Empowering Youth Participation through the Emilia-Romagna Distributed Living Lab (79 Municipalities)

Partner with OCTAER's Living Lab (79 municipalities in Emilia-Romagna) to validate youth participation and digital storytelling tools on a large scale.

OCTAER - The Emilia-Romagna Arts & Culture Hub is launching new Erasmus+ 2026 youth cooperation projects. We operate as a Distributed Living Lab involving exactly 79 Municipalities and a community of over 150 creative organizations (Event Lab).

What we offer to EU partners:

Scalable Validation: Access to a massive territorial network to test and validate youth participation tools, non-formal education methods, and digital storytelling in real urban and rural environments.

Scientific & Admin Support: Our projects are backed by an independent Scientific Technical Committee (CTS) and managed by our specialized Octa-EUR department, ensuring zero-risk administrative compliance.

Strategic Topics: Digital Storytelling, AI-driven Media Literacy, Democratic Participation, and Intergenerational Solidarity.

We are looking for:
Youth organizations, NGOs, and local authorities ready to act within the Quadruple Helix model, interested in high-impact dissemination, community engagement, and long-term sustainability.

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We're looking for:

5 more partners

from Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium - FL

Deadline for this partner request:

2026-06-30

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Project overview

Empowering Youth Participation through the Emilia-Romagna Distributed Living Lab (79 Municipalities) is a project by
OCTAER Culture, Tourism and Audiovisual Observatory of Emilia Romagna Region

taking place
from 2026-09 till 2027

This project relates to:
Strategic Partnerships, Capacity Building, Meetings between young people and decision-makers

and is focusing on:

Art
Democracy/Active citizenship
Gender equality
Innovation
Media and communication
Non-formal learning
Social media
Sustainable development
Unemployment/employability
Urban/rural development

This project can include young people with fewer opportunities like

Social obstacles
Economic obstacles
Geographical obstacles

Target Group: Young people (18-30) from rural and mountain areas of the Emilia-Romagna region, including NEETs and those facing socio-economic barriers. Support provided: Through our Distributed Living Lab, we provide non-formal education, digital storytelling toolkits, and access to a network of 150+ creative organizations. We offer a safe environment for co-creation, ensuring high societal impact and the validation of skills through Micro-credentials.

Short URL to this project:

http://otlas-project.salto-youth.net/19977