Training Course: Green For Future

When: 12 - 18 September 2013
Where: Sardinia, Italy
Organiser: Mine Vaganti, Italy
Application deadline: 1st May 2013 – Youth in Action
Partners: Programme and neighbouring partner countries of YiA Programme
Contact person: Maria Grazia Pirina, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
If your organisation wants to become a partner, please fill in the attached partner identification form and send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. till 25th of April 2013!

This project is focused on the issues of: ecology, recycling activities, green skills, green jobs as a new solution for employment, youth participation and active citizenship.

Partner identification form

Partnership agreement will be send to your organization after first online step of application to the Italian National Agency, but we need this information first!

Brief project description:
"Green for Future" will involve 25 young people committed to non-formal education activities, workshops, meetings with experts and visits to some best practices of green jobs in order to better picture green economy in its practical applications. The training will focus on rural areas and participants will live an experience entirely surrounded by Mediterranean nature.

The project aims to raise awareness about 'green economy' as fundamental issue for our present and future and to develop from this belief strategies of innovative jobs for the European youth.

The project shall also include visits of some green business in Sardinia. These are conceived to show participants how green skills and natural resources can be means of development for rural areas in a way that allow us to promote sustainable economic and social growth. Debates with municipality representative will be organized in order to have a wider view on the challenges and possible solutions that local government has to deal with.

The concept of sustainable development will be approached also in a way to foster youth active citizenships. With this purpose there will be a meeting with no profit organizations that deal with all these topics and workshop about recycling intended as tool for involving and sensitize young citizens.

Language: The working language will be English.