Seven Erasmus+ training courses for youth workers are open right now across seven countries, all of them running in November 2026 and all closing between 27 and 30 September. At Youth Works Hub we opened every listing and read it in full before publishing this batch, so what follows is the detail you actually need to decide: exact dates, host city, who can apply, what the week covers and what you pay, if anything. Three of them close on 27 September, which means an application this week rather than next.
The themes barely overlap, which makes this an unusually easy batch to choose from. In Busteni, Romania, thirty youth workers spend nine days learning to write Erasmus+ projects that genuinely reach NEET young people, using both Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps as funding frameworks. In Thessaloniki, Greece, the Hellenic National Agency brings together youth workers who already run international exchanges to build and test better facilitation tools. Near Elbląg, Poland, twenty-five participants spend ten days on embodied Nonviolent Communication, combining NVC with movement, somatic work and dance. In Issor, France, a week explores inclusion through emotions and group dynamics using Process Work, Theatre of the Oppressed and the Work That Reconnects. In Brussels, Belgium, organisations already running DiscoverEU Inclusion meet for four days of peer practice. In Luxembourg, youth workers and project managers visit maker spaces and study how Belgium, South Tyrol, Switzerland and Germany design spaces for young people. And in Ljubljana, Slovenia, twenty-five youth leaders work on career guidance, employability and soft skills. If you have never taken part in one of these, what an Erasmus+ Training Course actually involves is worth ten minutes before you apply, and what Erasmus+ covers financially explains where the money comes from.
Funding follows the standard Erasmus+ pattern for youth worker mobility: the hosting organisation covers accommodation, meals and training materials, and travel is reimbursed against distance bands rather than your actual ticket price. The Romanian course states its band explicitly, €28 to €535 depending on distance from Bucharest, and the Polish course quotes €23 to €535 including the green travel top-up. Two courses in this batch carry costs you should know about before applying: Poland asks a €60 participation fee, with flexibility available on request, and Greece, Belgium and Luxembourg each state that the participation fee varies by country, which means your National Agency decides. Romania, France and Slovenia charge nothing. Every course issues a Youthpass certificate. Two also carry eligibility limits worth reading twice: the Slovenian course accepts participants from only four countries, and the Belgian meeting is restricted to organisations already active in, or applying to, DiscoverEU Inclusion.
In This Batch
1- 🇷🇴 Romania · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 27 Sep
2- 🇬🇷 Greece · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 27 Sep
3- 🇵🇱 Poland · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 27 Sep
4- 🇫🇷 France · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 29 Sep
5- 🇧🇪 Belgium · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 29 Sep
6- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 30 Sep
7- 🇸🇮 Slovenia · Erasmus+ Training Course · 📅 30 Sep
What's in this batch:
7 Erasmus+ Training Courses · 7 Countries · All Running in November 2026
🎓 Erasmus+ Opportunities
1. 🇷🇴 Writing Projects That Include NEET Young People, Romania
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Busteni, 4 to 12 November 2026. Thirty youth workers spend nine days learning to design and write Erasmus+ projects that create real opportunities for NEET young people, those not in employment, education or training. The course builds competence in inclusion programme design using both Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps as frameworks, so you leave with a project concept rather than only a set of notes. Open to applicants from 38 countries, with accommodation, meals, materials and trainers fully covered, travel reimbursed on a €28 to €535 distance band from Bucharest and visa costs covered. No participation fee. Organised by COSI, Civic Orientation and Social Integration, with a Youthpass certificate on completion.
2. 🇬🇷 Building Better Tools for Youth Exchanges, Greece
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Thessaloniki, 2 to 7 November 2026. This one is for youth workers and youth leaders who already run international youth exchanges and want sharper methods rather than an introduction. Six days of hands-on work on group dynamics, intercultural learning, youth participation and debriefing technique, with participants adapting and testing tools together and feeding back on what actually holds up in a real exchange. Open to applicants from 34 countries, minimum age 18, fluent English required because no interpretation is provided. Accommodation and meals are covered by the hosting agency; the participation fee and travel reimbursement vary by country and are decided by your National Agency or SALTO Resource Centre. Organised by the Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation, the Hellenic National Agency.
3. 🇵🇱 Embodied Nonviolent Communication and Empathy, Poland
📅 Deadline: 27 September 2026
Near Elbląg, 10 to 19 November 2026. Ten days for twenty-five participants combining Nonviolent Communication with embodiment: movement, somatic exercises and dance used to make empathic listening and self-expression something the body knows rather than a technique the head remembers. The programme covers self-awareness, navigating conflict mindfully and body intelligence, and is open both to people new to NVC and to those who have practised it for years. Open to applicants from 34 countries, minimum age 21, English fluent enough to follow and learn. Accommodation and food are fully covered by Erasmus+, travel is reimbursed on a €23 to €535 band including green travel, and there is a €60 participation fee with flexibility available on request. Organised by StoPro Association. Selection results are announced on 4 October 2026.
4. 🇫🇷 Body Awareness, Inclusion and Group Dynamics, France
📅 Deadline: 29 September 2026
Issor, 2 to 9 November 2026. A week on inclusion approached through emotions, body awareness, relationships and group dynamics, built on an unusually rich set of methods: movement and creative exercises, Process Work, Social Lab, Theatre of the Oppressed, group reflection, nature-based activities and the Work That Reconnects. No prior experience is required, which makes this one of the more accessible courses in the batch for youth workers, trainers, facilitators, educators, project coordinators and volunteers. Open to applicants from 34 countries. No participation fee, accommodation and food fully covered by the Erasmus+ grant, travel reimbursed on a €28 to €535 distance band including green travel. Organised by Association La Villa.
5. 🇧🇪 A Practice Meeting for DiscoverEU Inclusion Organisations, Belgium
📅 Deadline: 29 September 2026
Brussels, 23 to 26 November 2026. Four days built for organisations that are already running DiscoverEU Inclusion projects or are in the middle of applying, focused on sharing non-formal learning practice and building working connections between peer organisations across Europe. This is a practitioner meeting rather than an introductory course, so the eligibility is narrower than the rest of this batch: your organisation needs to be active in or applying to DiscoverEU Inclusion. Open to youth workers and youth leaders from 34 countries, working language English. Accommodation and food are organised and covered by the hosting National Agency; participation fee and travel support vary by country. Organised by JINT. Selection results are announced on 9 October 2026.
6. 🇱🇺 Rethinking Youth Spaces Across Europe, Luxembourg
📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026
Luxembourg City, 17 to 20 November 2026. Four days of study visits and workshops on what makes a physical space genuinely work for young people, drawing on practice from Belgium, South Tyrol, Switzerland and Germany, including a visit to a maker space. The format leans on seeing real places and talking to the people who run them, then reflecting on what transfers back to your own context. Aimed at youth workers and youth project managers from 34 countries. Accommodation and food are provided in single rooms, participation fees vary by country and travel reimbursement is arranged through your National Agency or SALTO. Youthpass certificate on completion. Organised by Anefore asbl. Note that this course runs in German.
7. 🇸🇮 Career Guidance, Employability and Soft Skills, Slovenia
📅 Deadline: 30 September 2026
Ljubljana, 23 to 27 November 2026. Five days for twenty-five youth leaders and young people with fewer opportunities, working on self-discovery, identifying your own competences and mapping career paths through non-formal learning, experiential activities, reflection and peer learning. Participants leave with a career plan rather than a general sense of direction. Eligibility here is the narrowest in the batch: only Germany, Greece, Latvia and Slovenia. No participation fee, accommodation and food fully covered by Erasmus+, travel reimbursed between €309 and €417 depending on country and travel type, Youthpass certificate included. Organised by Zavod Moja mavrica.
Three deadlines, three decisions. Romania, Greece and Poland close on 27 September, which in practice means writing your motivation this week. France and Belgium follow on 29 September, Luxembourg and Slovenia on 30 September. Every course in this batch runs in November 2026, so selection results land in early to mid October and leave four to six weeks to arrange travel, which is comfortable if you book early and tight if you wait.
Choosing between them comes down to what you want to walk away with. Romania gives you a written project concept for NEET inclusion work. Greece sharpens facilitation for people who already run exchanges. Poland and France both work through the body, Poland through Nonviolent Communication and somatic practice, France through Process Work and Theatre of the Oppressed. Belgium is a closed practitioner circle for DiscoverEU Inclusion organisations. Luxembourg is about physical youth spaces and runs in German. Slovenia is career guidance for a small group from four countries. Read the eligibility line before you write anything: two of these seven restrict who can apply far more than the usual thirty-four country list, and applying to a course you are not eligible for is the most common way people waste a week of preparation. Which countries can apply to Erasmus+ covers the general rules, and how travel reimbursement and distance bands work explains why the figures quoted here are ranges rather than ticket refunds. Youth Works Hub publishes these batches as the courses open, with dates, host city, eligibility and cost stated up front so you can rule out the wrong ones in seconds.
Prefer hands-on work experience over a training week? Youth Works Hub also lists funded internships across Europe every week → Internship Opportunities
