Seventeen Erasmus+ opportunities for youth workers are open right now across fourteen countries, closing between 20 September and 28 September 2026. At Youth Works Hub, we pulled together this week's full spread of training courses and online e-learning sessions so you can compare every option before deciding where to apply. A few stand out immediately: a festival-style training on street-based youth work in Ljubljana, an outdoor leadership course in Latvia that builds resilience through movement and reflection, and a social entrepreneurship training in Rimini for 25 participants taking their first steps into community initiatives. Anyone new to the programme should start with what Erasmus+ actually is before picking a specific course.
This batch splits into two formats: thirteen in-person Training Courses and four online E-learning sessions, the shortest route into Erasmus+ for anyone who can't travel. Themes run from mental health and mindfulness in youth work, through neuroinclusion and the responsible use of AI, to partnership-building for Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships under KA2. If you've never taken part in a Training Course before, most of these are built specifically for first-timers, with peer learning, field visits and non-formal methods replacing lectures. All are free to attend, with travel, accommodation and meals covered under the standard Erasmus+ funding rules, though a small number carry a modest participation contribution which is noted where it applies.
In This Batch
1- 🇩🇪 Germany · Erasmus+ E-learning · 📅 20 Sep
2- 🇨🇿 Czechia · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 21 Sep
3- 🇪🇸 Spain · Erasmus+ E-learning · 📅 22 Sep
4- 🇲🇹 Malta · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 22 Sep
5- 🇹🇷 Türkiye · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 22 Sep
6- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Erasmus+ E-learning · 📅 23 Sep
7- 🇸🇮 Slovenia · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 23 Sep
8- 🇷🇴 Romania · Erasmus+ E-learning · 📅 24 Sep
9- 🇸🇮 Slovenia · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 24 Sep
10- 🇨🇾 Cyprus · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 24 Sep
11- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 24 Sep
12- 🇵🇹 Portugal · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 24 Sep
13- 🇵🇱 Poland · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 25 Sep
14- 🇱🇻 Latvia · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 25 Sep
15- 🇬🇷 Greece · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 25 Sep
16- 🇵🇱 Poland · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 26 Sep
17- 🇮🇹 Italy · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 28 Sep
What's in this batch:
13 Training Courses · 4 E-learning Sessions · 14 Countries
🎓 Erasmus+ Opportunities
1. 🇩🇪 Active Peace Education Toolkit Presentation, Germany
📅 Deadline: 20 September 2026
Join an online presentation discovering the newly launched Active Peace Education Toolkit. Explore practical activities connecting peace education and sustainability, and learn how to use the materials in youth work. Open to applicants worldwide!
2. 🇨🇿 Turning Ideas Into Real Youth Work Projects, Czechia
📅 Deadline: 21 September 2026
Learn how to turn your ideas into real youth work projects, from structuring a project to engaging supporters and receiving constructive feedback. Explore tools and good practice examples used by experienced organisations. Open to applicants from 🇨🇿 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 🇸🇮
3. 🇪🇸 Helping Young People Find Their Voice and Presence Online, Spain
📅 Deadline: 22 September 2026
Join an online session helping youth workers guide young people to overcome self-doubt, speak up and feel confident on camera. Explore practical video-based methods for building presence and safe spaces online. Open to applicants from 🇨🇾 🇪🇪 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇪🇸
4. 🇲🇹 Quality Assurance and Self Assessment for Youth Organisations, Malta
📅 Deadline: 22 September 2026
Explore a Self-Assessment Tool for quality youth work, developed to strengthen reflective practice and organisational accountability. Exchange approaches with peers and build partnerships for future cooperation projects. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇱🇻 🇵🇱 🇷🇸 and 29 more!
5. 🇹🇷 Partnership Building for Accredited ESC and Youth Organisations, Türkiye
📅 Deadline: 22 September 2026
Build strong, sustainable partnerships with fellow ESC and Youth accredited organisations from across Europe. Network, exchange experience and explore future cooperation in quality volunteering projects. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇬 🇬🇪 🇱🇧 🇺🇦 and 50 more!
6. 🇧🇬 Human Rights and Communal Obligation in Democracy, Bulgaria
📅 Deadline: 23 September 2026
Join an interactive webinar exploring how human rights and communal obligations balance within healthy democracies. Reflect on justice, due process and civic participation through dialogue with participants across the world. Open to applicants worldwide!
7. 🇸🇮 Street Based Youth Work and Building Community, Slovenia
📅 Deadline: 23 September 2026
Explore what community means today through critical perspectives from street-based youth work. Take part in this festival-style Training Course in Ljubljana, reflecting on inclusion, care, participation and responsibility, with a field visit to local organisations on the final day. Open to youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, coaches and researchers.
8. 🇷🇴 A Partner Matchmaking Session for Newcomers in Sport, Romania
📅 Deadline: 24 September 2026
Never applied for Erasmus+ Sport before? Join a speed-dating style networking session to connect with potential partner organisations and get live answers from National Agency officers. Perfect for first-time applicants. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇬 🇬🇪 🇱🇹 🇺🇦 and 29 more!
9. 🇸🇮 Sustainable and Inclusive Volunteer Management, Slovenia
📅 Deadline: 24 September 2026
Develop competences across the full volunteer journey, recruitment, onboarding, mentoring and long-term engagement. Share good practices with fellow volunteer coordinators in a supportive, experiential learning space. Open to applicants from 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇸🇮
10. 🇨🇾 Fact Checking Media Literacy and Digital Resilience, Cyprus
📅 Deadline: 24 September 2026
Master practical fact-checking tools, strengthen critical thinking and boost your digital resilience alongside young people from across Europe. Learn to spot misinformation and become an active multiplier of truth in your community. Open to residents of Spain.
11. 🇧🇬 Neuroinclusive Youth Work and the Responsible Use of AI, Bulgaria
📅 Deadline: 24 September 2026
Explore cognitive diversity and neuroinclusive youth work practices, and learn how AI can help design more accessible, engaging activities. Redesign real youth-work activities and help co-create a practical Neuro-Inclusive AI Pocket Guide. Open to applicants from 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇱🇻 🇷🇸 🇪🇸 and 3 more!
12. 🇵🇹 Future Ready Youth Work in a Digital and Diverse World, Portugal
📅 Deadline: 24 September 2026
Strengthen your capacity to support young people in an increasingly digital, diverse and rapidly changing world through this international Training Course in Santa Maria da Feira. Explore digital tools and inclusive practices to become a more prepared youth worker for this era. Open to residents of France and Portugal, aged 20+.
13. 🇵🇱 Embodied Belonging, Movement and Nature Connection, Poland
📅 Deadline: 25 September 2026
Explore embodiment, movement and nature connection to deepen self-awareness and a sense of belonging. Learn practical, body-based approaches for creating welcoming spaces for young people in your youth work. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇩🇰 🇱🇻 🇷🇴 and 29 more!
14. 🇱🇻 Outdoor Leadership, Resilience and Self Development, Latvia
📅 Deadline: 25 September 2026
Step out of your comfort zone in this 5-day outdoor leadership training combining nature, movement and reflection to build resilience and prevent burnout. Contribution: free for participants under 25, €150-250 for others (travel not covered). Open to applicants from 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇭🇺 🇲🇹 🇸🇰 and 31 more!
15. 🇬🇷 Cooperation Partnerships Under KA2, Greece
📅 Deadline: 25 September 2026
Learn the essentials of designing Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnerships under Key Action 2, from building a coherent project structure to meeting quality requirements. Network with peers and explore future partnership opportunities. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇱🇻 🇵🇱 🇷🇴 and 29 more!
16. 🇵🇱 Mindfulness, Resilience and Mental Wellbeing in Youth Work, Poland
📅 Deadline: 26 September 2026
Build practical mindfulness and resilience tools to support young people's mental wellbeing and manage everyday stress. Explore emotional regulation and self-awareness through experiential, non-formal education methods. Open to applicants from 🇧🇬 🇨🇿 🇭🇺 🇲🇹 🇷🇴 and 2 more!
17. 🇮🇹 Social Entrepreneurship Tools for Youth Initiatives, Italy
📅 Deadline: 28 September 2026
Learn practical tools for developing a social enterprise, an NGO or a community initiative in Rimini, building leadership, teamwork, digital and communication skills alongside 25 participants from across Europe. Especially designed for those taking their first steps in social entrepreneurship and youth work. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇬 🇬🇷 🇮🇹 🇱🇹 and 5 more!
With seventeen options spread across fourteen countries, this is one of the widest Erasmus+ training batches Youth Works Hub has compiled this month. Twelve of the seventeen close by 24 September, so those need a decision this week; the remaining five stretch into the final days of the month, giving latecomers a slightly longer runway. The four online e-learning sessions, in Germany, Spain, Bulgaria and Romania, are worth a special look if travel isn't an option: they run the same non-formal, interactive format as the in-person courses but ask for nothing more than a laptop and an internet connection.
Country-wise, Poland, Slovenia and Bulgaria each have two courses in this batch, while the remaining eleven countries have one apiece. Whichever of these seventeen you choose, check your eligibility first, since several of these list specific residency restrictions rather than the usual open Programme Country access. If you're building your first Erasmus+ application, it's also worth reading about what youth workers actually do on these projects before you commit your dates. Apply before the deadline closes, and don't sit on the ones that catch your eye.
Looking for hands-on paid experience instead of a short course? This week Youth Works Hub also lists internships across Europe → Internship Opportunities
