📌 Project Type: Erasmus+ Training Course
📅 Activity Dates: 31 October – 5 November 2025
📅 Application Deadline: 15 September 2025
📍 Venue: Berlin, Germany
👥 Participant Profile: Youth workers aged 18+
🌐 Eligible Countries:
🇦🇹 Austria, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇫🇷 France, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇵🇱 Poland
✨ About the Project
Tokenism in Youth Work aims to explore the concept of tokenism — its forms, manifestations, and impact on youth participation. This training equips participants with the knowledge, strategies, and tools to ensure meaningful, inclusive, and empowering youth involvement. 🌍💡
Through non-formal education methods and experiential learning, participants will:
- Understand tokenism and its consequences 🧩
- Explore frameworks such as the participation ladder, co-creation, and inclusive youth practices 📚
- Recognize and address power imbalances, privilege, and representation issues in youth work ⚖️
- Develop strategies and local action plans for inclusive youth participation 🗣️
📚 Learning Objectives
- Explore tokenism in youth work and its impact.
- Learn tools and frameworks for meaningful participation (participation ladder, co-creation, inclusive practices).
- Strengthen competences to recognize and address privilege, power, and representation issues.
- Plan inclusive, local-level activities that empower all young people.
🏠 Accommodation & Venue
Participants will stay at JH International (Potsdamer Platz area, Berlin):
- Shared 3–4 bed rooms with bunk beds 🛏️
- Shared bathrooms, free Wi-Fi 🌐
- Bed sheets provided (bring your own towels)
- Easy access to public transport 🚋
Meals and coffee breaks will be fully covered.
🛫 Travel & Costs
- Arrival: 31 October 2025, 17:00–19:00 (welcome dinner served 19:00–20:00).
- Departure: 5 November 2025, after breakfast.
- The project is fully funded by Erasmus+: travel reimbursement, accommodation, and meals included.
🎓 Methodology
- Non-formal education & experiential learning
- Safe, collaborative group environment 🤝
- Teambuilding, reflection, and action planning
- Youthpass certificate upon completion 🎓
