? Are you interested in improving the quality of the applications and the implementation of your Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2 youth projects?

? Are you eager to gather good project management practices for youth mobility projects and strategic partnerships?

? Would you like to learn from the best practices,  understand the quality standards and requirements of the 2021-2027 Erasmus+ programme and prepare for the opportunities in the upcoming programme period?

? Are you ready to master the Erasmus+ accreditation process, learn how to build sustainable quality practices in your organisation and  how to ensure excellence in your accredited projects?

? Are you a resident of any EU member states + North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, T?rkiye?

?Are you ready to meet amazing people from different countries, make new partnerships, and get inspired by their ideas and projects?

? Would you like to enjoy a week in a peaceful  environment and having the possibility to explore the famous mineral water town of Bankya?

? …And all this without any cost?!

If your answers are “Yes, this is me!”, then…

… we have an offer for you!! 🙂

Program

The program flow and contents will reflect the learning goals of the project as well as the learning needs and proposals of the participants.

All sessions will be clustered in blocks while each session will have a specific thematic focus:

Pillar sessions – these sessions will be in the beginning and at the end of the training and will be connected to the initial introduction to the group, program, team building and final evaluation. These sessions are important to set the mood for working effectively together as a team and to close the experience and set the next steps after the training.

Raising Quality sessions are the main sessions related to the topics of the training: Erasmus+ program and its guidelines; tip and tricks for successful project applications; techniques and tools for ensuring quality in management of the entire project cycle of KA1 and KA2 projects; key quality elements and criteria for Erasmus+ accreditation

Level up sessions – These sessions will bring the gained competences to the practical level where the participants can work together and also adapt the knowledge and good practices into their regular youth projects and local contexts. Thus we also envisage space for networking.

Reflection time at the end of each day will give the participants opportunity to reflect on their learning in small  groups.

Each day the participants will have some free time to explore the surrounding area and the local culture.

The detailed program will be included in the Infopack, which will be shared with the selected participants.

Participants

The ideal participants are NGO’s staff and board members, youth workers, project managers and coordinators, volunteers with experience and an interest in developing quality youth projects under the Erasmus + program.

There are a few formal requirements you need to answer to join the training course:

• You need to be a resident of an EU member states + North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, T?rkiye
• You must be able to communicate in English (the working language of the course)
• You must be at least 18 years of age
• You need to attend the whole course duration (there is no possibility to make exceptions)

We explicitly encourage participants of all genders, abilities and ethnic backgrounds to apply!

Logistics

Thanks to the funding of the Erasmus+ programme this training has no extra participation fee.

Food, accommodation and travel are covered by the project. The accommodation will be organised in double or triple rooms which have a private bathroom, bed-linens and towels, and free Wi-Fi. There are many possibilities to enjoy the free time in the surroundings of the Hotel Jeravna, Bankya.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided according to the dietary needs of participant but mostly vegetarian following our sustainability policy. Coffee/tea breaks will be organised twice a day, providing also fresh fruits and snacks.

Travel costs will be reimbursed up to the established cost limits upon completion of the training and providing all the necessary travel documents. Travel compensation: actual bus/train/flight costs with a maximum as indicated in the table (distance calculated from the place of residence to Emen, Bulgaria on Distance Calculator | Erasmus+).

Visa costs will be reimbursed if duly justified.

Insurance will be provided for group however we strongly encourage the participants to bring their European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).

How to apply for the training?

STEP 1: The first step is to read carefully the detailed Call for Participants and make sure that you answer the participants’ profile and you are available for the whole duration of the training.

STEP 2: Fill in the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM as soon as possible and no later than 1st March 2026

STEP 3: All applicants will be informed about the final selection results by 10th March 2026. All approved candidates will receive an Infopack with further instructions how to organise their travels.

For any questions or clarifications, please contact us at trainings@cvs-bg.org.

“Inclusion is a journey, not a destination”

Dates: 19th – 27th January 2026
Location: Casa Laboratorio Il Cerquosino, Orvieto, Italy
Language: English
Age: 18+

About the Training

Join us for the second training course of our Erasmus+ project focused on social inclusion, disability awareness, and fighting discrimination. This intensive training offers youth workers, social workers, and activists the opportunity to deepen their skills in innovative, non-formal education methodologies.

What to Expect

Through theatre, storytelling, songwriting, and creative workshops, participants will:

• Explore disability and inclusion from multiple perspectives
• Challenge stereotypes and prejudices
• Develop new tools for their work with people with disabilities and fewer opportunities
• Connect with like-minded professionals from across Europe
• Experience powerful methodologies in a supportive, immersive environment

Practical Details

• Participants per country: 2-3 people
• Important: At least one participant must have attended the 1st training (October 2025)
• Accommodation: Eco-friendly farmhouse in a natural park setting
• Food & lodging: 100% covered by the project
• Travel costs: Reimbursed according to Erasmus+ distance calculator

What to Bring

• Comfortable white clothes for theatre activities
• Traditional food, songs, or items from your country for Intercultural Night
• Case studies from your work related to the project themes
• An open mind and willingness to engage deeply

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Application form and accompanying documents must be sent to cvs.katerina@gmail.com by 15 Jan 2026:

Detailed info from Infosheet and Technical info:

Project funded by the European Commission through Erasmus+ Programme
Project No. 2025-1-IT03-KA151-YOU-000298873

DATES:  13^th (arrival day) – 18^th  (departure day) December  2025 

PLACE: House laboratory  Cerquosino, localit? San Faustino 22 Morrano 05018, Orvieto (TR), Italy, 

COORDINATING ASSOCIATION: Artemide Association – Italy

PARTNER ASSOCIATIONS: Romania – Universitur, Turkey – Degisim icin Sanat Dernegi, Serbia– Udruzenje gra?ana za multikulturalnu saradnju centar Zil Vern, Spain – Youth BCN, Greece – ArtiMental -Art & Psychoeducation NPO, France –   Di Mini Teatro, Bulgaria – CVS Bulgaria , Italy – Artemide Association

AGE of Participants : 18 +

WORKSHOP LANGUAGE: English

TARGET GROUP:  the project is addressed to youth-social workers, volunteers and activists of the association that have the values of human rights,  respect for minorities, the fight against discrimination, ecological living, sustainability  and interested in innovative methodologies in the field of non-formal education.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

The theme of the project is to promote a critical thinking about sustainability, social inclusion, the analysis of the actual situation about resources exploitation (human, natural …) and fight against discrimination. We are going to analyse from different perspective the situation of the ecological thinking in every different participating Country. 

The objective:  we intend to provide new tools and new methodologies to the social workers and volunteers, for a deeper reflection about the topic and the actions that everyone can take in everyday life to save the resources. 

The goal is to learn each other new ecological way of living, both in a social and in economical way. 

The training therefore aims to:

• Explore the cultural differences and explore how different Countries are addressed issues of sustainability and ecological thinking.

• Examine issues from different perspectives in relation to marginalisation and the concept of integration: stereotypes and prejudices. 

• Analyse how gender, male and female, can affect group dynamics and how it can contribute to exclusion

• Share and develop new tools in order to provide new methodologies to the social workers in their social contest, to effectively implement competences, civil rights and strategies about the ecological living

• Develop different communication styles, aiming to facilitate discussions and decisional procedures.

METHODOLOGIES

We propose an interactive methodology using the tools promoted by non-formal education. The workshops and the activities will be based on the active methodologies proposed by theatre, storytelling, video, food, role playing… 

We believe that all these tools are powerful to promote dialogue, to exchange experiences and good practices, to analyse conflicts and address them in a non-violent way.  Ecological contact with space, natural elements and others can be achieved through various non-formal education tools. These are ways of reflecting on human feelings and thinking about different topics, and are particularly suitable for developing the project’s themes.

HOW TO APPLY for this TRAINING

Please download and fill in the Application form and send it asap and not later than 30 November 2025 to cvs.katerina@gmail.com

We will be happy to answer all your additional questions, please feel free to write to cvs.katerina@gmail.com

Additional information:

Technical Information about the training: arrival/departure, accommodation, financial conditions for participation etc.

The project is financed under the Erasmus+ program, KEY ACTION KA151 /Project n . 2024-1-IT03-KA151-YOU-000218670 – A 10

Are you below 30 years old, fluent in Spanish and English and looking for a long-term volunteering project? Would like to be more involved in Service Civil International and you would like to dedicate your ESC year to meaningful projects and international activities? Are you interested in the culture of peace and the motives for local activism?

Then this call is for you!

Our partner SCI Catalunya is looking for motivated people who want to do their European volunteering project in the office of the organisation in Barcelona.

SCI in the world

Service Civil International (SCI) is a volunteer organisation dedicated to promoting a culture of peace by organising international voluntary projects for people of all ages and backgrounds. It was one of the first organisations to divest itself of all political or religious affiliations in its work of promoting peace and intercultural understanding through practical action. Throughout the years SCI has made a major contribution to the development of the main forms of volunteering. Year after year, the organisation enables thousands of volunteers to participate in community projects. Living and working together with people of different backgrounds helps volunteers to break down barriers and prejudices; it allows them to experience a world of mutual respect and understanding.

SCI Catalunya

SCI-Catalunya is the oldest of the two SCI branches in Spain. It is based in Barcelona, and, since 1982, it assists volunteers of Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands, organizing in turn workcamps and other projects in these same territories. The scope of activities through which we aim to contribute to a culture of peace and of justice and sustainable development has been gradually expanding.

SCI-Catalunya is an organisation that works to promote peace and social justice, with an international perspective. The organisation is quite small but very active and dynamic organisation: every year we organise around 10 local workcamps, where almost 150 volunteers from other countries are placed and hosted, and we send and support around 300 local volunteers to other projects abroad. The organisation also selects and prepares volunteers for medium and long term volunteering projects, for International Youth Exchanges and for international seminars and trainings. Last but not least, SCI-Catalunya coordinates various groups of local volunteers and arranges awareness raising actions in the areas of our influence.

About the project

The ESC volunteer will give support mostly in the Volunteering Area of SCI-Catalunya, working as Volunteers Placement Officer. Their main tasks will be: giving information to local people who want to participate in a workcamp, collecting and sending their application forms and keeping in contact with the hosting associations. They will also give information about other volunteering opportunities, such us Long Term Volunteering (LTV) or ESC.

In addition, during the summer, the volunteer will have the opportunity to directly participate in a local workcamp. The ESC volunteer is expected to work 6 hours per day, 5 days per week. The volunteer may be asked to work on weekends for special activities, whenever her/his presence will be considered important (both for the organization and for her/his personal learning). Free days will be given to compensate.

Requirements

The volunteer need to be fluent both in Spanish and English, and have excellent writing skills. A basic knowledge of Catalan is also valuated, however not compulsory before the arrival. The volunteer will be asked to learn Catalan during their stay, as it will be the main language in the office as well as during the activities organized with and for local volunteers. Highly valuated skills are: flexibility, sense of responsibility, self-initiative and the ability of working in a team. Previous experience in other SCI branches, workcamps, youth exchanges or international trainings will be also considered.

More about the project

Where: El Raval, Barcelona
Dates: 25.11.2025 to 25.11.2026 (12 months)
Deadline for application: 15.09.2025

READ THE CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

If you are interested, fill the application form and send your CV to evs@scicat.org!

DATES: Arrival day: 18^th September – Departure day: 29^th September  2025
PLACE: House laboratory Cerquosino, locality San Faustino 22 Morrano 05018, Orvieto (TR), Italy,
WORKING LANGUAGE: English 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Project n. 2024-1-IT03-KA151-YOU-000218670  – ACTIVITY 8

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE

The topics are social inclusion, active citizenship, solidarity and ability to collaborate with and beyond the differences.

By managing and sharing the path, laboratory activities, games of knowledge focused on the methodology of non formal education, the exchange is a  simulation of active citizenship in order to provide participants with new tools useful to cope with certain aspects of their discomfort. The simulation is a real “active laboratory of needs”; it’s bases on the concept-metaphor of a “new born Village”, how is it organized, growing, working, sharing rules, needs, goals and paths.

The goal is to experiment the encounter with different abilities and fewer opportunities, contact and the search for commonalities and the abatement of stereotypes and fears towards the “different from us”. The concept of inclusion leads to the recognition of a right as a form of contrast to its opposite: exclusion.

Face reality, know one’s limits, sense of responsibility, confront one another, understand the fertility of error, learn from experience, do not be afraid to change, not be afraid to try.

Particular attention will be paid to the issues of differences, to the processes of creation of prejudices and stereotypes and possible activities that contribute to their deconstruction level both individually and collectively. We will go to explore the differences and similarities between countries and through the direct testimony of the social workers, will deepen the theme of being “in-between” between different social and cultural contexts and the possibilities social inclusion.

METHODOLOGIES: The activities will be based on the active methodologies using an innovative approach, combining non formal education, theatre, manual workshops about the identification of personal resources, the song writing, photo/video.

PLANNED ACTIVITIES / WORKSHOP PROGRAMME:

Team building activities, role playing, simulations, debates, theatre workshops, song writing,  and manual and video workshops.  All these activities are interactive tools that stimulate the active involvement of participants. In the course of the project the exchange of knowledge and technical tools will be constantly monitored through specific sessions on rating systems before and after: • meeting between leaders group and the trainers: mutual discovery • processing of non-violent methods of conflict management and sharing of work methods usually used in their local context • workshops of general introduction to theatrical techniques • workshops of song writing • cooking workshops • image workshops • the realisation of a final performance as a last tool • develop personal knowledge’s about discrimination, stereotypes and prejudices: this work will help a better understanding of dynamics that are behind discriminator behaviours.

PARTICIPANTS
Total of 30 (1 group leader + 5 participants from each country).  It is possible to involve for this youth exchange some young people with disability, in this case the group should be set with 1 group leader, 1 accompanying person and 4 young people.
AGE 17  – 30 (only the group leader can be over 30)

PARTNER ASSOCIATIONS:
Italy – Coop. L’arcobaleno – Torino / COORDINATING ASSOCIATION: Artemide Association
Serbia – Udruzenje gradana za multikulturalnu saradnju centar Zil Vern
Spain – Youth BCN
Greece – ArtiMental -Art & Psychoeducation NPO
Bulgaria – CVS-Bulgaria

PLACE: The area where the project takes place is called Elmo Melonta’s Natural Park, which is situated on the mountains around the city of Orvieto, in Umbria region, in the centre of Italy. Orvieto is 130 km far from Rome, but it’s easily reachable by train. The accommodation of the exchange is part of a social eco-village, the house laboratory “Il Cerquosino”, is managed by Artemide Association.

FINANCIAL CONDITIONS 
Food and lodgement are 100% covered by the project
Travel expenses are prepaid by the participants and will be refunded at the end of the project upon receipt of the travel documents. In case the participants needs support, please mention in the application.

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS to be read/signed by approved participants
Social contract
Photo Video Consent
Parental consent (for participants under 18 years old)
Declaration of Participation
Infosheet

HOW to APPLY

Please apply here by 8th September 2025: APPLICATION FORM

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to write to Katerina at trainings@cvs-bg.org or call +359886737989

ASSOCIAZIONE ARTEMIDE – CASA LABORATORIO “IL CERQUOSINO”

Artemide and its Casa Laboratorio Il Cerquosino are spaces of research and experimentation for the creation of an educating community that promotes intercultural dialogue, social inclusion and respect for nature. For over 25 years, at national and international level, we offer non-formal education trajectories, aimed above all at those who live in situations of exclusion and economic, social and cultural disadvantage.

The House Laboratory “Il Cerquosino” has been restructured following bio building construction techniques focusing the attention on energy critical consumption: waters’ herbal purification system, wood storage heater as well as to the principles of recovery and recycle materials; construction with local stone.