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The Spark: Understanding What Drives Youth Engagement
Training Course
15-18 November 2026 | Oldenburg, Germany
The Spark: Understanding What Drives Youth Engagement is a four-day training course for youth workers, trainers, facilitators and others working in the field of non-formal learning and international youth work.
Why do some young people actively participate while others stay on the side-lines? During the training, we will explore different factors that can influence young people’s engagement, including adolescent development, motivation, peer influence, sense of belonging, previous experiences, interests, competences and the social environment.
We will also turn the focus towards ourselves as youth workers. We will reflect on what we consider to be passivity, what kind of participation we expect from young people, and how much real influence and ownership they have in the opportunities and activities we create for them. We will explore participation as something that develops over time and consider how young people can gradually build autonomy, responsibility, decision-making skills and ownership.
The training will also examine what youth workers can realistically influence when supporting young people’s participation, how much control we are willing and able to share, and where the limits of our own role and responsibility lie.
The programme is based on non-formal and experiential learning. Participants will connect the topics explored during the training with situations from their own practice and consider what they can understand or approach differently in their work.
The training is open to participants aged 18 or above, with at least three years of experience in youth work, who are based in an Erasmus+ Youth Programme Country. Please do not apply if you do not meet these eligibility criteria, as we will not be able to select you for the training course.
When selecting participants, priority may be given to applicants who are able to travel using green means of transport.
Submitting the application form does not automatically mean that you have been selected. Following the selection, we will also establish a waiting list. If a selected participant withdraws or is unable to confirm their participation and travel arrangements within the requested timeframe, their place may be offered to an applicant on the waiting list.
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Apply now! Application deadline (24h UTC): 13 September 2026 Date of selection: 14 September 2026Training overview
http://trainings.salto-youth.net/15302
This Training Course is
for 20 participants
from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries 
and recommended for
Youth workers, Youth leaders, Volunteering mentors, Youth coaches
Working language(s):
English
Ambitia Institute (Youth NGO)
Zavod Ambitia is a Slovenian organisation active in the fields of youth work, nonformal education, learning processes and international cooperation. The organisation develops and implements Erasmus+ projects, training courses, youth exchanges and educational activities focused on personal development, participation, inclusion, sustainability and meaningful learning experiences for young people and youth workers.
The organisation places a strong focus on experiential learning, reflection, facilitation and the development of supportive learning environments. Through its projects, Zavod Ambitia aims to support learning processes that encourage self-awareness, active participation, critical thinking and personal growth.
Contact for questions:
Karmen Murn
E-Mail:
Phone: 0038640527418
Costs
Participation fee
No fee.
Accommodation and food
No accommodation costs.
Travel reimbursement
Standard Erasmus + rules for travel remimbursement apply. Preferably green travel.