ConnectED
ConnectEd: Bridging Minds, Building Communities
Completed
ConnectED: Bridging Minds, Building Communities aims to strengthen the capacities of youth workers to support young people in taking control of their learning, promoting their mental and emotional well-being and fostering strong relationships with peers and key figures in their lives. This project seeks to integrate informal learning practices into more formal education systems, using innovative digital formats to make it accessible and effective.

- Dates
- 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2026
- Programme
- Erasmus+
- Action
- KA220-YOU
- Grant reference
- 2024-1-SI02-KA220-YOU-000249017
- Role of BACKSLASH
- Partner
- Coordinator
- TIPOVEJ, ZAVOD ZA USTVARJALNO DRUZBO
- Strategic area
- Learning and methodological innovation
ConnectED: Bridging Minds, Building Communities aims to strengthen the capacities of youth workers to support young people in taking control of their learning, promoting their mental and emotional well-being and fostering strong relationships with peers and key figures in their lives. This project seeks to integrate informal learning practices into more formal education systems, using innovative digital formats to make it accessible and effective.
With a focus on collaboration and skills development, ConnectED will design an educational methodology that will include specific learning materials on mental health, life skills and community building. These materials will be tested in workshops with young people, allowing strategies to be refined according to their needs and realities.
Project outcomes include the creation of digital resources for youth workers and young people, strengthening the competencies of over 150 participants, and providing practical recommendations for improving youth work practices. These initiatives not only empower young people to take an active role in their learning but also foster more inclusive and resilient communities, adapted to the demands of the modern world.
ConnectED: Bridging Minds Building Communities (youth workers)
Consortium
- TIPOVEJ, ZAVOD ZA USTVARJALNO DRUZBO Slovenia
- UDRUZENJE GRADANA LIBERO Serbia
- CONNECT INTERNATIONAL Belgium
- Backslash Spain
News from this project

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ConnectEd: what two years of piloting actually taught us about youth work
Four organisations from Slovenia, Spain, Serbia and Belgium set out to tackle mental health, community building and learning to learn as a single issue.…
Project: ConnectED

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ConnectEd in Belgrade: Key Takeaways from Our Training on Community Building
Three days of training in Belgrade on community building: meaningful youth participation, rituals and group agreements, the three pillars that will shape the ConnectEd…
Project: ConnectED

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Building Resilient Communities: Key Outputs from the ConnectEd Belgrade Training
Educators from Slovenia, Serbia, Spain and Belgium came together to explore an idea that is both simple and challenging: community is not an added…
Project: ConnectED

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Can One Playlist Change How We Support Youth?
ConnectEd has built two digital playlists, one for youth workers and one for young people, that bring life skills, mental health and community building…
Project: ConnectED

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ConnectEd Seminar: Mental Health and Youth
Youth work professionals from several countries met in València on 6–7 October 2025 to pilot the ConnectEd Mental Health Workshop and share how to…
Project: ConnectED

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News from our Learning to Learn Training!
Learning to Learn Training event took place in Ljubljana on January 29th and 30th. Despite the cold weather, youth workers coming from all corners…
Project: ConnectED
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Learn more about ConnectED: bridging minds, building communities!
Connect International is a partner in a project that launched this autumn: ConnectEd: Bridging Minds, Building Communities which is a Erasmus+ project, an initiative…
Project: ConnectED

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Results of the ConnectEd Research Have Arrived!
The ‘ConnectEd: Bridging Minds, Building Communities‘ Erasmus+ project aims at empowering youth workers with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively support young people.…
Project: ConnectED

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ConnectEd: Bridging Minds, Building Communities. Project results
ConnectEd closes with four results: a curriculum, digital training on Cities of Learning, a pilot with more than 200 young people in three countries…
Project: ConnectED
Funding and disclaimer
Co-funded by the European Union
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