🌍 This Erasmus+ Training Course takes place in Grenoble, France 🇫🇷 from 16 April 2026 to 22 April 2026.
“The Outdoor Youth Work” brings together 24 youth workers from different geographic and cultural contexts to explore how to integrate the outdoors into everyday youth work — whether in urban centers or rural communities.
📅 Activity Dates
16 April 2026 – 22 April 2026
⏰ Application Deadline
09 March 2026 (24h UTC)
📌 Date of Selection
16 March 2026
📍 Location
Grenoble, France 🇫🇷
🏷 Activity Type
Training Course (Erasmus+)
🎯 Context & Aim
🌍 Address youth disconnection from their environment in an increasingly digital world
🧠 Support mental well-being and learning capacity through outdoor education
🌱 Use nature as a structured and creative learning space
💡 Promote low-cost, inclusive methods adaptable to both cities and rural areas
The course is based on the idea that nature-based education does not require remote wilderness or special equipment. Local parks and green spaces can become powerful tools for non-formal learning.
🧩 Program Highlights
🗺 Context Mapping: Comparing urban and rural youth work realities
🇪🇺 European Competences: Aligning practice with the European Training Strategy (ETS) and its nine competence areas
🌲 Methodology: Exploring five pathways to nature connection and six core principles of safety and ethics
🍳 Creative Kitchen: Designing and delivering outdoor workshops with peer feedback
📈 Results & Impact
🛤 Personal roadmap for integrating outdoor activities into regular youth work
📘 Digital handbook with practical, minimal-resource activities
🤝 Access to an international professional network focused on outdoor youth work
👥 Participants
24 participants
Recommended for: Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, Volunteering mentors
Working language: English
Accessibility: The activity and venue are accessible to people with disabilities.
🌍 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, 🇦🇱 Albania, 🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇯🇴 Jordan, 🇽🇰 Kosovo* (UN Resolution), 🇱🇧 Lebanon, 🇱🇾 Libya, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇲🇦 Morocco, 🇵🇸 Palestine, 🇷🇺 Russian Federation, 🇸🇾 Syria, 🇹🇳 Tunisia, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
💶 Costs & Financial Conditions
🚫 No participation fee
🏠 Accommodation in rented apartments in Grenoble (2–4 persons per room)
🍽 Three meals per day provided
🚆 Transport tickets purchased by the organisation with priority given to green travel (train and bus)
Training overview:
http://trainings.salto-youth.net/14488
Contact:
Andreea Garbea
📧 andreea@asey.org
📞 +40 749 975576
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