Youth Exchange – Echoes of Environment and Digitalisation

Call for Partners: Youth Exchange – Echoes of Environment and Digitalisation

We are looking for partners for our Erasmus+ Youth Exchange project “Echoes of Environment and Digitalisation”, designed to empower young people with critical transversal skills while engaging them in meaningful climate action through innovative digital tools.

This project connects environmental education with digitalisation, offering youth interactive, creative, and non-formal learning experiences that bridge the gap between climate awareness and real engagement.

Project Background
According to the World Economic Forum, skills such as analytical thinking, creativity, resilience, and technology use will be vital by 2025. While often developed in corporate settings, these skills are rarely integrated into youth work. Our project addresses this gap by merging sustainability education with digital innovation.
Through immersive methods such as audioguides (inspired by interactive theatre) and digital simulations, participants will reflect, co-create, and critically engage with environmental challenges while developing both personal and professional competences.

Project Objectives
• Develop transversal skills to support meaningful and active participation in climate action.
• Bridge the gap in practical awareness and youth engagement in environmental protection.
• Promote audioguides as an innovative digital learning tool to enhance participation and sense of initiative.
• Provide a holistic experiential learning opportunity that strengthens cognitive, practical, and social competences about sustainability.

Expected Outcomes
• Youth equipped with skills such as critical thinking, active learning, creativity, and digital literacy.
• Increased motivation and participation in climate-related initiatives and policymaking.
• A strong contribution to the EU Youth Strategy, particularly Goal #10 Sustainable Green Europe, Goal #4 Information & Dialogue, and Goal #9 Space & Participation for All.

Partner Requirements
If you are interested in joining, please send your most up-to-date Partner Information Form (PIF).
Your PIF must include:
1. Clear details of your local activities and the number of beneficiaries you reach annually.
2. Highlights of projects funded by local or national sources (not EU funds).
3. Comprehensive answers using the maximum number of characters in the four main PIF questions.
4. An answer to the additional question: “Would you like to make any comments or add any information to the summary of your organisation’s past participation?”
5. Information on staff vs. volunteers in your organisation.
6. Submission in Word format, plain text only. Avoid Word auto-formatting for bullet points and spacing. Use simple “-” or “*” and leave real line breaks.

Deadline
Please send your updated PIF (Word format) including links to your regular non-EU-funded local activities by 23 September.
Only partner emails with correctly completed PIFs that follow all the requirements will be answered.