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Training Course
4-8 August 2026 | France
Over five days, 30 participants come together to explore how resilient communities are built.
Through experiential and participatory approaches, the participants will learn from the values and methodologies of Les Pas Sages, moving through different key dimensions of community building.
By the end of the training, you will gain an understanding of the Les Pas Sages model and practical, transferable tools to bring back to your own organisations and collectives.
What we will explore:
- Long-term, self-sustaining cohousing: how cooperative housing projects can be designed to "buy themselves back," ensuring affordability across generations, intergenerational equity and reduced dependence on speculative markets.
- Democratic participation and collective governance: strengthen competencies in cooperative decision-making, shared governance and collective ownership models.
- Legal and financial foundations: discover accessible legal frameworks and non-speculative financial models that make community projects stable and replicable.
- Relationship ecology and community resilience: build the skills at the heart of any lasting collective: trust, communication and conflict prevention.
This training is for you if:
You are part of an existing or starting community
You are curious to discover new approaches to cooperative and resilient community building
You wish to learn practical tools of shared governance and colelctive decision-making
You wish to be part of a network for continued exchange and collaboration beyond the training
You commit to participate to the whole duration of the training
Accommodations will be shared with other participant.
The food served is local and vegan, with vegetarian options available.
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http://trainings.salto-youth.net/14985
This Training Course is
for 30 participants
from Belgium - DE, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovak Republic
and recommended for
Youth workers
Working language(s):
English
Les Pas Sages (Youth NGO)
Les Pas-Sages Constellation is a collection of organizations in service of communal living. We accompany and connect people who wish to develop residential and community spaces that are cooperative, resilient, ecological, and joyful!
The key philosophy, called "Cooperity", balances individual autonomy with collective responsibility. Projects built on this model are designed to be affordable long-term, anti-speculative and ecologically responsible.
Contact for questions:
Valeria
E-Mail:
Phone: +330621994457
The participation is fully funded and no fee will be asked to the participants
Cost for food, accommodation and participation to the training is fully covered by the Erasmus+ programme
France: €56 (green travel only)
Belgium, Germany: €417 (green travel only)
Italy, Slovakia, Netherlands: €309