🇧🇬 Erasmus+ Training Course in Bulgaria 🌈 Moving Inclusion and Diversity Beyond Tokenism ✊

Description

We invite youth associations to participate in our TC, designed to foster connections and collaboration within the field of inclusion in youth work.

This course explores how youth work can become genuinely inclusive — moving beyond a declarative discourse on diversity towards everyday practice. Starting from the participants' own experience, we examine the common pitfalls that organisations, programmes and facilitators fall into (tokenism, surface-level or performative inclusion, assuming a space is neutral, one-size-fits-all approaches, accessibility treated as an afterthought, unconscious bias in recruitment and facilitation) and we build concrete solutions for designing learning and growth environments that value diversity. Participants work hands-on with one or two inclusion audit tools that they can apply afterwards in their own organisations and programmes. The methodology is non-formal and experiential, based on reflection, case studies and transfer to each participant's own context.

Profile of participants:

✔Aged over 18 years old

✔youth worker representing an NGO active either in E+ or ESC programme , youth project manager, youth coaches

✔Fluent in English

✔Able to disseminate the results of the TC in social media and through their work

✔Be open-minded, motivated and ready to share experience and good energy

Application Form: https://forms.gle/EdgoC5EorzXzbjo6A

Activity details

Activity type

Training Course

Activity dates

22-28 October 2026

Location

Bansko, Bulgaria

Application deadline

Application deadline (24h UTC): 1 October 2026

Selection date

2 October 2026

Participants

30

Recommended for

Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers

Working language

English

Organiser

Costs

Participation fee

There is no partipation fee

Accommodation and food

Accomodation and food is provided by hosting organisation Accommodation is arranged in Hotel rooms (2-3 participants per room). Meals and coffee breaks are provided on an all-inclusive basis.

Travel reimbursement

Reimbursement will be provided in accordance with the Erasmus+ rules. Participants will recive the travel reimbursement based on the real costs and up to the limit buget. Detalied instruction will be sent separatly Travel Distance//Green Travel//Non Green Travel 100 –499 km // 285 euro // 211 euro 500 –1999 km // 417 euro // 309 euro 2000 –2999 km // 535 euro // 395 euro

Looking for participants from

34 countries can apply. The activity takes place in Bansko, Bulgaria.