Europe Goes Local

20/10/2026

'In a rural community, opportunities for young people are often shaped by distance, transport, family resources, and whether there is a trusted place where they feel welcome. In Budila, we brought youth work into the places young people already know: the school and community spaces' - shared with us Sorina Carmen Văcariu, program manager of the youth organization Asociația Sprijin și Dezvoltare (Support and Development Association) from Romania 🎯😍👏

📌 Limited access to early education?
📌 High risk of early school leaving?
📌 Reduced access to health services?
📌 Low civic participation among young people?

If these challenges sound familiar, read our full interview with Sorina and discover the project The Key to the Future and its results in our IN-Focus series 👉 https://europegoeslocal.eu/egl-action/keytothefuture/

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14/10/2026

📣 Free in-person Action Lab by Alliance4Europe in Brussels!

Have a cause you care about but not sure how to turn it into a campaign? In this one-day, hands-on workshop, you'll go from first idea to a clear campaign plan, alongside students, creators and young campaigners from across Europe.

During the day, you will:

· Learn how campaigning, organising and leadership connect, and why stories drive change

· Build your campaign's theory of change and write your own Organising Sentence

· Craft and practise your "Story of Self", a 3-minute personal story, with coaching and feedback from peers

· Connect your story to your campaign and your online content

📅 30 October 2026, 10:00–15:30 CEST
📍 Brussels (BeCentral)
💸 100% free, registration required
👉 Register here: https://community.democracylink.eu/login/en-US/event/storytelling-and-action-labs-2026/registration/

09/10/2026

🙋What is inspiring for you about the Europe Goes Local project?

Enjoy the throwback video and keep sending us your feedback!
Let's cheer for these #10 years together 😍😀🎉

Video credits: 3rd EGL Event, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium

08/10/2026

A great opportunity coming up - a training program in Advocacy and Lobbying for international youth work! 😍 👏

Get the full details and apply by 👉 20 October!

How about "𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤"❓ We are soon starting a long-term training course, with the first online workshop already on 17th November and the residential seminar 15-20 March 2027 🗓️

✅ Do you have experience as 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 of at least 3️⃣ youth projects within Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps including programme and partner countries since 2020❓

✅ Are you representing a 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 with the record of at least 6️⃣ youth projects within Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps including programme and partner countries since 2013❓

Not only this training is for you, but together we will empower the wider European youth cooperation on a long run❗️

More details and the application form (till 20th October):
https://trainings.salto-youth.net/15394

05/10/2026

Meet Stefania from the Thermi Youth Council! 😍 📣

Stefania is a youth worker and one of the passionate and committed voices of Thermi Youth Council. In our series on good practices in local youth work, we love meeting the people behind the projects they bring to life and use them to make a difference in their communities. 🎯 💯👏

Read the full article here https://europegoeslocal.eu/egl-action/faces-of-local-youth-work-stefania-kampouri-thermi-youth-council-secretary/

02/10/2026

📣 Europe Goes Local: Using Erasmus+ KA153 Mobility Projects to Strengthen Local Youth Work training

📅 8–10 December 2026
📍 Belgrade, Serbia
🗓️ Apply by 11 October 2026 👉 here http://trainings.salto-youth.net/15288

🌍 What if your local youth work needs could become your next Erasmus+ project?

Youth workers, trainers, project managers, and municipal representatives: this is a practical opportunity for you to explore how Mobility of Youth Workers (KA153) can help you:

✨ turn local needs into strong project ideas
🤝 connect with potential European partners
💡 learn from practical examples and experienced youth work organisations
🛠️ improve your KA153 project application
🌱 strengthen youth work in your municipality and local community

We particularly encourage colleagues working in rural, remote and less accessible areas to apply.

Accommodation and meals are provided by the Serbian National Agency.

You don't need a fully drafted project application. Bring your local challenges, ideas and questions, and let's explore what they could become in a European context. Come with an idea. Leave with connections, inspiration, and a clearer path towards your next KA153 project.

❗Deadline to apply: 11 October

01/10/2026

'Youth Council Thermi was created to give young people a structural role in the local community and a space for , , and . In a municipality consisting of 14 communities, we use the sociocracy method - a participatory decision-making protocol sustained by consent and bottom-up responsibility. It is a model in which information circulates and remains freely accessible, and in which every member participates on equal terms in pursuit of the common goal' - told us Stefania Kampouri from the Youth Council. 👏 🎯

Did you know that Thermi is the national youth capital 2026? 🇬🇷 😍

Read more about the Thermi Youth Council and its results, plans, and activities in our IN-Focus series: full interview with Stefania 👉 https://europegoeslocal.eu/egl-action/democratic-space-and-civic-space-thermi-youth-council-greece/

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29/09/2026

📣Democratic participation and civic space for youth? We're in Thermi, Greece! 😍🇬🇷

The Youth Council in the municipality of Thermi (Συμβούλιο Νέων Δήμου Θέρμης), kicked off in 2020 with a mission to boost youth participation and active citizenship.

Hear Stefania Kampouri from the Council talk about how they are organized and keep everyone engaged, including youth from remote and rural areas! 🎯

🙋‍♂️ Stay tuned for a full interview with Stefania in our IN-Focus series on good practices in local youth work!

25/09/2026

Check out the videos from our EGL European event in Tromsø this year! 😍
Listen to many inspiring voices from youth work who participated in the opening speeches and other plenary sessions, including the panel on youth participation in remote and rural areas! 🎯

Featured speakers:

🟠 Camilla Ringdal Dukefos, Head of Norwegian National Agency for Erasmus+
🟡 Inge Stuer, Programme Director of JINT vzw
🟢 Jonas Agdur, Senior Adviser of the KEKS network
🔵 Sigrid Bjornhaug Hammer, Tromsø Deputy Mayor
🟣 Martinus Amundsen, Youth Council
🟠 Klara Fromm, Tromsø Youth Council
🟡 Parahina Parabaran, Youth Council
🟢 Lene Vågslid, Minister of Children and Families in Norway
🔵 Tobias Flessenkemper, Council of Europe, Head of Youth Department
🟣 Sif Vik, Development and Project Manager Tvibit/Tromsø European Youth Capital 2026
🟠 Mathieu Roumegous, Director of Agence du Service Civique/French Erasmus+Youth and Sport National Agency
🟡 Pedro Tavares, Head of Youth, Sport and Tourism Office at the Municipality of Lagoa-Azores
🟢 Jan Lai, Senior Youth Expert and Project Manager at Intercultural Association NUR, Sardinia

EGL in Tromsø videos 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBqXzrwjR0Ow

17/09/2026

🙋‍♂️Have you heard of Budgetify by Inednet - Information and Education Development Network?

Check out what they created to boost democratic governance through participatory budgeting! They also run a youth exchange program on this topic 😍🎯

☑Download the Mapping participatory budgeting - a comparative research covering Armenia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Portugal, Slovakia, and Sweden here 👉 http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/5978

☑Download the Workbook on participatory budgeting and use the tool for your first participatory budget project! 👉 http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/5979

💡Read more about this project and its tools https://www.inednet.com/budgetify