Youth in Balance

Project organization: Agrupamento de Escolas de Aguiar da Beira

The youth exchange will take place between 1st and 5th of July 2024 in Aguiar da Beira, Portugal.

It is more than obvious to us – the consortium's technicians and organizations – that it is necessary to unite the youth sector, including at international level, and to develop innovative intervention actions adjusted to the real needs and challenges of young people, helping them to build happier and more successful futures on a personal level, social, professional, etc., which will contribute in the medium and long term to an improvement in their quality of life and mental health.
We believe that this project will be the first step towards social change and transformation for young people from rural areas – the participants of this project, who will be directly impacted; and other young people, reached by the exploitation of results. To this end, in this project we bring together organizations from 7 geographical contexts, which will give their rural youth the opportunity to participate in a non-formal education project, focused on deconstructing the challenges that these young people live and feel, as well as on their development and training, so that, in the future, they can benefit from a better quality of life and mental health.

Working language: English

Participating countries: Portugal, Greece, Italy, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Spain, Slovakia

Number of participants: 42

Who is the ideal participant in the project?

Ages 13-18 (school-age youth);
Residents in rural and isolated areas;
Minimum English skills (in cases where it is necessary to provide support at this level and strengthen language development, this work will be done);
Motivated to develop their skills;
Motivated to be an active part in all phases of the project.

Group requierments:

Slovakia will be represented on the project by a group of 7 participants.

In particular, the group’s role will be to actively participate in the project program in an effort to meet its defined objectives. The secondary task will be to present Slovakia and its culture in an interactive "intercultural night".

Important info:

The accommodation and meals are 100% covered by the coordinating organization.

Travel costs will be reimbursed to the participants up to 360 €.
Each participant is individually responsible for the planning and implementation of the trip.

Extremely important: The participant is obliged to keep the travel document to and from the destination and hand it over / send it to the project organizer according to his instructions.

Insurance: Travel insurance is provided by the organizers.

(Youth Exchange)

Strengthening Mental Health and increasing the quality of life

/ 01. - 05.07.2024 /

Aguiar da Beira, Portugal