SALTO YOUTH South East Europe Resource Centre

SALTO YOUTH South East Europe Resource Centre SALTO SEE RC promotes and supports the participation of partners from the Western Balkan countries.

SALTO SEE is a part of MOVIT, the Slovenian National Agency for the Erasmus+: Youth in Action and European Solidarity Corps programmes, based in Ljubljana. The Centre promotes the participation of young people and other actors in the field of youth and non-formal education from the Programmes' Partner countries in the Western Balkans in the Erasmus+: Youth in Action and European Solidarity Corps programmes. It acts as a support service for:
1) The network of Erasmus+: Youth in Action and European Solidarity Corps National Agencies in the field of co-operation with this region and
2) youth organisations, youth leaders, youth workers and other actors in the field who are interested in developing co-operation between Programme countries and Neighbouring Partner Countries in SEE. Within the framework of European integration of the SEE region, SALTO SEE actively supports the process of accession of all countries of the region to the Erasmus+: Youth in Action and European Solidarity Corps programmes. Neighbouring partner countries of Erasmus+ in the Western Balkans include: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (*) and Montenegro. Neighbouring partner countries of European Solidarity Corps in the Western Balkans include all of the above and Serbia. (*) This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. Main support activities and resources of SALTO SEE RC:

1) Training and partner-finding activities for youth leaders and youth workers (https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/see/activities/)
2) Production and dissemination of resource materials (https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/see/resources/)
3) Partner-finding tools (https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/otlas-partner-finding/)
4) Awarding Quality Label for volunteering organisations (https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/see/esc/ql/)
5) Trainings for ESC volunteers in South East Europe (https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/see/esc/trainings/)

SALTO SEE works with the support of:

1) Contact Points for Erasmus+: Youth in Action and European Solidarity Corps based in different countries of the Western Balkans (https://contactpoints.eu/)
2) Pool of external ESC accreditors (https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/see/esc/ql/accreditors/)
3) Pool of ESC trainers (https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/see/esc/trainings/trainingproviders/)

๐ŸŒŠ Dive into Youth Participation โ€“ Western Balkan edition!Are you a youth worker, youth leader, or youth organisation rep...
12/08/2026

๐ŸŒŠ Dive into Youth Participation โ€“ Western Balkan edition!

Are you a youth worker, youth leader, or youth organisation representative interested in meaningful youth participation, democracy, and Erasmus+? Want to explore how Erasmus+ KA154 โ€“ Youth Participation Activities can support your work?

Join us for the 4th edition of the โ€œDive into Youth Participationโ€ Training Course in Shkodรซr, Albania! ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

๐Ÿ“… 23โ€“27 November 2026
๐Ÿ“ Shkodรซr, Albania
๐Ÿ‘ฅ 25 participants from across Europe
๐Ÿ“ Apply by: 5 October 2026
๐Ÿ“ข Selection results: 15 October 2026

During the training, we will:
๐Ÿ”น Explore quality youth participation and its role in democratic life
๐Ÿ”น Discover Erasmus+ KA154 and opportunities to develop youth participation projects
๐Ÿ”น Try out practical tools and methods for strengthening youth participation
๐Ÿ”น Exchange experiences and good practices with peers from across Europe
๐Ÿ”น Build international partnerships and opportunities for future cooperation

A mandatory online preparation meeting will take place before the residential training, giving participants a chance to connect and prepare together.

๐Ÿค The training is part of the New Power in Youth Strategic Partnership and carried out in cooperation with The Erasmus+ National Agencies Haridus- ja Noorteamet (Estonia), JUGEND fรผr Europa (Germany), and our Contact Point in Albania Beyond Barriers - Pertej Barrierave.

๐Ÿก Accommodation, meals, and local logistics are covered by the organisers. Travel costs will be covered by the sending Erasmus+ National Agencies / SALTO SEE.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Ready to dive into youth participation? Apply by 5 October 2026!

The link for the call and application form is in the comments.

๐’๐€๐‹๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ is looking for ๐Ÿ“ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐š๐ง๐ฌThe experts...
11/08/2026

๐’๐€๐‹๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ is looking for ๐Ÿ“ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐š๐ง๐ฌ

The experts will be asked to carry out a survey and facilitate focus groups, in the local language, in Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo. Tasks should be delivered in September/October 2026.

Interested? Please check the call for more information and the link to the application form https://shorturl.at/1OQJL . ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”!

04/08/2026

๐‡๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌโ€”๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž.

๐Œ๐š๐ฃ๐š ๐Œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ž๐œ from GAIA Kosovo shares lessons from several years of hosting ESC volunteering teams and explains why organisations should not be discouraged from creating meaningful action in their local communities.

โ–ถ Watch Maja's full input on ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐’๐‚ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง the SALTO SEE YouTube channel ->https://www.youtube.com/

This recording was produced during Online ESC Meet-ups, organized by SALTO SEE in 2026.

30/07/2026

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž.

๐‰๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐š ๐†๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐จฤ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง from Centar ลฝil Vern in Serbia explains why quality hosting cannot depend on one mentor alone. Volunteers need a wider support system: staff, tutors, mentors, peers and people who can help them find their place in the local community.

โ–ถ Watch Jelena's full input ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ on the SALTO SEE YouTube channel -> https://www.youtube.com/

This recording was produced during Online ESC Meet-ups, organized by SALTO SEE in 2026.

28/07/2026

On the second ๐’๐€๐‹๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐„๐’๐‚ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ-๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, we focused on partner relations. We got to listen to a very insightful, motivational interview between two organizations, ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ก๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ข๐š, which is doing bold and decisive beginner steps in the ESC together and under leadership of a long-term experienced partner ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š, ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐š.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž.

๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐š ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ž๐ฅ reflects on how volunteers come back more empowered, become ready to share their experience and can inspire other young people to take their own first step.

โ–ถ Watch Natasha's and Henkโ€™s full inputs on the SALTO SEE YouTube channel -> https://www.youtube.com/

28/07/2026

On the second ๐’๐€๐‹๐“๐Ž ๐’๐„๐„ ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐„๐’๐‚ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ-๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, we focused on partner relations. We got to listen to a very insightful, motivational interview between two organizations, ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ก๐ซ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ข๐š, which is doing bold and decisive beginner steps in the ESC together and under leadership of a long-term experienced partner ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š, ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐š.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐„๐’๐‚ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ?

๐‡๐ž๐ง๐ค ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ง reminds us that challenges are not only interruptions to a projectโ€”they can become some of its strongest learning moments. What matters is how partners communicate, respond and look for solutions together.

โ–ถ Watch Natasha's and Henkโ€™s full inputs on the SALTO SEE YouTube channel -> https://www.youtube.com/

23/07/2026

๐€ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐.

๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฃ๐š ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ขฤ‡ from Slovenia reflects on her experience of supporting LGBTQ+ volunteers during Ljubljana Pride Festival and on what inclusive hosting can mean in practice.

โ–ถ Watch Mateja's full input on ๐„๐’๐‚ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ on the SALTO SEE YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/)

21/07/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐’๐‚ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌโ€”๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž?

๐€๐ง๐š ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฃ๐ข from Beyond Barriers in Albania shares experience from bringing volunteering teams to Tirana and reflects on the local impact they can create.

โ–ถ Watch Ana's full input on ๐„๐’๐‚ ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ on the SALTO SEE YouTube channel -> https://www.youtube.com/

This recording was produced during Online ESC Meet-ups, organized by SALTO SEE in 2026.

Call for organizations from Western Balkans, interested in stepping into European Solidarity Corps programmeDoes your or...
15/07/2026

Call for organizations from Western Balkans, interested in stepping into European Solidarity Corps programme

Does your organisation/institution from Western Balkans plan to apply for Quality Label within the ESC programme this year? Do you wish to get hands-on support on how to prepare a Quality Label application? Then this online training might be for you!

Application deadline: Monday 7th of September 2026, 17h00 CET

More info at: https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/see/esc/qlcall/

๐ŸŒ Can youth work strengthen democracy in times of growing polarisation?Across Europe, democratic values are increasingly...
01/07/2026

๐ŸŒ Can youth work strengthen democracy in times of growing polarisation?

Across Europe, democratic values are increasingly under pressure, and public discourse is becoming more divided. At the same time, youth work finds itself at a crossroads. What is the ethical and political role of youth work today beyond supporting young people's individual life skills?

Join "All In", an international seminar in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, bringing together youth work practitioners who want to explore these questions, exchange experiences, and develop practical responses for their local communities.

During the seminar, participants will:
๐Ÿ”น explore current democratic trends and their impact on young people and youth work;;
๐Ÿ”น learn from inspiring practices and honestly reflect on what has and has not worked so far;
๐Ÿ”น strengthen their approaches to promoting democratic values through youth work;
๐Ÿ”น develop concrete follow-up actions for their local communities;
๐Ÿ”น become part of a supportive network of practitioners committed to democracy.

๐Ÿ“ The programme includes visits to local initiatives in Mostar, offering a unique opportunity to learn how communities with complex histories are building democratic futures through youth work and youth participation.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ The seminar is open to youth work practitioners who work directly with young people and are committed to strengthening democratic values in their local context.

๐Ÿ“… Apply now and join colleagues from across Europe in shaping the future of youth work and democracy! The link to the call for participants and application form is in the comments below. The application closes on 6 September.

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