🇪🇪💡🚀 Erasmus+ Training Course in Estonia – Innovation Jam: Tools and Spaces to Innovate in Youth Work 🇪🇪

About the Training Course
Innovation Jam – Tools and Spaces to Innovate in Youth Work is a 5-day Erasmus+ Training Course designed for active youth workers who want to strengthen their capacity to ignite innovation within their organisations, local communities, and youth initiatives.

Innovation processes have long been studied and applied in many professional fields. This training brings those approaches into youth work, empowering participants to facilitate participatory innovation processes, respond creatively to challenges, and co-create meaningful solutions together with young people.

Activity Dates
📅 26–30 May 2026

Location
📍 Estonia 🇪🇪

What Will You Explore?
🔮 Future trends relevant to youth work
🧩 Current challenges in youth work practice
🎨 Creative thinking techniques
🛠️ Practical innovation tools
💶 Funding opportunities for innovation projects (Erasmus+ & beyond)

Learning Goals
🎯 Understand the value of creative thinking for innovation in youth work
📊 Recognise future signals and predictable trends impacting youth work
🤝 Experience participatory innovation tools that support social change
🚀 Increase readiness to apply innovation tools in your own youth work context
💡 Learn how to use Erasmus+ funding opportunities to develop innovative projects

Format & Methodology
🗓️ 5 full days of face-to-face learning
🧠 Experiential and non-formal education approach, including:
• Creative thinking and innovation exercises
• Group work on real youth work challenges
• Reflection on innovation support roles in local communities
• Exploration of innovation funding schemes

Expected Outcomes
✅ Deeper understanding of innovation needs in youth work
✅ Practical skills to apply new tools and methods
✅ Ability to review and improve existing youth work practices
✅ Increased knowledge of funding opportunities for innovation

Team / Trainers
👥 Laimonas Ragauskas
👥 Anita Silva

Participant Profile
This training is recommended for:
• Youth workers
• Youth leaders
• Youth project managers
• Youth policy makers

Number of Participants
👤 24 participants

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

Working Language
🗣️ English

Participation Conditions
💶 Participation fee: Varies by country (set by National Agencies)
🏠 Accommodation & food: Covered by hosting NA / SALTO
✈️ Travel costs: Check with your National Agency or SALTO

Application Deadline
📅 25 February 2026 (24:00 UTC)
📢 Selection results: 13 March 2026

Application & Official Overview
🔗 http://trainings.salto-youth.net/14235

Organiser
🏛️ Estonian National Agency (Erasmus+ Youth)

Contact Person
Anastassia Šegurova
📧 anastassia.segurova@harno.ee
📞 +372 5323 9370

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