BREATHE — Blue Resilience Education for Youth
18–22 December 2024 · Nafpaktos, Greece (travel days: 17 & 23 Dec)
About the project
Publisher: New Europe Foundation (Poland)
Action: KA153-YOU — Mobility of youth workers · Project no.: 2023-3-EL02-KA153-YOU-000182665
Focus: empowering youth (especially in coastal areas) through environmental literacy, leadership and digital competences for coastal conservation.
Thirty participants from six partner organisations worked together to co-create tools for environmental education and youth engagement in coastal sustainability, strengthening cross-border collaboration and long-term impact.
Programme — highlights
- Environmental literacy: threats to coastal & marine habitats; climate change impacts; local-to-EU perspectives.
- Digital & creative tools: using tech and storytelling for environmental education and advocacy.
- Leadership labs: youth worker skills to motivate and organise community actions.
- Cross-border collaboration: knowledge-sharing among teams from GR, FI, RO, SI, PL, IT.
- Local context: sessions hosted in Nafpaktos with practical exploration of the area.
What participants learned
- How to explain and address coastal environmental challenges with youth audiences.
- Practical skills in digital tools & creative dissemination for sustainability topics.
- Leadership & facilitation to run activities and motivate local action.
- Building international networks to sustain impact after the mobility.
Photo highlights
Partners & funding
Partners include Green & Blue Development (GR), Cyclo Project ry (FI), Tomorrow Hub (RO), Metulj društvo Podravje (SI), New Europe Foundation (PL) and Move2Europe APS (IT).
Co-Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or INEDIVIM (GR NA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.