🔑 Key Information
Activity ⭐️ Title
Yes, and… Go! Entrepreneurial Resilience Through Improv
🇪🇺 What is Erasmus+? Erasmus+ is the EU's programme for education, training, youth and sport, with a €26.2 billion budget for 2021–2027. It funds study abroad, internships, youth exchanges, training courses and youth worker mobility. This overview covers who is eligible, every activity type and what's funded. 👉 https://youthworkshub.org/erasmusplus
Activity 🔶 Type | 📆 Dates | 📍Location
Training Course
14-22 November 2026 | Bansko, Bulgaria
❗️What Is This Training About?
Ready to turn ideas into action—and have fun doing it? Join Yes, and... Go! in Bansko and discover how theatre improv can boost your creativity, confidence, and entrepreneurial mindset while giving you fresh tools to inspire young people.
✅ Who can apply for Erasmus+ and ESC? Eligibility depends on activity: ages 13–30 for most Erasmus+ youth activities and 18–30 for ESC volunteering (up to 35 for humanitarian aid), plus country and residence rules. This guide covers roles, inclusion support, language needs and the profile coordinators look for. 👉 https://youthworkshub.org/whocanapply
ℹ️ Description About The Opportunity
Zarika Association is excited to invite you to an immersive Erasmus+ training course:
“Yes, and… Go! Entrepreneurial Resilience Through Improv.“
This project is designed for youth workers, trainers, facilitators, educators, and anyone working with young people who want to explore entrepreneurship in a more practical, creative, and human way.
For us, entrepreneurship is not about business creation or financial models. It is a mindset. It is about having the confidence to take initiative, navigate uncertainty, communicate your ideas clearly, collaborate effectively with others, learn from failure, and turn creative ideas into tangible actions.
The main methodology of this training is improvisational theater. Through active “learning by doing”—including games, scenes, storytelling, role-play, and group challenges—you will practice active listening, reacting to the unexpected, taking creative risks, accepting mistakes, and building collaboratively on other people’s ideas. To support this journey, we will integrate selected Design Thinking methods to help us understand needs, generate ideas quickly, prototype, and test possible solutions.
And yes—at some point, we are even taking our improv skills onto a real stage in Bansko!
To participate, you should be:
- curious about using theatre improv and experiential methods in youth work.
- willing to participate actively, play, and step outside your comfort zone.
- able to communicate comfortably in English.
- legally residing in an eligible Erasmus+ Programme Country and supported by a sending organization (OID required).
You do not need any previous experience in improv, theatre, or entrepreneurship. All you need is curiosity, openness, and a willingness to try.
By participating in this training course, you will have the opportunity to:
- Become more confident in expressing and developing your ideas.
- Strengthen your creativity, initiative, adaptability, and resilience.
- Become more comfortable with uncertainty, risk-taking, and failure.
- Practice active listening, empathy, and understanding people’s real needs.
- Learn how to generate and develop ideas quickly, and experiment with prototyping.
- Improve your storytelling, presentation, and pitching skills.
- Discover practical improv exercises that you can adapt to your own youth work.
- Create international connections and explore future collaboration opportunities.
Financial details: This program is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. All costs for accommodation, food, training materials, and local transport for study visits are 100% covered. Travel costs from your hometown to Bansko and back will be reimbursed after the training, up to Erasmus+ distance limits.
Insurance: Participants must arrange their own travel insurance. Having a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is required.
Bringing the learning home: After the residential mobility, each participant will put their learning into practice by organising a local follow-up activity with young people in their communities.
Participants will be required to actively disseminate the project, following our dissemination guidelines
📘 What is Erasmus+? (in-depth) Erasmus+ has run since 1987 and has had over 13 million participants, funding four main activities for young people. This pillar guide covers its history, funding, research-backed benefits, the full application process and an FAQ. 👉 https://youthworkshub.org/what-is-erasmus-plus
Training overview
This Training Course is
for 25 participants
from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries 
and recommended for
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Volunteering mentors, Youth coaches
Working language(s):
English
Organiser:
Zarika Association (Youth NGO)
Zarika Association is where ideas turn into experiences, connections,
and action.
We create opportunities for young people to discover what they’re
capable of, meet inspiring people, build real-life skills, and make a
difference — in their own lives and in their communities.
From creative workshops and international projects to volunteering,
entrepreneurship, sustainability, and personal development, we
design experiences that help you grow, explore, connect, and take
initiative.
We believe in a world with less apathy and more empathy — where
people don’t just wait for change, but become part of it.
💡 How do you prepare a strong Erasmus+ or ESC application? Read the call carefully, write specific motivation, show skills with examples, and state clear learning goals. This guide gives 10 practical tips plus the common mistakes that lead to rejection. 👉 https://youthworkshub.org/erasmus-application-tips
📥 Contact
Contact for questions:
Bistra Yakimova
E-Mail:
Phone: +359899210173
💶 Costs
Costs
Participation fee
There is no participation fee for this training course
Accommodation and food
This program is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. All costs for accommodation, food, training materials, and local transport for study visits are 100% covered.
Travel reimbursement
Travel costs from your hometown to Bansko and back will be reimbursed after the training, up to Erasmus+ distance limits.
📜 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/what-is-youthpass
⚠️ Important Dates
Application deadline (24h UTC): 15 September 2026
Date of selection: 30 September 2026
🎓 What is an Erasmus+ Training Course? A Training Course is a short funded course (5–10 days) for youth workers, educators and NGO staff to build skills through non-formal education. This guide explains who can join, what's covered and how it differs from a Youth Exchange. 👉 https://youthworkshub.org/trainingcourse
🔗 Official Link
Info pack and application form: https://zarika.org/en/yes-and-go-training-course/
⚖️ What's the difference between ESC and Erasmus+? The ESC is for volunteering and solidarity, while Erasmus+ is broad learning mobility (study, training, youth exchanges). This guide compares age, funding, duration and application route, and includes a "choose this if…" decision guide. 👉 https://youthworkshub.org/esc-vs-erasmus
🎂 What are the age limits for Erasmus+ and ESC? Youth Exchanges are 13–30, ESC volunteering is 18–30 (35 for humanitarian aid), and training, youth worker mobility and study/traineeships have no upper age limit. This guide breaks down every activity and how age is counted (at the start date). 👉 https://youthworkshub.org/erasmus-age-limits
💶 What costs does Erasmus+ cover? For youth activities (KA152–154) it covers travel by distance band, individual support, organisational support, preparation, inclusion support up to 100% and exceptional costs. This 2026 guide details each item and what Erasmus+ does not cover. 👉 https://youthworkshub.org/what-erasmus-covers
