🇮🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Italy 🌍 Intercultural Dialogue, Inclusion & Social Cohesion at Common Ground 🤝

Brisa Intercultural Italia APS is organising Common Ground: Architects of the Future — an Erasmus+ KA153 Training Course taking place in Siena, Italy, from 17 to 23 August 2026. The course brings together 28 youth workers aged 26 to 34 from Italy, Spain, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Croatia, and Hungary.

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What Is This Training About?

Common Ground aims to strengthen the quality, inclusiveness, and intercultural awareness of youth work across Europe. The main objective is to enhance the competences of youth workers so they can promote a culture of dialogue, respect, and social cohesion in their educational contexts — and be better equipped to actively address nationalism, xenophobia, and discrimination.

Objectives

🛠️ Provide practical tools and inclusive methodologies based on non-formal education, applicable in everyday work with multicultural groups

🗣️ Develop competences in intercultural facilitation, empathetic communication, and conflict management — essential for safe and participatory learning environments

🪞 Promote reflective learning and professional self-awareness — supporting participants in identifying and deconstructing personal stereotypes and biases

📋 Strengthen participants' ability to transfer acquired competences into new programmes, workshops, and local activities — increasing educational impact in their communities

Who Should Apply?

🔹 Age: 26 to 34 years old

🔹 2 to 8 years of experience in Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps, or local youth work

🔹 Works regularly with diverse groups of young people, including those with fewer opportunities — migrants, rural or disadvantaged youth

🔹 Has experience or interest in non-formal education, intercultural dialogue, and inclusion

🔹 Genuinely motivated to address discrimination, xenophobia, identity, and social cohesion

🔹 Willing to develop competences in intercultural facilitation, communication, and conflict management

🔹 Committed to attending all sessions and actively participating in training and follow-up activities

🔹 Motivated to transfer the acquired knowledge into their local work

🔹 Able to communicate in English at a basic working level

🔹 Each national group should aim for gender balance where possible

The Venue — Siena, Italy

🏨 Accommodation: Cannon d'Oro — located in the centre of Siena, within walking distance of the main historical sites. Shared rooms of 3 people, each with a private bathroom. Breakfast provided at the hostel.

🏛️ Training venue: La Corte dei Miracoli — a cultural and social space in Siena promoting community, inclusion, and creativity. Approximately 20 minutes on foot from the accommodation. Participants will walk together between both locations each day.

🌡️ August in Siena is hot and mostly sunny — daytime temperatures around 28–33°C, peaks up to 35–38°C. Nights are warm at around 18–22°C. Bring comfortable, light clothes that allow free movement for both indoor and outdoor activities.

🌍 Intercultural Nights will take place during the evenings — bring traditional food and drinks from your country

Getting There

✈️ Preferred arrival airport: Florence (FLR)

Also reachable via Bologna (BLQ), Pisa (PSA), or Rome (FCO / CIA):

🚆 From Bologna, Florence, or Pisa: travel by train (Trenitalia — www.trenitalia.com)

🚌 From Rome: travel by bus (www.flixbus.it or www.itabus.it)

📧 For different itinerary requests: brisainterculturalitalia@gmail.com

How to Book Travel

⚠️ Do NOT purchase tickets before receiving confirmation from Brisa's team.

1️⃣ Prepare a travel plan

2️⃣ Send the proposal to brisainterculturalitalia@gmail.com

3️⃣ Wait for confirmation from Brisa's team

4️⃣ Buy tickets only after approval

📁 During the project: fill in a reimbursement form with all transportation details and bank information, and upload all receipts, tickets, and boarding passes to a Google Drive folder.

⚠️ Without receipts for all movements (round trip), reimbursement cannot be processed. Store ALL receipts, invoices, emails, and boarding passes.

Travel Budget (per person)

🇮🇹 Italy — €0

🇪🇸 Spain — €309

🇷🇴 Romania — €309

🇬🇷 Greece — €309

🇵🇹 Portugal — €309

🇭🇷 Croatia — €309

🇭🇺 Hungary — €309

What to Bring

🪪 Valid passport or ID — check expiration date

🏥 European Health Insurance Card — mandatory for coverage in Italy

🧴 Toiletries — soap, towels, and flip flops

👕 Comfortable clothes for physical activities and warm weather

🍽️ Traditional food and drinks from your country for Intercultural Nights

💬 Want to understand how Erasmus+ Training Courses work and what to expect before, during, and after? This complete guide covers everything you need: https://youthworkshub.org/15096/