🇮🇹 Erasmus+ Seminar in Italy 🏛️ Fostering Accreditation: International Seminar for Youth Organisations 📋

Erasmus+ accreditation changes the way an organisation works — and not everyone who holds it, or wants it, fully understands how to make the most of it. Fostering Accreditation is an international seminar organised by the Italian National Agency in Rome, bringing together 30 participants from accredited and non-accredited youth organisations across Erasmus+ programme countries to reflect, share, and develop their approach to accreditation together.

🎯 About the Seminar

This seminar gets to the heart of what Erasmus+ accreditation actually means in practice. Since accreditation allows organisations to receive annual project funding without describing each activity in advance, it creates space for long-term impact, deeper methodologies, and stronger project learning objectives. The question this seminar explores is: how do organisations make the most of that freedom?

The activity is built on the idea of accreditation as a shared learning journey — moving from access to development, and making implicit practices explicit and transferable across different organisational contexts.

⚠️ This seminar will not focus on administrative aspects such as budgeting, reporting, or financial management. The focus is entirely on the qualitative and strategic dimensions of accreditation.

📋 Objectives

🔍 Explore challenges, practices, and approaches in managing accreditation through peer exchange

🧭 Reflect on the alignment between organisations’ mission, vision, and values and Erasmus+ accreditation priorities

📊 Analyse the organisational change generated by accreditation — sustainability, youth involvement, partnership, and impact

💡 Support participants in developing new ideas, approaches, and potential collaborations for their own contexts

🧠 What You’ll Gain

For accredited organisations:

🤝 Exchange experience with other accredited and non-accredited organisations and learn new practices

🔎 Reflect on your organisational development by presenting your goals and challenges

📈 Increase knowledge in monitoring, assessing, and evaluating the quality and impact of accreditation activities

For non-accredited organisations:

🌍 Better understand accreditation through real experiences and discussions with trainers, NA representatives, and accredited organisations

📋 Become more informed and proactive if you intend to apply for accreditation in the future

🤝 Connect with potential partners and get inspired by effective topics and methods

For all participants:

🔭 Explore future directions of accreditation and how to position your organisation in a changing programme landscape

🌐 Networking and expanding your partnership base

🎓 Work on developing practices in youth work around quality, impact, and organisational alignment with Erasmus+

📜 Youthpass certificate provided for recognition of competence development

📋 Who Can Apply

This seminar is open to 30 participants from Erasmus+ programme countries who are:

🏛️ Representatives of accredited organisations managing projects under Erasmus accreditation in the youth field

or

🌱 Representatives of non-accredited organisations with relevant youth work experience who are interested in potentially obtaining accreditation

And who:

🎯 Have a decision-making role in their organisation regarding accreditation design, management, or coordination — youth workers, trainers, project managers, or international cooperation coordinators

🗣️ Are able to work in English

📅 Are available for the entire duration of the seminar

🖥️ Online pre-meeting: Before the seminar, participants will join a 90-minute introductory online session for group introductions and preparation. Details will be shared with selected participants.

♿ The activity and venue are accessible to people with disabilities.

💶 Costs

💰 Participation fee varies by country — contact your National Agency to learn the fee applicable to participants from your country

🏠 Accommodation and food organised and covered by the Italian National Agency

✈️ Travel reimbursement — contact your NA to confirm whether travel support is available and to learn the booking and reimbursement procedure

🌍 Eligible Countries

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

📅 Activity Dates

🗓️ 5 — 9 July 2026

📍 Rome, Italy

⏰ Deadline

14 May 2026

Selection results: 22 May 2026

📬 How to Apply

📝 Apply via SALTO Training Calendar: http://trainings.salto-youth.net/14732

📧 Luca Pignocco: l.pignocco@agenziagioventu.gov.it

📞 +39 06 37591201

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