SEMINAR
HEALTHY MINDSET FOR DEVELOPING CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL THINKING IN YOUTHWORK
Place: Paralimni Protaras Cyprus
24-29/09/2025

Project
Summary
The seminar aimed to empower youth workers by promoting a healthy mindset and lifestyle as tools for improving critical and analytical thinking in youthwork. It provided an international space for sharing experiences, building competences, and fostering intercultural learning through non-formal education. The ultimate goal was to strengthen inclusion, solidarity, and wellbeing among young people and their communities across Europe.
This project was designed to promote Non-Formal Learning through which representatives of the partner organisations shared personal and professional experiences, contributed based on their competences, worked collaboratively irrespective of background, and developed a programme that met the following objectives:
Objective 1: Fostered international cooperation between experienced and less experienced organisations and individuals, as well as among youth workers who aimed to promote healthy lifestyle and wellbeing to youths and their communities.
Objective 2: Developed projects that left an efficient impact for the next Erasmus period on the topic of social inclusion and intercultural learning.
Objective 3: Enhanced the skills and competences of youth workers for improving solidarity and social awareness.
Objective 4: Strengthened the competences of youth workers to design their own sessions and work on an international level of trainings based on social inclusion.
The project also met International, EU, and Erasmus+ objectives because it:
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encouraged the participation of youth workers, especially those with fewer opportunities,
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ensured a safe and pleasant non-formal learning environment,
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promoted the development of:
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learning outcomes and improvement of basic key competences,
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practices for intercultural learning, equity, and social inclusion,
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a project created by youth workers for youths and their communities.
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The seminar took place in Cyprus, hosted by NECI EU, and successfully achieved the following objectives:
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Increased awareness of the positive impact of a healthy mindset and Non-Formal Education through inclusive practices for personal and professional growth.
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Developed youth workers’ “learning to learn” competence, with the main aim of influencing youths and local communities in creating opportunities for wellbeing and social inclusion.
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Offered a safe and educational space for learning by sharing among all participants, regardless of skills or background, and promoted non-formal learning based on inclusive practices.
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Explored and deepened understanding of the power of intercultural learning and dialogue for tackling global challenges.
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Created both tangible and intangible results that sustain the project’s impact

Our Partners
ROMANIA

FPT - Fundatia pentru Tineret Buzau, Romania
SERBIA

Prevent
Greece

NECI Hellas
ESTONIA

Pärnu Noorte Vabaajakeskus
Hungary

Fiatalok Egységben Egyesület / Youth Together Association
LITHUANIA

Vilkaviskio Grazinos skautu draugove
NETHERLANDS

Artmonia Foundation
CYPRUS

Network for European Citizenship and Identity - NECI