MEDITERRART APS · ERASMUS+2020 — 2026

MOBILITY, TRAINING AND ENCOUNTERS

Across Europe,
together.

The cities we have explored, the activities we have shared and the people we have met: youth exchanges, training opportunities and new conversations in Italy and across Europe.

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YOUNG PEOPLE, PLACES, ENCOUNTERSFROM PUGLIA TO EUROPE
Young participants in an outdoor creative workshop in Razlog, Bulgaria
RAZLOG, BULGARIA · OUTDOOR ART ACTIVITIES
EXCHANGES, TRAINING AND PARTICIPATION

Experiences that leave a mark, in Italy and across Europe.

20264–10 August 2026El Borge, Spain

El Borge, Spain

From 4 to 10 August 2026 we joined the Erasmus+ training course Rural Boosters 2.0 in El Borge, Andalusia. Together with youth workers from eleven countries, we explored how young people can contribute to rural development and create opportunities for local communities.

Workshops and collaborative activities focused on rural tourism, mapping local strengths and challenges, developing initiatives, managing risks and seeking partnerships and funding. We returned with ideas and practical approaches to adapt in our own communities.

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20263–12 June 2026Sinaia, Romania

Sinaia, Romania

From 3 to 12 June 2026 we took part in the Erasmus+ youth exchange Click Against Hate: Stand Up to Cyberbullying in Sinaia, Romania, focused on addressing online hate and cyberbullying.

Through creative activities, collaborative work and intercultural conversations, we explored media literacy, empathy and digital responsibility, discussing ways to make online spaces safer and more respectful.

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2026February 2026Rome · Italy

Rome · Erasmus+ project management

In Rome we attended a Project Management Meeting organised by the Italian Youth Agency, an opportunity to discuss the start-up and management stages of Erasmus+ projects.

The meeting took place while we were preparing new activities approved for 2026. It offered practical guidance and opportunities to exchange ideas with other organisations working in the youth field.

20259–16 April 2025Braga, Portugal

Braga, Portugal · 2025

From 9 to 16 April we joined Sustain’Ability – Building a Generation of Change Makers, a youth exchange in Braga on environmental sustainability and climate action. Alongside young people from Portugal, Spain, Romania and Estonia, we used non-formal learning to explore how ideas can become more conscious everyday habits and local initiatives.

Back home, we carried this commitment forward in an initiative with MAUS: a collective artwork inspired by Klimt’s The Lovers, made from glass bottles gathered locally. The materials were sent for recycling after the event.

20241–10 December 2024Alicante, Spain

Alicante, Spain

From 1 to 10 December we joined a youth exchange on the environment alongside around forty young people from other countries. In Alicante, sharing perspectives and experiences helped us reflect on common challenges through intercultural dialogue.

2024November 2024Białystok, Poland

Białystok, Poland

During the E-Educators training course in November 2024, we explored digital tools and approaches for educational activities with young people. The training offered a chance to exchange practices, ideas and skills with participants from different countries.

2024November 2024 · two daysRome · Italy

Rome · Digital Focus Lab

We joined a two-day Focus Lab in Rome organised by the Italian Youth Agency, exploring digital tools and their potential in the work of associations and youth workers.

Through practical exercises and dialogue with other organisations, we strengthened our digital skills, made new connections and shared approaches to bring into our activities.

2024October 2024Étroeungt, France

Étroeungt, France

In October 2024 we took part in an international mobility in Étroeungt, France. We spent our days meeting young people from other countries, taking part in shared activities and learning from new perspectives.

2024July 2024 · four daysRome · Italy

Rome · Training for Erasmus+ organisations

We took part in four days of training in Rome, organised by the Italian Youth Agency for organisations involved in managing Erasmus+ activities across Italy.

The programme combined exchanges between youth workers, group activities and reflection on organisational practice. It helped us strengthen our skills and build relationships with people involved in educational, youth and cultural initiatives.

2024June 2024Braga, Portugal

Braga, Portugal · June 2024

We returned to Braga in June 2024 for another European mobility experience: an opportunity to share activities and everyday moments with young people from different backgrounds.

2024June 2024Caccamo and Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Caccamo and Palermo, June 2024

In June 2024 we joined an experience of encounters and discovery between Caccamo and Palermo. Exploring Sicilian heritage and places became an opportunity to exchange stories and spend time together.

2024March 2024Bari · Italy

Bari · Youth Workers Lab

In Bari we joined a workshop promoted by the Italian Youth Agency on the role of youth workers within associations and activities involving young people.

The workshop offered a space to discuss skills, learning pathways and recognition of the educational and cultural work carried out by youth workers.

202415 February 2024Italian Youth Agency

Project Management Meeting · February 2024

We attended a Project Management Meeting organised by the Italian Youth Agency, focused on managing Erasmus+ projects, especially youth exchanges.

The session combined practical updates with exchanges among Italian organisations working on European projects, helping strengthen the planning and coordination of activities.

20243–10 February 2024Braga, Portugal

Braga, Portugal · February 2024

From 3 to 10 February 2024 we joined the Erasmus+ youth exchange Your Part Matters in Braga, focusing on young people’s participation in community life and European Youth Goal 9 – Space and Participation for All. Together with participants from Portugal, Italy, Poland, Greece and Hungary, we explored the right to be heard and the value of different perspectives.

Non-formal learning activities included a World Café with young people involved in civic and community life. After returning home, we shared the experience with students at Liceo De Sanctis-Galilei, extending the discussion on civic participation.

Our school dissemination activity

2024January 2024Mollina, Málaga, Spain

Mollina, Spain · 2024

In January 2024 we travelled to Mollina in Andalusia for a European mobility, meeting other young people and sharing activities in a different cultural setting.

202319–29 September 2023Torremolinos, Málaga · Spain

Torremolinos, Spain

From 19 to 29 September 2023 we joined May the Work Be with Youth, an Erasmus+ youth exchange hosted in Torremolinos, near Málaga, by the Spanish association La Biznaga Blanca. The project focused on youth employability and digital skills needed in the world of work.

Through group activities and intercultural dialogue we explored digital CVs, searching for jobs online, communication in virtual environments and recognising our own skills. Ten days of shared learning and new connections between young people from different countries.

20236–14 July 2023Istanbul, Türkiye

Istanbul, Türkiye

From 6 to 14 July 2023 we joined an Erasmus+ training course in Istanbul focused on Digital Youth Work. We exchanged tools and approaches to educational work with young people in digital environments.

202325 April – 3 May 2023Cernat, Romania

Cernat, Romania

From 25 April to 3 May 2023 we took part in the Erasmus+ youth exchange Create a Secure Environment in Cernat, in Romania’s Covasna region.

The experience focused on building safe and welcoming environments for young people, through dialogue and shared reflection among participants from different countries.

202320–26 April 2023Golden Sands, Bulgaria

Golden Sands, Bulgaria

In Golden Sands, on the Black Sea coast, we joined the Erasmus+ training course “Digital Youth Work”, exploring youth work in the digital age.

We explored digital tools and methods for non-formal education, communication, inclusion and engagement of young people who face barriers to participation. The international exchange helped us discover practices to apply in our own youth work.

202327 March – 4 April 2023Fornos de Algodres, Portugal

Fornos de Algodres, Portugal

In Fornos de Algodres, Portugal, we joined the Erasmus+ youth exchange “Campaigning Against Gender (In)equality”, focused on gender equality and challenging discrimination.

Forty-two young people from seven European countries shared perspectives on inequality and the part each person can play in creating a fairer society.

202213–21 November 2022Pákozd, Hungary

Pákozd, Hungary

From 13 to 21 November 2022 six members of our association joined Under the Surface, an Erasmus+ youth exchange in Pákozd, Hungary, bringing together young people from six European countries. Through non-formal learning and peer exchange, we explored responsible digital habits, cyberbullying, privacy and social networks. The project was hosted by the Hungarian association Európa Ifjúsága Egyesület – Youth of Europe Association.

20223–11 October 2022Romania

Romania · Under the Green Light

In October 2022 we took part in the Erasmus+ youth exchange Under the Green Light in Romania, focused on ecology, environmental awareness and personal responsibility for the planet.

The learning continued after the mobility: some participants organised a local dissemination activity, sharing what they had learned and inviting others to reflect on environmental sustainability.

Our local dissemination activity

2022July 2022Ponte de Lima, Portugal

Ponte de Lima, Portugal

In July 2022 we joined an Erasmus+ youth exchange in Ponte de Lima, northern Portugal, focused on gender equality. Together with young people from other European countries, we shared activities and different perspectives on an issue that concerns us all.

20228–17 June 2022Mollina, Spain

Mollina, Spain · 2022

From 8 to 17 June 2022 we joined the Erasmus+ youth exchange “Art for Inclusion” in Mollina, Andalusia, exploring art as a language of inclusion and dialogue.

Alongside young people from six countries, we reflected on disability, participation and accessibility through artistic practices, building creative, social and communication skills to share in our communities.

Participants’ reflections

202214–24 April 2022Osijek, Croatia

Osijek, Croatia

From 14 to 24 April 2022 we participated in an Erasmus+ youth exchange in Osijek on the theme of safe spaces. Group activities and conversations with young people from different countries helped us consider how to build environments where everyone feels heard and welcome.

20218–15 October 2021Val-Joly, France

Val-Joly, France

From 8 to 15 October 2021 we joined the seminar Future-proof Youth Work with Digital Skills in Val-Joly, France. Youth workers from different countries shared digital tools, educational practices and new approaches to online participation.

Through workshops and teamwork we explored digital training, online volunteering and resource-sharing among youth workers, generating ideas for collaborative learning beyond the mobility.

20215–13 August 2021Sandanski, Bulgaria

Sandanski, Bulgaria

From 5 to 13 August 2021 we joined an Erasmus+ youth exchange on tolerance. Forty people of different European nationalities spent a week sharing activities, recognising and respecting differences, and building new friendships.

202130 June – 10 July 2021Razlog, Bulgaria

Razlog, Bulgaria

From 30 June to 10 July 2021 we took part in a youth exchange in Bulgaria focused on street art, visual arts and applied arts. Workshops and collective creation gave us a chance to explore artistic languages together with young people from other countries.

2020January 2020Braga, Portugal

Braga, Portugal · 2020

In Braga we participated in a youth exchange about storytelling and theatrical improvisation. We shared legends, anecdotes and traditions from our countries, created puppets and worked together on a final performance.

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