📸🎭 Erasmus+ Training Course in France 🇫🇷 Perspektivo Photography with Purpose Empowering Youth Workers Through Visual Storytelling and Social Change 🇫🇷

Perspektivo is an Erasmus+ Training Course designed for youth workers, educators, photographers, and community practitioners who want to explore photography as a powerful tool for social change, critical thinking, and community engagement. Hosted in southwest France, the project brings together participants from across Europe to develop visual storytelling skills while questioning dominant narratives, ethics of representation, and the social impact of images.

🗓️ Activity Dates
📅 28 March – 5 April 2026
✈️ Arrival: 28 March 2026
✈️ Departure: 5 April 2026

🇫🇷 Location
📍 Pau & Laroin, France
🏕️ Venue: Iktus campsite, a natural space near a lake close to Pau

🎯 What Is Perspektivo About
📸 Use photography as a tool for social change and education
🧠 Develop critical thinking around visual media and dominant narratives
🌍 Explore social justice, representation, and ethics in storytelling
🎨 Combine documentary photography with creative and participatory methods
🖼️ Co-create a collective public exhibition engaging the local community

🧩 Main Learning Themes
📷 Documentary photography and photojournalism
🧠 Media literacy and critical image analysis
🌱 Photography for social change moving from observation to action
🧭 Ethics and representation challenging stereotypes and the colonial gaze
🗣️ Participatory photography empowering communities
🌈 Intercultural exchange and dialogue across Europe
🚀 Utopian thinking and creating new visual narratives

🛠️ Activities & Methods
📸 Practical photography workshops
🎨 Creative and experiential workshops
🧩 Team projects in international groups
💬 Open discussions in a safe learning space
🖼️ Final public exhibition designed and launched by participants

👥 Who Can Apply
🎓 Youth workers, educators, photographers, photojournalists, activists
🎯 People involved in community-based or social projects
🧑 Aged 18+
🌍 Interested in visual storytelling, social justice, and creative tools
🤝 Open-minded and ready for participatory and experiential learning

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

🏛️ Organising Organisation
RAKONTO – an association of international storytellers promoting socially and environmentally just transitions through art, storytelling, and non-formal education
🌐 www.rakonto.org

🍽️ Food & Accommodation
🥗 Vegan and vegetarian meals provided
🏕️ Accommodation at a campsite in shared rooms
🌱 Meals aligned with environmental sustainability and inclusion values

✈️ Travel & Costs
💶 Accommodation, food, and training materials fully covered
✈️ Travel costs reimbursed according to Erasmus+ rules
⚠️ Tickets must be purchased only after organiser approval
📄 Boarding passes and invoices required for reimbursement

📌 Working Language
🗣️ English

📌 Application Deadline
📅 Application Deadline: Not specified (apply as soon as possible)

📄 Infopack
https://cdn.sanity.io/files/ffwgonbk/rakonto-dataset/129c02909dfd2322c4fc4104be5cacdf13b401ba.pdf?dl=Infopack_Perspektivo.pdf

📝 Application Form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdk7U7noL8TAVKMTMUGFocCicmYVJVdtfUQJXW6aIor6qnfpw/viewform?usp=publish-editor

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