🧠🌿 Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Austria 🇦🇹 Building Mental Wellbeing Habits and Emotional Resilience Together 🌍 Habitus Bonus 🇦🇹

Project Type
Erasmus+ Youth Exchange

Project Title
Habitus Bonus

Location
📍 Rettenegg, Austria 🇦🇹

Activity Dates
📅 14–22 May 2026

Participating Countries
🇦🇹 Austria
🇲🇰 North Macedonia
🇷🇴 Romania
🇹🇷 Türkiye
🇷🇸 Serbia
🇪🇸 Spain

Participants
👥 7 participants per country
👤 6 young participants + 1 group leader

Target Group
🎯 Young people aged 18–30 (main target: 18–25)

Project Description
Habitus Bonus is an Erasmus+ Youth Exchange designed to support young people’s mental wellbeing, emotional resilience, and personal development through habit-building, mindfulness, and intercultural learning. The project responds to increasing levels of anxiety, stress, and social isolation among young people by offering practical, accessible tools for self-awareness, emotional balance, and healthy routines.

Through shared living in nature, daily mindfulness practices, non-formal education, and international teamwork, participants will explore how small habits can lead to long-term mental health benefits while building strong intercultural connections.

Project Objectives
🧠 Strengthen self-awareness and emotional resilience
🧘 Introduce mindfulness and meditation as stress-management tools
🌍 Promote Erasmus+ values and European cooperation
🤝 Develop intercultural dialogue and teamwork skills
💬 Raise awareness of mental health through local “Mind Matters” follow-up activities
🎯 Support personal goal-setting and sustainable habit formation

Participant Profile
👤 Aged 18–30
🗣️ Communicative level of English
💚 Strong interest in mental health, wellbeing, and self-development
🤝 Motivated to engage in international teamwork and follow-up activities
📲 Willing to support visibility and dissemination activities
♿ 24 participants with fewer opportunities (social, geographical, economic)

Working Methods
🌱 Learning by doing through daily mindfulness, meditation, and habit-building
🧊 Ice-breakers and outdoor team-building activities
🛠️ Interactive workshops on stress management and emotional resilience
💬 Group discussions, storytelling, and peer learning
📊 Daily reflection and evaluation sessions

Accommodation & Venue
🏡 Participants will stay in Rettenegg, Austria
🔗 https://dielams.at/
🛏️ Shared rooms (3–5 people per room), same gender, mixed nationalities
🚿 Each room with private bathroom
🌲 Large outdoor area surrounded by mountains and nature
🍽️ Common dining and working spaces

Food & Costs
🍽️ Accommodation and food are 100% covered by Erasmus+
✈️ Travel costs reimbursed according to Erasmus+ distance bands
⚠️ Costs are covered only between 14–22 May 2026
⚠️ Extra days or holiday travel are not reimbursed

Travel & Reimbursement Notes
🚌 Organised bus transfer Vienna – Rettenegg – Vienna included
💶 Travel budget limits apply per country
📄 All original tickets, invoices, and boarding passes are mandatory

Application Deadline
⏰ 1 March 2026
📌 Only selected candidates will be contacted

Application Form
🔗 https://forms.gle/ug3v6b4LYFgqtjUW6

Infopack
📘 https://www.canva.com/design/DAG_ChppbIM/Wx1uZ5-uwBlxfWqep_xfNQ/view

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