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Youth Exchange
Youth Exchange
22-29.06.2026
22-29.06.2026
Izvoare, Romania
Izvoare, Romania
Description
Description
Navigating Our Cultural Landscapes is a youth exchange mobility carried out under the Youth Accreditation project in 2026. Our youth exchange started from a simple problem: many young people across Europe feel disconnected from the natural and cultural landscapes around them. This limits their opportunities to understand how their environment shapes their identity, wellbeing, and sense of belonging. At the same time, sedentary lifestyles, disconnection from nature, and low community engagement are increasingly common among young people.
We also saw that many young people don’t fully recognise the value of their local landscapes, traditions, and outdoor spaces. That’s why this Erasmus+ Youth Exchange encourages participants to explore and reconnect with the places they come from through outdoor activities, teamwork, and intercultural learning. Beyond the activities themselves, the project promotes healthy living, cultural exchange, youth participation, and active citizenship.
Goal and objectives
Goal and objectives
The goal of the mobility was to help young people explore and appreciate their cultural and natural landscapes, strengthen their connection with their communities, and encourage active participation in preserving and promoting local heritage.
By the end of the mobility:
40 young people from Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia, Italy explored different cultural landscapes and gained a deeper understanding of how traditions, nature, and local heritage shape their identities and communities.
Enhanced participants’ personal growth by developing critical thinking, communication, teamwork, and leadership skills through outdoor activities, group challenges, and non-formal education.
Fostered intercultural understanding and inclusion by encouraging participants to share traditions, stories, perspectives, and experiences from their home countries.
Empowered young people to become more active in their communities by recognizing the value of local heritage, sustainable practices, and cultural diversity, and encouraging them to contribute to its preservation and development.
Profile of Participants
Profile of Participants
The project involved 45 young people aged 16–21 from Romania, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia and Italy. They represented diverse communities and backgrounds, were motivated to explore new experiences, and were open to learning about intercultural understanding and inclusion through outdoor activities.
Activities
Activities
All activities were participatory and non-formal, ensuring that the young participants were actively involved, contributing ideas, collaborating with peers, and learning through experience rather than passive instruction.
Throughout the program, they were supported and guided by 5 group leaders and 2 facilitators, who ensured a safe, inclusive, and dynamic learning environment.
Group-building
Group-building
Participants took part in ice-breakers and team-building activities designed to help them get to know one another, break down cultural barriers, and build trust. They also explored the Youthpass process, established group dynamics, and participated in a protection and safety workshop, creating a supportive environment for the rest of the mobility.
Project-topic learning
Project-topic learning
The main part of the mobility focused on exploring how urban, rural, coastal, and mountainous landscapes shape identity, lifestyle, and opportunities. Through outdoor challenges, sport-based teamwork, nature exploration, and reflection sessions, participants developed cooperation, leadership, resilience, and decision-making skills. Workshops also explored democracy, inclusion, community engagement, and how local resources can support youth-led initiatives and active citizenship.
DEOR and evaluation
DEOR and evaluation
In the final phase, participants reflected on their learning journey, gathered feedback, and developed plans for sharing the project results with their schools, youth groups, and local communities. They explored how they could turn their experiences into local actions promoting active lifestyles and civic participation. The mobility concluded with a final evaluation, Youthpass completion, and closing activity.
Gallery
Gallery
DEOR | Spreading the word
DEOR | Spreading the word
Romania
Romania
📍 Online | 📆 July-August 2026 |💡1584 views
The Romanian team organized a Youth-Led Action called "Green Air, Green Future" with the goal of making their local environment cleaner by organizing a trash-collecting activity in one of the most visited parks in their local city - Fundulea. They uploaded their progress on the local activity, as well as a video showcasing their experience during the Youth Exchange, on their Instagram page. During this process, they shared the Instagram page with their friends and disseminated the project trough online groups and platforms. You can check out there page HERE!
Hungary
Hungary
📍 Pápa | 📆 8th August 2026 |💡5 attendees
Lilla organized a presentation for her peers at Türr István Gimnázium és Kollégium to showcase her experience from the Youth Exchange to her friends. She made a presentation with pictures taken during the activity which was followed by a speech on the importance the Erasmus Programme holds for her and how the Youth Exchange helped her understand the importance of the landscapes and cultures we grow up in.
📍 Budapest | 📆 12th August 2026 |💡12 attendees
Dominik, Adam, Alex, Peter and Patricia organized a care-day for animals from a local shelter in Budapest as part of their Youth-Led Initiative called "Every Paw Matters". As the beginning of their journey to increase the quality of life of animals in shelters, they communicated with the volunteers from the shelter, acknowledged the needs of the animals and are now working on a plan to use that information to organize fundraisers and more care-days with other volunteers. They took a few of the dogs for a walk, brought food to feed the cats and learned more about the needs of other animals in poor conditions. They disseminated the project to the shelter volunteers and had a great time talking about their learning journey during the Youth Exchange!
Slovakia
Slovakia
📍 Online | 📆 June - August 2026 |💡739 views
The Slovak team decided to help their friends stay healthy by presenting them with different useful meal plans to keep them in shape! As they are all very much into sports and healthy lifestyle, their Youth-Led Initiativeis centered on Eating Heathly = Being Healthy! As the school starts, they plan to hold presentations in their school to share their experience on the Youth Exchange and tell their peers how it inspired them to create this resource and contribute to their peers! You can check out their page HERE!
📍 Beroun | 📆 30th September 2025 |💡22 attendees
Alex, Tomas, Nikolas and Julia delivered a presentation for their school’s hockey team to share the outcomes of the project. During the session, they introduced their peers to the various activities completed throughout the project, highlighting key learning experiences and memorable moments. A special focus was placed on the interculturality component, where they explained what it means and why it was an important part of their experience. Julia shared her experience also with the teachers and other students, to increase awareness to the programme and inform them why it's important to encourage youth to be active citizens!
Serbia
Serbia
📍 Izvoare | 📆 22nd August 2026 |💡46 attendees
Minja prepared a presentation about her experience during the Youth Exchange and presented it during one of her other activities in Izvoare. The presentation included photos of sessions and activities, as well as explanations of concepts such as the importance of appreciating where we grew up and the Youthpass. She held an open discussion and had positive feedback from the participants, such as that they would likely benefit of attending a project on that topic in the future.
Italy
Italy
📍 Civita | 📆 August 2026 | 💡attendees
The Italians delivered a dissemination night to remember! In their city of Civita, they organized an outdoor projection of their experience and talked with the local youth to inform them of the existence of these opportunities. They shared what they learned from their peers from other coutries about their local communities, but also how they came to appreciate more their own cultural landscape! It was a night full of laughter, shared experiences and positivity - as we always do in Erasmus!
Participants’ Impact Through Dissemination
Participants’ Impact Through Dissemination
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