Erasmus+ cooperation partnership in the field of youth · 2024–2026
Welcome to Access+EU!
Access+EU builds the capacity of youth educators and partner organisations in working with people with disabilities, so that young people with disabilities can take part in future Erasmus+ training, mobilities and projects.
In short
- A project for youth workers aged 18 to 30.
- Partners in Italy, Poland, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania.
- Focus groups and technical visits in every country, then a training of trainers in Italy.
- The main result is a free Handbook in six languages.
- Project number
- 2024-1-IT03-KA220-YOU-000243567
- Project dates
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2026
- Target group
- Youth workers, 18–30 years old
- Countries
- Italy, Poland, Albania, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina
What the project does
In every partner country
Focus groups and visits
Access+EU local focus groups and technical visits organized in each participating country. These occasions provide the opportunity for youth workers to visit families with disabled members, to meet professionals in the field of disabilities, to initiate a common reflection about inclusivity and to have first-hand experience to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities and to share knowledge and best practices among partners.
In Italy
Training for trainers
With the collection of knowledge and best practices coming from first-hand experience on technical visits and focus groups, the training of trainers aims to develop training materials to be used during the implementation of the training itself. The mobility of youth workers takes place in Italy and it aims to potentiate and empower participants in the topic of inclusivity of disabilities in Erasmus+ funded projects.
Free resource in 6 languages
Handbook
Among the newly developed training materials, a handbook as an Open Educational Resource, serves to collect best practices that are available also for a wider audience in English and in the national language of the partner countries. Take a look at the toolbox that is the result of the experiences of experts in the field of nonformal education.
Why inclusion matters
“Inclusion is about giving value to every human being, regardless of their differences.”
“Accessibility is not a question of ability, but of design. We must design for all, so that everyone has the same chance to participate in society.”
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Partners
Five organisations from five countries run the project together.
- YouNet Reggio EmiliaItaly
- Educational Trip FoundationPoland
- Erasmus Learning Academy SLSpain
- Association MenssanaBosnia and Herzegovina
- Albanian Center for Education Care and Training (ACT Center)Albania
Erasmus + and cooperation partnerships
The primary goal of Cooperation Partnerships in Youth is to allow organisations to increase the quality and relevance of their activities, to develop and reinforce their networks of partners, to increase their capacity to operate jointly at transnational level boosting internationalisation of their activities and through exchanging or developing new practices and methods as well as sharing and confronting ideas. They aim to support the development, transfer and/or implementation of innovative practices as well as the implementation of joint initiatives promoting cooperation, peer learning and exchanges of experience at European level.
The objectives of Cooperation Partnerships in Youth are to increase quality in the work, activities and practices of organisations and institutions involved; to build capacity of organisations to work transnationally and across sectors; to address common needs and priorities in the fields of education, training, youth and sport; to enable transformation and change leading to improvements and new approaches, in proportion to the context of each organisation.