Projects

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28 projects
Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial beside the river in Budapest
22–31 July 2026Erasmus+

Budapest, Hungary · Recsk, Hungary · Dunaújváros, Hungary · Sopron, Hungary

Memory of Totalitarianism: Hungary 2026

Participant — Slovenian teamInternational youth exchange

An international youth exchange exploring how fascism, Nazism, communism, and the events of 1956 continue to shape memory, democracy, and civic life in Europe.

Historical memory educationIntercultural dialogueDemocratic participation
Participants holding an Erasmus+ banner during the Visibility Meeting in Meppel
February 2026Erasmus+

Meppel, Netherlands

Erasmus+ Visibility Meeting

Participant and campaign contributorVisibility and advocacy meeting

A working meeting in Meppel focused on making youth mobility more visible and protecting accessible funding for Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps.

Campaign developmentYouth advocacyStrategic communication
Flowrest Erasmus+ Youth Exchange project artwork
29 July–7 August 2025Erasmus+

Elbląg, Poland

Flowrest

Italian Team Youth Leader · Mobility CoordinatorYouth Exchange

An Erasmus+ Youth Exchange in Poland connecting nature, wellbeing, sustainability, creativity, and intercultural learning.

Team leadershipMobility coordinationParticipant preparation
Participants in the Culture Act Erasmus+ training course in Piirsalu, Estonia
16–23 June 2025Erasmus+

Piirsalu, Estonia · Online

Culture Act — Estonia

ParticipantTraining course

An Erasmus+ training course using improvisation to strengthen intercultural learning, creative problem-solving, and confidence in international voluntary service.

ImprovisationIntercultural learningCreative problem-solving
Cross Media Europe participants inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg
2025Erasmus+

Strasbourg, France

Cross Media Europe

Adult learnerAdult education study visit

A study visit in Strasbourg connecting media literacy, democratic participation, European institutions, and cross-border adult education.

Media literacyEuropean institutionsDemocracy and human rights
Francesco Castiglione presenting One Hour for Europe during Mediathon
2024Erasmus+

Tallinn, Estonia · Online

Mediathon

ParticipantTraining course

A hybrid training course in Tallinn on communication, visibility, and dissemination for organisations and international projects.

Project communicationVisibility and disseminationMedia production
A public mural created for the Catania stage of One Tour for Europe
February–June 2024EU Grants

Genoa, Italy · Forlì, Italy · Rome, Italy · Catania, Italy · Milan, Italy · Online

One Tour for Europe

Project managerYouth participation awareness campaign

A youth-led campaign combining street actions, art, digital communication, and community engagement to encourage participation in the 2024 European Parliament elections, particularly among first-time voters.

Youth participationCampaign coordinationCommunity engagement
Participants and organisers at EUniversity Genoa with a European Union flag
10 November 2023Other

Genoa, Italy

EUniversity Genoa

Co-organiser and moderatorConference and training event

A conference and learning event connecting the European Year of Skills, digital competence, EU citizenship, participation, and the 2024 European elections.

Event organisationModerationEU citizenship
Challenge Accepted participants holding an Erasmus+ banner in Lage Vuursche
3–8 July 2023Erasmus+

Lage Vuursche, Netherlands

Challenge Accepted

ParticipantEvaluation seminar

The second in-person phase of Challenge Accepted, reviewing how participants applied creative problem-solving to international voluntary-service challenges.

Creative problem-solvingInternational volunteeringReflection and evaluation
Francesco Castiglione at a European opportunities information stand in Åmål
2022–2023European Solidarity Corps

Åmål, Sweden · Stockholm, Sweden · Örebro, Sweden

Seeds of Solidarity

VolunteerIndividual volunteering

A seven-month European Solidarity Corps placement supporting public communication, events, school outreach, and youth access to European opportunities.

European public communicationSchool outreachMobility guidance
Challenge Accepted participants with an Erasmus+ banner in Bustarviejo
25 February–4 March 2023Erasmus+

Bustarviejo, Spain

Challenge Accepted

ParticipantTraining course

The first in-person phase of an Erasmus+ programme developing creative problem-solving for people involved in international voluntary service.

Creative problem-solvingInternational volunteeringCollaboration
A memorial monument and reflecting pool visited during Venues of Victims / Venues of Perpetrators
2022EU Grants

Zagreb, Croatia · Rijeka, Croatia

Venues of Victims / Venues of Perpetrators

Participant and activity supportInternational summer school

A two-week international summer school in Croatia exploring historical memory, with practical support for workshops and activities involving young participants.

Workshop organisationHistorical memory educationActivity coordination
Meeting Memories participants gathered in Ljubljana
2022EU Grants

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Meeting Memories

ParticipantInternational seminar

An international seminar in Ljubljana using Holocaust education and memory work to examine dehumanisation today.

Human-rights educationMemory workInternational cooperation
Participants in the True Love — Real Utopia youth exchange in Weimar
2022Erasmus+
ParticipantYouth exchange

A youth exchange in Weimar exploring love, relationships, politics, and the social visions that shape personal and collective change.

Intercultural learningCreative collaborationPersonal reflection
The Power of Storytelling participant group in the snow near Roosta, Estonia
2021Erasmus+
ParticipantMobility of youth workers

A youth-worker training course in Estonia using storytelling to address hate speech, organise communities, and support social change.

Transformational storytellingCommunity organisingCreative writing
IVS4Life participants during the cross-cultural facilitation course in the Netherlands
2021Erasmus+
ParticipantMobility of youth workers

An in-person training course on facilitating international volunteer groups through communication, storytelling, and Forum Theatre.

Cross-cultural facilitationPublic speakingStorytelling
Member of the European ParliamentEuropean Union simulation

An online simulation of European legislative work, combining preparatory workshops with debate on two live policy proposals.

Policy debateNegotiationEU legislative process
Culture Act written with light against a dark background
September 2021Erasmus+

Bennekom, Netherlands

Culture Act

ParticipantTraining course

An Erasmus+ training course in Bennekom, the Netherlands, centred on culture, creative expression, and learning across different perspectives.

Intercultural learningCultural awarenessCreative collaboration
Nordic Greens volunteer group gathered beside the water in Inari, Finland
2021European Solidarity Corps

Inari, Finland

Nordic Greens

VolunteerVolunteering project

A European Solidarity Corps volunteering activity in Finnish Lapland focused on outdoor work and activities for children and young people.

Outdoor teamworkActivity developmentYouth engagement
View of St Mark's Church and its tiled roof in Zagreb, Croatia
2021European Solidarity Corps
VolunteerVolunteering project

A short-term volunteering experience in Zagreb combining intercultural workshops for children with youth-club and media activities.

Workshop designYouth engagementIntercultural communication
ParticipantMobility of youth workers

A youth-worker course developing the practical skills needed to lead international voluntary-service groups.

Group leadershipForum theatreProblem-solving
International Youth Leader — Senior Online FacilitatorOnline youth facilitation

A sustained online facilitation role supporting international youth-learning activities between January and May 2021.

Online facilitationYouth leadershipIntercultural communication
ParticipantStrategic partnership learning activity

An Erasmus+ learning activity in Konya exploring youth participation and approaches to rural development.

Rural developmentYouth participationIntercultural learning
View across the Danube towards the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest
2020European Solidarity Corps
VolunteerInternational voluntary camp

An international volunteering camp in rural Hungary, creating and delivering non-formal English activities for children and young people.

Non-formal educationWorkshop facilitationIntercultural teamwork
Yes, and..! Erasmus+ Training Course project artwork
Details forthcomingEU Grants

Catania, Italy

Yes, and..!

To be confirmedDetails forthcoming

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European projectTo be confirmed