🔑 Key Information
Activity ⭐️ Title
CIVIS LAB - NEW APPROACHES TO YOUTH PARTICIPATION
Activity 🔶 Type | 📆 Dates | 📍Location
Training Course
17-25 October 2026 | Apúia - Esposende , Portugal
🌍 Erasmus+ explained — the complete beginner's guide to Europe's largest youth programme.Millions of young people have taken part in Erasmus+ since its launch, but many still don't fully understand what the programme actually includes, who it's for, or how to get involved. This in-depth guide breaks down everything: the different types of mobility, funding opportunities, eligibility criteria, and what you can realistically expect from participating. If you've ever wondered whether Erasmus+ is right for you, this guide gives you all the answers in one place. 👉 https://youthworkshub.org/15096/
❗️What Is This Training About?
Civis Lab is an Erasmus+ activity focused on strengthening socio-educational animators as facilitators of youth civic and democratic participation.
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ℹ️ Description About The Opportunity
By equipping youth workers and organisations with inclusive, accessible, meaningful, and sustainable participation tools, Civis Lab builds capacity across Europe. The project brings together educators, youth workers, and community leaders to co-develop practical resources that can be replicated and adapted in diverse local contexts.
Objetives:
- Promote inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities in rural, disadvantaged, or culturally diverse contexts. Stimulate active and democratic citizenship among young people through meaningful engagement and empowerment.
- Strengthen participating organisations and build a lasting European network. Ensure the sustainability and replicability of methodologies so impact continues beyond the project's duration.
- Train socio-educational youth workers in innovative participation methodologies through training sessions, job shadowing, and hands-on workshops.
- Test and validate new youth engagement approaches through pilot activities implemented in partner countries.
- Strengthen youth workers' core skills: dialogue facilitation, active listening, conflict mediation, group management, and critical thinking stimulation.
- Create practical tools: a digital methodological toolkit with participatory activities, step-by-step guides, and real-world examples.
Training overview
This Training Course is
for 5 per country participants
from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries 
, Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU
and recommended for
Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers
Accessibility info:
This activity and venue place are accessible to people with disabilities.
Working language(s):
English
Organiser:
Caminho Coop (Youth NGO)
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📥 Contact
Contact for questions:
Filipa Oliveira Pereira
E-Mail:
Phone: +351964970510
💶 Costs
Participation fee
No
Accommodation and food
Accomodation and Meals: Centro Social João Paulo II - Apúlia - Esposende
Rooms: Double Rooms
Travel reimbursement
Lithuania 395 EUR
Spain 417 EUR (green travel)
Turkey 580 EUR
Denmark 395 EUR
Caminho Coop will transfer money to each sending association, who will then transfer to participants.
📜 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
⚠️ Important Dates
Application deadline (24h UTC): 31 August 2026
Date of selection: 2 September 2026
🔗 Official Link
🗂️ Documents
⚠️ Important Notice
Youth Works Hub is not the organiser, partner, or representative of the listed projects. This listing is shared for information only, based on details from the source. Deadlines, eligible countries, dates, and other details may change or be withdrawn at any time, and all funding, reimbursements, and allowances are set by the project coordinator or National Agency. Applications go directly to the coordinator or hosting organisation through the official link. Listings may include third-party links (ESC Portal, infopacks, forms) that Youth Works Hub does not control. Always verify the details on the official project page before applying.
