International Projects

A Youth Exchange bringing 48 young people (aged 18–25) from 7 countries for 8 working days to develop critical thinking and media literacy skills. Participants learn to identify fake news, deepfakes, and algorithmic manipulation through interactive workshops using real case studies from each partner country. Mixed-nationality teams create short videos, podcasts, and social media campaigns promoting critical media consumption. The programme includes a simulation exercise where participants run a mock newsroom covering the same breaking story under 3 different press freedom conditions, a visit to a local media organisation or fact-checking initiative, and the development of a peer-education toolkit in 3 languages (French, Arabic, Spanish). Each national group commits to organising at least 2 local media literacy workshops within 3 months after the exchange.

A Youth Exchange gathering 48 young people (aged 18–25) from 7 countries in Morocco for 9 working days to explore sustainable lifestyles, environmental activism, and the green transition through hands-on experiential learning. Participants work at a local cooperative learning traditional water harvesting, drip irrigation, and organic farming adapted to arid climates. The programme features upcycling and zero-waste creative labs culminating in a local exhibition, an environmental footprint challenge comparing realities across all 6 countries, a field visit to a contrasting Moroccan ecosystem to observe different adaptation strategies, a community engagement day working alongside local residents on a small-scale environmental project, and a sustainable cooking workshop exploring the link between food systems, culture, and environmental impact. Each national group designs a concrete environmental action plan for their home context, to be implemented within 4 months.

A Youth Exchange for 36 young people (aged 18–25) from 7 countries, including young adults with fewer opportunities who have experienced mental health challenges. Over 7 working days, the programme creates safe spaces for open dialogue about mental health across different cultural contexts. Activities include Forum Theatre sessions exploring what asking for help looks like in Naples, Casablanca, or Beirut; emotional toolbox workshops teaching mindfulness, journaling, breathing exercises, and peer-to-peer support methods adapted for low-resource settings; creative expression labs in visual arts, spoken word poetry, and short film creation exploring resilience and hope; and a panel discussion with young mental health advocates from EU and MENA contexts. Mixed-nationality teams design social media awareness campaigns on youth mental health adapted to each country’s cultural context and language.

A Youth Exchange bringing 48 young people (aged 18–25) from 7 countries for 8 working days to strengthen democratic participation skills. The partnership links countries that built democracy from dictatorship (Portugal, Spain), countries in democratic transition (Tunisia), established monarchies (Morocco, Jordan), and post-colonial democracies (France). Activities include an EU Decision-Making Simulation where participants role-play as MEPs, Council representatives, and Commission officials; a democratic innovation fair covering citizens’ assemblies, participatory budgeting, and digital democracy platforms; structured dialogue with local politicians and civil society representatives; a Policy Lab where mixed-nationality teams draft youth policy briefs; and a digital campaigning workshop on strategic use of social media for civic engagement. Youth policy recommendations are compiled and submitted to National Youth Councils and EU institutions.

A Youth Exchange bringing 48 young people (aged 18–25) from 7 countries to Morocco for 9 working days, with a strong focus on young adults with fewer opportunities including refugees, migrants, and marginalised youth. Participants come from across the full migration corridor, origin, transit, and destination countries. Activities include life story circles where participants share narratives about identity, migration, and belonging; anti-discrimination workshops exploring how racism and xenophobia manifest differently across countries using Theatre of the Oppressed; a 2-day collaborative mural creation guided by a local Moroccan artist; digital storytelling where cross-country pairs create documentary-style videos about each other’s stories; a community immersion day visiting cultural associations and migrant integration projects; and an intercultural market open to the local community. Participants collectively draft a youth declaration on inclusion and solidarity.

A 9-day training course for 40 youth workers (18+) from 8 countries focused on digital and smart youth work. Participants receive hands-on training on AI-powered content creation, interactive polling, collaborative workspaces, and virtual reality for empathy building. The programme features a two-phase Digital Method Lab where participants first redesign existing youth work activities using digital tools, then test them live with structured peer feedback. Additional sessions cover online safety, data privacy, digital wellbeing, cyberbullying prevention, and responsible AI use, comparing EU and MENA regulatory contexts. Mixed-country teams design a 4-week blended youth work programme that works in both high- and low-bandwidth settings. The course produces an open-source Digital Youth Work Toolkit with video tutorials, published as OER. A community of practice is launched with quarterly online meetings planned for 12 months.

A 6-day training course combined with a 3-day study visit for 40 youth workers (18+) from 8 countries, developing practical competences for creating inclusive youth work environments across vastly different resource contexts. The programme includes a self-assessment workshop where participants audit their organisations’ inclusion practices; methodology training on Universal Design for Learning, trauma-informed youth work, easy-read communication, sensory-friendly environments, and language-accessible facilitation; a lived experience panel with young people from both EU and MENA contexts; an inclusion hack where teams redesign real youth programmes to be fully inclusive under different resource scenarios (EU-funded vs. self-funded vs. crisis context); and study visits to 3 organisations recognised for inclusive practice in disability, migration, and economic inclusion. Each participant creates an Individual Action Plan with at least 3 inclusion improvements for their organisation.

A 5-day seminar for 35 youth workers (18+) from 7 countries hosted in Morocco, following the Mediterranean-to-Middle East climate corridor. The programme equips participants with tools for embedding sustainability across all dimensions of youth work: project design, operations, events, travel, and procurement. Activities include an organisational sustainability audit mapping environmental practices; nature-based education methodology training with experiential sessions in outdoor settings; a carbon footprint simulation calculating the impact of a typical international project with concrete reduction strategies; best practice exchanges where each country presents one innovative green practice; and field visits to local Moroccan sustainability initiatives including solar energy projects, water conservation cooperatives, and community-led waste management. The seminar produces a Green Youth Work Organisational Audit Tool, pilot-tested with participants’ own data and published as OER.

A 5-day training course hosted in Morocco combined with mutual 3-day study visits for 28 youth workers (18+) from 7 countries, building capacity for high-quality mobility activities. The programme includes self-assessment against the ETS Competence Model with personalised learning plans; a deep-dive into Erasmus+ Youth Quality Standards with practical examples and checklists; a non-formal education methodology lab practising facilitation, debriefing, and group dynamics management with live feedback; a Project Design Sprint where multi-country teams design a complete Youth Exchange in 24 hours including needs analysis, objectives, programme, inclusion strategy, and evaluation; and study visits where participants visit partner organisations, observe daily youth work, and conduct structured interviews. The partnership is built along the Western Mediterranean corridor with structured mentoring between experienced EU partners and newcomer organisations. At least 2 project ideas are expected to be submitted as Erasmus+ applications within 12 months.

A 6-day training course for 40 youth workers (18+) from 8 countries focused on youth participation methods that go beyond consultation to genuine power-sharing. The programme compares institutional (Germany, Netherlands), cooperative (Italy), grassroots (Morocco, Tunisia), structured-advocacy (Jordan), and emerging (Turkey, Ukraine) participation traditions. Activities include a Ladder of Participation analysis examining how models apply or fail in each country’s reality; a methodology marketplace where each participant leads a mini-workshop on a tested method from their daily practice; innovation labs on digital participation including e-participation platforms, digital voting, online deliberation, and gamified consultation tools tested for both broadband and low-bandwidth settings; inclusion lens workshops adapting participation methods for young people with fewer opportunities; and a field visit to a local youth participation initiative with structured debriefing. The course produces a Youth Participation Methods Compendium with step-by-step instructions, published as OER in English, French, Arabic, and German.