🇦🇲 Erasmus+ Training Course in Armenia 📖 Moving Stories: From Alienation to Connection — Storytelling, Movement & Creative Expression in Aparan 🎭

What stories have shaped you — and how do you share them with someone whose world looks nothing like yours? Moving Stories: From Alienation to Connection is an Erasmus+ training course bringing 24 youth workers, young leaders, and educators from 9 countries to Aparan, Armenia, to explore exactly that. Through storytelling, creative writing, body movement, and theatre, participants develop a toolkit for bridging gaps, building cultural understanding, and creating genuine inclusion.

🎯 About the Project

This international training course is organised by partners from Germany, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Georgia, and Armenia. It takes place at Altera Lab in Aparan, Armenia — a creative and educational space that sets the tone for the kind of learning this programme offers.

The goal is clear: empower educational professionals with a robust toolkit of creative and artistic methods — so they can help young people recognise the stories that build them, and bond through those stories with others across cultures, backgrounds, and borders.

📋 What You’ll Work With

📝 Creative writing — as a tool for self-expression and intercultural understanding

🗣️ Storytelling — learning to recognise, shape, and share the narratives that define us

🕺 Body movement — using physical expression as a bridge between inner experience and outer connection

🎭 Theatre techniques — creating safe, expressive spaces for voice, vulnerability, and creativity

🌍 Non-formal education methods — practical tools you can immediately integrate into your youth work

👤 Who Should Apply

This training course is open to youth workers, young leaders, and educators aged 20+ who are residents of one of the participating countries. The ideal participant is someone who works with young people in educational or community settings and is motivated to expand their creative methodological toolkit.

⚠️ Selections are made on a rolling basis — participants are selected as applications come in, not only after the deadline. Apply as early as possible.

Due to the high volume of applications, only selected participants will be contacted.

🌍 Eligible Countries

🇦🇲 Armenia 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇩🇪 Germany 🇮🇹 Italy 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇪🇸 Spain 🇺🇦 Ukraine

📅 Activity Dates

🛬 Arrival: 2 June 2026

🗓️ Activity days: 3 — 9 June 2026

🛫 Departure: 10 June 2026

📍 Altera Lab, Aparan, Armenia

💡 Not sure how Erasmus+ training courses work or what the programme covers for youth workers? Everything is clearly explained here: https://youthworkshub.org/15096/

⏰ Deadline

25 April 2026 — but apply as soon as possible, as selections are made on a rolling basis!

📬 How to Apply

📝 Application Form: https://forms.gle/kriQPS7m9MuusEjp9

📎 Infopack: https://sites.google.com/view/movingstoriesfromalienationtoc?usp=sharing

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