🇮🇹💪 Boosting Youth Work & Local Action – Empowering Change-Makers Across Europe! 🌍🤝✨

Are you ready to boost your impact as a youth worker and create meaningful change in your local community? 🌱
Join the Erasmus+ Training Course “Boosting Youth Work & Local Action” in Manerba del Garda, Italy 🇮🇹 — a dynamic learning experience designed to strengthen youth work, civic participation, and educational practices across Europe!

Through practical workshops, creative sessions, and intercultural collaboration, you’ll develop tools to inspire youth engagement, social inclusion, and local action that makes a real difference. 💡🌍

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📌 Program Overview

• Project Type: Erasmus+ Training Course
• Title: Boosting Youth Work & Local Action
• Location: 🇮🇹 Manerba del Garda, Italy
• Organizer: Arcus (Youth NGO 🇮🇹)
• Working Language: English 🇬🇧
• Participants: 3 youth workers per organisation
• Accessibility: Fully accessible venue ♿
• Application Deadline: ⏰ 8 November 2025
• Selection Date: 📅 10 November 2025
• Official Link: SALTO Training Calendar – Apply Here
• Application Form: Google Form – Apply Now

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🎯 About the Training

This six-day training course brings together youth workers, educators, and mentors from across Europe 🇪🇺 to explore new educational tools and methodologies that make youth work more inclusive, participatory, and impactful.

In a world of rapid digital change and social challenges, the course empowers participants to bridge intercultural, intergenerational, and social divides, developing innovative ways to strengthen young people’s voices in their communities. 💬✨

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💡 Objectives

The training aims to:
💪 Enhance youth work competences for inclusive and innovative engagement.
🌍 Promote non-formal education and creative learning methods.
🤝 Foster cooperation and exchange of experiences among youth organisations.
🧠 Develop tools for local community action and civic participation.
🎓 Inspire participants to integrate new practices into their daily work.

By the end of the course, participants will have designed concrete action plans to implement in their own local contexts — turning ideas into action! 💡🚀

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📚 Learning Focus

• Understanding challenges in modern youth work
• Exploring innovative educational methodologies
• Using digital and media tools for community empowerment
• Designing youth-led local projects
• Building long-term partnerships for cooperation

Participants will take part in group workshops, peer learning sessions, simulations, and reflective activities — all grounded in non-formal education principles and experiential learning. 🎭📖

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🎓 Certification

All participants will receive a Youthpass Certificate 🏅 — officially recognised across Europe 🇪🇺 — validating their learning outcomes and adding value to their professional development in the youth sector.

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👥 Who Can Apply

• Youth workers, educators, facilitators, and volunteers aged 18+
• Active members of youth organisations or community initiatives
• Motivated to strengthen youth engagement and civic participation
• Open to international cooperation and non-formal learning

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🏛️ Organiser

Arcus (Youth NGO 🇮🇹)
A dynamic Italian organisation working to promote youth empowerment, non-formal education, and social inclusionthrough European mobility projects, creative learning tools, and local initiatives.

📩 Contact Person: Cristina Cavalletto
✉️ Email: info.associazionearcus@gmail.com
📞 Phone: +39 320 424 4449

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💰 Costs & Funding (Erasmus+)

✅ Participation Fee: None
✅ Accommodation & Meals: Fully covered by Erasmus+ (full board)
✅ Travel Reimbursement: Based on Erasmus+ distance calculator ✈️
✅ Funding: 100% covered under the Erasmus+ Programme 🇪🇺

All costs are co-financed by the European Union to ensure equal access and inclusion. 🌍

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🌐 How to Apply

Interested youth workers can apply by completing the online form:
👉 Apply Here – Boosting Youth Work & Local Action

For additional information, visit the SALTO Training Page.