SWITCHIN VIRTUAL

2026-07-22

Pursuing the priorities of the Erasmus Project including inclusion, digital transition and sustainability, Switching Virtual aims to support intercultural dialogue and the development of soft skills between young people of higher education and youth organizations among EU associated and non-associated countries, through new advanced and online-facilitated activities and methodologies. Objectives: • Create a space for dialogue to facilitate the connection between young people from Kosovo, Albania and Montenegro with peers of EU Countries; • Bridging the gap by increasing the participation of disadvantaged young people; • Prevent the risks by developing a web awareness-raising process (digital and cultural); • Set-up Skills Development Paths to enrich personal and professional youngs' CVs through innovative and immersive methodologies; • Support organisations to build “citizenship” awareness within youngs from the Western Balkans and engage them nonformal education settings; • Create a long-term coherent and solid partnership between organizations in order to boost youth dimension through international cooperation and develop new opportunites. Activities and Methodologies: (1)VIRTUAL ACADEMY for youth workers, educators and professors and (2)UPSKILLING LAB, through the methodology of the virtual laboratory, moderated online discussions on cultural and social issues, as well as simulations of non-formal training activities to develop professional and soft skills. Consortium of 6 Partners (1 Portugual, 1 Spain, 1 The Netherlands + 1 Albania, 1 Kosovo, 1 Montenegro). Involvement of approx. 1100 youngs 18-30 + 100 between youth workers, educators and professors from higher education institutes and youth organizations. Activities divided into 2 cycles, for each cycle we will have: n. 3 VIRTUAL ACADEMY and dialogues + 5 UPSKILLING LAB and dialogues in total + 1 infoday, 1 inauguration day, 1 international virtual exchange day per partner. Project duration 36 months.

Portugal

2025-10-15