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List of support activities and open calls 2021-2022

There are several open calls at the moment, and more are opening, for activities where participants from Western Balkan Partner Countries can take part. Some of them are planned as on-line activities, others residentially. If you are interested, you are welcome to apply!

In case of residential activities, given the uncertain situation depending on the Corona pandemic, travel tickets should only be obtained at short notice (in general two weeks before the activity takes place, upon notification from us). Please also check the Covid-19-related conditions currently in place for entering the hosting country and for returning to your home country after the activity.

(Please note that the list is not necessarily comprehensive, and will be updated throughout the year.)

Time and venue:	Activity:	Aim:	Status
ongoing, ONLINE	YouthPass <3 Corps - Guiding the Learning Journey	To reflect on the learning value of the European Solidarity Corps projects; to introduce the Youthpass process and how it fits in with the various actions of the European Solidarity Corps programme; to discuss how to support reflection on learning in European Solidarity Corps projects; to reflect on the competences needed for supporting learning through self-assessment and reflection; to offer support for expressing one’s learning outcomes from such projects in words.	Join the course here.
ongoing, ONLINE	Europe and young people: How citizenship works in the European context?	To increase youth workers’ understanding on the topics of Europe and citizenship and to explore concrete approaches and methods to address them with young people in local and transnational youth work in Europe.	Join the course here.
27 January, ONLINE	European Academy on Youth Work - Webinar 3: Rethinking innovation - what kind of innovator are you?	Would you like to take a moment to explore the concept of Innovation in youth work with colleagues from across Europe? In this webinar, we will look into individual competences that make a difference when teams want to create innovative projects.	Registration is open until 25 January.
1 - 3 March 2022, Germany	2nd ETS Conference - The Quality Bonus	The Quality Bonus Conference focuses on education and training of youth workers at national level. It identifies how to strengthen spaces for synergies, cooperation, and joint reflection on youth work at the European level using the EU Youth programmes.	The call for participants is open until 17 January.
21 - 25 March 2022, Finland	Youth@Work Study Visit - One-Stop Guidance Centers in Finland	To strengthen the social inclusion of young people, to eradicate poverty among young people and to improve their employability and performance.	The call for participants is open until 23 January.
4 April - 16 June, Belgium & Finland	Go for Change! - Creating knowledge-based strategies through participatory action research and follow-up	To support local youth work developers to improve the quality of local youth work by using participatory action-research tools and creating strong local strategies, in line with existing European practices and policies.	The call for participants is open until 10 February.
POSTPONED TO 31 May - 3 June 2022, Slovenia	European Academy on Youth Work	The EAYW aims to be inclusive and participatory in its approach and to give a voice to contributions representing the diverse levels, environments and stakeholders in youth work. Furthermore, it promotes cross-sectorial and multi-perspective approaches involving youth work practice, research, and policy, which have proven vital to successfully address identified developments or challenges. Reflection based on different perspectives should help to identify responses to trends that could be taken up by different roles.	The call for participants is closed. It might reopen in January 2022. More information here.
POSTPONED TO 2022, France	Kick-off Event! - Strategic Cooperation with Neighbouring Partner Countries	This meeting will offer you a space to explore and develop collaboration opportunities with neighbouring partner countries within the Erasmus+ and ESC programmes.	The call for participants is closed.
POSTPONED TO 2022	From youth work to Youth@Work: The potential of youth work to boost young people's employability and entrepreneurship	The seminar focuses on the role of youth work in contributing to the meaningful participation of young people in the world of work and improving their overall perspectives for personal and professional growth.	The activity is a part of the Strategic Partnership "Youth@Work" between the National Agencies and SALTOs.
Past open calls
ongoing, ONLINE	Masive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Digital Youth Work	This course is open for anyone in the world, but mainly focused on youth workers from Europe willing to learn about digital youth work. To join the course, click on the enrolment link (see the further instructions in the official call). There will be no selection, just click on the link to enrol to the course now!	Implemented.
ongoing, ONLINE	Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) on Digital Youth Work	To provide knowledge about digital youth work in Europe; to support the development of digital youth work by providing good practice examples and practical tools; to support sharing of good practices of digital youth work; to connect organisations and people interested in digital youth work development.	Implemented.
12 January - 16 February, ONLINE	Critical Thinking and Media Literacy Online Seminars	To build youth information workers’ capacity; to provide young people with skills to critically explore media and information available to them; to help them gain resilience in the face of the ambiguous and changing media landscapes of the current era; to support young people in practicing their active citizenship, participate in democratic processes and make decisions even in ambivalent media and information contexts.	Implemented.
18 - 21 January, ONLINE	Key to Inclusion	To support young people to get competences through non-formal learning and activities that promote solidarity. The programme also gives organisations the opportunity to actively engage and work with societal needs.	Implemented.
18 - 20 January, ONLINE	InnoCamp - develop your digital youth work services	To contribute to the development of digital youth work in Europe by encouraging and helping youth organisations innovate their youth work services and add a digital dimension to them. InnoCamp is based on the Innobox toolkit developed by Verke and it provides a structured approach and support for (re)developing operations and creating something new.	Implemented.
25 - 29 January, ONLINE	Additional support in European Solidarity Corps	To give to participants the opportunity to explore on how can they turn ESC projects into an effective tool for Inclusion focused on participation of young people with functional and mental diversity in ESC projects.	Implemented.
26 January - 11 February, ONLINE	Solidarity online: keep on training	To bring together trainers that are interested to develop their competence to approach solidarity in their future online and offline events.	Implemented.
26 January - 22 February 2021, ONLINE	YOCOMO Systemic - an ETS MOOC on A Systemic Approach To Competence Development In Youth Work	The course will offer inspiring lectures, animated videos, method demonstrations, practical tasks and development tools. This course is made for youth workers , but it’s free and open for anyone.	Implemented.
17 - 26 February, ONLINE	"One 2 One" - Supporting learning face-to-face goes online!	To empower and equip youth workers with competences needed to work in a one-2-one relationship with young people in order to support their learning and development processes.	Implemented.
23 February - 15 March, ONLINE	TYE - Tools for Youth Exchanges, online edition	For youth leaders and youth workers to explore, share and adapt tools that can be used to improve their youth exchange projects.	Implemented.
1 - 10 March 2021, ONLINE	BiTriMulti (BTM) - Online Training Course for newcomers in youth exchanges	To offer an international learning experience for practitioners active in the youth work field, enabling them to develop their competences in setting up quality Youth Exchange projects, especially newcomers to this field.	Implemented.
4 March, ONLINE	Live Q&A with Social Media Influencer Ahmad Mosen: Creating Compelling Content & Building Communities	Join a Live Q & A session where filmmaker and social media influencer Ahmad Mohsen shares his tips, tricks and learning moments, answers your questions and helps your initiatives shine through the online world, encouraging more positive action!	Implemented.
10 March, ONLINE	ID Talks Abilities	ID Talks is a series of 5 stand-alone online events (workshops) of up to 90 minutes each, with inspiring guest speakers, thought-provoking insights, discussion in small groups and Q&A sessions.	Implemented.
22 March - 21 May, ONLINE	HOP CRASH COURSE. Smooth start with online learning.	To raise the understanding of what is QUALITY in online learning activities within non-formal education in youth field as well as to DISCOVER the potential of HOP online learning platform.	Implemented.
25 - 28 March, ONLINE	EuroPeers Training Course (Online)	To learn how to organise different types of EuroPeer events and how to share your European experience effectively with your peers.	Implemented.
7 April, ONLINE	ID Talks Intergenerational	Discover how you can create projects that bring people of different ages - both participants, volunteers and staff - together and make it work.	Implemented.
9 - 18 April, ONLINE	EYE LINER	To offer an international learning experience to practitioners active in the youth work field, enabling them to develop their competences in setting up quality Youth Exchange projects.	Implemented.
12 - 17 April, ONLINE	Star of Europe	The Star of Europe training will take you through a youth exchange project from its very beginning to the very end, highlighting young people's involvement. You will also learn how to use the digital Star of Europe material in building the exchange.	Implemented.
13 - 16 April, ONLINE	Online training for ESC mentors (in French language)	Over the years, the French Erasmus + National Agency has built a strong expertise in training EVS/ESC mentors. In 2021, two training sessions will be open to French-speaking ESC mentors or would-be mentors from other countries.	Implemented.
20 - 22 April, ONLINE	The Confusion of Inclusion	To equip participants with non-formal learning tools to foster inclusion within their work with young people with fewer opportunities.	Implemented.
22 April - 6 May, ONLINE	Moving Forward: The new European Youth Programmes and their Relevance for the Western Balkan Region	To inform and inspire participants how to use the opportunities offered by the new Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes.	Implemented.
23 April - 21 May, ONLINE	Mobility Taster for Inclusion Organisations - Digital	Get informed about the possibilities Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps has to offer young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.	Implemented.
27 April, ONLINE	Flash SE+ssions: Creativity and Innovation in E+ and ESC - Digital Youth Work	To explore approaches and tools one can use to engage young people digitally.	Implemented.
10 - 28 May, ONLINE	TYE - Tools for Youth Exchanges, online edition	To explore, share and adapt tools that can be used to improve their youth exchange projects.	Implemented.
11 May, ONLINE	Flash SE+ssions: Creativity and Innovation in E+ and ESC - Mental and Emotional Health of Young People and Youth Workers	To explore techniques for emotional and mental well-being, both for youth workers and for young people.	Implemented.
17 May, ONLINE	Spotlight ON - Mentoring under Construction	Mentoring under Construction is a process of exploration and community building in the landscape of mentoring within the European Solidarity Corps.	Implemented.
18 - 20 May, ONLINE	EUROPE@DJHT - 17th German Child and Youth Welfare Congress	To join in critical discussions of current challenges and topics for welfare of young people and youth policy across Europe; to provide an opportunity to networking, sharing of good practices and peer-learning.	Implemented.
18 - 21 May, ONLINE	Volunteering & solidarity as a social capital of the city	To promote wider and systemic social and economic dimensions and impacts of volunteering and solidarity activities in urban settings.	Implemented.
24 May - 4 June, ONLINE	Quality Label, Good practices Exchange	To inspire practitioners to engage in the QL process and see it as a real opportunity to invest in the quality of their projects. This online training course will offer a space for good practices and further support for both newcomers and experienced organisations.	Implemented.
25 May, ONLINE	Flash SE+ssions: Creativity and Innovation in E+ and ESC - Creative Thinking and Problem Solving in Youth Work	New situations require new solutions. The pandemic demanded new ways of working with young people and in this session, you will explore concrete tools to come up with these solutions and promote creative thinking in youth work.	Implemented.
1 - 21 June, ONLINE	Quest4Quality - The online version of ATOQ	To support youth workers/leaders to analyse and reflect their practices and increase the quality of the European youth exchanges, from preparation to follow-up.	Implemented.
1 - 24 June, ONLINE	Spotlight on SALTO	To highlight the opportunities of the Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps programmes, present the activities and tools of SALTO Resource Centres, and connect with you, the people who implement the programmes and organise projects.	Implemented.
8 June, ONLINE	Flash SE+ssions: Creativity and Innovation in E+ and ESC - Supporting Learning Journeys - Erasmus+ for Beginner	Explore how new Erasmus+ programme can support local youth work and go international. Get ideas to involve young people and learn how your organisation can develop by using the Erasmus+ programme.	Implemented.
14 - 24 June, ONLINE	European Solidarity Corps: TOSCA online	To support and build up the capacities of organizations that actively participate in volunteering actions of the European Solidarity Corps, in order to ensure quality and impact in the respective projects.	Implemented.
15 June, ONLINE	Flash SE+ssions: Creativity and Innovation in E+ and ESC - Supporting Learning Journeys - European Solidarity Corps for Beginners	Discover what can be achieved in this programme and the different types of projects funded. Learn to support young peoples’ learning processes along the way and develop you organisation both locally and internationally.	Implemented.
17 - 18 June, ONLINE	Non-formal Education Booster	To improve the quality of learning in long-term educational projects, mainly volunteering projects and solidarity projects within the European Solidarity Corps programme; to refresh the most important principles of non-formal education; to explore ways of blending online and offline approaches in long-term projects.	Implemented.
21 - 23 June, ONLINE	Digital Partnership-Building Activity: Growing Together	To enhance the cooperation between organizations from Participating and Partner Countries. The cooperation would be built on specific needs and expectations of the organisation representing those countries and their youth field.	Implemented.
25 June, ONLINE	Mental Health and Well-being in Volunteering Projects	To spotlight the topic of mental health and well-being of volunteers and discuss possible strategies to support volunteers’ mental health in different stages of their project.	Implemented.
28 June - 2 July, ONLINE	inSPIre Week for Inclusion	To learn about innovative inclusion & diversity approaches, discover new methods to work with young people with fewer opportunities and get a flavour of the international projects that are possible.	Implemented.
28 June - 24 November, ONLINE	European Solidarity Corps International Training for Quality Label Experts	To learn more about the new elements in Quality Label process and quality standards as well as to develop skills and competences of internal and external Quality Label experts.	Implemented.
30 June, ONLINE	V4-EaP-WB Virtual Seminar: Youth Digital Inclusiveness	To share experiences, establish contacts and discuss issues related to digital inclusion of young people.	Implemented.
12 - 16 July, Belgium - FR	TEC Forum 2021	The TEC (Training and Evaluation Cycle) Forum 2021 is a seminar designed for trainers active in the European Solidarity Corps and who implement the TEC learning cycle.	Implemented.
2 - 3 September, ONLINE	FOCUS: Learning	To promote and explore the concept of learning in youth work in its collective and individual dimension.	Implemented.
7 September - 7 October, ONLINE	Online training and coaching of trainers (ToT) on Youth Participation and the Youth Participation Strategy	To further and systematically carry the provisions of the European Youth Participation Strategy forward especially through the enhancement of the National Strategies for Participation and also through the participants’ future involvement within the (inter)national youth work and training field.	Implemented.
8 - 12 September, ONLINE	Keep it Real! Online 2021	To support YE applicants to increase main quality aspects in various phases of the project and prepare eligible Youth Exchange.	Implemented.
8 September - 3 November, ONLINE	ID Talks	To provide food for thought and learn from inspirational ID stories; to provide an opportunity learn about ID topics from the youth work sector and beyond; to get information, inspiration, methods to help the youth sector address ID; to inform about and contribute to quality (international) youth work; to identify and learn how to tackle existing and future challenges within ID.	Implemented.
24 - 29 September, ONLINE	Impact+: Youth Field	To equip participants with knowledge and skills needed to successfully plan and assess the impact of projects in the field of youth in order to carry out more impactful projects.	Implemented.
27 September - 1 October, ONLINE	Star of Europe - Online	To get a comprehensive understanding of what a youth exchange project contains - from the idea, needs assessment of a project to the follow up activities.	Implemented.
27 September - 8 October, ONLINE	European Solidarity Corps: TOSCA - online training and support for organisations active in the volunteering actions in the European Solidarity Corps	To support and build up the capacities of organizations that actively participate in volunteering actions of the European Solidarity Corps, in order to ensure quality and impact in the respective projects.	Implemented.
1 - 6 October, ONLINE	DIGIT/ERACY	To unveil the question of what we can trust and what not in Online Media and how Critical thinking can help us to build better understanding of the civic sector and civic movements.	Implemented.
4 - 8 October, Portugal	Tool Fair XV - Back to the Future	To test and taste new tools, analyse, exchange and evaluate them, in order to valorise creativity in non-formal education pedagogical initiatives.	Implemented.
5 - 11 October, Spain	Building eco-literacy: preparing European young people for the green labour market	To prepare and inspire professionals working with and for young people to bring an ecological focus in their labour market orientation projects.	Implemented.
5 - 20 October, ONLINE	APPETISER (ONLINE) - An introduction on how to use Erasmus+ for international youth work	To give a strong positive first experience of international youth work and motivate participants to use the Erasmus+ Programme and, to a certain extent, the European Solidarity Corps Programme. This aim summarises the entire idea of the training – to give a feeling, what it means to work with young people in an international setting.	Implemented.
5 - 20 October, ONLINE	Appetiser (online) - An introduction on how to use Erasmus+ for international youth work	To give a strong positive first experience of international youth work and motivate participants to use the Erasmus+ Programme and, to a certain extent, the European Solidarity Corps Programme.	Implemented.
6 - 8 October, Poland	European Forum of Young Leaders	The activity will provide space for youth activists to share experiences, establish contacts and discuss important topics for young people across Europe. The main topics of this year's Forum will be inclusion and diversity, green Erasmus, digital Erasmus and active participation in democratic and social life.	Implemented.
8 - 12 October, Spain	Mental Health: invisible emergency.	To give visibility to mental health in youth and developing a position that allows us to influence to start European strategies that can solve this problem.	Implemented.
11 - 15 October, Norway	BiTriMulti (BTM) - Multilateral Training Course for newcomers in youth exchanges	To offer an international learning experience for those active in the youth work field, enabling them to develop their competences in setting up quality Youth Exchange projects, especially newcomers to this field.	Implemented.
11 - 15 October, Poland	European Solidarity Corps: TOSCA - training and support for organisations active in the volunteering actions	To support and build up the capacities of organizations that actively participate in volunteering actions of the European Solidarity Corps, in order to ensure quality and impact in the respective projects.	Implemented.
18 October, ONLINE	Community Impact in Practice: Introducing the brand-new guide	The Practical Guide that will be introduced during the online presentation aims to be hands-on, explaining some of the basics about community impact so that practitioners can benefit from working with this concept.	Implemented.
18 - 22 October, Germany	YOCOMO - an ETS learning experience for youth workers: a systemic approach to competence development	To look at the role of the whole system of interconnected players in your field (for example your organisation, young people, parents, schools, local community, etc.) on the development of your competences as a youth worker.	Implemented.
26 - 30 October, Belgium - FL	Quality Wave: Diving into Quality of Learning Mobility Seminar for Q! Ambassadors and friends	To provide support for Quality! Learning Mobility projects in times of increased budget and more diverse learning environments (hybrid, blended, online) and empower Q! Ambassadors throughout Europe to adjust the EPLM Quality Tools and promote them in their countries.	Implemented.
27 - 28 October, ONLINE	Gender Training for Youth Workers: What's Gender Got to Do with It?	To provide a basic understanding about contemporary gender issues, as well as provide clear links in between gender equality, human rights education and youth work. Also, the training aims to provide useful tools and methods for youth workers to discuss gender issues with the youth. This online training is going to focus on gender stereotypes, gender equality, gender identities and hate speech.	Implemented.
28 October - 1 November, Spain	Partnership Building Activity Youth Exchanges dealing with Environmental and Sustainable Development Issues	The participants will know better the profile and the way of working of other organizations, to establish good contacts for future projects and to start to work on a real project to be presented in the following deadline.	Implemented.
2 - 3 November, ONLINE	Activating citizens - municipalities making use of the European Solidarity Corps	To motivate and support municipalities to make use of the European Solidarity Corps Programme as a tool for social cohesion and solidarity.	Implemented.
2 - 5 November, ONLINE	Training for ESC mentors (in French language)	Over the years, the French Erasmus+ National Agency has built a strong expertise in training EVS/ESC mentors. In April 2021, a first session was organized online to French-speaking ESC mentors or would-be mentors from other countries and it was a success.	Implemented.
2 - 6 November, Turkey	Youth@Work "International Symposium on Youth Employment Challenges" ISYEC - "Crossing the Bridge" - Special Edition	To increase the cooperation opportunities for non-formal education and business sectors in Europe through designing innovative partnership and collaboration models.	Implemented.
4 November, ONLINE	European Academy on Youth Work - Webinar 1: Innovation in Times of Disruption	In the European Academy on Youth Work we want to support the professional development of youth workers and other professionals in youth work practice, policy and research, even in times of uncertainty, like the ones we are living today. For this reason, we are excited to invite you for a series of webinars we called Learning as a field in times of disruption and change.	Implemented.
8 - 12 November, Albania	European Solidarity Corps: TOSCA - training and support for organisations active in the volunteering actions in the European Solidarity Corps	To support and build up the capacities of organizations that actively participate in volunteering actions of the European Solidarity Corps, in order to ensure quality and impact in the respective projects.	Implemented.
8 - 13 November, Turkey	Youth@Work "Social Entrepreneurship for Youth Employability - SEYE"	To raise awareness of social entrepreneurship and its ecosystem in Europe through designing innovative business models.	Implemented.
10 - 12 November, Iceland	Empower inclusiv-ability	To build competences among youth workers who would like to empower inclusive activities in their work with young people. One of the aims is to provide a concrete and practical tool for involving participation of young people with disabilities and health conditions.	Implemented.
14 - 20 November, Spain	FITA 6 - From Idea To Action 6	To empower the youth workers and youth leaders participating in the course to develop their competences promoting and supporting Youth Entrepreneurship in the social field.	Implemented.
15 - 23 November, ONLINE	Let's volunteer! - third phase	To equip newcomers with information on implementing volunteering projects within the frame of European Solidarity Corps programme.	Implemented.
19 November - 17 December, ONLINE	Train the trainers: Inlining Online Process	To equip participants with the necessary competences including knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours but also approaches, tools, and methods that are necessary to implement activities within Erasmus+ Youth in Action and European Solidarity Corps within an online and blended formats of learning.	Implemented.
22 - 26 November, Hungary	"Towards Collaborative Practice" (TCP) Study Visit on Social Entrepreneurship and Social Inclusion	To reflect, network & learn about professional practices and ways in which social entrepreneurship and youth work can be developed. This study visit is a unique opportunity to discover more about being a social entrepreneur in Hungary and how youth work plays a role in it.	Implemented.
22 - 28 November, Italy	See Beyond - Training of Trainers on Youthpass	To strengthen the quality of European youth projects by training trainers of youth workers on facilitating learning in European youth projects. Participants will focus on the learning dimension as an essential quality factor in European youth programmes and explore the role of Youthpass in supporting awareness of learning.	Implemented.
23 - 24 November, ONLINE	Youth@Work Online Seminar: Employment and entrepreneurship of young people with fewer opportunities - with the emphasis on women's entrepreneurship	To raise awareness of employment and entrepreneurship among young people with fewer opportunities, to develop the skills and competences of youth workers in designing and implementing entrepreneurship ideas among people with fewer opportunities as innovative ways for tackling social problems, to equip them with appropriate tools and methods.	Implemented.
29 November - 7 December, ONLINE	Digital transformation of youth organizations	To introduce youth organisations to the digital age and to train them to acquire their own digital footprint, which will have multiplier benefits in the impact of the Programme. Through the training, stakeholders will learn more about digital tools and good practices on how to have a more successful online presence.	Implemented.
1 - 7 December, ONLINE	A.C.T. for Democracy (Active Citizens Together for Democracy)	To support active youth workers to comprehend contemporary democracy as a concept and as a practice, and how they could take an active role against radicalization, hate speech and manipulation by creating a safe space for learning and critical thinking for better understanding of their local realities, providing efficient tools and working educational approaches.	Implemented.
2 - 5 December, Montenegro	Western Balkan Youth Participation Ideas Lab	To explore concrete needs, challenges and potential of youth participation in the Western Balkan Partner Countries and seeks for creative ways to address them.	Implemented.
6 - 12 December 2021, ONLINE	TOSCA - online training and support for organisations active in the volunteering actions in the European Solidarity Corps (ESC)	To support and build up the capacities of organizations that actively participate in volunteering actions of the European Solidarity Corps, in order to ensure quality and impact in the respective projects.	Implemented.
7 - 11 December, Turkey	Conference: "On track 5 - Different youth work approaches for different NEET situations"	To support collaboration and exchange between professionals from different sectors in order to create better opportunities for young people in a NEET situation and enable their active involvement in society and integration into the labour market.	Implemented.
16 December, ONLINE	European Academy on Youth Work - Webinar 2: Recognizing larger Trends - Seeing Interconnections with Youth Work	During this webinar we will look at trends in society and youth. We’ll explore how these trends influence and can be influenced by youth work.	Implemented.
15 January - 23 February, ONLINE	International Project Challenge	To support young people in submitting the Erasmus+ or European Solidarity Corps (ESC) application by the first deadline 23.02.2022.	The call for participants is closed.
17 - 21 January, ONLINE	ETS Trainers' Skills Workshop (TSW): Supporting NFL in a digital environment	The workshop aims at expanding trainers’ competences with regard to methods and skills connected to facilitating non-formal learning in a digital space in the training design and practice in the field of youth.	The call for participants is closed.

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