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2026

COMPASS

COMpetitiveness Policy for Accelerating Sustainable Solutions
  • Period: Jan 2026 - Dec 2027
  • Aim: to empower a diverse generation of young citizens to co-create evidence-based policy proposals on EU competitiveness through structured dialogue and deliberative learning, ensuring their insights directly influence high-level European strategic decision-making.
  • Funded by: CERV - Citizens’ engagement and participation
  • Project ID: 101253989
  • 2025

    YES: Youth Engagement and Employability for Success through Social Entrepreneurship


  • Period: Sep 2025 - Aug 2027
  • Aim: to empower young people to actively participate in society and the labour market by developing their analytical, entrepreneurial, and soft skills, fostering social innovation, and enhancing their employability and contribution to sustainable economic growth.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+ KA220 Partnerships for Cooperation
  • Project ID: 2025-1-IT03-KA220-YOU-000363238
  • Pixels of Change


  • Period: Aug 2025 - Sep 2025
  • Aim: empowering youth from Romanian highschools (14-19 y/o) to develop their digital competences in order to become active citizens in their communities through a series of 5 workshops
  • Funded by: European Solidarity Corps - Volunteering (ESC51)
  • Project ID: 2023-1-RO01-ESC51-VTJ-000138350
  • European Year of Digital Citizenship Education


  • Period: Jan 2025 - Dec 2025
  • Aim: to enhance public awareness, strengthen policies, and promote collaboration among stakeholders to ensure digital citizenship becomes a core educational priority across Europe.
  • Initiated by: Council of Europe, Digital transformation unit
  • Project ID: #EYDCE2025
  • A.C.T.4EU: Advocacy, Creativity, and Transformation for Europe


  • Period: Jan 2025 - Dec 2026
  • Aim: to empower young creatives to engage in advocacy and democratic processes, foster inclusive participation through mentorship and support for underrepresented voices, and promote cross-sector collaboration using creative approaches to advance mental health and social inclusion.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA220-YOU - Cooperation partnerships in youth (KA220-YOU)
  • Project ID: 2024-2-FR02-KA220-YOU-000272543
  • 2024

    Pixels of Change


  • Period: Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
  • Aim: empowering youth from Romanian highschools (14-19 y/o) to develop their digital competences in order to become active citizens in their communities through a series of 5 workshops
  • Funded by: European Solidarity Corps - Volunteering (ESC51)
  • Project ID: 2023-1-RO01-ESC51-VTJ-000138350
  • Enhance Your Capacity Academy Digital Program Funded by: ALF, HANDS-ON


  • Period: Feb - Apr 2024
  • Aim: to provide NGO managers and youth workers from Euromed region with a hands-on experience on Project Management, offer a theoretical framework to raise the quality of their work and positively transform their NGOs through coaching, encourage networking, collaboration across borders and exchange of good practices.
  • Funded by: Anna Lindh Foundation
  • 2023

    “New European Bauhaus in Urban and ruraL Areas” (NEBULA)


  • Period: Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
  • Aim: to stimulate the creative spirit and entrepreneurship of young people in order to make them actors of the New European Bauhaus, which aims to be the practical conversion of the Green Deal, making cities and rural peripheries places to live and enjoy also from a cultural and social point of view.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+ KA220 Partnerships for Cooperation
  • Project ID: 2022-2-FR02-KA220-YOU-000096306
  • 2022

    First Step Programme


  • Period: Oct 2022 - Aug 2023
  • Aim: promoting the social inclusion of young people in situations of social exclusion due to risky behaviour, through an innovative programme on financial literacy.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+ KA2 Partnerships for Cooperation - Small-Scale Partnerships
  • Project ID: 2022-1-PT02-KA210-YOU-000081865
  • SENSE - The New European Roadmap to STEAM Education


  • Period: Sep 2022 - Sep 2025
  • Aim: SENSE. seeks to increase the public’s interest in science by merging the arts and aesthetics into STEM education, reshaping how STEM subjects are taught in Europe.
  • Funded by: Horizon Europe
  • Project ID: HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-101058507
  • RAISE - Young Refugees'AI Student Empowerment Program


  • Period: May 2022-Nov 2024
  • Aims: the first aim is to support the target group of young migrants and refugees new to the European Union to better integrate into the labour market by developing an AI assessment and coaching tool. This will be accomplished by way of a three-pronged approach: (1) AI skills assessment, (2) customised course plan, and (3) practical guidance and support for offering workshops. The second aim is to leverage the state-of-the-art AI skills assessment tool to be a scalable, extensible, and reusable framework for other educational programs. The modular architecture of the framework, together with the underlying expert data decision models, will assist in providing smart assessment and personalised coaching, saving valuable time and resources..
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA220-YOU - Cooperation partnerships in youth
  • Project ID: 2021-2-DE04-KA220-YOU-000050343
  • Causeland - Get to know the NGO sector


  • Period: Jan 2022- Nov 2023
  • Aim: The main objective of the proiject is to promote civic engagement among youth and creating a mindset that a career path in the NGO sector is an option while providing capacity building opportunities of the NGO staff/youth workers to equip them in their efforts of helping youth gain soft skills, improve their employability and gain practical knowledge.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA220-YOU - Cooperation partnerships in youth
  • Project ID: 2021-1-BG01-KA220-YOU-000029380
  • 2021

    The Youth Creative Academy


  • Period: Sep 2021 - Feb 2023
  • Aim: creating an оppоrtunity and space fоr cоllabоratiоn between different оrganisatiоns, with the aim оf stimulating the creativity, the cultural awareness, and expressiоn оf yоung peоple, tоgether with equipping yоung artists with digital and managerial skills..
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA2, Partnerships for Creativity
  • Project ID: 2020-1-FR02-KA227-YOU-018680
  • PRHBYW - Promote Rural Heritage by Youth Workers


  • Period: Jun 2021 - Dec 2022
  • Aim: The main objective of the project is to valorize local agricultural traditions and rural heritage through the creation of a new professional profile for young workers: "Advisor for the promotion of cultural heritage in rural areas", able to use digital tools to raise awareness about rural heritage, especially among young people and parties actively involved in the project's thematic.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA227 Partnerships for Creativity (Youth)
  • Project ID: 2020-3-ES02-KA227-YOU-016637
  • #GenderIDTalks - ALF Virtual Marathon


  • Period: May - Jun 2021
  • Aim: to promote gender equality, in the sense of raising awareness on the topic of Women and gender stereotypes in a cross-cultural and cross-sectorial way, by connecting it to other key issues (SDGs and ICD, entrepreneurship, media and advertising, youth and digital) and empowering people towards a meaningful civic, economic, social, and cultural participation
  • Funded by: Anna Lindh Foundation
  • CREAction4EU


  • Period: Mar 2021 - Feb 2023
  • Aim: Our aim is to raise awareness on the importance of active citizenship through social entrepreneurship, specifically focused on the creative industries. This will impact on the motivation of young people to be engaged in future careers related to creative businesses.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA227 Partnerships for Creativity (Youth)
  • Project ID: 2020-1-FR02-KA227-YOU-018692
  • Empactpreneuriat - Entrepreneurship Impact and Youth Work as related to Community Development and Sustainability


  • Period: Feb 2021 - Jul 2022
  • Aim: The project seeks to assess the impact & influence of EU youth (young people and youth work organizations) in the community building process, the attainment of SDGs and overall the creation of sustainable communities through youth participation & entrepreneurship.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA205 - Strategic Partnerships for youth
  • Project ID: 2020-3-FR02-KA205-018211
  • UNICEF ECA Partnership: Strengthening meaningful adolescent participation and engagement in programmes and events in the ECA region


  • Period: Jan - Dec 2021
  • Aim: ensuring that all adolescents and young people in Europe and Central Asia (including the most vulnerable) have a chance to be connected, activated/engaged and empowered.
  • Funded by: UNICEF Europe and Central Asia
  • 2020

    PMA - Project Management Academy


  • Period: Dec 2020 - Jan 2021
  • Aim: to increase the sustainability and organisational resilience of Black Sea civil society organizations in difficult times by enhancing the PM skills of their staff.
  • Funded by: Romanian NGDO Platform – FOND, Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST)
  • We, the internet (WTI)


  • Period: Jul - Nov 2020
  • Aim: to involve ordinary citizens in Romania in a dialogue about internet governance focused on artificial inteligence, data protection and fake news.
  • Part of: WTI - Global movement
  • 2019

    DIVERSE (Promotion of democratic values and diversity in schools through Creative Drama and Fairy Tales)


  • Period: Dec 2019 - Nov 2021
  • Aim: to promote social inclusion and diversity in multicultural classrooms with an increased number of children from refugee/migrant/ minority background through the use of creative methods and more specifically, storytelling methods.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA3
  • Project ID: 612178-EPP-1-2019-1- EL-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN
  • #opemEU Youth exchange - European Employment Opportunities


  • Period: Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
  • Aim: to open the mind of young people in the field of employment, European mobility, the global market, the opportunities that Europe provides us, youth entrepreneurship and especially to fight against youth unemployment.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA1
  • Project ID: 2019-1-ES02-KA105-013001
  • 2018

    Promoting equality through gender sensitive journalism and blogging


  • Period: Dec 2018 - Jan 2020
  • Aim: to raise the standards of journalism and blogging, making them more gender sensitive and also to strengthen the human capacity of the NGO’s and their partnership with media in the partner countries.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA2-CBY
  • Project ID: 599106-EPP-1-2018-1-RS-EPPKA2-CBY-WB
  • Youth Workers 2.0


  • Period: Nov 2018 - Jun 2020
  • Aim: to provide guidance and training for youth workers across Europe on how to use ICT tools and digital methods to better deliver basic skills youth education (digital youth work).
  • Funded by: Erasmus+ KA2
  • Project ID: 2018-2-ES02-KA205-011537
  • Young Digital Leaders


  • Period: Feb 2018 - Jan 2020
  • Aim: to empower young people aged 12-15 years old through digital citizenship, critical thinking and media literacy skills, so that they can become tomorrow’s digital leaders
  • Funded by: Google.org, Google Brussels
  • Editions: 2 editions
  • InYouS (International Youth Studies: Curricula, Distance learning course and open educational materials)


  • Period: Jan 2018 - Jun 2019
  • Aim: to ameliorate the recognition of youth work and non-formal education through development of certified “International youth studies” curricula (and organizing a distance-learning course for youth workers) and open educational materials for European Higher Ed. Institutions.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA2
  • Project ID: 590068-EPP-1-2017-1-AM-EPPKA2-CBY-EP-CSF
  • 2017

    Turn ONline


  • Period: Sep 2017 - Apr 2019
  • Aim: to encourage youth organizations working in the field of peace building and Human Rights to transform their activity digitally and to use different forms of online activism in order to increase social impact from their actions
  • Funded by: Erasmus+ KA2
  • Project ID: 2017-2-ES02-KA205-010093
  • #PlayEurope ‐ EduGames for Active Citizenship


  • Period: Sep 2017 - Aug 2019
  • Aim: to raise awareness among young people about the importance of being “active citizens”.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA2
  • Project ID: 2017-1-IT03-KA205-010865
  • The Women Get Back (WGB)


  • Period: Aug 2017 - Mar 2019
  • Aim: to transfer to youth workers innovative training methodologies to improve guidance and counselling, vocational and professional training in EU and Latin America for young women returning to work after a hiatus in their careers, as a result of maternity, illness, unemployment (NEET), or who are in a situation of self-employment.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA2-CBY
  • Project ID: 589785-EPP-1-2017-1-PT-EPPKA2-CBY-ACPALA
  • EuroIMPACT Plus


  • Period: Jun 2017 - Jan 2019
  • Aim: to create innovative resources for youth work and equip youth workers with the necessary skills to manage a project in the most efficient way.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA2
  • Project ID: 2017-1-UK01-KA205-035508
  • EECT (Entrepreneurship Education for Cultural Tourism)


  • Period: Mar 2017 - Sep 2018
  • Aim: to offer non-formal education on cultural tourism entrepreneurship and raise awareness about cultural tourism opportunities for entrepreneurship and employment.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA2
  • Project ID: 2016-3-DK01-KA205-033887
  • 2016

    eSkills for Volunteers


  • Period: Nov 2016 - Jun 2018
  • Aim: to develop the digital skills of youth and youth workers in the context of the digital education
  • Funded by: Erasmus+ KA2
  • Project ID: 2016-2-ES02-KA205-007980
  • SMARTER Academy - Moldova


  • Period: Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
  • Aim: to empower youth workers from Moldova (training, exchange of good practices, coaching).
  • Funded by: FOND, RoAID
  • Strategic Cooperation Programme "Support Moldova"


  • Period: Aug 2016 - Dec 2018
  • Aim: to support the European path of the Republic of Moldova by supporting key stakeholders and developing soft, hard and transverse skills for young people, NGOs and public authorities.
  • Funded by: auto-financed
  • BWH - Balkan without hate


  • Period: Mar 2016 - Feb 2017
  • Aim: to explore how young people and youth work can benefit from creation of genuine youth documentaries on what kind of (multicultural) societies we want to live in.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA2-CBY
  • Project ID: 570028-EPP-1-2015-2-ME-EPPKA2-CBY-WB
  • EQYP (European Quality in Youth Projects)


  • Period: Jan 2016 - Oct 2016
  • Aim: to train youth workers in the quality management field and to develop a quality standard for youth projects (called "EQYP").
  • Funded by: Erasmus+, KA1
  • Project ID: 2015-3-RO01-KA105-022851
  • 2014

    PRISMA (Projects: Resources, Insights and Management - a Social Media Approach)


  • Period: Aug 2014 - Jul 2015
  • Aim: to empower youth workers, youth leaders and project managers from 22 youth organisations from 12 countries to raise their project management efficiency through social media tools and networking.
  • Funded by: Erasmus+ KA1
  • Project ID: 2014-1-RO01-KA105-001522
  • SMARTER (Social Media Academy: Raising Teen Employability Resources)


  • Period: Jan 2014 - Oct 2014
  • Aim: to empower the participants to implement employability projects at local level by using social media tools.
  • Funded by: Youth in action, 4.3
  • Project ID: RO-43-E107-2013-R3
  • 2013

    SMYLE (Social Media & Youth - Learning for Employment)


  • Period: Aug 2013 - Dec 2013
  • Aim: to empower youth to use social media tools in order to raise their employability.
  • Funded by: Youth in action, 1.1
  • Project ID: RO-11-E152-2013-R2
  • No Hate Speech Movement


  • Period: Mar 2013 - Feb 2017
  • Aim: to raise awareness about hate speech and equip activists with tools to tackle it.
  • Initiated by: Council of Europe - Youth Department
  • GEYC - Group of the European Youth for Change

    Organisation in Special consultative status with the United Nations - Economic and Social Council since 2023. A member of the PRISMA European Network.

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