🌱 Training Course in Hungary 🇭🇺 | Eco-ToT 2 – Training of Trainers for Ecoliteracy & Sustainability 🌍💡

Are you a trainer passionate about sustainability and eager to bring ecoliteracy into your youth work? Join Eco-ToT 2, a 9-month long-term Erasmus+ Training of Trainers (ToT) in Hungary that will transform the way you design, deliver, and live education for sustainability. 🌿

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📌 Project Overview

Title: Eco-ToT 2. (Training of Trainers) – Long-Term Training Course
Type: Training Course (LTTC)
Dates:

• 1st Residential: 12–19 October 2025 | Etyek, Hungary
• Online Mentoring Phase: Nov 2025 – May 2026
• 2nd Residential: 12–19 June 2026 | Etyek, Hungary
  Application Deadline: 5 September 2025
  Selection Date: 8 September 2025
  Location: Etyek, Hungary 🇭🇺

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🎯 Objectives

• Deepen ecoliteracy and embed eco-competence in youth training.
• Explore how non-formal education fosters sustainability.
• Gain skills in systems thinking, nature connection & mindfulness.
• Integrate the GreenComp Framework into youth work.
• Build a Pool of EcoTrainers (PoET) – an active network of eco-trainers.
• Share best practices and methods in eco-education and green youth work.

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🧑‍🏫 Profile of Participants

• Trainers/facilitators with experience in international youth work.
• Knowledge of group dynamics, learning facilitation, and non-formal education.
• Motivated to enhance ecoliteracy and integrate sustainability into training.
• Residents of Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries.
• Working language: English

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🏠 Accommodation & Venue

• Hosted at Szatyor Community House in Etyek, a village 30 km west of Budapest.
• Simple but comfortable shared rooms (3–4 beds), communal kitchen, garden space.
• Meals: seasonal, organic, plant-based/vegetarian, sourced from local farmers.
• Eco-friendly lifestyle practices are integrated into daily activities.

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💶 Costs & Funding

• Participation fee: None.
• Accommodation & meals: Fully covered by Erasmus+.
• Travel reimbursement:
  • Green Travel:
    • 10–99 km: €56
    • 100–499 km: €285
    • 500–1999 km: €417
    • 2000–2999 km: €535
  • Non-Green Travel:
    • 10–99 km: €28
    • 100–499 km: €211
    • 500–1999 km: €309
    • 2000–2999 km: €395
• Refunds issued after completing dissemination activities.
• Participants will receive a Youthpass Certificate.

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🏢 Organisers & Trainers

• Szatyor Association 🇭🇺 – promoting sustainable living, eco-education, and social entrepreneurship.
• Asociación Biodiversa 🇪🇸 – co-organiser.
• Facilitators:
  • Maria Giangkampozidou (Imagine Realities, Portugal 🇵🇹)
  • Kriszta Vásárhelyi (Szatyor Association, Hungary 🇭🇺)
  • Javi Quilez (Asociación Promesas, Spain 🇪🇸)

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🌍 Eligible Countries

🇦🇹 Austria, 🇧🇪 Belgium (DE/FL/FR), 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇹🇷 Türkiye

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📎 Application Info

• Training Overview: SALTO Link
• Deadline: 5 September 2025 (23:59 UTC)

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