Erasmus4Democracy ProjectLabs
It is a four three day seminar for municipal youth policy officers who plan to design Erasmus+ Youth projects for developing youth participation in municipal decision-making. This event also helps in finding project partners among the 25 participants, and in identifying project ideas, and creating concrete project outlines.
What to expect from this seminar?
The aim the activity is to understand the different formats of Erasmus+ Youth key actions, to share some implemented projects for inspiration, to reflect on needs and context of the different local reality of participants, and plan the outlines of possible project ideas together with other participants.
What is happening during such a seminar ?
The methodology is based on non-formal learning offering space and tools for participants:
- to share and learn about Erasmus + Youth grants, and showcase some project examples to develop youth participation,
- to reflect on their own situation and the local context to identify needs that can be supported by Erasmus+ projects,
- to identify project ideas that can be further developed into submitted Erasmus+ projects.
Who is this seminar for?
This seminar is designed for municipal youth policy officers and their local partners who plan to design and submit Erasmus+ Youth projects to develop youth participation in municipal decision-making.
When and how can I apply ?
This training module is organised at least once a year and hosted by one of the partnering Erasmus+ Youth agencies in one of the European countries. The actual calls for participants are always published in the News section. And you can sign up for the Newsletter to receive the most up-to-date information about calls.
The seminar lasts 3 full days, plus an arrival and a departure day. The participation is free of charge, accommodation in single hotel rooms and meals from dinner of the arrival day to the breakfast of the departure day are covered by the host agency. Travel costs are reimboursed by the sending Erasmus+ Youth national agency, you should contact them for details. You have to submit your application through the SALTO website, the link is included in each call for participants in the News secttion.
The seminar is based on non-formal education principles, that requires your active participation and interaction with the other 20-25 participants. It is a safe learning space where all participants have similar profile and represent a local or regional municipalities. The activity is facilitated by two-three Democracy Reloading trainers who are trained for program and experienced in the field of democratic youth participation.
The first will take place in Norway, and the second one in Bulgaria both in the second semester. Calls will be published in the News section in spring.