๐ Key Information
Activity โญ๏ธ Title
The Power of Non Formal Education
Activity ๐ถ Type | ๐ Dates | ๐Location
Training Course
27 October - 1 November 2026 | Rome, Italy
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โ๏ธWhat Is This Training About?
Improving the impact of non-formal education (NFE), in creating empowerment opportunities for young people as real actors of society (from local to Europe).
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โน๏ธ Description About The Opportunity
The Power of Non Formal Education
Training Course
27 Oct โ 1 Nov 2026 | Rome, Italy
Improving the impact of non-formal education (NFE), in creating empowerment opportunities for young people as real actors of society (from local to Europe).
Main aim
To improve our educational impacts through experiencing a non-formal educational (NFE) process
Why this Training Course?
- To stimulate the participants to feel and reflect about the power of non-formal education (NFE) by experiencing different educational methods.
- To broaden our perception of NFE and its potential impacts in our different realities in Europe.
- To explore the complementarity between formal and non-formal educational sector.
- To affirm the political dimension of non-formal education, as a way to take an active role in society (empowerment process).
- To reconsider our daily educational work practices, identify our challenges in order to improve the coherence between values we promote and our daily actions.
How it will be done?
In order to have real impacts, the participants experience an innovative approach, using a full immersion in the experiential learning cycle: doing/ feeling, reflecting, transferring...
The TC is not limited to the five days the participants spend together but starts before the actual encounter. Participants should therefore be well aware that they will be actively involved from the very beginning.
Besides the planned objectives and content of the activity, in informal moments, it is also an ideal opportunity to eventually find partners for future European projects.
Pre-training immersion
-Starting around 6 weeks before the training, through the โNFE Newsโ, participants will receive weekly news which invites reflection on pedagogical issues and collects information / documentation. Participants are part of the building of this NFE News. Also a closed private Facebook group will be created to promote interactions between participants before TC starts.
-Issues / topics tackled: perception / recognition of NFE in your country, methods you use/have usedโฆ
A fundamental flow during the training
Experiencing: different educational settings, different methods (role play, simulation game, exercises...).
Reflecting: on the methods and its impacts, on the power and limits of NFE, on building a pedagogical processโฆ
Transferring: to the own reality of participants, in order to improve ways of working with young people.
Sharing: different perceptions, current situations and experiences.
Developing: the building capacity of the participants, by including them in the decision process of the project designing (participants will decide some sessions they feel they need to have) but also in the implementation of the program (โPower to the People โ the People who are youโ moments).
Training overview
This Training Course is
for 26 participants
from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries 
and recommended for
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders
Accessibility info:
This activity and venue place are accessible to people with disabilities.
Working language(s):
English
Organiser:
Italian NA (National Agency)
Co-organiser(s):
- Bulgarian NA (National Agency)
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๐ฅ Contact
Contact for questions:
Luca Pignocco
E-Mail:
Phone: +390637591201
๐ถ Costs
Costs
Participation fee
This project is financed by the participating National Agencies (NAs) of the Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme. The participation fee varies from country to country. Please contact your National Agency to learn more about the participation fee for participants from your country.
Accommodation and food
Italian National Agency will organise the accommodation and covers the costs for accommodation and food.
Travel reimbursement
Please contact your NA/SALTO in order to know whether they would support your travel costs. If yes, after being selected, get in touch with your NA again to learn more about the overall procedure to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses.
๐ 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
โ ๏ธ Important Dates
Application deadline (24h UTC): 11 August 2026
Date of selection: 3 September 2026
๐ Official Link
๐๏ธ Documents
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