🇦🇹 Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Austria 🎨 Colours of Tolerance: Art, Inclusion & Dialogue 🌈

This call is for participants based in Greece and Sweden only. "Colours of Tolerance" is a fully funded Erasmus+ youth exchange on art and tolerance in Linz, Austria, from 20 to 28 July 2026. The project as a whole brings together 36 young people (18-30) from Austria, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Türkiye, but this particular listing is recruiting only from Greece and Sweden. Hosted by Agora X, participants create art together, culminating in a final exhibition and performance.

About the Project

Agora X is a group of five students from Austria, driven by a shared vision: to empower young people to think critically, engage with culture and history, and take an active role in shaping a more empathetic and inclusive society. The exchange connects art with inclusion and dialogue and, in cooperation with local youth centres in Linz, brings the participants' work to the public, with the highlight being a Final Performance/Exhibition on 27 July.

Not sure how Erasmus+ Youth Exchanges work? Here are the essentials: https://youthworkshub.org/15096/

What You'll Do

🎨 Develop artistic skills: experiment with different media to express complex themes like tolerance and inclusion

🌍 Enhance intercultural competence: learn directly from each other about the cultures of Austria and the partner countries

🖼️ Create impact: bring your work to the public, with a final exhibition/performance on 27 July

Who Can Apply

📣 This listing is open only to participants based in Greece and Sweden

🔞 Aged 18 to 30

🎨 Interested in art and inclusion

🌍 Open-minded and keen to meet people from all over Europe

🗓️ Available for the whole period (20–28 July)

What's Covered

🏠 100% of accommodation and food at the Jugendgästehaus Linz (three meals a day plus coffee breaks)

🎨 All activity costs (workshop materials, museum entrance fees and local transport for project activities)

✈️ Travel costs reimbursed up to a maximum per person (based on the official Erasmus+ distance calculator), on submission of all original tickets and boarding passes

Travel

🚆 Green travel (train, car-sharing) is encouraged

🗓️ Travel must happen on the official travel days (arrival 20 July / departure 28 July); ask permission if you want to stay longer

🧾 Keep all boarding passes, tickets, receipts and invoices (invoices in your name or your sending organisation's, showing price, currency and date)

⚠️ Don't book anything before confirming your travel plan with the host

Accommodation

🏨 Jugendgästehaus Linz, a modern, youth-friendly hostel, in comfortable 4-bed rooms divided by gender and mixing nationalities

🛏️ Bed linen is provided (bring your own towels and indoor shoes); free Wi-Fi, common areas and a seminar room for the workshops

🪪 Bring your EHIC (E-Card); participants from outside the EU must have valid health insurance for Austria

Partner Countries & Organisations

🇦🇹 Agora X (Austria, host)

🇬🇷 Crete Youth Platform (Greece)

🇸🇪 Youth Inclusion & Empowerment Network – YIEN (Sweden)

🇵🇱 Spring Mindset (Poland)

🇹🇷 Odunpazarı Sosyal Yardımlaşma (Türkiye)

🇵🇹 Associação Ramificar (Portugal)

The Details

📍 Location: Linz, Austria (Jugendgästehaus Linz)

🗓️ Dates: 20 to 28 July 2026

👥 This listing: participants from Greece and Sweden (the full project hosts 36 young people aged 18 to 30 from Austria, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Türkiye)

💶 Funding: Erasmus+ (accommodation, three meals a day and activity costs 100% covered; travel reimbursed up to Erasmus+ limits)

🇬🇧 Working language: English

How to Apply

📝 Fill in the application form (linked below) after reading the infopack. Host coordinator: Elias Hess (eliashess05@icloud.com)