🇷🇸 Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Serbia 🔊 Resound Europe — Sound, Music & Cultural Heritage in Belgrade 🎧

What sounds stay with you, even when you leave? A lullaby passed through generations. Voices in a market. Music from a local celebration. A street, a river, a train. Resound Europe is a youth exchange in Belgrade, Serbia that turns these everyday sounds into creative audio works — bringing together young people from five European countries to explore cultural heritage through sound, recording, and audio production.

🎯 About Resound Europe

Resound Europe is an Erasmus+ youth exchange where participants use recordings from their everyday life and local culture as a starting point for creative work. Working in international teams, they transform sounds, stories, and perspectives into new sound-based creations — and present everything at a final public multimedia event in Belgrade.

No previous experience in audio production is required. Just curiosity and openness.

📋 Objectives

🔗 Reconnect with cultural heritage through sound and everyday life experiences

🎨 Develop creativity and co-create artistic outputs in international teams

💻 Gain digital competences in recording, editing, and producing sound-based content

📡 Move from media consumers to active creators through hands-on learning

🌍 Experience intercultural exchange and explore shared European identity through sound

🤝 Be empowered through inclusive participation — especially for young people from diverse and fewer-opportunity backgrounds

🗓️ How the Project Works

Before the exchange:

🖥️ Join 3 online preparation workshops

🎙️ Record one sound from your everyday life

📝 Prepare a short story behind it

During the exchange:

🔊 Share and listen to sounds from different countries

🚶 Explore Belgrade through sound walks and field recording

🎛️ Learn the basics of audio production and editing

🎧 Meet local DJs, sound creatives, and the Belgrade music scene

🤝 Collaborate in international teams to create original audio works

🎬 Present everything at a final public multimedia event in Belgrade

After the exchange:

📣 Share the experience through a local follow-up activity in your community

🏙️ Belgrade as a Sound Environment

Belgrade sits at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers — one of the oldest cities in Southeast Europe and a vibrant contemporary capital. Its streets, markets, trams, public spaces, and nightlife create a layered soundscape that is perfect for this project.

The city is known for its rich and diverse music scene: traditional live music in Skadarlija, jazz, hip-hop, folk, pop, rock, experimental music, and a strong underground club culture shaped by DJs and electronic music. For Resound Europe, Belgrade is not just a place to visit — it is a space to listen, record, interpret, and create.

💵 Local currency is the Serbian dinar (RSD). Card payments are widely accepted, but bring some cash for small expenses.

🎁 What Is Covered

🏠 Accommodation in the Belgrade city area — shared rooms of 3–6 people from different countries, with bed linen and towels provided

🍽️ 3 meals and 2 snacks per day throughout the programme — starting with dinner on 1 July and ending with breakfast on 9 July

🎓 All programme activities and equipment — no professional gear needed, everything is provided by the host

✈️ Travel cost reimbursement according to Erasmus+ rules

Maximum reimbursement per participant:

💶 Italy — up to €309

💶 Spain — up to €395

💶 Portugal — up to €395

💶 Cyprus — up to €309

⚠️ Do not purchase tickets before receiving approval from the host organisation. Only economy class and approved travel arrangements are eligible for reimbursement. Travel costs are reimbursed after the project upon submission of all required documents and completion of a local follow-up activity.

🛡️ Documents & Insurance

📋 Keep all original travel documents — boarding passes, tickets, invoices, and booking confirmations

🏥 Valid health insurance required for the full duration of the mobility

🪪 EU participants are strongly recommended to bring a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)

🎒 What to Bring

🪪 Valid ID or passport

👟 Comfortable clothes for daily activities

🧴 Personal toiletries and any necessary medication

💧 Reusable water bottle

💻 Laptop, smartphone, or basic recording device if available

🌍 Materials for the intercultural evening — snacks, music, or small items from your country

👤 Who Can Apply

This exchange is open to young people aged 18–30 who are interested in sound, music, media, culture, or storytelling. You should be:

🎵 Curious about sound heritage and creative audio expression

🌍 Open to teamwork in an international and multicultural environment

🎓 Willing to learn and try new forms of creative expression

💪 Ready to participate actively — from preparation to follow-up

Each country sends 5 participants (aged 18–30) + 1 group leader (aged 22+). The working language is English. Participants with diverse backgrounds and those who may need additional support are actively welcomed — contact your sending organisation for any specific needs.

🔎 New to Erasmus+ Youth Exchanges? Everything you need to know about how the programme works — from planning to participation — is right here: https://youthworkshub.org/15107/

🌍 Eligible Countries

🇷🇸 Serbia 🇮🇹 Italy 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇪🇸 Spain 🇨🇾 Cyprus

📅 Activity Dates

🛬 Travel days: 1 July & 9 July 2026

🗓️ Exchange dates: 2 — 8 July 2026

📍 Belgrade, Serbia

⏰ Deadline

10 May 2026

Selection results will be communicated by 25 May 2026.

📬 How to Apply

Contact the partner organisation in your country or fill in the application form directly:

📧 Serbia — KULTURNACIJA: connect.kulturnacija@gmail.com

📧 Spain — ALEA: aleaspain@proton.me

📧 Italy — PRO ART LAB: associazioneproartlab@gmail.com

📧 Portugal — VIA URBANA: geral@viaurbana.pt

📧 Cyprus — SIRA IMPACT HUB: siraimpacthub@gmail.com

📝 Application Form: https://forms.gle/i1pd562JSjyiaAVH9

📎 Infopack: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cYIgEEgx_o-hBsgwvgtQCPVk7duHfQGn/view?usp=share_link

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