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Open calls for exchanges and trainings, reports from our workshops and free publications from our European projects.
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Sustainability Empowerment Community of Practice. Training course in Vienna, 23–30 October 2026
Call for youth workers aged 24–35 from Austria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Italy, Latvia and Portugal who want to build green skills and a lasting community of practice.
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Digital Empowerment through Critical Online Dialogue and Engagement. Youth exchange in Vienna, 2–10 November 2026
Call for young people aged 18–30 and group leaders from Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, France, Latvia and Romania.
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Mediation and Advocacy Competences and Tactics for Sustainable Futures. Training course in Vienna, 10–17 November 2026
Call for youth workers aged 24–35 from Austria, Croatia, France, Italy, Latvia, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia.
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Art and Creativity as Catalysts for Empowerment and Well-being in Youth Work. Training course in Vienna, May 2027
Call for youth workers aged 24–35 from Austria, Czechia, Latvia, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia. Exact dates and the application deadline will be announced soon.
See the call17October 2026EASYSkills of the Future
An interactive workshop in Vienna on the skills young people need for a changing job market, from the Erasmus+ project EASY. Open to young people aged 14 to 30.
How to take partSee the event14November 2026TRUTH4YOUTHMedia Literacy Living Lab
Learn to spot, question and counter disinformation, including climate myths, in a hands-on lab from the TRUTH4YOUTH project. Open to young people aged 14 to 30.
How to take partSee the event28November 2026Youth4GreenPolicyCritical Conversations on Climate Matters
Discuss how young people can shape climate and sustainability policy, in a workshop from our project Youth4GreenPolicy. Open to young people aged 14 to 30.
How to take partSee the event16December 2026Career and Development
An interactive workshop in Vienna on your next steps in education and work. Open to young people aged 14 to 30.
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The Union of Skills: what the EU’s new skills strategy means for young people
Basic skills, lifelong learning, skills that travel across borders and talent that stays in Europe: a plain-language guide to the strategy the Commission launched in 2025, and what it means for youth work.
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Erasmus+ 2028–2034: what the next programme could look like
A proposed €40.8 billion budget, the European Solidarity Corps folded into Erasmus+, and a new AgoraEU programme for citizens and culture: where the negotiations on the EU’s 2028–2034 programmes stand and what it means for youth organisations.
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Future skills for youth: what young people need by 2030, and how we build them
Employers expect almost 40% of today’s skills to change by 2030. Analytical thinking, resilience, creativity and digital competences top the lists. Here is what that means for young people, and how labs, simulations and mobilities build those skills.
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Healing Dragons in Vienna: How Austrian youth turned talk into action for mental well-being
15 young people and five youth workers, one day of creative work on mental health, and the Austria National Summary Report that captures it.
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SDGs Intelligence: Youth-led dialogues for a sustainable future
Highlights from a year of co-designing and piloting the SDGs Cards Box with young people in Austria, Latvia and Slovenia.
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Slaying our inner dragons: How a one-day workshop in Vienna helped young people talk about mental health
How the Healing Dragons manual helped fifteen young people talk openly about mental health and leave with a support network.
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Flying Beyond the Hoops! Youth exchange in Vienna, 12–19 August 2026
Call for 35 young people aged 18–25 and 7 group leaders for an Erasmus+ quidditch youth exchange. Applications are closed.
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Don't let the Muggles get you down! Youth exchange in Vienna, 7–14 August 2025
Call for participants for an Erasmus+ quidditch youth exchange in Vienna. Applications are closed.
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Echoes of Environment and Digitalisation. Youth exchange in Vienna, 1–8 November 2024 (travel days included)
Call for participants for an Erasmus+ youth exchange on environment and digitalisation. Applications are closed.
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Nurturing Earth and Wellbeing. Youth exchange in Vienna, 1–8 August 2024 (travel days included)
Call for participants for an Erasmus+ youth exchange on the environment and wellbeing. Applications are closed.
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Gamification for Environmental Sustainability. Training course in Vienna, 24–31 August 2024 (travel days included)
Call for youth workers for an Erasmus+ training course on game-based learning for sustainability. Applications are closed.
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Youth exchange: ECOuprising, Vienna
44 people from seven countries explored climate action, eco-anxiety and urban greening through Land Art, games and study visits.
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Youth exchange: Flying Beyond the Hoops!, Vienna
42 young people and group leaders from seven countries used quidditch to explore fair play, leadership and active citizenship.
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Training course: Peacebuilding Strategies for Civic Participation, Vienna
30 youth workers from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East learned to turn local conflicts into community initiatives.
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Training course: Non-formal Education from Theory to Praxis, Vienna
30 youth workers from nine countries moved from the theory of non-formal education to designing and piloting their own activities.
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Youth exchange: Don't let the Muggles get you down!, Vienna
Around 40 young people from eight countries played quidditch to rethink gender roles and look after their wellbeing.
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Training course: Participatory and Emancipatory Approaches for Youth Work, Vienna
30 youth workers from Algeria, Austria, France, Germany, Libya and Tunisia explored emancipatory youth work and conflict transformation.
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Training course: Transformative Mindset for Sustainable Development, Vienna
30 youth workers from ten countries linked conflict transformation with the Sustainable Development Goals through simulations and design thinking.
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Youth exchange: Echoes of Environment and Digitalisation, Vienna
Around 40 young people from eight countries created audio guides that bring environmental issues closer to everyday life.
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Training course: Revitalizing Ecosystems Through Experientialisation, Vienna
30 youth workers from ten countries learned to design accessible outdoor activities for inclusion, wellbeing and the environment.
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Training course: Gamification for Environmental Sustainability, Vienna
30 youth workers from ten countries designed and tested educational board games on environmental sustainability.
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Youth exchange: Nurturing Earth and Wellbeing, Vienna
Around 40 young people from eight countries explored urban agriculture, food and mental health in Vienna.
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Training course: TransformAction: Countering Social Conflicts in Youth Work, Markutiškės
Youth workers from nine countries met in Lithuania to learn nonviolent ways of transforming social conflicts, with EMOTiC as facilitator.
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Training course: Outdoor Education for Wellbeing, Environment and Inclusion, Vienna
30 youth workers from eight countries tried out experiential outdoor education and ran their own follow-up activities at home.
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Training course: Community Conflict Transformation, Vienna
32 youth workers from 11 countries learned conflict analysis tools, then reached 200+ people through local initiatives.
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Youth exchange: Embracing Diversity and Inclusion, Vienna
42 young people from eight countries spent nine days in Vienna on diversity and inclusion, then reached 100+ more people through follow-ups.
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Youth exchange: Plant the Future, Vienna
28 young people explored community gardens in Vienna, then started clothes swaps, a school garden and more at home.
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Training course: Community Social Peacebuilding, Vienna
25 young people from Vienna launched four local initiatives, from a mental health talk to a community garden.
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Training course: Reinforcing Games as an Educational Tool, Rustavi
27 youth workers from six countries designed six educational board games; one is now taught at the University of Rijeka.
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Training course: Future PolicyShapers, Vienna
28 young leaders negotiated two resolutions, on climate and on privacy and cybersecurity.
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Training course: Grassroots Conflict Transformation, Vienna
25 young people from Vienna turned conflict analysis into a podcast, a networking event and a photo competition.
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Article8 October 2026133 viewsThe Union of Skills: what the EU’s new skills strategy means for young peopleArticle8 October 2026158 viewsErasmus+ 2028–2034: what the next programme could look likeArticle8 October 2026121 viewsFuture skills for youth: what young people need by 2030, and how we build them
Publication10 February 2026412 viewsRECOVER: Empowering youth workers to support young people's mental healthPublication14 June 2025386 viewsHealing Dragons in Vienna: How Austrian youth turned talk into action for mental well-beingReport20 March 2025297 viewsSDGs Intelligence: Youth-led dialogues for a sustainable futureReport19 March 2025241 viewsSlaying our inner dragons: How a one-day workshop in Vienna helped young people talk about mental healthReport30 November 2023328 viewsTraining course: Community Conflict Transformation, ViennaReport8 January 2023365 viewsYouth exchange: Embracing Diversity and Inclusion, ViennaReport1 July 2022289 viewsYouth exchange: Plant the Future, ViennaReport8 May 2022214 viewsTraining course: Community Social Peacebuilding, ViennaReport1 May 2022302 viewsTraining course: Reinforcing Games as an Educational Tool, RustaviReport26 February 2022263 viewsTraining course: Future PolicyShapers, ViennaReport31 August 2021237 viewsTraining course: Grassroots Conflict Transformation, ViennaNever miss an open call
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