Are you passionate about inclusion, creativity, and comics? ✨ The Erasmus+ Training Course “DRAW-IN: Drawing Inclusion: Comics for Social Understanding” invites youth workers, trainers, mentors, and educators to join an intensive learning experience where art meets social change.
📅 Dates: 16–26 October 2025 (10 days)
📍 Location: Tallinn, Estonia
🚀 About the Project
This training brings together 26 participants from across Europe to explore how comics can be powerful educational tools to promote inclusion, break barriers, and foster understanding. Participants will not only learn — but also create 4–6 original comics that reflect diverse experiences and perspectives.
By living, working, and creating in a multi-level, multicultural group, participants will gain:
- Practical experience in collaborative learning within diverse communities.
- Tools to design and deliver educational comics.
- Insights into fears, barriers, and solutions in inclusive youth work.
- Knowledge of Erasmus+ opportunities and how to integrate them into youth projects.
- A Youthpass certificate for recognition of their learning outcomes.
🎯 Objectives
✔️ Foster inclusion through creative education.
✔️ Build competencies in teamwork, empathy, and communication.
✔️ Produce and test innovative educational comics.
✔️ Promote intercultural dialogue and solidarity.
✔️ Strengthen professional networks among youth workers across Europe.
🏡 Accommodation & Food
✅ Accommodation and meals are fully covered by Erasmus+.
✅ Hosted in Tallinn, with all project-related costs supported.
💸 Costs
- Participation fee: €40
- Travel reimbursement (up to):
- Estonia: €56
- Latvia/Lithuania: €285
- Finland: €211
- Germany/Poland: €309
- Portugal: €580
🌐 Working Language
Russian (to engage Russian-speaking communities across Europe).
✨ Who Can Apply?
🔹 Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, mentors, project managers, and educators.
🔹 Participants from Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Portugal.
🔹 Motivated individuals ready to use art and comics as tools for inclusion.
📎 How to Apply
🔗 Application Form & Details
📅 Deadline: 3 September 2025 (23:59 UTC)
📢 Selection Results: 10 September 2025
