SALTO Participation & Information

SALTO Participation & Information A SALTO Resource Center promoting participation in democratic life through the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes.

Funded by the European Commission. Hosted by the Education and Youth Board of Estonia. For more information check out the SALTO-YOUTH website - http://www.salto-youth.net/rc/participation/ and in the Participation Resource Pool: http//:www.participationpool.eu

What do European youth trainers want from the next Erasmus+? That was the big question at the Trainers' Forum 2026, wher...
14/08/2026

What do European youth trainers want from the next Erasmus+? That was the big question at the Trainers' Forum 2026, where around 50 trainers working across youth work, adult education and non-formal learning compared notes.

They talked freelance trainer struggles, working with National Agencies, and rural youth participation.
They also got a first look at the Commission's plans for Erasmus+ 2028โ€“2034, a bigger, merged programme, but one where the youth consultation behind it apparently didn't get much input.

Full story here:
https://participationpool.eu/2026/08/11/trainers-forum-2026-what-european-youth-trainers-want-from-the-next-erasmus/

๐Ÿ“ข Apply now: Study Visit on Inclusive Participation in Democratic Life 16โ€“20 November 2026 | Antwerp, BelgiumSALTO Parti...
11/08/2026

๐Ÿ“ข Apply now: Study Visit on Inclusive Participation in Democratic Life
16โ€“20 November 2026 | Antwerp, Belgium

SALTO Participation & Information and SALTO Inclusion & Diversity are inviting youth workers, trainers, and youth leaders to a 3.5-day study visit exploring how young people with fewer opportunities can be meaningfully included in democratic life.
You'll meet local organisations and practitioners in Antwerp, exchange practical tools and methods and bring it all back to your own community.

Application deadline: 6 September 2026 ๐Ÿ‘‰ Apply here: https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/study-visit-on-inclusive-participation-in-democratic-life.15183/

Meet The TeamMeet our learning & capacity building coordinator, Alina Besleaga๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ŸI am a power-l...
03/08/2026

Meet The Team

Meet our learning & capacity building coordinator, Alina Besleaga

๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ

I am a power-literate educator with a strong belief in co-creation and a systemic approach.

I am from Moldova, where for about 10 years I supported youth participation and civic engagement through Volunteering programs, the National Council of Pupils, Erasmus+ international mobility projects, and a variety of local and national projects. After an International Erasmus Mundus Master in Adult Education for Social Change, I landed in SALTO PI, where since July 2024 I am the Learning and Capacity Building coordinator, because I love working at the intersection of policy on democracy and human rights, and concepts & practice of youth work and critical adult education.

I am mindful and intentional about my contribution to both my work and the world around me.


๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค, ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

Book: The Power of Critical Theory for Adult Learning and Teaching by Stephen D. Brookfield - it helped me position the rights-based approach of participation in the complex and dynamic social contexts, where intersectionality is at the heart of understanding rights, freedoms and equity.

The Right to ParticipateThere's a difference between inviting young people into a conversation and giving them a real sa...
29/07/2026

The Right to Participate

There's a difference between inviting young people into a conversation and giving them a real say in what happens next.

That's the line that our Quality Standards for Meaningful Youth Participation sit on.
It looks at young people's right to participate as something grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and wider human rights law. And States have a duty to protect it.

The same underlying question comes up with regard to the youth sector: do young people actually get to influence the decision, or just attend the meeting?

Take a look at our article and let us know what you think about the right to participate.
https://lnkd.in/dh3ShdMH

Earlier this month, SALTO Participation & Information travelled to Riga, Latvia for the annual meeting of the RIA-AE Net...
24/07/2026

Earlier this month, SALTO Participation & Information travelled to Riga, Latvia for the annual meeting of the RIA-AE Network โ€” bringing together around 50 people from 21 countries, all working to understand the real impact of Erasmus+ on adult learners.

This year's big question: how is Erasmus+ shaping "participation in democratic life, common values and civic engagement"?

The answer we found was encouraging: a lot of adult education projects are already contributing to this priority, just not always in obvious ways. Instead of political campaigns or activism, it happens through everyday things like community projects, intercultural dialogue, and building new skills.

As Christopher Radovici from SALTO PI put it: "Adults have the experience, motivation and opportunity to translate learning into civic action."

Democratic participation is already happening in adult education across Europe. Now we just need to make it visible.
Let us know what you think in the comments!

Article Link here:
https://participationpool.eu/2026/07/23/counting-what-doesnt-count-why-erasmuss-democratic-participation-numbers-are-bigger-than-they-look-2/

Looking for practical ways to strengthen participation in your projects, organisation, or educational setting?The Partic...
21/07/2026

Looking for practical ways to strengthen participation in your projects, organisation, or educational setting?

The Participation Resource Pool has been revamped and now brings together valuable resources for both youth and education professionals. From research and quality standards to toolkits, co-creation methods, and inspiring project examples, thereโ€™s something for everyone working to make participation more meaningful.
Explore seven standout resources here

https://participationpool.eu/2026/07/20/seven-useful-participation-focused-resources-you-dont-want-to-miss/

๐Ÿ’ฌ Which resource will you explore first?

Wonderful event to organise! Looking forward to the next one
20/07/2026

Wonderful event to organise! Looking forward to the next one

20/07/2026

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SALTO Participation & Information prowadzi nabory zwiฤ…zane z priorytetem โ€žUczestnictwo w ลผyciu demokratycznymโ€ w programach Erasmus+ i Europejskim Korpusie Solidarnoล›ci.

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SALTO Participation & Information

Meet the Team!Meet the wonderful Maarja Laos, our Senior Specialist. ๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ŸI have studied t...
17/07/2026

Meet the Team!
Meet the wonderful Maarja Laos, our Senior Specialist.

๐“๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ
I have studied travel management and worked for a travel agency for about 5 years.
After my career of organising everything for tourists visiting Estonia and the Baltics I spent 10 months as a volunteer in a European Voluntary Service programme in the Czech Republic, working in a relatively small town with local Roma youth at a youth centre, Romani being the biggest ethnic minority group of that area.
After that, Iยดve mostly been in one way or another involved in education - either as a study consultant for the private university or the management assistant creating a brand new state high school.

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐€๐‹๐“๐Ž ๐๐ˆ?
I joined SALTO PI in May 2025 and have not looked back. This was an entirely new world to me with amazing team members, feeling really lucky that way.
I love the organising side of the work, the bureaucracy (that sometimes might seem dull), and the ticking of the boxes.

๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก.

One barrier young people still face that we donโ€™t talk about enough.
Minoritiesยด youth, such as Romani, are facing discrimination, living in poorer conditions, and not really knowing their rights.

The Participation Resource Pool has been revamped! It covers ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐„๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ+ and European Solidarity Corps sectors.This new...
15/07/2026

The Participation Resource Pool has been revamped!

It covers ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐„๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ+ and European Solidarity Corps sectors.
This new Pool offers refreshed content, a broader focus, and easier access to tools, inspiration, and knowledge on participation in democratic life.

Explore nearly 300 resources, including ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ฉ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ.

Whether you're an educator, trainer, youth worker, researcher, or a National Agency, you'll find resources to support and strengthen your participation work.

๐Ÿคฟ Dive in at participationpool.eu

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