🇷🇸 Erasmus+ Training Course in Serbia 🏕️ Nature-Based Learning and Outdoor Youth Work Under Tents 🌿

Are you ready to immerse yourself in nature and rediscover it through all five senses? CampINLE is a 10-day Erasmus+ mobility of youth workers on the banks of the river Tisa in Serbia, where you will live under tents, sleep beneath the stars, cook over open fires, and learn how nature immersion and experiential learning can support young people's wellbeing, personal growth, and connection to the natural world.

About the Project

CampINLE (Camping as an Alternative: Immersion in a Natural Learning Environment) is a Professional Development Activity, "Nature Connect: Empowering Youth Work", bringing together 28 youth workers from seven countries. It increases youth workers' awareness of the natural world and young people's connection to it, helping them improve their respect and understanding of the outdoors while experiencing a healthy activity and natural environment.

The approach invites you to look more boldly at nature as a learning ground. You will become enveloped in the wilderness, and by organising the activity differently, CampINLE encourages team building and gives you the chance to develop new skills in a fun, creative environment. Its nature-based approach highlights the therapeutic power of the outdoors, promoting mental wellbeing and personal growth in a supportive, non-intimidating environment, alongside healthy lifestyles and sustainable habits.

Overall Goal

🌳 To develop and reinforce the competencies of current and future youth workers in using the outdoors and natural resources to plan and implement activities for youth, with a focus on the therapeutic benefits of time spent in nature.

Objectives

🧰 Provide participants with a toolbox to use nature experiences to support youth mental health and wellbeing

⛺ Equip participants with nature-based methodologies and skills to organise and lead youth exchanges in nature under tents

🌱 Improve understanding of nature's role in youth wellbeing and holistic, multisensory ways of relating to nature

🤝 Enhance the capacity to engage youth in activities fostering personal growth, wellbeing, and environmental care

🌍 Promote empathy and eco-friendly initiatives that deepen young people's connection to nature and environmental awareness

✨ Develop skills in designing and facilitating impactful, memorable nature immersion activities

Who Can Apply

🎂 People aged 18 and over (mostly between 20 and 35, with no upper limit)

🌿 Actively working with youth, or with a strong desire and serious intention to become a youth worker

🏕️ Willing to sleep in a tent at night and stay outdoors all day, and comfortable immersing in natural learning environments

🗣️ Effective communication or solid knowledge of English is desirable but not an absolute requirement

🤝 At least two participants per country who are disadvantaged due to geographical, economic, cultural, educational, or social barriers (people with fewer opportunities)

This mobility is aimed at residents of 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇨🇿 Czechia, 🇷🇴 Romania, and 🇱🇻 Latvia (4 participants per country), who must be resident in the country of their sending organisation.

Working Methods

🎨 Workshops and group work, including participant-led workshops, peer education, brief lectures, interactive presentations, and mentorship

🛠️ Practical tasks, creative sessions, research, simulations, and role-play games

🌲 Learning in nature, throughout nature, and through immersion in nature, activating all the senses, with an emphasis on learning by doing and learning from experience

The working language is English. The programme uses the YCampINLE and NEXUS models, tailored to participants' interests and goals.

Accommodation and Food

⛺ Accommodation is in a tented camp (1, 2, or 3 people per tent), tucked away in nature yet close to the small town, surrounded by meadows, woodland, and riverside environments; tents, camping equipment, and indoor working space are provided, with backup accommodation in case of bad weather

🍽️ Most meals are freshly prepared on-site by a field cook using local ingredients, with some meals in a nearby riverside restaurant and the chance to cook your own food outdoors; vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options are available if you inform the organisers in advance

🩺 All participants must have insurance, as the European Health Insurance Card does not work in Serbia

Participation and Obligations

✅ Attend all sessions and activities; deliberately missing sessions or arriving late/leaving early is not allowed, and the programme is intensive (6 to 8 hours daily)

🤝 Respect all participants, their cultures and ways of seeing the world, and strictly follow the rules and schedules

📜 Your participation includes preliminary preparation, the activity, and follow-up dissemination locally, and all participants receive a Youthpass

Travel and Reimbursement

Travel, accommodation, food, and participation are free of charge, co-funded by Erasmus+. Green travel is encouraged and obligatory for participants from Italy, Czechia, Hungary, Croatia, and Romania. Indicative travel budgets per person (green / non-green):

💶 Italy and Czechia €417 / €309, Latvia €417 / €309, Hungary, Croatia, and Romania €285 / €211

Consult the organisers about routes and prices before buying any tickets, keep all original tickets, boarding passes, and invoices, and note that costs above the allocated amount are your own contribution.

Want to understand how Erasmus+ works and what it covers before you apply? Read this first: https://youthworkshub.org/15096/

How to Apply

Fill out the online application form, taking your time with the reflective questions, as participants are selected based on their profile and the quality of their application. Consult the organisers before booking any travel.