🇮🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Italy 🛡️ Safeguarding and Wellbeing in Youth Mobilities 🧭

Description

7-day Training Course in Italy for youth workers and coordinators to strengthen safeguarding, risk management and well-being skills, making international mobilities safer and more inclusive for vulnerable youth.

“Safe Moves” is an Erasmus+ project that strengthens the capacity of youth organisations to offer inclusive, safer, braver and high-quality learning experiences in international group mobilities like Youth Exchanges and ESC Volunteering Teams. It focuses especially on supporting young people with fewer opportunities and highly vulnerable youth.

Over 7 days, participants will:

- understand safeguarding and risk management principles in short-term mobilities; - explore the personal struggles young people may face abroad (homesickness, communication and language barriers, overwhelm, exclusion) and how to support them; - practice first response to distress, conflict resolution and trauma-informed approaches; - exchange practices and co-create the Safe Moves Toolkit on Safeguarding in International Youth Mobilities; - reflect on competences through Youthpass and the YOCOMO self-assessment.

Methods: non-formal education, including simulations, role-plays, case studies, discussions, creative activities and daily reflection groups.

The Training Course builds on the results of the project's Study Visit. There, staff from partner organisations observed safeguarding practices in an ESC Team with highly vulnerable young people.

Activity details

Activity type

Training Course

Activity dates

12-20 November 2026

Location

Cascina EUtopia, Casaleggio Boiro (AL), Italy

Application deadline

24 October 2026

Selection date

25 October 2026

Participants

23

Recommended for

Youth workers, Youth leaders, Volunteering mentors, Project coordinators

Working language

English

Organiser

Costs

Participation fee

There is no participation fee. The Training Course is fully funded by the Erasmus+ Programme.

Accommodation and food

Accommodation and food are fully covered by the Erasmus+ Programme and organised by the hosting organisation, P.E.CO. Participants will stay on-site at Cascina EUtopia, a rural educational and ecological centre, in shared bedrooms with communal living spaces. Meals are prepared with local and seasonal produce. Vegetarian options are prioritised, and dietary needs can be indicated in the registration form. In the spirit of the project, participants will take part in rotating cleaning groups.

Travel reimbursement

Travel costs are reimbursed up to the following maximum amounts per participant, based on the Erasmus+ distance bands.

Looking for participants from

34 countries can apply. The activity takes place in Cascina EUtopia, Casaleggio Boiro (AL), Italy.