🌟 Opportunity Overview
Facts For Future is an Erasmus+ Training Course organised by Kreisau-Initiative e.V., taking place in Würzburg, Germany 🇩🇪.
This training brings together youth workers, trainers, educators, NGO professionals, and activists to address one of the most urgent challenges facing young people today: climate disinformation.
With social media as the main source of information for many young people, false climate narratives, myths, and populist messages increasingly undermine trust in science, democratic dialogue, and climate action. This training equips participants with practical tools, critical media literacy skills, and educational methods to counter climate disinformation in youth work and civic education contexts.
🎯 Objectives of the Training
🧠 Strengthen critical media literacy and fact-based dialogue with young people
🛑 Learn to identify, analyse, and counter climate disinformation and myths
🏛️ Address populist narratives and their impact on climate policy and democracy
🌱 Support youth engagement and help young people cope with eco-anxiety
🎨 Explore creative and non-formal methods to debunk climate myths
🤝 Foster European exchange, networking, and joint project ideas
🛠️ Learning Methods & Content
👥 Peer exchange with professionals from across Europe
🎓 Workshops with experts in climate, media literacy, and civic education
📚 Development of practical tools and methods for future youth projects
🌍 Discussions on strengthening democratic, fact-based climate dialogue
🧩 Space to design follow-up activities and youth exchanges
👤 Who Can Participate?
✔️ Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, educators, NGO professionals
✔️ People active in media literacy, climate education, or civic education
✔️ Those with experience in non-formal education
✔️ Participants interested in shaping future youth projects on climate & disinformation
✔️ Fluent in English (working language of the training)
✔️ Residents of Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries
🌍 Eligible Applicant Countries
🇦🇹 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, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇹🇷 Türkiye, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
📅 Activity Dates
09 April 2026 – 15 April 2026 (including two travel days)
⏳ Application Deadline
📅 Application Deadline: 25 January 2026 (24h UTC)
💶 Costs & Financial Conditions
🏠 Full board and accommodation (double rooms) included
✈️ Travel costs reimbursed according to Erasmus+ distance bands
💳 Participation fee (based on country of residence):
• €120 – Country Group 1
• €80 – Country Group 2
• €50 – Country Group 3
🤝 Fees are not a barrier – support solutions available if needed
📩 Application Link
https://kreisauinitiative.wufoo.com/forms/application-form-facts-for-future-srr69ll0hiqw5v/
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