From I to Us project – international training course co-financed by the European Union – addresses the urgent need to shift from an individualistic mindset to a more collective, community-oriented approach in response to local and global challenges that cannot be solved alone.
Building on ten years of experience as an intentional community, we explore tools and practices that empower individuals while supporting collaboration, belonging, and shared responsibility. We aim to adapt and apply methods used in ecovillages—such as non-violent communication, sociocracy , and collective decision-making —to youth work and organisational settings. Our shared goal is to support the transition from “I” to “us,” enabling groups and communities to face challenges together with purpose, resilience, and hope.
OBJECTIVES
Exploring, exchanging and experimenting with tools that empower individuals—especially young people—into seeing, realising and implementing their full potential.
Exploring, exchanging and experimenting with tools that bring empowered individuals together, creating a collective perspective where “I” becomes “us,” fostering belonging, purpose and hope that together we can better serve our societies, our planet and face today’s challenges.
Tools supporting the first objective include methods working with personal needs, talents, dreams and values 
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Tools supporting the second objective include Non-violent Communication , Sociocracy , collective decision-making , and group processes and dynamics (including power and privilege).
PARTICIPANT PROFILE
The training course is designed for 24 participants from Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, France, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Portugal, Italy, and Spain who:
- Are youth workers, educators, activists, project coordinators, or young leaders actively involved in their organisations and communities.
- Have experience working with young people and understand their needs, challenges, and realities.
- Are motivated to develop skills in sustainability, personal development, community living, group facilitation, and youth work.
- Have a good command of English to participate actively in workshops and discussions.
- Are available and committed to all phases of the project —preparation, the 6-day training, and follow-up activities.
- Contribute to diversity in terms of age, gender, and geographical background, supporting intercultural and intergenerational learning.
ACCOMMODATION
Arterra Bizimodu (https://arterrabizimodu.org/) – an intentional community and educational center in a rural area, offering shared rooms and locally sourced, ecological food.
COSTS
There is no participation fee.
Participants are expected to buy their own insurance as a personal financial contribution to the project.
Travel costs are reimbursed after the mobility, once all participants submit their travel documents within the deadline.
Below you can find the maximum travel allowance (round trip) per participant per country:
GREEN TRAVEL
- 56 € – Spain (28 € regular travel)
- 285 € – France (211 € regular travel)
- 417 € – Slovakia, Italy, Poland, Portugal (309 € regular travel)
REGULAR TRAVEL
- 309 € – Slovenia, Hungary
- 395 € – Bulgaria, Romania, Sweden, Estonia
APPLICATIONS
Applications until 11.01 using this link
CONTACT
Do you have questions? Write to us here: arterrabm@gmail.com