Erasmus+ Youth
and personal development
A development boost for participants
Erasmus+ Youth is the European Union’s learning mobility programme for young people and youth work organisations, networks and institutions. The programme seeks to strengthen European identity and citizenship through intercultural dialogue and non-formal learning. One objective is to strengthen the development and competences of young people. Our research shows that Erasmus+ Youth is successful in achieving this objective and contributes to “building a lifelong learning mobility culture”, as called for in the European Council’s 2024 Recommendation ‘Europe on the Move’ – learning mobility opportunities for everyone.
34 Countries
The RAY Network is the open research network of National Agencies of the European youth programmes and their research partners.
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Percentages that are left-aligned show the percentage for one response type, for example “agree”. Percentages that are right-aligned show the cumulative percentages of all responses included in the charts, for example “agree” and “strongly agree”, so all affirmative responses. The third value is not shown to avoid cluttering the charts, but can of course be easily calculated.
Development of participants of youth projects
The majority of the 4.749 responding participants of youth projects confirm that their participation in an Erasmus+ Youth project had clear effects on their personal capacity and development, namely the improvement of their ability to …
… get along with people who have a different cultural background.
… communicate with people who speak another language.
… negotiate joint solutions when there are different viewpoints.
… reflect and think critically.
… interact with policy- and decision-making.
… engage in tackling sociopolitical challenges.
… discuss political topics seriously.
Development of participants of youth work activities
The majority of the 5.296 responding participants of youth work activities agree that their participation in an Erasmus+ Youth project had clear effects on their professional capacity and development, namely:
I have learned more about fostering non-formal learning in youth work.
I have become aware which of my competences I want to develop further.
I am better able to strengthen diversity in my youth work.
I have learned more about strengthening youth-led youth work.
My networks have extended meaningfully.
I am better able to strengthen international dimensions in my youth work.
My participation in the activity already had an impact on my youth work.
I am better able to deal with ambiguity and tensions in my youth work.