If you work with young people, this batch was made for you. Six Erasmus+ opportunities for youth workers, educators and NGO staff are open right now, spanning Austria, Italy and Portugal, plus one free online series you can join from anywhere. Five are in-person, fully funded Training Courses, where Erasmus+ covers your travel, accommodation and meals, so the cost of showing up is not what stands between you and a week of intensive professional development. These are exactly the kind of youth worker mobility that turns instinct into method: you leave with concrete tools, a wider European network, and a Youthpass to show for it. The themes are some of the most in-demand skills in the sector right now. There is a coaching and mentoring academy in Vienna where you practise GROW, OSCAR and solution-focused coaching. There are two art-based courses in rural Italy testing creativity and non-formal methods with young people. There are two Portuguese courses on youth participation and local democracy, from facilitating dialogue to bringing young voices into municipal decisions. And there is a six-part online webinar series on emotional wellbeing, built for youth workers who want to support others without burning out themselves.
Whatever corner of youth work you are in, there is a fit here. Drawn to one-to-one support and personal development? The Vienna coaching academy is your course. More of a creative, hands-on facilitator? The two Italian art-based courses put a toolkit in your hands in a rural farmstead near Caserta. Focused on civic engagement, democracy and participation? The two Portuguese courses are built around exactly that. Running on empty and needing to refill your own cup first? The free wellbeing webinar series meets you where you are. A quick note on funding so there are no surprises: the five in-person courses are fully funded through Erasmus+ as described in the listings, and if you want the full picture of what Erasmus+ actually covers it is worth a read; the online webinar series is free to join but is remote, so there is no travel or accommodation involved. The deadlines are the pressure point: one closes today, three close on 31 August, and the rest in early September, so if a course speaks to you, apply now.
In This Batch
- 🇦🇹 Austria, Vienna · Coaching & Mentoring Academy for youth workers · 📅 19 Aug
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Presenzano · Creative Spaces & art-based youth work · 📅 31 Aug
- 🇮🇹 Italy, near Caserta · Creative Spaces: testing art-based methods · 📅 31 Aug
- 🇵🇹 Portugal, near Esposende · New approaches to youth participation · 📅 31 Aug
- 💻 Online · Emotional wellbeing in youth work (free webinar series) · 📅 1 Sep
- 🇵🇹 Portugal · Local youth policy & youth voice in municipalities · 📅 2 Sep
6 Erasmus+ Opportunities for Youth Workers · Austria, Italy, Portugal & Online
📚 Erasmus+ Training Courses & Webinars
1. 🇦🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Austria 🧭 Coaching and Mentoring Academy for Youth Workers 🤝
📅 Deadline: 19 August 2026
Turn coaching and mentoring from instinct into real skill. Six days in Vienna with 30 youth workers, practising GROW, OSCAR, solution-focused coaching and non-violent communication, then designing and running your own sessions with peer feedback. Fully funded (travel, accommodation and meals covered by Erasmus+). Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇭🇷 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇷🇸 and 5 more.
2. 🇮🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Italy 🎨 Creative Spaces & Art-Based Youth Work 🖌️
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
Test the power of art and creativity in youth work. In "Creative Spaces in Youth Work" in Presenzano, youth workers and young people together test a toolkit on creative thinking and a guide for creative spaces, learning to facilitate activities that empower young people to explore art and social change. Fully funded (travel, accommodation and meals covered by Erasmus+). Open to applicants from 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇹.
3. 🇮🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Italy 🎭 Creative Spaces in Youth Work: Testing Art-Based Methods 🎨
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
Can art and creativity transform the way we work with young people? This Erasmus+ mobility brings 24 participants (12 youth workers and 12 young people from Italy, Greece and Portugal) to a rural farmstead near Caserta to test a toolkit on creative thinking and a guide for creative spaces in real scenarios. Expect hands-on non-formal methods, art-based facilitation and buffalo mozzarella. Travel, accommodation and meals co-funded by Erasmus+. Open to applicants from 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇹.
4. 🇵🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Portugal 🗳️ New Approaches to Youth Participation 🤝
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
Turn young people from bystanders into active citizens. In "Civis Lab" near Esposende you train in innovative participation methods through sessions, job shadowing and hands-on workshops, strengthening dialogue facilitation, active listening and conflict mediation, and co-create a digital toolkit for youth engagement. Fully funded (travel, accommodation and meals covered by Erasmus+). Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇹🇷 and many more.
5. 💻 Erasmus+ Online Webinar Series 🧘 Practical Tools for Emotional Wellbeing in Youth Work 💛
📅 Deadline: 1 September 2026
Support young people's wellbeing without burning out your own. "Wellness Navigators" is a free 6-part webinar series for youth workers exploring emotions, resilience, body-based regulation, relationships, self-empathy and healthy boundaries, using Nonviolent Communication, embodiment and Transactional Analysis. Free to join, fully online (no travel or accommodation). Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇹🇷 and many more.
6. 🇵🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Portugal 🏛️ Local Youth Policy & Youth Voice in Municipalities 🗳️
📅 Deadline: 2 September 2026
Bring young people into the decisions that shape their town. In "Municipalities4Democracy" in Portugal, municipal youth policy officers and local representatives strengthen their skills to engage young people in democratic municipal decisions, exploring the Democracy Reloading tools and Erasmus+ funding for local youth participation. Fully funded (travel, accommodation and meals covered by Erasmus+). Open to applicants from 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 and many more.
Six ways to grow as a youth worker before the summer is out, five of them fully funded and one completely free. If you scrolled this far, one of them already fits: the coaching and mentoring academy for those who work one-to-one, the two art-based courses in Italy for creative facilitators, the two Portuguese courses for anyone focused on participation and local democracy, and the wellbeing webinar for those who need to refill their own cup first. Two things will shape your choice: format and timing. Decide whether you want an intensive week abroad with travel and meals covered, or a flexible online series you can follow from home. Then look hard at the dates, because this list is ordered soonest-first for a reason: the Vienna course closes today, three courses close on 31 August, and the last two in early September. Selection for Training Courses is competitive, so a specific, well-prepared application matters. If you want to give yourself the best shot, it is worth reviewing how to prepare a strong Erasmus+ application before you hit submit. Do one concrete thing today: pick the course that fits you, open its link, check the dates, and apply. And if you want opportunities like these to reach you the moment they open, rather than scrolling dozens at once, join our broadcast channel through the link in our bio, where we share every new batch first.
