🌐🛡️ Empowering Youth Volunteering for Preparedness and Resilience across Europe – Interactive European Solidarity Corps Webinar Series 🇪🇺✨

🌍 Project Overview
This European-level E-learning Webinar Series focuses on youth volunteering, preparedness, and resilience as emerging priorities within EU youth policies. With a strong emphasis on the European Solidarity Corps, the webinars explore how youth volunteering can meaningfully contribute to community preparedness without becoming emergency response, while strengthening cooperation between youth organisations and civil protection actors. The initiative supports a whole-of-society approach to preparedness, encouraging dialogue, shared understanding, and future project development across sectors.

🎯 Webinar Focus & Content
🧠 Understanding preparedness and resilience as a new EU youth priority
🤝 Exploring the role of youth volunteering within the European Preparedness Strategy
🛡️ Clarifying non-emergency roles of volunteers in preparedness contexts
🌍 Strengthening cooperation between youth organisations and civil protection actors
📋 Translating ideas into eligible, high-quality European Solidarity Corps projects
⚙️ Project design, Quality Label requirements, safeguards, and implementation aspects
🚫 Common pitfalls and good practices in preparedness-focused volunteering projects

🧩 Webinar Structure
💻 Webinar 1 – Youth Volunteering, Resilience & the European Preparedness Strategy
💻 Webinar 2 – Youth Volunteering & Civil Protection: Practices and Opportunities in ESC
Participation in Webinar 1 is recommended to fully benefit from Webinar 2, though it can be attended as a standalone session.

👥 Target Groups
🤝 European Solidarity Corps organisations and beneficiaries
🚒 Civil protection and preparedness organisations interested in youth engagement
🏛️ National Agencies and SALTO stakeholders
📚 Youth workers, trainers, mentors, project managers, policy makers
🌍 Anyone interested in preparedness, resilience, and youth volunteering

🎓 Learning Approach
💬 Interactive discussions and expert inputs
🧩 Practical examples and real-life practices
🤝 Cross-sector dialogue and shared learning
🛠️ Clear guidance on programme requirements and cooperation models

📍 Format & Location
Online Webinar (E-learning) 🌐
Hosted from Austria 🇦🇹

🧭 Activity Type
E-learning Webinar Series (European Solidarity Corps / Erasmus+ Youth)

🎯 Activity Topics
🛡️ Preparedness & resilience
🤝 Youth volunteering & solidarity
🏛️ European youth policies
🚑 Civil protection cooperation
📚 Education and training

🌍 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
🌍 Plus Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU and other countries worldwide, as listed in the official call.

📆 Activity Dates
Webinar 1: 22 January 2026
Webinar 2: 19 February 2026

⏰ Application Deadline
📅 20 January 2026

🔗 Application Link
http://trainings.salto-youth.net/14275

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