🇫🇷 Erasmus+ Training Course in France 🧭 Youth Workers Supporting NEET and Disadvantaged Young People 🤝

Do you work with young people who are not in employment, education or training, and want practical tools to support them better? #StandByMe is an Erasmus+ training course in Narbonne, France, bringing together youth workers from five countries to strengthen their skills for NEET inclusion through non-formal learning.

What the Training Is About

This training course is for youth workers who want to strengthen their skills in supporting young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET). In a collaborative and intercultural environment, participants use non-formal learning, creative methods and peer exchange to build practical tools they can bring back to their organisation. During the course, you explore career guidance, digital inclusion, psychosocial support and intercultural dialogue, all through hands-on activities designed for real youth work practice.

Objectives of the Training

🧭 Strengthen youth workers' competences in supporting NEET and disadvantaged young people.

🧰 Provide practical tools in career guidance, skills mapping and school-to-work transitions.

📱 Explore digital inclusion and media literacy approaches for use with young people.

💬 Develop psychosocial support and resilience-building techniques for youth work.

🌍 Foster intercultural dialogue and language-sensitive practices across five partner countries.

📘 Co-create a Toolkit on NEET Inclusion that participants can use beyond the project.

🤝 Build a transnational network of youth workers committed to inclusion and diversity.

Our Approach

🎭 Throughout the week, you learn by doing, taking part in role plays, hands-on labs, world cafés, forum theatre and co-creation sessions, all designed to give you practical tools you can use directly with NEET youth.

🪞 Every day includes reflection time so you can connect what you learn to your own youth work practice, and space to exchange experiences with peers from five different countries.

📗 By the end of the training, you contribute to a co-created Toolkit on NEET Inclusion, a real, usable resource you take back to your organisation.

🌟 Bonus pick from 🇫🇷 France: ESC Volunteering in 🇫🇷 France – Youth Work in a Priority Neighbourhood → https://youthworkshub.org/20899

Who Can Apply

🎂 Youth workers between 22 and 40 years old.

🧑‍🏫 Actively working with NEET youth, displaced young people, migrants or rural youth.

📈 Willing to develop new skills in career guidance, digital inclusion and psychosocial support.

🗣️ Able to communicate in English, as this is the working language of the course.

🔄 Motivated to bring what they learn back to their organisation and community, and able to take part in the full duration of the training and organise a follow-up activity.

📱 Another way to dive into this field: Erasmus+ Training Course in 🇷🇴 Romania – Media Literacy for Youth Workers → https://youthworkshub.org/20592

Who Is Joining

👥 The training brings together 30 youth workers from five countries across Europe: France, Turkey, Bulgaria, Portugal and Italy.

Venue

🏢 The training is hosted at the Centre International de Séjour (CIS) de Narbonne, Avenue de la Coupe, 11100 Narbonne, France.

Arrivals and Departures

🗓️ The training course consists of 7 days of programme (29 August to 4 September 2026) plus 2 travel days (28 August as arrival day and 5 September 2026 as departure day). All participants are expected to attend the entire programme.

🚆 Narbonne is easily accessible by train from major French cities. The nearest airports are Montpellier, Perpignan, Toulouse, Barcelona and Marseille, and from these airports you can reach Narbonne by train or bus. Before arranging any travel, contact your group leader or sending organisation to agree on the best itinerary, as buying tickets without prior approval may result in costs not being reimbursed.

Travel and Reimbursement

💶 The project is financed by the Erasmus+ Programme. Travel costs are covered according to the Erasmus+ Distance Calculator (cost per participant, return ticket, in EUR), based on the distance between your city of departure and Narbonne, and refunded based on the real costs of the tickets up to the Erasmus+ limit.

🚄 Standard travel limits: 211€ for 100 to 499 km, 309€ for 500 to 1999 km, and 395€ for 2000 to 2999 km. Green travel limits: 285€ for 100 to 499 km, 417€ for 500 to 1999 km, and 535€ for 2000 to 2999 km.

🧾 Reimbursement procedure: buy your flight tickets directly from airline websites, as invoices from travel companies are not accepted. Taxis are not reimbursed except in exceptional circumstances that must be proven. To receive reimbursement you must provide your travel ticket, boarding pass and flight invoice, and keep all original boarding passes, including connections (take a photo of each return boarding pass immediately, as some airlines collect them). Participants upload all team tickets to the shared Google Drive, all expenses are converted to EUR, and reimbursement is processed via bank transfer after the completion of the project and receipt of dissemination activity proof.