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Training Course
3-7 September 2025 | Sabaudia, Italy
What is it about?
Wild Paths to Participation is an immersive training that explores how adventure and outdoor sports can become powerful catalysts for youth engagement in Europe’s inner, rural and mountain areas. Building on the EU Youth Participation Strategy, the training demonstrates how place-based, adrenaline-light experiences — from trekking to cooperative team sports — can amplify young people’s voices, confidence, and sense of belonging while enhancing their mental health.
Objectives
- Introduce adventure-experiential-education and sport-for-development methodologies tailored to low-density territories.
- Strengthen youth workers’ competence in facilitating soft-skills (communication, leadership, resilience) and wellbeing through nature-based activities.
- Exchange inspiring rural participation practices and create transnational peer networks.
- Co-create ready-to-use mini-projects that participants will pilot with young people back home, using Erasmus+ Youth or European Solidarity Corps opportunities.
Training flow & methods
Day 1 – Setting camp: getting-to-know-each-other activities, needs analysis, introduction to experiential learning cycle
Day 2 – Adventure toolbox: workshops on low-threshold outdoor challenges, inclusive sport designs, risk management and mental-health-first approaches
Day 3 – On the trail: full-day field expedition combining navigation tasks, reflective stops and storytelling
Day 4 – From skills to participation: translating outdoor insights into community projects; youth participation ladder, stakeholder mapping, funding tips
Day 5 – Harvest & next steps: pitching project ideas, peer feedback, Youthpass reflection, network planning
Interactive inputs, micro-lectures, peer coaching and nightly reflection circles ensure everyone learns by doing and make clear links to their rural realities.
Outcomes & follow-up
Participants leave with:
- A validated adventure-sport session plan adapted to their local context
- A draft Erasmus+ project proposal or community action plan
- Extended rural-youth peer network and access to a resource pool of tools, checklists and facilitation guides
- Follow-up coaching (online) will be provided during the first three months of project implementation
Practicalities
- Dates & venue: 2 – 8 Settembre 2025, Parco Naturale del Circeo, Sabaudia (Italy)
- Working language: English
- Costs & travel reimbursement: Programme, accommodation and meals are covered by Kamaleonte but a contribution of 130€ is required; travel is reimbursed according to Erasmus+ distance bands, with a green-travel top-up for train/bus routes
- Application deadline: 12 July 2025 (23:59 CET). Selections announced by 16 July 2025
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http://trainings.salto-youth.net/13628
This Training Course is
for 18 participants
from Austria, Belgium - DE, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
and recommended for
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth coaches
Working language(s):
English
Kamaleonte (Others)
Kamaleonte has extensive expertise in experiential learning, outdoor education, and personal development. Kamaleonte’s approach is rooted in creating transformative experiences that combine connection with nature, innovative methodologies, and a strong focus on human relationships.
Our framework of activity is designed to empower individuals and groups by facilitating opportunities for self-discovery, building resilience, and developing skills. At Kamaleonte, we believe in the power of experiential education to spark meaningful growth—not through lectures or traditional instruction, but through immersion, active participation, and real-life challenges.
Our facilitators and trainers are members of various international pools of trainers within the framework of TCA (Transnational Cooperation Activities) programs, collaborating with national agencies under Erasmus+ programme. With over 20 years of experience in designing and delivering these types of programs, they bring unparalleled expertise, a wealth of practical tools, and a deep understanding of experiential methodologies to create impactful learning opportunities for participants.
Contact for questions:
Marco Valerio Battaglia
E-Mail:
Phone: +393494619003
130 €
The participation fee is a shared-cost contribution that allows us to keep the training affordable while covering essential items that fall outside Erasmus+ reimbursement rules. Certain local expenses are ineligible. Each time we run water-based sessions, we must pay an access fee to the private owners of Sabaudia Lake. Throughout the week, we also absorb a seasonal surcharge from the venue, which is still operating at high-season rates in early September. The contribution helps ensure we can secure the lakeside facilities, safety support and quality outdoor equipment without compromising the course design or passing unforeseen costs on to fellow participants
Everything will be on us
100% of real travel cost refund (boarding passes + receipts request)
according to Distance Calculator
100 – 499 km / 285 € (Green T) / 211 €
500 – 1 999 km / 417 € (Green T) / 309 €
2 000 – 2 999 km / 535 € (Green T) / 395 €