Erasmus+ Training Course ”Make Your Voices Heard”: Open Call for Participants!
Make Your Voices Heard
Erasmus+ Training Course
Passignano sul Trasimeno, Italy | 🗓 20–30 July 2026
About the training
NGOs do vital work, but many struggle to communicate it. They lack the digital skills, the confidence, or the tools to tell their stories effectively. Important work goes unseen, funding is harder to secure, and communities are less connected than they could be.
Make Your Voices Heard is a 10-day Erasmus+ Training Course for people who work in or with NGOs, not communication professionals, but people who need to communicate as part of everything else they do. By the end, each participant will have created a real communication product: a video, a written piece, a social campaign, or a web presence.
Practical info
- 📅 Dates: 20–30 July 2026 (arrival 20 July | departure 30 July)
- 📍 Venue: La Buona Terra, Passignano sul Trasimeno, Umbria, Italy
- 👥 Group: 24 participants from Erasmus+ Programme Countries
- 🗣 Language: English
- 🍽 Food & accommodation: covered by Erasmus+
- ✈ Travel costs: reimbursed according to Erasmus+ limits (green travel encouraged)
Who can join
We are looking for 24 participants (18+) from organisations, ideally 2–3 per sending organisation.
Participants should be:
- Active volunteers, youth workers, facilitators or project coordinators involved in non-formal education
- Working in or with an NGO or civil society organisation
- Motivated to strengthen their organisation’s communication
- Ready to work practically and creatively in an international team
- Willing to implement and share what they learn after the course
- Able to communicate in English
We especially welcome participants from organisations that:
- Communicate regularly with the public, media, funders or partners and want to do so more effectively
- Are developing or refreshing their communication strategy, digital presence or visual identity
- Work with disadvantaged or marginalised communities whose stories deserve greater visibility
- Are engaged in environmental or social advocacy and want to strengthen the impact of their messaging
We recommend each team combines two profiles:
- A creative or practical profile — someone who already uses communication tools (video, design, social media) and can contribute to hands-on production sessions
- A strategic or coordination profile — a project manager or coordinator who can connect the training to your organisation’s broader communication goals
What the training covers
- Introduction to communication: theories, models & principles
- Internal and external communication in organisations
- Strategic communication & SWOT analysis
- Storytelling and narrative structure
- Creative writing for digital & organisational contexts
- Social media strategy & content creation
- Video production: from concept to screen
- Visual identity and branding
- Conscious use of artificial intelligence in communication
- Communication for social inclusion & advocacy
- Communication for environmental awareness & green action
- Knowledge transfer: sharing what you’ve learned with your organisation
What you will leave with
- A real communication product you made yourself (video, written piece, social campaign, or web presence)
- Practical skills in video production, storytelling, social media and web design
- Tools for communicating with and for marginalised communities
- A network of peers from across Erasmus+ Programme Countries
- Youthpass recognition of your learning outcomes
How to apply
- Read the infopack thoroughly before applying → Communication NGOs Infopack – TC Kora 2026
- Discuss participation with your sending organisation
- Complete the Expression of Interest form (approx. 10 minutes) → Apply here
We will follow up with all applicants to discuss next steps.
Questions? Write to us at [email protected] or call +39 349 957 4536 (Joe)
Make Your Voices Heard is organised by Associazione Kora and co-funded by the European Union through Erasmus+.