A bird’s eye overview of Village International

What is rural youth? What are the specificities of rural and isolated areas and the young people living there? Read more

Why does it make sense to go international with rural youth? What benefits do international projects bring. Not only for the rural young people profit , but also the rural community and your youth organisation. Read more

Think with us about your role as a rural youth worker, as a crucial actor in terms of supporting change in the countryside. Read more

You will not find a course on project management here; nevertheless the most important features of organising an international project will be highlighted and a clear insight into the 'why's and 'how's of projects is given. Read more

For many rural youth workers, even though they are convinced that they would love to do an international project, it is often difficult to find out where to start, what to tackle first,... Read more

Many have questions about how to find project partners and build up a solid working relation with your international cooperation partners. Read more

There is quite some funding around for rural youth projects. We give you some tips about where to get money from and which programme to apply for. Read more. The European Youth in Action programme being of course one of them. Read more

When moving on to rural projects in practice, there are many challenges that rural young people face in the countryside. Experienced youth workers from the TC Rural give their tips and tricks on how to address these.

• Starting from the involvement of young people in the countryside: Read more
• how to overcome linguistic barriers and language challenges: Read more
• gaining support from family and the local community: Read more
• how to solve practical issues such as transport, mobility and infrastructure: Read more

And if all of this is not enough, you will also find a wide variety of rural projects presented by youth workers from all over Europe. They share with you their success stories and explain how they overcame some of the challenges of their international projects. Read the project examples

And last but not least, you can find resources and references to other publications and websites relevant to rural youth work, in case you are hungry for more. Read more