🔑 Key Information
Activity ⭐️ Title
Training Course NGO’s Sustainability 2.0
Activity 🔶 Type | 📆 Dates | 📍Location
Training Course
14-20 September 2026 | Lisboa, Portugal
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❗️What Is This Training About?
Spin is an accredited Erasmus+ KA1 organisation and we are currently preparing a Training Course entitled NGO’s Sustainability 2.0, which will take place in Lisbon, from 14th to 20th September 2026.
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ℹ️ Description About The Opportunity
Spin Association would like to invite partners to be part of a KA1 Training Course project to happen in Bairro Padre Cruz, Carnide council, Lisbon - Portugal from 14th to 20th September 2026 under the theme of COMMUNICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR NGOs. The project will happen under Spin’s KA1 Accreditation. Arrivals on 14th September in the morning and departures on the 20th after breakfast.
Effective communication and strategy shapes how NGOs grow, connect and create impact that lasts. This Training Course focuses on organisational sustainability — helping NGOs to effectively manage resources, funding, teams and processes, designed for youth workers, project coordinators and/or managers, educators, facilitatorsvolunteers and organisation staff who want to explore new paths in communication and organisational development through sustainability.
Objectives to be explored:
- To provide participants with practical/hands-on experience in creating communication plans and
approaches adapted to their organisations realities;
- To develop participants’ organisations plans for sustainability in an ever changing world;
- To develop participants' networks of peers and work synergies.
Participants profile:
- Participants should have at least 18 y.o.
- Residents or native of the partner organisation’s country;
- Good working level of English;
- Interested in learning and sharing knowledge about the topic;
- Commit with an active participation in all activities of the project (preparation before TC, during the TC and local implementation after the TC);
- Able to commit to the full extent of the residential training in Lisbon, Portugal (arrival on 14th September and departure on 20th September 2026);
- Interested on the topic of the training and able to integrate it on their regular work;
Youth workers, project coordinators and/or managers, educators, facilitators, volunteers at NGOs, organisations staff, able to develop a multiplying activity after the residential training in their own organisations, and share the results of it with hosting organisation and fellow participants.
Training overview
This Training Course is
for 20 participants
from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries 
and recommended for
Youth workers, Youth project managers; Trainers
Working language(s):
English
Organiser:
Spin - Associação Spin para o Intercâmbio, Formação e Cooperação entre os Povos (Others)
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📥 Contact
Contact for questions:
Catarina Vitorino
E-Mail:
Phone: +351 916994021
💶 Costs
Participation fee
We do not expect a participation fee.
Accommodation and food
Spin will provide food and accomodation, at no cost to the participants.
Travel reimbursement
Travel costs be reimbursed according to the distance band calculator from the European Commission.
📜 Certificate
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:
https://youthworkshub.org/15122
⚠️ Important Dates
Application deadline (24h UTC): 15 June 2026
Date of selection: 30 June 2026
🔗 Official Link
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