🇸🇮 Erasmus+ Training Course in Slovenia 🤲 Sustainable and Inclusive Volunteer Management 📚

Description

A study visit for volunteer coordinators to share good practices about sustainable volunteer management and learn about recruitment, onboarding, mentoring, learning support, participation, inclusion and long-term engagement of volunteers.

Here is the infopack with all information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ea08s0Rn5ORX3mj3TXICWxXG9aJZ6_EL/view?usp=drive_link

The project brings together youth workers and volunteer coordinators who are responsible for planning, coordinating and supporting volunteering programmes. With the project we aim to design, manage and evaluate volunteering programmes in a more structured, sustainable and inclusive way.

Through two international study visits, participants will develop competences related to the entire volunteer journey - recruitment, onboarding, mentoring, learning support, participation, inclusion and long-term engagement.

The project provides a space for self-reflection, co-creation, and practical application of methods that can be transferred to local realities. In doing so, it also promotes intercultural learning, solidarity among youth workers and the professionalisation of volunteering programmes.

The programme is based on a non-formal education, with a strong emphasis on experiential learning, peer exchange, and learning-by-doing. Throughout the project, participants are encouraged to take an active role in shaping the content, contributing their experiences, questions, and ideas. The learning process is facilitated, but not imposed - we value reflection, collaboration and diversity of perspectives. The project is designed not only as a skill-building initiative, but as a supportive and caring learning space - one that recognises the emotional and social dimensions of youth work and volunteering programmes.

Activity details

Activity type

Study Visit

Activity dates

27-29 October 2026

Location

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Application deadline

Application deadline (24h UTC): 24 September 2026

Selection date

27 September 2026

Participants

25

Recommended for

Volunteering mentors, youth workers

Working language

English

Organiser

Costs

Participation fee

There is no participation fee.

Accommodation and food

All costs of accommodation and food will be covered.

Travel reimbursement

Greece: 309 EUR Latvia: 309 EUR Italy: 285 EUR (for green travel) or 211 EUR (for non-green travel) Travel reimbursement will happen upon completion of the learning programme via a bank transfer according to the country you are coming from, through your sending organisation and will be reimbursed up to the actual amount spent, with a maximum limit as specified in the table. If you are selected, you will receive a confirmation letter with all details about your participation in the activities of the project. You can start booking your travels only after the confirmed selection.

Looking for participants from

4 countries can apply. The activity takes place in Ljubljana, Slovenia.