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2025-3-IT03-KA153-YOU-0003745582025Mobility of youth workersongoing
Countries: IT|TR|EL|FR|BG|LV · Grant: €23,590
Physical and mental health, well-beingPromoting gender equalityQuality and innovation of youth work

Objectives

The project stems from the urgent need to provide youth workers with concrete tools to address the issue of consent and respectful relationships with young people. Too often, this topic is dealt with only in a theoretical or regulatory manner, or it is discussed only after incidents of conflict, bullying, discrimination or violence have already occurred. We believe, instead, that consent must be built beforehand, every day, through small gestures of listening, presence and attention to one's own and others' boundaries. In young people's daily lives, seemingly simple actions such as joking, dancing, hugging or talking involve a continuous negotiation of visible and invisible boundaries. This process is natural, but not always easy: many young people do not know how to recognise their own limits, do not feel empowered to say “no” or do not know how to respect a refusal. Yet those who work with them – educators, entertainers, youth workers – often lack clear and practical tools to accompany them on this path of awareness and relational self-determination. This is where the idea for the project comes from: international training that provides youth workers with inclusive, accessible and replicable methodologies based not only on words, but above all on the body and direct experience. We are convinced that the body is a universal language that transcends linguistic, cultural and educational barriers and allows all young people to be included, even those who often remain on the margins. Through practices such as contact improvisation, somatic consent, visual journaling, group pact building and other movement and body listening activities, participants will experience first-hand what they can then offer to their young people. The aim is to enable them to create educational contexts in which it becomes natural to: - recognise one's own limits and those of others; - practise saying and respecting “no”; - develop empathy and mutual listening skills; - build relationships based on respect and shared responsibility. The project is not limited to technical training, but aims to generate a cultural change in youth work: shifting the focus from managing conflicts “after” to building healthy relationships “before”. In this sense, it strengthens the quality of youth workers' work and at the same time contributes to a broader social and community impact. Particular attention will be given both to youth workers with fewer opportunities and to those working with young people in disadvantaged situations — such as NEETs, migrants, and young people from rural areas or socio-economically fragile backgrounds. Bringing these methodologies into vulnerable groups means providing concrete tools to prevent exclusion, isolation, and dynamics of overpowering, while instead fostering inclusion and the creation of safe and welcoming spaces for everyone. In addition to strengthening individual skills, the project will contribute to building an international network of organisations and operators who share the same mission: to spread a European educational culture based on consensus, respect and mutual trust. This network will continue to exist beyond mobility, through the exchange of experiences, the dissemination of results and collaboration in future Erasmus+ projects. In this way, the project is not only training on consent, but becomes part of a broader commitment to train youth workers capable of guiding young people towards healthy and inclusive relationships, strengthening the quality of youth work in Europe and contributing to a generation that is increasingly aware and responsible.

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