The Beyond Borders strategic partnership develops in the following areas defined by the project’s objectives:
Practical / grass-root level activities, such as partner-finding activities, study visits or training courses etc. involving all three regions.
Key events involving all three regions (e.g. larger seminars or conferences/forums).
Promotional activities, showcasing of successful projects, information on the opportunities for youth cooperation between Programme and neighbouring partner countries.
Meta-level reflection, “harvesting outcomes”, analyses and publications, lobbying and advocacy, underlining the value and benefit of wider youth cooperation for all partners involved.
In 2026, we plan the following projects and initiatives:
- Cross-regional support activities for partnership building and quality projects in Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps:
- Partnership building activity for European Solidarity Corps with a special focus on green transition and sustainable development – Volunteering Beyond Borders, in one of the southMed countries.
- Seminar on the topics of Democracy, Human Rights and EU values, in one of the Western Balkan countries.
- (tbc) Training course on How to talk about war with young people, in the end of the autumn in Germany.
- Enhancement of the promotion and information area:
- Interregional meeting of Info Centres and Contact Points, in spring in Jordan.
- Further development of the Beyond Borders portal, the newsletter and the presence of the partnership in social media.
- Cooperation with Dypall communication team on promotion and information.
- Production of the board games promoting youth cooperation between the programme and the partner countries. Mock-ups developed at the seminar in Armenia in 2025.
- Advocacy for the further development of the Programmes adapted to the needs of organisations involved in the cooperation between programme and partner countries (in view of the development of the new Programme generation), including
- Workshops for lobbying and advocacy for key organisations active in the youth cooperation between the programme and the partner countries.
- Development of the Key Stakeholders group to enhance the advocacy and build synergies in the common interest.
