Youth Works Hub has 11 Erasmus+ training courses and e-learning activities for youth workers in 2026, in Spain, Italy, Türkiye, Estonia and four more countries. Ten are in-person training courses and one is an online e-learning webinar, with deadlines running from as soon as possible to 15 November 2026. Spain hosts three of the calls and Italy two. Our guide to what an Erasmus+ training course is explains the format.
Most of the calls are for youth workers, trainers and youth leaders, but the profile shifts from call to call. The Graus course gives priority to ages 20-35, the Lecce course also welcomes educators and motivated young people aged 18 and over, and the Coma-Ruga course is for trainers. The Lithuania course is recommended for youth workers with some experience, though newcomers to Erasmus+ events are welcome too.
The country lists differ widely from call to call. The Graus and Barcelona courses each list only five countries, while the Sakarya, Palermo and Tuusula courses list 34 each. Our overview of eligible countries for Erasmus+ and ESC explains the general country rules.
Each call has its own angle:
🇪🇸 Spain: eight days in the mountain town of Graus on digital storytelling and media literacy tools to support LGTBIAQ+ youth.
🇮🇹 Italy: a seven-day course in Lecce on how personal stories can build connection, inclusion and change in local communities.
🇹🇷 Türkiye: Sakarya mixes university-based learning with field visits to youth centres and NGOs, using forum theatre, role plays and workshops.
🇵🇹 Portugal: an online e-learning webinar on spotting barriers to participation and using arts and creativity to build more inclusive spaces.
🇪🇸 Spain: a certified training course for trainers in Coma-Ruga, Catalonia, on civic engagement competences, including a visit to Barcelona.
🇪🇪 Estonia: a nine-day course on designing, facilitating and evaluating non-formal learning, with a Youthpass certificate at the end.
🇫🇮 Finland: Tuusula hosts a course on helping young people build a positive outlook on the future, with simulation exercises and workshops.
🇵🇱 Poland: a seven-day course in Tleń where youth workers design, prototype and test educational games on ecology and sustainability.
Erasmus+ covers travel and stay for the ten in-person training courses, and the e-learning webinar from Portugal runs online. According to Youth Works Hub's review, one call states a participation fee: the training of trainers in Coma-Ruga has a 50€ participation fee. Two calls mention a Youthpass certificate: the e-learning webinar from Portugal and the course in Estonia.
📅 Deadlines: As soon as possible (2) · 1 Nov (2) · 2 Nov (1) · 5 Nov (1) · 6 Nov (1) · 7 Nov (2) · 8 Nov (1) · 15 Nov (1) 🌍 Countries: 🇪🇸 Spain (3) · 🇮🇹 Italy (2) · 🇪🇪 Estonia · 🇫🇮 Finland · 🇱🇹 Lithuania · 🇵🇱 Poland · 🇵🇹 Portugal · 🇹🇷 Türkiye
In This Batch
- 📅 As soon as possible! · 🇪🇸 Spain · Training Course
- 📅 As soon as possible! · 🇮🇹 Italy · Training Course
- 📅 1 Nov · 🇹🇷 Türkiye · Training Course
- 📅 1 Nov · 🇮🇹 Italy · Training Course
- 📅 2 Nov · 🇵🇹 Portugal · E-learning (online)
- 📅 5 Nov · 🇪🇸 Spain · Training Course
- 📅 6 Nov · 🇪🇪 Estonia · Training Course
- 📅 7 Nov · 🇪🇸 Spain · Training Course
- 📅 7 Nov · 🇱🇹 Lithuania · Training Course
- 📅 8 Nov · 🇫🇮 Finland · Training Course
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇵🇱 Poland · Training Course
What's in this batch:
10 Training Courses · 1 E-learning · 8 Countries
🎓 Erasmus+ Opportunities
1. 🇪🇸 Erasmus+ Training Course in Spain 🎥 New Frames: Digital Storytelling Labs for Inclusive Youth Work With Verbena 📷
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
📍 Graus, Spain · 👥 Youth workers, priority for ages 20-35 · ⏳ Eight days
Graus, a mountain town, hosts an eight-day training course on practical digital storytelling and media literacy tools to support LGTBIAQ+ youth. This course is made for youth workers, with priority for ages 20-35. Open to applicants from 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇬🇷 🇫🇷 🇵🇹.
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2. 🇮🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Italy 📖 Narrative Futures: Personal Storytelling for Inclusion and Community Change With ONDE 🤝
📅 Deadline: As soon as possible!
📍 Lecce, Italy · 👥 Youth workers, educators and young people aged 18+ · ⏳ Seven days
Lecce hosts a seven-day training course on how personal stories can build connection, inclusion and change in local communities, with creative workshops and intercultural exchange. It is for youth workers, educators and motivated young people aged 18 and over. Open to applicants from 🇮🇪 🇫🇷 🇸🇰 🇩🇪 🇱🇹 and 4 more!
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3. 🇹🇷 Erasmus+ Training Course in Türkiye 🤝 Resilient and Inclusive Skills for Youth Workers 🌈
📅 Deadline: 1 November 2026
📍 Sakarya, Türkiye · 👥 Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders and youth policy makers
Sakarya brings together youth workers for a training course that mixes university-based learning with field visits to youth centres and NGOs. Forum theatre, role plays and workshops build skills in inclusive communication, empathy, conflict management and project design to support young people with disabilities, migrants and those facing disadvantage. It is recommended for youth workers, trainers, youth leaders and youth policy makers. Open to applicants from 🇨🇭 🇨🇾 🇬🇷 🇱🇻 🇸🇰 and 29 more!
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4. 🇮🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Italy 🌱 Permaculture for Social Transformation 🎙️
📅 Deadline: 1 November 2026
📍 Palermo, Italy · 👥 Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders and volunteering mentors
Palermo hosts a training course that explores permaculture as a practical framework for social transformation, sustainability and community empowerment through experiential workshops, field visits, peer exchange and the production of a podcast episode. It is recommended for youth workers, trainers, youth leaders and volunteering mentors, as well as people with knowledge of permaculture. Open to applicants from 🇦🇹 🇧🇬 🇪🇪 🇲🇹 🇸🇪 and 29 more!
5. 🇵🇹 Erasmus+ Online E Learning by Portugal 🎨 Building Inclusive and Anti Discrimination Youth Work 🤝
📅 Deadline: 2 November 2026
📍 Online · 👥 Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, youth project managers and volunteering mentors
This online e-learning webinar looks at how youth work can spot barriers to participation, challenge discrimination and use arts and creativity to build more inclusive spaces for young people. Participants receive practical tools to make their activities more accessible, plus a Youthpass certificate. It is recommended for youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, youth project managers and volunteering mentors. Open to applicants from 🇭🇷 🇪🇪 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 🇪🇸 and 5 more!
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6. 🇪🇸 Erasmus+ Training Course in Spain ✊ Training of Trainers on Being Civically Engaged 🗳️
📅 Deadline: 5 November 2026
📍 Coma-Ruga, Catalonia, Spain · 👥 Trainers aged 18+ · 💶 50€ participation fee
This certified training course in Coma-Ruga, Catalonia, helps trainers build their civic engagement competences in line with the European Training Strategy, including a visit to Barcelona. It is for trainers aged 18 and above, whether you are just starting out or already experienced, and a 50€ participation fee applies. Open to applicants from 🇨🇿 🇭🇺 🇮🇪 🇳🇱 🇵🇹 and 27 more!
💡 Note from youthworker_eu: a participation fee like this is usually a contribution the organisation asks for its own institutional capacity, not a cost of the programme. It is never paid at application, only by selected participants, and in many cases it can be negotiated or even waived by the organisation. If an organisation asks you to pay at the application stage, report it to the National Agency or the European Commission and let us know, so we can report it too.
7. 🇪🇪 Erasmus+ Training Course in Estonia 🧠 Facilitating Learning for Youth Workers 🔄
📅 Deadline: 6 November 2026
📍 Estonia · 👥 Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders and volunteers aged 18+ · ⏳ Nine days
Designing, facilitating and evaluating non-formal learning is the heart of this nine-day training course in Estonia, with hands-on experiments, peer feedback and a Youthpass certificate at the end. It is for youth workers, trainers, youth leaders and volunteers aged 18+. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇪🇪 🇲🇰 🇸🇮 🇷🇴 and 2 more!
8. 🇪🇸 Erasmus+ Training Course in Spain 💻 Navigating Digital Competences in Youth Work 🧭
📅 Deadline: 7 November 2026
📍 Barcelona, Spain · 👥 Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, youth project managers, volunteering mentors and youth coaches
Barcelona hosts a training course where youth workers explore the DigComp 3.0 framework, learn practical methods for designing and facilitating digital learning activities and take part in a hackathon to co-create solutions to real digital problems. It is recommended for youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, youth project managers, volunteering mentors and youth coaches. Open to applicants from 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇪🇸.
9. 🇱🇹 Erasmus+ Training Course in Lithuania 🧠 Neuroeducation in Youth Work 📚
📅 Deadline: 7 November 2026
📍 Markutiskes, Lithuania · 👥 Youth workers with some experience, newcomers to Erasmus+ events welcome
Markutiskes is the venue for a training course that helps youth workers use neuroeducation and non-formal techniques to create more engaging, structured and impactful activities for different learning styles. It is recommended for youth workers with some experience, though newcomers to Erasmus+ events are welcome too. Open to applicants from 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇪🇪 🇷🇴 🇧🇬 and 1 more!
10. 🇫🇮 Erasmus+ Training Course in Finland 🌟 Youth Workers Building Hope for the Future 🤝
📅 Deadline: 8 November 2026
📍 Tuusula, Finland · 👥 Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, youth project managers, youth policy makers and youth coaches
Tuusula is the venue for a training course on helping young people build a positive outlook on the future, with simulation exercises, workshops and reflection sessions that promote inclusion, wellbeing, participation and democratic engagement. It is recommended for youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, youth project managers, youth policy makers and youth coaches who want to apply hope building approaches in their local practice. Open to applicants from 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 🇵🇱 and 29 more!
11. 🇵🇱 Erasmus+ Training Course in Poland 🎲 Green Games Lab: Designing Educational Games on Ecology and Sustainability With Fundacja "Leonarda" in Tleń ♻️
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Tleń, Poland · 👥 Youth workers aged 18+ · ⏳ Seven days
Tleń is the setting for a seven-day training course where youth workers aged 18 and above design, prototype and test educational games on ecology and sustainability. Expect hands-on workshops, teamwork and plenty of creativity. Open to applicants from 🇹🇷 🇵🇱 🇷🇸 🇪🇸 🇧🇦 and 3 more!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which of these Erasmus+ calls charge a participation fee?
One call states a participation fee: the training of trainers in Coma-Ruga, Catalonia, where a 50€ participation fee applies. A fee like this is only asked of selected participants and is never paid at application, so anyone asked to pay at the application stage should report it. Our guide on how to spot a real Erasmus+ or ESC project explains the never-pay-a-fee rule.
Who can apply for these 11 Erasmus+ courses?
Ten of the 11 calls name youth workers as their audience, and the Coma-Ruga course is for trainers. Four calls set an age of 18 and above: Lecce, Coma-Ruga, Estonia and Tleń, while Graus gives priority to ages 20-35. The courses are hosted in eight countries: Spain, Italy, Türkiye, Estonia, Portugal, Lithuania, Finland and Poland. Our guide to who can apply for Erasmus+ and ESC explains the general eligibility rules.
Which of these Erasmus+ deadlines comes first?
Two calls are marked as soon as possible: Graus in Spain and Lecce in Italy. After them Sakarya and Palermo close on 1 November 2026, the e-learning webinar from Portugal on 2 November, Coma-Ruga on 5 November, the Estonia course on 6 November, Barcelona and Markutiskes on 7 November, Tuusula on 8 November and Tleń last on 15 November 2026. Our guide on how to apply for Erasmus+ or ESC helps you prepare in time.
Grouped by theme, the batch falls a few ways. Inclusion runs through Graus, Lecce, Sakarya and the e-learning webinar from Portugal, with storytelling at the centre of Graus and Lecce, while Coma-Ruga builds civic engagement competences for trainers and Estonia, Markutiskes and Tuusula focus on facilitating learning, neuroeducation and hope building. The rest is hands-on: the DigComp 3.0 hackathon in Barcelona, permaculture and a podcast episode in Palermo and educational games on ecology in Tleń. Our guide on what Youthpass is explains the certificate mentioned in two of the calls.
Each call here has its own page on Youth Works Hub, with the full description and the apply button, so pick the course that matches your work and apply through its page. Our guide to preparing a strong Erasmus+ and ESC application gives ten practical tips for writing one.
