Getting involved in European activities can be incredibly rewarding and fun—but it also comes with challenges. From building visibility and recognition, to finding the time, convincing your team or board of the added value, aligning it with your organisation’s mission, and balancing it with your local work… it’s not always easy.

The aim of this 3-day training is to support youth work organisations in embedding internationalisation into their structures and practices by making strategic use of European programme opportunities for their organisational development.

During this training, participants will engage in practical reflection and receive support and inspiration to design ways of using European programmes strategically within their organisation.

Participants will: 

• Reflect on how internationalization can be embedded in youth work strategies
• Share practices and challenges from different national contexts
• Explore how the tool ‘Land inSight’ can be used in strategic discussions
• Discover other tools and approaches for international growth
• Design an action plan to apply in their own organisation

This training focuses on strengthening organisational capacity. Participants should be familiar with the mission, vision, and strategy of their organisation, and have the ability to influence its (strategic) planning.