International Call - Participants Application form Training Course "CyberSafe" in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Project idea:
The CyberSafe project aims to strengthen the digital literacy, critical thinking, and online safety skills of youth workers across Europe. Through a 7-day training with partners from nine European countries, participants learn how to recognize online threats, protect personal information, and support young people who face digital risks.The CyberSafe project aims to help youth workers become more confident and skilled in staying safe online.

After the mobility, participating youth workers will deliver local workshops, ensuring widespread impact and sustainable knowledge transfer within their organisations and communities.

Project objectives:

• Build skills to recognize online threats and AI-generated fake content.
• Increase awareness of cyberbullying and cyberviolence.
• Train youth workers in practical steps for online protection.
• Strengthen critical thinking and digital skills for safe internet and social media use.
• Deliver nine follow-up workshops in partner countries to spread the gained knowledge in local communities.

Participants’ profile
Age: 18+, no upper limit
Background: Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, volunteers, project managers, NGO staff, mentors, coaches, administrators;
Selection criteria - Participants should have experience in youth work, interest in digital literacy and safety, and motivation to improve their digital skills. Participants from fewer opportunity groups are more than welcomed. Conversational English is required. 

• Dates of the training course: 21.02 - 01.03.2025 including travel days
• Participating countries: Bulgaria, Greece, Türkiye, Italy,Poland, Portugal, Spain, Lithuania,The Netherlands 

To apply, please fill in the following form - Participants Application form - https://forms.gle/Z4CkPkuUu27N3Bdm8

Deadline for application: 30.01.2026

*We will inform the participants of whether they are selected or not after 02.02.2026.