🇸🇪🎭✍️ Erasmus+ Training Course in Sweden – “Resilient Threads” Storytelling Bootcamp 🌍✨ Creating Space for Roma Voices & Intercultural Storytelling 🇸🇪

About the Opportunity
🎭 This Erasmus+ Training Course titled “Resilient Threads” Storytelling Bootcamp will take place in Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 and brings together Roma and non-Roma young artists and storytellers.
🌍 The training focuses on empowering Roma voices, strengthening intercultural dialogue, and developing powerful storytelling skills for stage, performance, and public expression.

What Is the Mission?
🧵 To empower Roma and non-Roma youth through storytelling
🌍 To promote intercultural understanding and dialogue
🎤 To create safe and visible spaces for Roma voices and diversity

What Will You Learn?
🎙️ Public speaking techniques
✍️ Storytelling methods for personal and collective narratives
🎭 Creative writing for stage and performance
🧠 Overcoming fear and stage anxiety
🕺 Body language and presence
🌱 Turning lived experience into powerful stories

Who Can Apply?
👤 Aged 18+ (young artists and storytellers)
🎭 Roma and non-Roma youth
🌍 Interested in storytelling, performance, arts, and intercultural dialogue
🗣️ Good command of English (working language)

Participant Profile & Quotas
🎨 10 Roma young artists
  🌍 8 international participants from Erasmus+ countries
  🇸🇪 2 local participants from Sweden
🎭 10 non-Roma young artists (primarily from Sweden)
👥 Total: 20 participants

Why Apply?
✨ Strengthen communication, storytelling, and performance skills
🌍 Connect with young artists from different European cultures
🎤 Roma participants will later share personal or ancestral stories at future Storytelling Nights
🤝 Build long-term artistic and intercultural collaborations

Eligible Countries
🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇹🇷 Türkiye

Accommodation, Food & Travel
🏨 Accommodation and food fully covered
✈️ Travel costs fully reimbursed
💰 No participation fee
📑 Costs covered through lump-sum agreements with participants

Activity Dates
📅 From 18 February 2026 to 21 February 2026
🎭 Core training days: 19–20 February 2026

Application Deadline
📅 Application Deadline: 04 January 2026 (24:00 UTC)

Application Link
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=8NWJRrcmq0-9Zq2Krkf3RnLmAN1Yy_1PhxuHf6NEvJxUM0owRFEyMjhVUFVLWEJHTDVNOVZBNEZFTS4u

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