations about sexual health, relationships, consent, body image, communication, and digital safety.

The course recognises that young people today face a complex social and digital environment that influences how they understand relationships, identity, sexuality, and personal boundaries. At the same time, many professionals report feeling underprepared or lacking practical resources to confidently address these topics. This OER aims to bridge that gap by providing accessible, evidence-informed, and youth-centred learning opportunities.

Throughout the course, you will explore key topics related to adolescent sexual health and wellbeing, including:

• Puberty, body image, and self-esteem;
• Consent and personal boundaries;
• Healthy and unhealthy relationships;
• Communication, respect, and emotional intelligence;
• Pressure, manipulation, and coercion;
• Digital relationships, online behaviour, and safety;
• Practical methods and activities for working with young people.

The learning experience combines short learning units, reflection activities, practical examples, and interactive exercises that encourage active engagement and application to real-life youth work practice.

By completing this course, you will strengthen your knowledge, increase your confidence in addressing sensitive topics, and gain practical tools that can be immediately applied in educational and youth work settings.

We encourage you to actively participate, reflect on your own experiences, and consider how the ideas and approaches presented throughout the course can support the young people you work with.

Thank you for joining us on this learning journey.

EPIC Bonds is an online learning course that explores how thinking patterns, emotions and social dynamics influence attitudes, decisions and relationships in work with young people. Through a series of short webinars and follow-up microlearning activities, participants explore topics such as cognitive biases, fast and slow thinking, stereotypes, power relations, inclusion, polarisation and resilience. The course uses examples from popular culture such as Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Wicked, Wednesday and Star Wars as accessible entry points to discuss complex psychological and social mechanisms.

The course is designed for youth workers, educators, trainers and other professionals working with young people. Each topic begins with a 60-minute webinar and is followed by a short microlearning phase with brief reflections and practical tasks that help participants connect the ideas from the webinar with their everyday practice. Participation is open and free of charge after registration.

**PO POLSKU**

EPIC Bonds to kurs online, który pokazuje, w jaki sposób schematy myślenia, emocje i dynamika społeczna wpływają na postawy, decyzje i relacje w pracy z młodzieżą. W serii krótkich webinarów oraz następujących po nich aktywności microlearningowych osoby uczestniczące poznają zagadnienia takie jak błędy poznawcze, szybkie i wolne myślenie, stereotypy, relacje władzy, włączanie społeczne, polaryzacja oraz rezyliencja. Punktem wyjścia do rozmowy o złożonych mechanizmach psychologicznych i społecznych są przykłady z popkultury, takie jak Harry Potter, Władca Pierścieni, Wicked, Wednesday czy Star Wars.

Kurs jest przeznaczony dla osób pracujących z młodzieżą, edukatorów i edukatorek, trenerek i trenerów oraz innych osób zainteresowanych edukacją i pracą społeczną. Każdy temat rozpoczyna się 60-minutowym webinarem, po którym następuje krótki etap microlearningu z refleksjami i prostymi zadaniami pomagającymi przełożyć omawiane idee na codzienną praktykę. Udział w kursie jest bezpłatny po wcześniejszej rejestracji.

***Čeština***

EPIC Bonds je online kurz zaměřený na to, jak myšlenkové vzorce, emoce a sociální dynamika ovlivňují postoje, rozhodování a vztahy při práci s mladými lidmi. Prostřednictvím série krátkých webinářů a navazujících microlearningových aktivit účastníci a účastnice prozkoumají témata jako kognitivní zkreslení, rychlé a pomalé myšlení, stereotypy, mocenské vztahy, inkluzi, polarizaci a odolnost. Příklady z populární kultury, jako jsou Harry Potter, Pán prstenů, Wicked, Wednesday nebo Star Wars, slouží jako přístupný způsob, jak otevřít diskusi o složitějších psychologických a sociálních mechanismech.

Kurz je určen pracovníkům a pracovnicím s mládeží, pedagogům a pedagožkám, lektorům a lektorkám a dalším, kteří pracují s mladými lidmi. Každé téma začíná hodinovým webinářem a pokračuje krátkou fází microlearningu s reflexemi a jednoduchými úkoly, které pomáhají propojit obsah webináře s každodenní praxí. Účast v kurzu je zdarma po registraci.

***Lietuvių***

EPIC Bonds yra internetinis kursas, skirtas geriau suprasti, kaip mąstymo modeliai, emocijos ir socialinė dinamika veikia požiūrį, sprendimus ir santykius dirbant su jaunimu. Per trumpų internetinių seminarų seriją ir vėlesnes microlearning veiklas dalyviai nagrinėja tokias temas kaip kognityviniai šališkumai, greitas ir lėtas mąstymas, stereotipai, galios santykiai, įtrauktis, poliarizacija ir atsparumas. Populiariosios kultūros pavyzdžiai, tokie kaip Harry Potter, Žiedų valdovas, Wicked, Wednesday ar Star Wars, naudojami kaip lengvai suprantamas būdas kalbėti apie sudėtingus psichologinius ir socialinius procesus.

Kursas skirtas jaunimo darbuotojams, pedagogams, mokytojams, treneriams ir kitiems specialistams, dirbantiems su jaunimu. Kiekviena tema prasideda 60 minučių internetiniu seminaru, po kurio seka trumpas microlearning etapas su refleksijomis ir praktinėmis užduotimis, padedančiomis pritaikyti idėjas kasdienėje veikloje. Dalyvavimas kurse yra nemokamas po registracijos.

***Italiano***

EPIC Bonds è un corso online che esplora come i modelli di pensiero, le emozioni e le dinamiche sociali influenzano atteggiamenti, decisioni e relazioni nel lavoro con i giovani. Attraverso una serie di brevi webinar e attività di microlearning successive, i partecipanti approfondiscono temi come bias cognitivi, pensiero veloce e lento, stereotipi, relazioni di potere, inclusione, polarizzazione e resilienza. Esempi della cultura popolare, come Harry Potter, Il Signore degli Anelli, Wicked, Wednesday e Star Wars, vengono utilizzati come punto di partenza per discutere meccanismi psicologici e sociali complessi.

Il corso è rivolto a youth worker, educatori, formatori e ad altre persone che lavorano con i giovani. Ogni tema inizia con un webinar di 60 minuti, seguito da una breve fase di microlearning con riflessioni e piccole attività pratiche che aiutano a collegare le idee del webinar alla pratica quotidiana. La partecipazione al corso è gratuita previa registrazione.

***Português***

EPIC Bonds é um curso online que explora como os padrões de pensamento, as emoções e as dinâmicas sociais influenciam atitudes, decisões e relações no trabalho com jovens. Através de uma série de webinars curtos e de atividades de microlearning realizadas posteriormente, os participantes exploram temas como vieses cognitivos, pensamento rápido e lento, estereótipos, relações de poder, inclusão, polarização e resiliência. Exemplos da cultura popular, como Harry Potter, O Senhor dos Anéis, Wicked, Wednesday e Star Wars, são utilizados como ponto de partida para refletir sobre mecanismos psicológicos e sociais complexos.

O curso destina-se a trabalhadores da juventude, educadores, formadores e outras pessoas que trabalham com jovens. Cada tema começa com um webinar de 60 minutos, seguido de uma breve fase de microlearning com reflexões e pequenas tarefas práticas que ajudam a aplicar as ideias do webinar no trabalho diário. A participação no curso é gratuita mediante registo.

Welcome to the #NormShift Online Educational Resource (OER), developed within the Erasmus+ project #NormShift: Empowering Youth for Alcohol-Free and Healthy Lifestyles in the Digital Age.

This course is designed for youth workers, educators, youth leaders, and other professionals working with adolescents. It provides practical knowledge, tools, and activities that support alcohol prevention, healthy lifestyle choices, and youth empowerment.

The course explores key topics such as social norms, peer influence, confidence-building, decision-making, healthy lifestyles, and youth participation. Through interactive learning units, reflection activities, and practical resources, participants will strengthen their ability to support young people in making informed choices and developing healthier behaviours.

We encourage you to actively engage with the course materials and consider how the approaches presented throughout the course can be applied in your own educational and youth work practice.

Thank you for joining us on this learning journey.

This online training course has been developed within the Erasmus+ project SHINE: Skills for Harmonizing INclusion in Dance Education (Project No. 2024-2-EL01-KA210-VET-000283870). It is designed for current and aspiring dance facilitators, dance educators, community artists, and dancers who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in inclusive dance practice.

The course explores the principles, methodologies, and practical approaches that support meaningful participation in dance for people with diverse disabilities, access needs, and lived experiences. Through a combination of theoretical content, practical examples, reflection activities, discussions, and quizzes, participants will be encouraged to critically reflect on their own practice and develop more inclusive approaches to teaching and facilitating dance.

The training is grounded in the social model of disability and promotes participant-centred, accessible, and creative approaches to dance education.

Last update: June 2026

Course authors and contributors: Inclusive dance practitioners, educators, and choreographers from EXIS Dance Company (Greece), La Verità Dance Company (Belgium) and Inclusive Dance Cork (Ireland)

Course provider: Erasmus+ Project SHINE - Skills for Harmonizing INclusion in Dance Education

Course duration: Approximately 30 hours self-paced learning

Course language: English

Requirements: No prior experience in inclusive dance is required

Target group:

• Dance teachers and facilitators
• Professional and emerging dancers
• Community artists
• Dance students
• People interested in inclusive arts and education

Learning recognition: Digital badge

What will you learn?

By completing this course, you will:

• Understand the history and key principles of inclusive dance
• Explore different models of disability and their impact on dance practice
• Reflect on the role of language, identity, and inclusion
• Develop practical strategies for working with dancers with different disabilities and access needs
• Learn methods for adapting movement and communicating dance concepts across diverse bodies
• Explore inclusive pedagogical approaches and facilitation techniques
• Understand how to create accessible dance environments and support participation
• Develop inclusive administration, communication, and recruitment practices
• Reflect on your own teaching and facilitation practice and identify opportunities for growth

Course Structure

The course is organised into four thematic sections:

A. Foundations & Philosophy

• History of Inclusive Dance
• Models of Disability
• Language

B. Practical Approaches by Disability

• Physical and mobility impairments
• Visual impairments
• Hearing impairments
• Intellectual and learning disabilities
• Neurodivergence

C. Methodology and Pedagogical Practice

• Translation Skills
• Strategies to Be Authentically Inclusive
• The Beginning and End of an Inclusive Dance Class

D. Environment & Administration

• Outside and Inside the Dancing Space
• Access Support
• Administration

Throughout the course, participants will engage with reflection activities, discussion forums, practical exercises, and knowledge checks designed to support both learning and application in real-world dance contexts.

An online training course developed by the Hellenic National Agency of Erasmus + / Youth aiming at equipping new comers with learning facilitation competences.

Training Course: 1-12 December 2025, including 5 ZOOM meetings | online

The aim of this training course is to provide a comprehensive framework for understanding the role and profile of a trainer in non-formal education (NFE) within the youth field. This TC will provide participants the opportunity to explore the principles of non-formal learning, including the values and attitudes and engage with the theoretical foundations and core methods of non-formal education, gaining deeper insight into the pedagogical approaches that shape learning in the youth field. The training will also address the distinctions between the roles of trainer, facilitator, leader, and mentor, helping participants clarify their role and responsibilities within a learning process.

Objectives

• To support participants in designing meaningful educational activities in the context of the youth work field
• To introduce and actively engage them with tools and methods used in non-formal learning
• To explore the core principles of NFE and Erasmus+ and delve into the values underpinning the role of trainers in the youth field
• To familiarize participants with the ETS Competence Model for Trainers and foster the further development of their competences as trainers

Target Group

We are looking for:

• Youth workers, youth leaders, mentors, or active young people with experience in Erasmus+ and/or international youth work,
• Individuals who have participated in or organized international youth projects, youth exchanges, or volunteering activities,
• Those ready to take the next step and explore the role of a trainer in youth work field

Important to know

• The working language will be (international) English. Your English does not have to be perfect, but you need to be able to follow presentations and have discussions in English

WHAT IS THE COURSE ABOUT

Aim: the online course aims to develop reflections and educational practices for the creation of online “safe(r) spaces” for young people.

Target/s: the online course is targeted to youth workers and facilitators, starting from those working in youth centers settled in the suburbs of big cities and involving young people at risk of exclusion and isolation. In the same time, the course aims at having a larger impact, bringing on board European youth workers involved in educative actions with more “vulnerabilized” young people.

Content: the course will cover various subjects to explore the different aspects of Safe(s) Space  in Youth Work, including: Getting to Know Each Other’s; Well-being; Diagnostic of target group/s challenges and needs; Online discrimination/isolation – Connections/interactions; I.A. impact; Fear of judgment; Lack of authenticity; Gender and online; Practices, tools and approaches for "safe(r)" spaces.

The course consists of four modules:
Module 1 - First Steps: how to interact online and first reflection about well-being, acknowledging multiple perspectives (120’)
Module 2 - Mapping: how to analyze the context - similarities and differences concerning the youth main challenges (120’)
Module 3 –  “Terra Ignota”: what are the main youth challenges online and what are the interconnections between gender and online (120’)
Module 4 - Grounding: what "safe(r) space" is - practices, tools and approaches for youth expression, safety, trust and well-being (130’)

Course authors: Sara Mandozzi
Course duration: self-paced (approx. 2 hours for each module)
Course language: English
Target group: youth workers and educators
Requirements: none

Η δραστηριότητα TCA με τίτλο “Youth Participation in Erasmus+ Projects” στοχεύει στην ενίσχυση της στρατηγικής για τη συμμετοχή των νέων (Youth Participation Strategy) στις δράσεις του προγράμματος Erasmus+/Νεολαία, καθώς και στα οφέλη της συμμετοχής των νέων, ιδίως των νέων με λιγότερες ευκαιρίες, σε όλες τις φάσεις ενός σχεδίου. Εκπρόσωποι φορέων και οργανώσεων σε εθνικό επίπεδο οι οποίοι δραστηριοποιούνται στα προγράμματα Erasmus+/Νεολαία, youth workers και youth leaders 18-30 ετών που ενδιαφέρονται να δημιουργήσουν τη δική τους άτυπη ομάδα νέων και να συμμετέχουν στο πρόγραμμα θα έχουν την ευκαιρία να αναστοχαστούν να μελετήσουν και να διερευνήσουν τις ανάγκες τους ως μια άτυπη ομάδα νέων και να δημιουργήσουν ένα δικό τους Project.

Representatives of institutions and organizations at national level who are active in the Erasmus+/Youth programs, youth workers and youth leaders aged 18-30 who are interested in creating their own informal youth group and participating in the program will have the opportunity to reflect, study and explore their needs as an informal youth group and create their own Project.

Dates: 22nd October - 6th December 2024
Course facilitators: Nerijus Kriauciunas and Laimonas Ragauskas

Course provider: 

This course is coordinated by the SALTO European Solidarity Corps Resource Centre, hosted by the Lithuanian National Agency for European Solidarity Corps (Agency of Youth Affairs)  in partnership with the German National Agency for European Solidarity Corps (JUGEND für Europa). 

The content is developed by the team of course facilitators and developers from the NGO "AWERO" in cooperation with a range of external experts and researchers. 

Course language: English, with most content translated to Spanish, Italian, German and Turkish.

Target group: anyone interested in European Solidarity Corps

Course credentials: Open Digital Badges and a Youthpass certificate

Get a glimpse into the course - https://youtu.be/9OOArStVQHo 

To πρόγραμμα “Young people with special needs creating Solidarity” , υλοποιείται στο πλαίσιο των δραστηριοτήτων δικτύωσης ΝΕΤ του Ευρωπαϊκού Σώματος Αλληλεγγύης  με σκοπό την ανάδειξη των νέων με ειδικές ικανότητες ως πρωταγωνιστές στο Πρόγραμμα της ΕΕ Ευρωπαϊκό Σώμα Αλληλεγγύης και η ενίσχυση της σημασίας της συμπερίληψης ως βασική προτεραιότητα του Προγράμματος. 

Στη διάρκειά του, θα ανακαλύψουμε τι σημαίνει Αλληλεγγύη, ποιο ρόλο παίζει η προτεραιότητα της ένταξης και της πολυμορφίας στα σχέδιά μας και πως μπορούμε να επωφεληθούμε από την Εθνική στρατηγική και την ομάδα εργασίας αυτής. 

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This partnership building activity is designed to help organizations develop Erasmus+/Youth projects on environmental sustainability. Through self-paced learning and 5 ZOOM meetings, participants will network, gain knowledge, and create project proposals for R3/2025.  

The TCA is designed for youth workers, youth leaders and youth project managers and aims:

• to increase awareness and understanding of environmental sustainability in the youth sector.

• to provide tools and methodologies for developing sustainable youth projects.

• to create opportunities for networking and partnership building among organizations.

• to explore how Erasmus+ can support green initiatives and collaborations.

• to encourage participants to develop concrete project ideas for future Erasmus+ applications.