Call for Participants: Training Course on Digital Citizenship Education

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This Call for Participants is published within the Erasmus+ KA2 project “Pathway to Digital Citizenship Education”, which aims to empower youth workers with the skills and tools needed to help young people navigate the digital world critically, responsibly, and safely. The project is implemented by a consortium of youth organisations from Serbia (Foundation Arka), Croatia (Udruga Delta), Portugal (Red Cross Braga) and Greece (Innovation Hive) with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme. It started on 1 April 2025 and will last for 18 months.

ABOUT THE PROJECT: By promoting digital citizenship, the project supports youth activism, online engagement, and active citizenship. The project objectives are: (1) To increase competences of 20 youth workers from Croatia, Greece, Portugal and Serbia to work with young people on digital citizenship and online activism; (2) To create a guidebook on digital citizenship education for youth, including tools, practices and educational activities for youth workers and youth organisations; (3) To develop an online gamified learning experience that promotes digital citizenship education for youth. The project strives to fill a gap in digital youth work, particularly in countries where the concept remains underdeveloped. It also contributes to the broader European effort on digitalisation in youth work and aims for long-term impact by making its resources widely accessible.

Training course OBJECTIVES are:

1. To increase youth workers’ understanding and competences in Digital Citizenship Education (DCE) as a tool for active democratic participation.
2. To enhance youth workers’ readiness and confidence to implement non-formal educational activities related to DCE.
3. To empower youth workers to better support young people (primarily from marginalised communities) in navigating the digital world, engaging with the online content in a critical manner and being an overall positive influence in their digital communities.
4. To support exchange among youth workers in approaches, methodologies and practices from DCE-related topics in non-formal education and youth work.
5. To provide space for participants to directly contribute to developing a Training Kit on DCE as well as a related online educational game.

DATE AND VENUE: TC will take place in the Youth center in Braga, Portugal on 9-14 November 2025. (incl. travel days). Accommodation, food and travel will be covered.

PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS: If you are a youth worker (someone who directly works with young people; does not have to be a certified professional) who:

• Is aged 15-30 (by the time of the training course),
• Is based in Croatia, Greece, Portugal or Serbia,
• Is working with young people in one (or more) of the following topics: active citizenship, youth participation, democracy, online activism, inclusion and diversity, and media/digital literacy,
• Has basic knowledge about non-formal education (NFE) and/or youth work,
• Has designed and implemented at least 1 youth activity (training course, workshop or seminar for youth),
• Is preferably working on the local/national level,
• Is highly interested in learning more about digital citizenship education,
• Is available and motivated to contribute the pre- and post- training course activities (see below for more information),
• Is actively using English.

OUR EXPECTATIONS OF YOU:

• To contribute to development of the Training kit on Digital Citizenship Education (September/October 2025)
• To fully participate in the whole duration of the training course (9-14 November 2025)
• To contribute to development of the online educational game for DCE (April 2026)
• To contribute to implementation of the Multiplier event in their country (spring/summer 2026 – to be confirmed at a later stage)
• To participate in promotional activities once or twice (e.g. give a testimonial from the training course)

HOW TO APPLY:

⏳ Deadline: 29 August 2025, 23:59 CET
👉 Apply here: Application Form

COVERED COSTS: Apart from accommodation and meals, the organisers will cover your travel to Braga (from your place of residence) and local transport from Porto airport to Braga). For EU residents, we strongly encourage bringing your European Health Card with you, whereas participants from Serbia will receive travel insurance from the organisers.

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This training course is being organised within the Erasmus+ KA2 project “Pathway to Digital Citizenship Education”, which aims to empower youth workers with the skills and tools needed to help young people navigate the digital world critically, responsibly, and safely. The project is implemented by a consortium of youth organisations from Serbia (Foundation Arka), Croatia (Udruga Delta), Portugal (Red Cross Braga) and Greece (Innovation Hive) with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme. It started on 1 April 2025 and will last for 18 months.