Erasmus+ Training and Cooperation Activities
Erasmus+ Training & Cooperation Activities (TCAs) and European Solidarity Corps Networking Events (NETs) are events arranged by National Agencies to encourage collaboration and sharing of best practice within Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps. You can apply through the SALTO links below or in the case of TCAs taking place in Ireland, directly with Léargas!
Transnational Cooperation Activities hosted in Ireland or other European countries are financed by the participating National Agencies (NAs) of the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes. Unless specified otherwise, the sending and hosting National Agency will organise the flights, accommodation and food.
For more information on TCAs and NETs contact the TCA Team!
HOW TO - mentoring in ESC volunteering projects
Training Course| 2-5 May 2023 | Zagreb, Croatia
HOW TO – mentoring in ESC volunteering projects is a training course created for experienced mentors active in ESC. TC aims at improving the quality of mentoring within ESC volunteering projects.
Target group: Youth workers, Volunteering mentors
Blended mobilities as a means of improving study programmes
Training course| 24-26 May 2023 | Bratislava, Slovakia
The rationale comes from the new type of mobility – blended mobility which comes hand in hand with digitalization – one of the main goals of the new programme. Through this THO NA plans to get together experienced and inexperienced teachers in this topic and by sharing good practice broaden participants’ horizons by showing them how blended mobilities can boost their curricula and attract students in case mobility is fully recognized and supported by high level of digitalization at school.
Going Green In Erasmus+: Project Development and Mobilities in the Field of Ecological Sustainability in Adult Education
Seminar |24-26 May 2023 | Hambourg, Germany
The contact seminar is intended to contribute to raising awareness of the topic of sustainability and to give impulses on how sustainable topics can be implemented in projects and ultimately in the institution.
Target group: Adult Education KA1 & KA2
CONTACT SEMINAR “EXPANDING HORIZONS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING”
Contact seminar 25-28 April 2023 | Tallinn, Estonia
The contact seminar aims to bring together language teachers and school staff to discuss language teaching and learning and new ideas, methodological and practical tools on how to best support learners in a multilingual (and multicultural) classroom.
Target group: VET and School
Kick off Event - Long Term Activity on social change through sport
Conference – Symposium – Forum | 12-16 June 2023 | Nouvelle-Aquitaine (South West), France
YouSports-Kick Off Event – the new Strategic National Agencies Cooperation —– Looking at how youth work can use sport to support value-based learning in communities and reach different audiences to get involved in international projects.
Target group: Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, Youth policy makers, Volunteering mentors, Youth coaches, Youth researchers, Sports organisations and leaders
WORKING WITH QUEER YOUTH
Training Course |16-21 May 2023 | Vilnius, Lithuania
Today queer young people come out earlier and earlier, while youth workers might be the only support available for them. If you’re familiar with this situation and find it challenging then this training course is for you.
Target group: Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, Youth coaches
European Solidarity Corps: TOSCA – training and support for organisations active in the volunteering actions in the European Solidarity Corps
Training course |8-20 May 2023 | Denmark
The training activity aims to support and build up the capacities of organizations that actively participate in volunteering actions of the European Solidarity Corps, in order to ensure quality and impact in the respective projects.
Target group: Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers
ERASMUS+ PROMOTING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND COOPERATION IN EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Thematic seminar|06-09 May 2023 | Riga, Latvia
This TCA, therefore, aims to contribute to the European Commission goal by increasing awareness and promoting physical activity in Education and Training through Erasmus+.
Target group: representatives from all education and training sectors, and representatives from Sport sector (sport staff, coaches, etc.)
CONTACT MAKING SEMINAR - CREATIVE NATURE-LED LEARNING TO PROMOTE WELL BEING
Training course | 19 April (Online) 10-12 May (Dublin,Ireland)
This contact-making seminar hopes to inspire you and your pupils to incorporate the natural environment in your teaching and learning. It will create opportunities for schools across Europe to connect, share practices, and to plan future projects.
Target group: Primary Schools, Primary Teachers
Promoting Vet Excellence Through Skills Competition
Seminar |08-11 May 2023 | Espoo, Finland
The seminar is aimed at persons and organizations participating in Erasmus+ activities who want to understand how the achievement of excellence can be promoted, achieved and utilized in vocational training in different ways, and for those who want to deepen their understanding of the concept of “vocational excellence”.
Target group: VET
Sport and Sustainability
Seminar |29-31 May 2023 | Lahti, Finland
The thematic focus of the seminar is sustainable development in the field of sport and vocational education and training. Sustainability will be discussed from various perspectives e.g. environmental, social, health-related and cultural aspects in the sports sector. The seminar has three main themes linked to sustainable development as lifelong approach in sports and exercise: children’s sport education, top level sport as a part society and active lifestyle in adulthood, especially in outdoor activities.
Target group: VET and sport Educators
LIST: Learning in short-term group projects
Training Course 24-28 April 2023 | Porto Heli Greece
We invite youth workers and youth leaders to learn more on how to support learning within short-term group activities involving young people (such as youth exchanges or volunteering teams).
Target group: Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, Volunteering mentors
Keys to Communication and Conflict Management in Youth Work
Training Course| 24-29 May 2023 | North of Portugal – Viana do Castelo District, Portugal
This Training Course is dedicated to members of local youth organisations willing to learn communication and conflict management methods and techniques to be used in their work. A wide learning experience on preventing and managing conflict!
Target group: Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, – Youth workers, youth leaders or managers/coordinators from local organisations;
European Solidarity Corps: TOSCA – Training and support for organisations active in the European Solidarity Corps
Training Course | 12-16 June 2023 | Bonn, Germany
The training activity aims to support and build up the capacities of organizations that actively participate in volunteering actions of the European Solidarity Corps, in order to ensure quality and impact in the respective projects.
Target group: Youth workers, Youth project managers, Volunteering mentors
EGL Study Visit on Local Youth Work, Gothenburg Sweden
Study Visit | 19-22 June 2023 | Gothenburg, Sweden
This study visit aims at exploring local youth work in Gothenburg, Sweden with a focus on young people leading and organizing leisure activities for youth within the municipality of Gothenburg.
Target group: Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth policy makers, Youth coaches, Municipality representatives
Acting Up - performing arts and drama methods in youth non-formal education
Training Course | 12-17 June 2023 | Maynooth University, County Kildare, Ireland, Ireland
Acting Up is an international training course on using performing arts and drama methods in non-formal education as tools to work with young people.
Target group: Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, Youth coaches
"QUALITY EDUCATION AND WELLBEING AT SCHOOL": TOWARDS A CARING SCHOOL”
Study visit| 13-16 June 2023 | Poitiers, France
This study visit will focus on the wellbeing at school as a condition of success for the learners and teachers. The study visit will address health at school, school climate, the fight against discrimination, classroom discipline (link with academic success), school premises and the place of the child/pupil in the school and in the classroom (development of psychosocial skills, interculturality, autonomy).
Target group: primary and secondary school: inspectors, school leaders (headmasters, principles…) local authorities or government staff responsible for these topics.
Get into Volunteering Projects for ALL
Training Course 22-26 May 2023 | Budapest, Hungary
Did you know you can get funding for volunteering projects for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds? Come and discover in this beginner’s course how you can organise volunteering activities for inclusion in the European Solidarity Corps.
Target group: Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, Inclusion Workers, Social Workers, Refugee workers
EMBRACING DIVERSITY: INCLUSION IN INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
Training course |16-19 May 2023 | Prague, Czech Republic
The participation of people with fewer opportunities is of paramount importance for our future. In this international seminar for teachers, we aim to address one of the main challenges that teachers face nowadays: increasing diversity in the classrooms and identifying the best practices in including students with fewer opportunities. Inclusion and diversity are among the key priorities of the Erasmus+ programme, therefore it is important to be aware of potential obstacles that would prevent someone from taking part in the projects, and effectively get rid of them. Participants will broaden their European contacts´ network and will gain new connections for collaboration at an international level on the themes addressed.
Target group: teachers from schools who are either completely new to Erasmus+ or have limited experience with the programme and are interested in starting Erasmus+ projects (Key action 1 and 2) and teachers from schools working with students on EQF levels 3 and 4 both in School Education and Vocational Training sectors
Massive Open Online Course on the European Solidarity Corps
MOOC | Online | 26 September – 31 December 2022
Join a free online course for people interested in the European Solidarity Corps. During this course you will learn all about the funding opportunities for Volunteering and Solidarity projects. Enroll now – no application required
Participant Experiences
TCAs? For me?
Mailiis Komissarov joined Léargas on a placement in 2019. In this post she explains how Transnational Cooperation Activities (TCAs) can provide great opportunities for personal and professional development.
Takeaways from TCAs: Optimise Your Experience of Online Events
With online events here to stay for the foreseeable future, we chat with Senior Support and Development Officer Carmel Walsh about what to expect from TCAs and Training Opportunities scheduled for 2021. We also delve into the practicalities of online attendance with Lisa Downes, a Youth Worker at St. Andrews Resource Centre.
Erasmus+: Developing Creative Partnerships in Europe
Although Peter Hussey has worked on Erasmus+ projects for some time, he has never planned or taken part in a Partnership project. He recently attended a TCA course in Berlin on getting started with Partnerships and this. By the end of the course, they had created a Strategic Partnership proposal.
Meet the Team
Anna Kadzik-Bartoszewska
Senior Support and Development Officer TCA/NET (01) 8871258
