How can we rewrite the dominant narratives shaping our societies?
How can storytelling, art, and collective imagination support a fairer, more hopeful, more ecological future?
Join this powerful Partnership-building Activity in Pau, France — a gathering for European organisations ready to collaborate, exchange practices, and co-design new projects under Erasmus+, Creative Europe, and other funding programmes.
From 12 to 19 January 2026, this residential event brings together organisations that believe in the transformative role of storytelling, culture, and education during the ecosocial crisis.
About the Activity
Today’s global challenges demand new ways of imagining the future. This PBA invites organisations that use:
🎭 artistic expression
📝 storytelling
🌱 social and ecological engagement
💬 community-based education
…to come together and rethink how media narratives influence society — and how they can be reshaped to inspire resilience, justice, solidarity, and active hope.
What You Will Do
During this collaborative week in France, participants will:
✨ Exchange creative & educational good practices
✨ Learn from diverse European initiatives
✨ Explore innovative narrative approaches
✨ Build international partnerships
✨ Co-design future projects under Erasmus+, Creative Europe & more
✨ Envision new, desirable, just & ecological futures
If your organisation integrates storytelling, arts, or social engagement into its work — this PBA is for you.
Event Details
- Type: Partnership-building Activity
- Dates: 12–19 January 2026
- Location: Pau, France 🇫🇷
- Participants: 20
- Working language: English
- Organiser: Rakonto (Youth NGO)
Rakonto is an international network of storytellers using artistic practices to promote a socially and environmentally fair ecological transition.
Eligible Countries (with flags)
Austria 🇦🇹, Belgium 🇧🇪, 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 🇹🇷
Costs
✔️ No participation fee
✔️ Accommodation & food fully covered
✔️ Travel reimbursed according to the Erasmus+ distance calculator
✔️ Youthpass certificate provided
Application Deadline
📅 28 November 2025 (24h UTC)
🔎 Selection date: 7 December 2025
Application Link
🔗 http://trainings.salto-youth.net/14159
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