From an alcohol-free, phone-free week sleeping under the stars in Nemoland, a 36-hectare nature reserve of silence in Poland, and zero-waste living in the Bulgarian mountain village of Progled, to educational escape rooms as peacebuilding tools for Generation Z, empathetic leadership taught through sport near Metz, crisis coaching against volunteer burnout blending neuroscience and Psychological First Aid, a cross-border training on the Baltic energy transition, a seaside youth camp in Latvia, free and confidential Erasmus+ guidance for Belarusian youth, and a conference on countering hate speech in Slovakia — this batch of 14 Erasmus+ opportunities spans 11 countries from the Baltic to the Balkans. Two youth exchanges, six training courses and a conference with travel and stay covered, plus four free online programmes and a partnership-building activity.
Erasmus+ trainings, exchanges and conferences cover travel and stay; the online courses, masterclasses and consultations are completely free. Three calls are open "as soon as possible," and the rest close between 10 and 30 July 2026.
What's in this batch:
2 Youth Exchanges · 6 Training Courses · 1 Conference · 4 Free Online Programmes · 1 Partnership-Building Activity · 11 Countries
🎓 Erasmus+ Opportunities
🇱🇻 Latvia — Active Participation, Sustainability and Youth Empowerment (Youth Exchange) 💪
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Ready to learn, act and create change with young people from different countries? This Erasmus+ Youth Exchange combines non-formal education, creative workshops and hands-on teamwork with an outdoor seaside camp, all focused on active participation, sustainability and youth empowerment. Open to residents of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — a Baltic seaside camp where the learning happens outdoors.
🇫🇷 France — Developing Empathetic Leadership and Teamwork Through Sport (Training Course) 🏅
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
What makes a good leader, and can sport teach us how to communicate, motivate and support others? This Erasmus+ Training Course near Metz helps young people step into leadership roles with confidence, using physical activity and non-formal education to build the soft skills every leader and coach needs. Open to applicants from 7 countries across Europe — leadership lessons you sweat for, not sit through.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria — Mission Zero Waste: Sustainable Living in a Mountain Village (Youth Exchange) ♻️
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
Passionate about sustainability? Join the fully funded Erasmus+ Youth Exchange "Mission Zero Waste" in the Bulgarian mountain village of Progled. Learn recycling, composting and zero-waste living, build your confidence to inspire others, and meet young people from across Europe — mountain air and habits that stick for life.
🗺️ Not sure if your country is eligible? The full list of ESC and Erasmus+ programme and partner countries — including many outside the EU. Check eligibility →
🇸🇰 Slovakia — Countering Hate Speech and Changing Narratives (Conference) ✊
📅 Deadline: 10 July 2026
Ready to challenge hate speech and create positive change in your community? Join young activists, educators and changemakers from across Europe and beyond at Changing Narratives: Youth in Action. Explore innovative approaches to countering hate speech, build international partnerships, and develop pilot projects to create impact in your local context — become part of a movement, not just an attendee.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria (Online) — Game-Based Peacebuilding for Generation Z 🎮
📅 Deadline: 15 July 2026
Join an exclusive online masterclass giving educators first access to brand-new tools from the Erasmus+ project InnovatorsLab. Discover how educational escape rooms become powerful tools for peacebuilding and conflict transformation, get a first look at the new Empathy Cards deck, explore ready-to-use escape room guidelines, and receive free digital copies of the project's resources — a free toolkit that turns play into peace education.
🇧🇪 Belgium (Online) — Cultural Mediation and Project Skills 🎭
📅 Deadline: 18 July 2026
A free, self-paced online course for young people who want to create something meaningful and build real-life skills in cultural mediation, leadership, communication, digital literacy and project management. Move through three modules, from discovering heritage to leading teams and planning projects step by step, with case studies, interactive materials and a Youthpass on completion. Open to applicants from 4 countries across Europe — a Youthpass you can earn from your sofa.
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🇧🇬 Bulgaria — Building Emotional Safety and Connection (Training Course) 💚
📅 Deadline: 19 July 2026
A 7-day experiential training designed to deepen your capacity to create emotional safety, for yourself and others. Emotional safety is the foundation that allows honesty without fear, vulnerability without collapse, and difference without disconnection. Turn inward to develop awareness of your own patterns, learn to stay present in moments that usually trigger reactivity, and relate with more clarity, compassion and choice. Open to applicants from 12 countries across Europe — a core competence for anyone who works with people.
🇵🇱 Poland — Crisis Coaching and Volunteer Resilience (Training Course) 🧠
📅 Deadline: 21 July 2026
A five-day intensive course empowering youth leaders and coordinators to tackle volunteer burnout and dropout through innovative crisis coaching. Blending neuroscience, practical psychology and interactive tools, learn to recognise psychological crises, apply Psychological First Aid, boost motivation, and build long-term resilience and well-being in your youth cohorts. Open to applicants from 11 countries across Europe — keep your volunteers before you have to replace them.
🇷🇴 Romania — Media Literacy for Youth Workers (Training Course) 🔍
📅 Deadline: 25 July 2026
A training course strengthening youth workers' skills in media literacy, critical thinking and countering disinformation. Through gamification and non-formal education, learn to identify manipulation, bias and stereotypes in media, sharpen fact-checking skills, and design game-based media literacy activities to run with young people back home — the defence skills every feed-scrolling generation needs.
💡 What do organisations actually look for in applicants? Skills, values, attitude — what makes a strong profile. Read the guide →
🇩🇪 Germany — Youth and the Baltic Energy Transition (Training Course) ⚡
📅 Deadline: 26 July 2026
A cross-border training exploring how the energy transition links climate action, energy security and geopolitical stability in the Baltic Sea region. Through interactive workshops and expert dialogue, co-create non-formal education methods, strengthen young people's sense of agency, and build connections for a just and resilient energy future. Open to applicants from 9 Baltic Sea region countries — where climate, security and youth work meet.
🇵🇱 Poland — Outdoor Learning and Emotional Resilience at Nemoland (Training Course) 🏕️
📅 Deadline: 26 July 2026
An outdoor learning experience using nature, simple living, creative tasks and community as tools for emotional recovery, resilience and teamwork. Set in Nemoland, a 36-hectare remote nature reserve of silence and wild nature, this is a project about slowing down and reconnecting. A completely alcohol-free and phone-free experience where you sleep under the stars and share the cooking. Open to applicants from 39 countries across Europe — the deepest digital detox on this list.
🇬🇪 Georgia (Online) — Partnership Building for Youth Mobility Projects 🌍
📅 Deadline: 27 July 2026
A free two-day virtual partnership-building activity for youth workers and coordinators looking to build Erasmus+ partnerships. Meet organisations from across Europe and neighbouring partner countries, brainstorm project ideas, explore shared youth needs, and co-design quality KA152 and KA153 mobility projects for the October deadline, leaving with concrete partnership leads — walk away with partners, not just contacts.
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🇧🇾 Belarus (Online) — Guidance for Belarusian Youth and Partners (Consultations) 🧭
📅 Deadline: 30 July 2026
Are you a young person from Belarus interested in Erasmus+ or ESC volunteering, whether in Belarus or abroad? Or an organisation unsure how to navigate cooperation with Belarusians? Get personalised, safe, confidential and free guidance: find a sending organisation for long-term ESC, get help with next steps after selection, or discover safe cooperation formats and trusted partners — a rare, safe door into the programme for Belarusian youth.
🇭🇺 Hungary — Building Networks for Social Inclusion (Partnership-Building Activity) 🤝
📅 Deadline: 30 July 2026
Join representatives from NGOs, public institutions, academia and allied sectors for a partnership-building event connecting like-minded organisations across Europe. Explore synergistic opportunities, establish lasting collaborations, and help build a network of dynamic partnerships designed to accelerate innovation, sustainable growth and meaningful social inclusion — more than networking: the foundation of your next project.
Fourteen Erasmus+ opportunities across 11 countries in a single batch — and this is one of the richest training-and-exchange drops of the season for youth workers and young changemakers alike. A phone-free week under the stars in Nemoland's 36 hectares of silence, zero-waste living in the mountain village of Progled, escape rooms as peacebuilding tools for Generation Z, empathetic leadership taught through sport near Metz, crisis coaching against volunteer burnout, the Baltic energy transition, a seaside youth camp in Latvia, and free, confidential guidance for Belarusian youth — these are not calls you'll see grouped together again.
Bulgaria leads with three very different formats — the zero-waste exchange, the emotional-safety training and the online peacebuilding masterclass — while Poland offers two trainings spanning crisis coaching and outdoor resilience. The four online programmes (Belgium's cultural mediation course, Georgia's partnership-building sessions, Bulgaria's masterclass and the Belarus consultations) cost nothing and need no travel at all, which makes them the easiest first step into Erasmus+ anyone can take this month. The three "as soon as possible" calls — Latvia's seaside exchange, the sport-leadership course in France and Mission Zero Waste — reward the fastest applicants, the hate-speech conference in Slovakia closes 10 July, and the calendar runs through to the twin 30 July deadlines in Belarus and Hungary. Choose yours.
