 During the second part of the Erasmus+ KA210-ADU - Small-scale partnerships in adult education Culture in Nature project in Finland, various activities were carried out to promote learning, coexistence, and cultural exchange. The cultural sights of the capital Helsinki were explored, adorned with winter decorations. The participants learned about the work in LEKO from the principal, Tuomas Lankinen. Visits included Loimaa’s Art House, Alpoo Jaakola’s sculpture park, the natural path and summer theatre place at the old water mill at Krekilä. Monica Atikainen provided insights into how cultural activities are arranged within the middle-sized rural Loimaa municipality. One day was spent in Lohja, visiting the Finnish design center Muurla, ABC gas station, Lohja’s parish house, and enjoying traditional dances at Tanhuhovi with Markku Aro and the band Diesel. The main activity took place at Tytyri Experience Mine, showcasing how an industrial site could be transformed into an educational, cultural, scientific, and leisure venue. The Finnish Independence Day on the 6th of December was the central activity of this Experience Transfer Visit. Attendance included the Independence Day worship at Kanta-Loimaa church and the ceremony at the Soldiers' National Cemetery. Like any inhabitant of Loimaa, greetings and handshakes were received from the town's leaders: Chair of the City Council, Tarja Mäki-Punto-Ristanen, and Chair of the City Board, Teija Ek-Marjamäki, at the entrance of Heimolinna house. Cake and coffee were provided there, along with a concert featuring speeches. The celebration continued in a very Finnish way, following the President's reception on TV at LEKO. In Rovaniemi, one day was spent in the Arktikum Museum – a multifunctional center offering much to understand about life up to the Polar Circle and how to present it in an accessible and inclusive manner. Another day was dedicated to exploring the world-famous Santa Claus Village, providing valuable lessons on cultural event arrangements for large, international crowds both indoors and outdoors.
Several trips tested the railway system, with long-distance connections during both day and night. Recreational activities included visits to the local pool and saunas at Vesihovi in Loimaa, building snowmen, engaging in snowball fights, making snow angels, and for the most active participants, witnessing the northern lights in the night sky. Daily reflections on new experiences were conducted, alongside regular efforts to improve the content of the new program. Numerous examples served as inspiration for future activities.  The first part of the Erasmus+ KA210-ADU - Small-scale partnerships in adult education: Culture in Nature project started off in Latvia, with the first day being initiated with a cultural tour around Riga, the capital, where the group explored its historical sites and urban landscape. Later that day, they travelled by bus to Līgatne and settled into a cabin that served as the base for the week. In the evening, participants practiced traditional Latvian dances, making use of the spacious common area. The day concluded with cultural presentations from each country—Malta, Latvia, and Finland—covering significant cultural facts, fun details, and geological features of each nation. The following day started with an ice-breaker activity designed to help participants get to know each other better. This involved impersonating fellow participants based on earlier conversations, fostering a relaxed and engaging atmosphere. After sharing a traditional Latvian dinner, the evening was spent playing card games developed by participants from previous projects, focusing on strategies for drawing creative inspiration from nature. The next day, the group learned about Latvian traditions, including crafting birds from natural fibres like grass and string. In the afternoon, each country’s participants presented information about the organizations they represent. The day concluded with a cultural evening where participants shared traditional foods, sweets, and beverages from their respective countries, creating an opportunity for cultural exchange through shared meals. The morning that followed was dedicated to Latvian musical traditions, highlighting their connection to nature and spirituality. Participants learned about symbols used in Latvian culture and their personal significance, followed by singing traditional songs while playing various instruments around a campfire. Later in the day, the group visited the historic Līgatne Paper Mill and toured the surrounding natural areas. In the evening, they attended the Latvian Fire Festival held in a forest, providing insight into how cultural events can be integrated with natural settings. The next day began with traditional Latvian songs as a warm-up, followed by brainstorming activities aimed at fostering creative thinking with a focus on nature. Participants discussed the cultural similarities and differences among Malta, Latvia, and Finland. The afternoon was dedicated to evaluating the previous day's fire festival and other activities, analysing them from an event organizer’s perspective. This included discussions on event planning such as safety, resources, food, and attire, with the goal of developing a framework for future projects that combine culture and nature effectively.
Towards the end of the program, the group experienced a traditional Northern European sauna, guided by a sauna expert. This included a full sauna session along with hot tubs, offering an opportunity to relax and reflect on the week's activities. These activities contributed to a broader understanding of how nature influences cultural practices and how cultural events can be designed to adapt to and embrace natural environments. The training course “VISUALLY – A guide to reach youth through visuals” was held between Tuesday 4th October and Tuesday 11th October in the mountainous village of Eco dos Teixos, Casaio up in the mountain range which separates the regions of Galicia and Castilla y Leon. The 24 participants hailed from a variety of European nations. Apart from 3 Maltese participants Fabian Mercieca, Lynden Ellul and Thelma Bonello, the training course also included youth workers and educators from Spain, Portugal, Poland, Italy, Greece, Romania, Germany, Estonia and Latvia. The training course was hosted by Ticket2Europe with the support of the SGI network funded by the Spanish National Agency Injuve and funded by the Erasmus+ programme under the Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals.  Upon arrival, participants had an ice-breaking session to get to know each other. Throughout the 6 full training days at the heart of this project the participants went through intensive training days with around 6 hours sessions a time split with appropriate break slots. For everyone to understand the dynamics of the group, in the beginning of the training course, the participants were asked to share the contexts they come from, their experiences in relation to visual facilitation and other realities such as the places they want to visit or that they went to.  Throughout the course the participants learned a variety of methods and skills related to Visual Facilitation which can be used in their roles as youth workers, youth leaders and teachers but also in other work. Participates were given a set of markers: black for boldness, yellow for highlighting and grey for shading and slowly but surely started to learn to draw through various sessions such as the Visual ABC, Essential 8 and Visual…..What? Among other skills the participants learned about the objectives of visual facilitation, principles of visual facilitation, the fundamentals of non-formal education and a multitude of visual facilitation methods including those related to fonts, colouring, spacing, designing and many others. Finally the group was split in teams of 3 so that 3-5 visual facilitation templates per group were produced. Some of the templates were also digitalized on drawing tablets! In the evenings, specific delegations cooked a typical meal representing their counties, for Malta it was the traditional Maltese Timpana and on the same night Vastlakukkel (an Easter dessert) was served by Estonia: an appropriate pairing going back to the start of MUYA that has its first contacts from EUYA (Estonian UNESCO Youth Association).  Saturday was the day dedicated to the local discovery and the participants were taken for an 8-hour 20km long trek in the mountains. On this trek participants were taken deep into the forest to see the typical Celtic trees that have roots that are so intertwined that it is unclear how many trees are in the forest, the local tour guides from Eco dos Teixos, Elba and Pedro explained. In the evening a local Galician dinner was organized by the Spanish team - a much needed energy boost after the day long trek! The final evaluation of the VISUALLY training course highlighted the fact that at the beginning most participants were not exactly sure of the journey they were embarking on. However, as time passed, it became obvious that a lot of thought and preparation went into the build up to this training course. The trainers Jaanika Siiroja & Olalla González together with the helping team were all very well prepared. Olalla, considered this training course as her baby project as it was the first held in her home region of Galicia which was 2 years in the making due the original planned dates of 2020.   Are you interested in youth work? Then this Training Course is for you! Apply now
Name: D.E.A.L – Develop, Empower, Achieve and Learn. Dates: 18th to 24th October 2022 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1- Training Course) Participants needed: 2 participants Age: 18-30 Location: Turin, Italy Costs: Travel costs are covered up to a limit of 275EUR. Food and accommodation are 100% free. 10EUR Participation fee sending and Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Host Organisation: Italian National Agency (ANG) Countries: Malta, Italy, Greece, Poland, Romania, Latvia, Czech Republic, Spain, Cyprus, Serbia, Hungary, and Portugal. What is it about The aim of this TC is to develop participants' skills for self-empowerment, foster their youth worker skills as well as create a hub for employability and personal development tools, methods and practices to be used by those working with young people, so to support them in dealing with challenges, having ownership of their life and pursuing diverse career prospects. The objectives include: Improving the participants’ competencies required in facilitating the personal and professional development of the young people they work with. Providing space for sharing of experiences and good practices in the subject matter. Gaining first-hand experience in a number of personal and professional development tools. Interested applicants are to fill out the participation form: https://www.cognitoforms.com/MUYA1/participationform by the 20th September 2022.  Are you interested to discover the history of Chocolate? Have a look below and apply now!! Name: Welcome to the Chocolate Factory! A discovery in historical ecology. Dates: 16th to 25th October 2022 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1- Training Course) Participants needed: 5 participants Age: 18-30 Location: Bremen, Germany. Costs: Travel costs are covered up to a limit of 275EUR. Food and accommodation are 100% free. 10EUR Participation fee sending and Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Host Organisation: Mostar Friedensprojekt e.V. Countries: Malta, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, UK, Estonia, France, and Turkey. Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association What is it about This YE will tackle various topics such as food consumption as well as discriminatory structures and racism. Also includes research on the historical trade routes of chocolate and how this luxury good became a common commodity all over the world. This YE includes: Research different ingredients from cacao to sugar, fats, and milk powder. You will make your own chocolate. Understanding how fairtrade works. Interested applicants are to fill out the participation form:https:// www.cognitoforms.com/MUYA1/participationform by the 14th September 2022  📢📢 Are you 18 and over and want to enhance your skills and network? An Amazing opportunity has come up‼️
Name: VISUALLY. A guide to reach youth through visuals. Dates: 4th to 11th October 2022 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1- Training Course) Participants needed: 2 participants Age: 18-30 Location: Eco dos Teixos (Galicia, Spain) 🇪🇸 Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of 245EUR. Food and accommodation 100% free. 30EUR Participation fee host + 10EUR Participation fee sending and Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Host Organisation: Injuve & Shokkin Group International Countries: Malta, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Estonia, Romania, Greece, Poland & Latvia Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association What is it about ⁉️ This TC will focus on the need of youth workers and educators to support young people in their initiatives, focusing on the transformation of vague ideas into concrete project plans through the use of visual facilitation. The objectives of this course include: ✅ To promote effective communication techniques in youth work. ✅ To introduce visual facilitation to youth workers/educators/youth leaders as a way of engaging young people. ✅ To practice visual facilitation techniques and visual thinking in order to support the ideas of young people. ✅To create a space for the exchange of good practices for the involvement of young people in volunteering activities. 🙌🏻 The improvement in these skills will help young people take charge of their lives and careers, and will help them to create new enterprises. 📝 Interested applicants are to fill out the participation form:https:// ➡️ www.cognitoforms.com/MUYA1/participationform by the 2nd September 2022  Name: “Climate Change? NO! Change Yourself!!!”
Dates: 4th to 12th September 2022 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1- Youth Exchange) Participants needed: 5 participants + 1 leader Age: 18-30 Location: Arrouquelas, Rio Maior (Portugal) Costs:Travel costs covered up to a limit of €300. Food and accommodation are 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Host Organisation: "H2O"-Associação de Jovens de Arrouquelas Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: This YE will focus on social inclusion and personal development in relation to challenges presented by the environment and climate change. By the end of the exchange, participants will: -Adopt environmental-friendly practices -Advocate, lobby and lead campaigns to participate more in civic life -Create innovative and sustainable environmental solutions -Promote diversity, social inclusion and intercultural learning -Make a positive impact on mental ideologies The improvement in these skills will help young people take charge of their lives and careers, and will help them to create new enterprises. The activity will be high-end camping with access to normal facilities such as kitchen, showers etc. All applicants must be fully vaccinated as this is a requirement for travel to Portugal. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form by the 8th August 2022.  Name: EDUBOARDZ Dates: 31st August to 7th September 2021 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 3 participants Age: 18+ Location: Lija, Malta Costs: Food, accommodation and activity costs 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee host organisation: €25. Host Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Countries Participating: Malta, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Bulgaria, Lithuania. Project Description: This training course aims to introduce game-based learning and gamification and including board games a tool for involvement of young people. Main objectives are: - To discuss youth trends in participant countries and extract current learning needs from participants' working experience with youth; - To introduce game-based learning and gamification for youth workers/youth leaders to incorporate in own work; - To explore board games and their possible adaptation to serve as educational tools; - To introduce board games as a tool for involvement of young people and explore successful examples of the use of board games in youth work; - To equip participants with methods for idea development and learning design that is transferable to socially relevant topics Interested applicants are to fill the participation form https://www.cognitoforms.com/MUYA1/participationform by the 26th August 2021.  Name: “EduLARP”
Dates: 11 to 19 May 2020 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 3 participants Age: 18+ Location: Berlin, Germany Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275. Food, accommodation and activity costs 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Participation fee host organisation: None. Host Organisation: Fahrten-Ferne-Abenteuer Ferienwerk gemeinnützige GmbH Countries Participating: Germany, Poland, Malta, Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Sweden and Slovenia. Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: LARP (Live Action Role Play Game) is a combination of game, simulation and improvised theatre. Educational LARPs consist of a storytelling part in which the context and the world that participants operate in is described, the creation of characters that participants become and the rules of the game that everyone plays. LARPs can also involve some additional elements like props, scenography and intrigues that together create the complete story. This story lets participants experience unknown and play the game in the way that emphasis valuable content, as well as develop their competences: knowledge, skills and attitudes. The concept of LARP is well known around the world, but can it be used for educational proposes? Educational LARPs are based on the achievements of different types of LARPs: chamber LARPs, Nordic LARPs, or simply drama theater and simulation methods, but how can we adopt it to the learning objectives of participants. However, methodology adopted to the context of youth work and Erasmus+ program is not yet developed. We will change it. During this training we will adopt the eduLARP methodology to be used in international youth work in the context of Erasmus + program. After the training participants will be able to run and design LARP scenarios that tackle social problems and civic education. Training course is dedicated to experienced youth workers and trainers who have previous experience in facilitation of non-formal education activates and are working directly with young people in their countries. Previous experience in LARP is not required. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by 1st March 2020. For any further queries, please get in touch on [email protected].  Call for participants for Training Course
Name: “Game Zone” Dates: 16 to 24 April 2020 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 3 participants Age: 18+ Location: Bidart, France Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Participation fee host organiastion- €35. Host Organisation: La Villa (FR), Shokkin Group (EST) and BE International (CZ) Countries Participating: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Malta, Poland Portugal and Slovenia. Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: The training course is organized by Association La Villa (FR) Shokkin Group (EST) and BE international (CZ) in Bidart, France. During the 9-day training course, we will discover how to use educational games as a method of youth work. We use various forms of games as a form of pedagogy in teaching and in non-formal education. Our main idea is that simulation & roleplay games is appealing and fun for everybody, making it ideal as a tool for educational work with youngsters. We are looking for youth workers/youth leaders who are over the age of 18 with a good level of English, who will be willing and committed to participate actively in ALL sessions (about 9 hours a day): - All participants should be ready to experiment and commit to working on creating a game and its later development and dissemination. - Participants should already be involved in youth work or be motivated to get involved with it. - Participants should be interested in making follow up international projects. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 10th February 2020 The following is an article written by Clifford Galea; one of the participants who attended the Erasmus+ training course titled "Combating the Differences". During the project the participants learned about Capoeira and wanted to share their experience with our members and readers. Capoeira and Our Experience Together with Darine, Liliana and Mariano, I was chosen to participate in an Erasmus international project held in Kaunas in Lithuania between the 22nd of September till the 30th of this year 2019. We didn’t know each other so well. But we clicked as from day one. We knew that it was gonna be a capoeira training course in order to combat the differences between us; hence capoeira is used in many countries now as it has become a tool which unites people, no matter their religion, colour or race. I must admit i never tried it before and i can say the same for all the rest of the group members. Upon arrival, we met with other international participants and luckily enough, all seemed to be quiet nice and warm hearted. This was confirmed throughout the whole week and can re confirm it today, as we still kept contact through a Facebook group where we talk daily. This project highlighted the fact that nowadays, there are numerous challenges that European societies are facing. One of the more severe ones is the marginalization of young people coming from disadvantaged backgrounds; can it be due to different cultures and mentalities or also due to religious beliefs. Youngsters with behavior disorders and dysfunctional backgrounds are often insecure and self-doubting, face discrimination, negative stereotypes, and increased social barriers. Not only that, myself i took the opportunity to talk about my past of drug addiction which to many people can be a taboo and also an undebatable subject. But through my explanation and also by being myself, i really felt loved and totally accepted as after all this is life; everyone can have his pitfalls but everyone can rise up again and be a good person. After all, talking about addiction; it’s not something you choose to do as many people believe; it is a disease. So this project also served to share our knowledge and to pass on our experiences from life. One of the ways to help them feel more confident is actually capoeira. Capoeira is an afro-Brazilian martial art that incorporates game, music, and dance. It has previously been used as a therapeutic activity that proved to be a huge success in empowering troubled people and bringing community members closer together. There were times when capoeira was prohibited in some countries but fortunately enough, it became legal later on. One reason for this was, because powerful people didn’t want to see people being so happy and united together. This shows that capoeira can really affect people positively. To tackle this social exclusion problem, youth organizations from Hungary, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Turkey, Malta, and Lithuania have united for the project "Combating The Differences". The project’s aimed to give youth workers, the training necessary to be able to lead capoeira therapy sessions or at least to speak about in our home country groups that capoeria exists and it can be so beneficial...thus giving hope to others that there are ways and means how to really combat the differences. The main objectives of this project were: - to promote capoeira as an inclusive and therapeutic activity, to give youth workers the appropriate knowledge about capoeira and also some practice, its philosophy, physical and musical sides of capoeira. We also had to come up with capoeira games in which everyone can participate and we did these games with school children. Through this project, we, the participants increased our social awareness, skills, and multilingualism as of course, everyone shares his basic words in different languages even through daily organised cultural nights by all the participants from different countries including Malta. We are very happy that we participated in this erasmus project thanks also to the local non- profit organisation MUYA; we think we learnt a lot; we grew more mature, we acquired new knowledge and experience and this, we would like to share with others. Attached are instructions about Capoeira, explaining how you can carry out your own inclusive capoeira session.  In September, Klub študentov Kranj hosted an international youth exchange “Let’s G.R.O.W. (Gardening, Reflection, Outdoors, Wellbeing).” The project was a collaboration of 5 countries: Slovenia, Denmark, Malta, Spain and Great Britain. The exchange took place between 13th and 21st September 2019 in the village of Kovk and in Kranj, and included 34 young people, aged 18-28. The main theme of the project was the influence of nature, sports, meditation, healthy nutrition and crafts on mental and physical health. The participants bonded over planning and the execution of the activities. During the Exchange participants created a Booklet with tips and that lead to better health and wellbeing: http://www.ksk.si/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/The-Little-Booklet-of-Wellbeing-Lets-G.R.O.W..pdf Further information on the project can be found here  Name: “Radical Escape”
Dates: 11 to 20 March 2020 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 3 participants Age: 18+ Location: Brno, Czech Republic Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Participation fee host organisation- €30. Host Organisation: Be International Countries Participating: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Spain, Malta, Slovenia, Latvia,Italy Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: Radical Escape is a training course that aims to enable youth workers to strengthen preventative measures against radicalisation of young people though the use of educational concepts based on escape games. For last few years, we have been exploring innovations in youth work through the use of game based learning mechanisms. This training follows two main lines: · Exploring process of radicalization in connection to enabling factors such as social exclusion, media manipulation or marginalization. · Developing and testing 3 portable educational escape rooms connected to these topics. More specifically, the training aims to: · Foster mutual understanding of the process of radicalization, reasons and preventive measures, · discover the topic of escape game methodology as an educational approach in youth work, · to equip participants with tools for developing educational escape games, · experiment with applying innovative methodology to the topic of radicalization, create 3 educational escape games and test them with the local community, · to empower youth workers/leaders to use escape games while working with hard to reach youth; · to create a scenario booklet on escape games on processes triggering radicalization. The training course is designed for youth workers, youth leaders, educators, trainers, teachers, NGO volunteers and members. We are looking for people involved in youthwork or in the education field on a weekly basis. Participants do not need any previous experience with escape games and game-based learning. We expect participants to have motivation to learn about game-based learning and be willing to create escape games for young people. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 20th December 2019  Name: “Lingua Franca”
Dates: APV – 9 November, Youth Exchange – July 2020 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 1 participant for the APV who would also need to attend the Youth Exchange in July 2020 as a group leader Age: 18+ Location: Aljustel, Portugal Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Host Organisation: Buinho Creative Hub Countries Participating: Portugal, Poland, Greece, Malta, Turkey, Bulgaria Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: Lingua Franca is a project that brings together maker-spaces and UNESCO youth clubs with the purpose of providing high quality educational contents to disadvantaged young people while promoting the Erasmus and UNESCO goals of inter-religious dialogue, tolerance and safeguard of human rights. Some of the planned activities for the Youth Exchange include: - learn how to use 3D printing and 3D modelling to enable their concepts and creations to become real; - learn electronics and build your own scientific equipment to run experiments; - learn the fundamentals in biohacking, microbiology and biotechnology - participate in playful, fun, and exciting workshops which involve making art with bacteria’s and other microorganisms, and with the project’s bio artist special guest resident; - opportunity to work with other young people from different nationalities in exciting and engaging projects, and present the final results in a public exhibition; - learn about the local costumes and rich traditions of the mining town Aljustrel, Messejana, and overall Alentejo’s southern region; - opportunity to visit the “Military Road” project in Lisbon’s and Sao Luis Cultivamos Cultura, two amazing projects related either with migrations/postcolonialism and bioart/biotechnology; - an opportunity also to make new friends and bring home unique shared experiences and stories. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 18th of October 2019.  Name: “Let Youth Take Control”
Dates: 17 to 22 November 2019 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 2 participants Age: 18+ Location: Naunhof, Germany Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Host Organisation: KINDERVEREINIGUNG Leipzig e.V. Countries Participating: Poland, Malta, Portugal, Finland, Greece, Spain, Poland, France. Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: During the training we want to discuss and find out, how participative youth work looks like in the different European countries and regional contexts. How can we strengthen or introduce participative youth work in our regions? What could we improve and how? Since 2017 KINDERVEREINIGUNG Leipzig e.V. coordinates the project wir weit weg in which pupils that do not strive for higher education, develop international youth exchanges supported by so called “coaches international” (young adults, mainly university students). The results and experiences were mostly positive. During these years we have been confronted with various questions and expectations from schools, social workers in the schools, apprenticing companies, partners and funding organisations that result from the participatory approaches in the field of youth work and non-formal education. Together with eight partner organisations from different European countries who are active in the field of youth work, we want to discuss these questions and expectations as well as exchange experiences, methods and examples of good-practice within participatory youth work. Additionally we aim to strengthen the contacts with our partner organisations and develop future cooperation and projects during the training. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 4th October 2019.  Call for Participants: "Humanity on the Road"
Name: “Humanity on the Road” Dates: Youth Exchange 2 – 21.09.2019 – 28.09.2019 (incl. 2 travel days) Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Youth Exchange Participants needed: Youth Exchange 2 – 4 participants Age: 18 – 24 (for participants), leader may be older Location: Kraków, Poland Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275 (per exchange). Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Participation Fee: 10 EUR. Host Organisation: Stowarzyszenie Europe4Youth Countries Participating: Poland, Germany, Malta, Italy and Portugal Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association (MUYA) Project Description: People were migrating since the beginning of humanity. Looking for better conditions for life, escaping climate change, or invasions. With the establishment of the state system, migrations are a part of states` interests or national interests. Scepticism and fear of persons with different origins can be a self-defence mechanism, but also can be evoked and manipulated. In both ways what is needed is understanding fostered by a life-like experience, which will be provided using LARP (life action role play) methodology. This Project aims to analyse the European history in terms of types of migration, stepping into the role of a migrant in order to create a personal connection and rise empathy and developing the innovative learning agenda for the topic of migration, based on outdoor activities and simulation games. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by 8th September 2019.  Name: “LEAD : Leadership Exploration and Development”
Dates: 25 August – 2 September 2019 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 3 participants Age: 18-25 Location: Dingli, Malta Costs: Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €25. Host Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Countries Participating: Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia, Kosovo, Estonia, Germany, Ukraine, Latvia, Czech Republic Project Description: The participants should be interested in raising his/her level of competences as a leader, facilitator and ultimately group leader at youth exchanges, being ready to share own experiences, being motivated to experiment and contribute to the physical outcomes and transfer gained knowledge in the organisation. Additionally she/he should have at least intermediate level of English, be in the age above 18 and hold a residency in the country participating in the project. The ideal participant for the training course is envisioned as a member of the organisation or it’s close local partner institution (youth centre, school, social centre) being a certified youth worker or a passionate youth leader who works on a frequent basis with young people. Ideally the profile of young people that he/she works with are minors, at-risk youth (young people from low-income families/ dysfunctional families, young migrants/ minority representatives/ refugees, school drop-outs). Come and join MUYA on a local level! Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 12th August 2019.  Call for participants for Training Course
Name: “Combating the Differences” Dates: 22 – 30 September 2019 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 4 participants Age: 20+ Location: Kaunas, Lithuania Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €360. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Host Organisation: Active Youth Countries Participating: Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Turkey Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: There are numerous challenges that European societies are facing. One of the more severe ones is the marginalization of young people coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. Youngsters with behavior disorders and dysfunctional backgrounds are often insecure and self-doubting, face discrimination, negative stereotypes, and increased social barriers. One of the ways to help them feel more confident is through capoeira. Capoeira is an afro-Brazilian martial art that incorporates game, music, and dance. It has previously been used as a therapeutic activity that proved to be a huge success in empowering troubled people and bringing community members closer together. To tackle this social exclusion problem, youth organizations from Hungary, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Turkey, Malta, and Lithuania have united for the project "Combating The Differences". The project’s aim is to give youth workers the training necessary to be able to lead capoeira therapy sessions. To address the key issue of the project mentioned above (the social exclusion of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds), the following objectives have been set: - Promote capoeira as an inclusive and therapeutic activity; - Give youth workers appropriate knowledge about capoeira, its philosophy, physical and musical sides of capoeira; - Come up with capoeira games in which everyone can participate; - Create the means for sharing competencies and tools of capoeira therapy among youth workers in different countries; - The project also aims to help the participants increase their social awareness, skills, and multilingualism Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here.  WName: Creativity UK 5 - Democracy Through Creativity
Dates: 11th – 21st August 2019 Type: Youth Exchange: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 6 Age: 15-19 Location: Essex, UK Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10, Participation fee UK - £20 Host Organisation: Love Life Generation Countries Participating: Slovakia, Greece, Portugal, Malta, Romania, Hungary, Italy and Latvia. Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: CreativityUK is a Youth Exchange hosted by LoveLife Generation. It brings together 63 young people from 9 countries. Participants will spend the 10 days exploring the ideas and concepts of Democracy, through creative workshops. These include; Photography, Dance, Drama, Fashion, Music & for the first time ever Creativity TV! Outside of their workshops, the participants will be able to share, enjoy, and learn about different cultures, identities, and what it means to be a modern European citizen. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by Wednesday 10th July.  Name: “Let’s Grow”
Dates: APV: 19-22 July 2019 and Youth Exchange: 13-21 September 2019 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 5 participants + 1 leader (The leader is to attend both activities) Age: 18 -28 Location: Kovk and Kranj, Slovenia Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Participation fee host organisation - €20 Host Organisation: Klub Studentov Kranj Countries Participating: Slovenia, Denmark, Malta, Spain, UK Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: With the implementation of the project "Let's G.R.O.W." (Gardening, Reflection, Outdoors, Wellbeing), we want to increase the awareness of young people about the importance of health and its effect on our quality of life. We will learn about new ways of active leisure time and take an inside look at the eating habits of young people, the production of food from local farms, the preparation of healthy meals and gardening. Our goals are to increase young people’s involvement in intercultural and international experience; by carrying out workshops we want to involve young people from local communities and spread information about Erasmus + programme and the opportunities it can provide; for the participants to gain self-evaluation information, which they can also add to their Youthpass certificate at the end of the activity. At the end of the activities, participants will be involved in publishing and dissemination of the project results (video content, recipe booklet, media announcements and creating events for the local population). Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 14th June 2019.  Name: “Leadership Through Humanitarian Values”
Dates: 26th July to 4th August 2019 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 4 participants Age: 18+ Location: Balatonszárszó, Hungary Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €360. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Host Organisation: Hungarian Red Cross and Red Cross Youth Countries Participating: Hungary, Poland, Italy, Latvia, Spain and Malta Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: Leadership through Humanitarian Values is an Erasmus+ training programme, where youth workers will be able to broaden their non-formal methods with psychological perspectives and share their best practices so as to reach our common goal: creating a more inclusive society. The objectives of the training course are: learning about humanitarian values, improve communication, understanding crisis, intercultural cooperation, sharing of European values and deepen self-awareness. Applicants must have experience with youngsters, have interest in multicultural cooperation and are dedicated to self-improvement and self-knowledge. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 2nd June 2019.  Name: “CreativItaly - Migration & Solidarity”
Dates: 21st to 30th June 2019 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 5 participants Age: 16 to 18 Location: Claviere, Italy Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Host Organisation: Madiba SCS Countries Participating: Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Romania, Sweden, UK and Italy Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: Creativity projects are miniatures of a world we all want to live in. A world where difference is a driving force, equality is a must, mistakes are means for change and development and creativity is being. Creativity projects have been taking place since several times since 2004. More than 1000 young people have participated coming from more than 25 different countries and multiple cultural backgrounds. The next Youth Exchange aims to serve its objectives and priorities, among others, cultural diversity and understanding, social inclusion and European active citizenship. "Creativity" is a platform for young people to express themselves using artistic means in a variety of topics of primary interest to them. It is a gathering of bodies, minds and souls and not an accumulation of numbers. Creativity Youth Exchanges has already happened not only in Greece but in Spain, in U.K., in Serbia and now is finally time to make it happen in Italy! Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 25th May 2019.  Name: “Wings of Youth Work”
Dates: 19-24 May 2019 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 2 Age: 18+ Location: Trbovlje, Slovenia Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Host Organisation: Mladinski center Trbovlje Countries Participating: Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Malta, Greece, Denmark, Norway Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: The project is meant for youth workers and/or youth leaders and volunteers who are in daily contact with youth and which would like to develop their knowledge, experience and competences. The project focuses on two elements: (1) training for future youth workers and (2) monitoring, evaluating and recognizing learning effects. Through this training, youth workers will be more competent to work with present and future generations. The main aim of this project is to research, develop, test and upgrade systems of monitoring learning effects and to develop a system to train future youth workers and leaders. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 11th May 2019.  Name: “Createamity”
Dates: 15 -23 May 2019 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 3 Age: 18+ Location: Vihi Kula, Estonia Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €360. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of €5 for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Participation fee host organistion: €30 Host Organisation: Shokkin Group Countries Participating: Estonia, Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Malta, Sweden, Greece and Romania Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: When looking at employability skills desired in the current job market, we see the importance of effective communication, teamwork, creative thinking and problem-solving is increasing. However, this set of skills is hardly trained in the traditional school scene. Soft skills require a challenging environment that gives an opportunity to assess oneself and own behaviour and they are developed through real life work and often through gaming techniques and methods. Quest games are one of these methods, involving a team of people working together to fulfil challenging mental, logical, at times physical tasks together under a specific time limit. With this training course we would like to discover connection of quest games with soft skills development. The training aims to provide youth workers & youth leader with tools, frameworks and space to create and playtest educational portable quest rooms and outdoor quests that foster soft skill development in young people. The training course is designed for youth leaders, youth workers, trainer, teachers, educators, NGO volunteers, game enthusiasts. Ideally participants are involved in youth work or education of young people daily/weekly. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by Saturday 13th April 2019.  Name: Make it Rural
Dates: 23rd April - 1st May 2019 Type: Erasmus+ Youth Exchange Participants Needed: 4 (Unemployed) Age: 20-29 Location: Kaunas, Lithuania Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of 360eur .Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10 Host Organisation: Active Youth - Many Paths, One Goal Sending Organisation: MUYA - Malta UNESCO Youth Association Participating Countries: Lithuania, Malta, Austria, Portugal, Italy and Turkey Project Description: Marginalized youth living in European rural areas have a problem getting good jobs & continued education to get ahead in life and contribute to society. They’re facing unemployment & they don't know how to get out of their situation. Starting a business in rural areas would be a great solution for them. This project aims to raise awareness about entrepreneurship in rural areas, provide youth with the skills on how to identify the business opportunities that exist in rural areas & develop new ideas. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 24th March 2019 |
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