Target groups

We work with three main target groups, each with specific needs, roles, and contributions to our mission. Our approach is built on inclusivity, recognising the rich diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and aspirations within these groups. We aim to empower individuals and organizations by offering tailored learning pathways, practical opportunities for engagement, and supportive environments where meaningful connections can flourish.

Our collaborations span multiple sectors and countries, creating a vibrant ecosystem where young people, professionals, and partner organizations co-create innovative solutions, share expertise, and contribute actively to social transformation. Our programmes are designed to ensure accessibility, growth opportunities, and meaningful engagement for all.

YOUTH (AGES 16 TO 30)

Our primary audience includes young people aged 16 to 30, coming from highly diverse backgrounds. Many face complex intersections of social, educational, economic, and cultural barriers. These young people may live in low-income households, struggle with limited educational qualifications, or face systemic discrimination related to their migration history, ethnicity, religion, or legal status. Some are refugees or newly arrived migrants trying to integrate; others are second or third generation youth facing identity struggles and limited access to opportunities.

Many lack strong support networks, mentors, or role models to guide them forward. In addition, we engage youth in NEET situations (Not in Education, Employment or Training), who often feel disconnected and disempowered.

Alongside these vulnerable groups, we also work with motivated students, athletes, artists, young entrepreneurs, and activists eager to invest in their personal growth, build new competences, and make social change happen.

Our programmes create inclusive, diverse, and inspiring environments where youth can meet peers from different contexts, share experiences, and build the confidence, skills, and networks to shape their own futures and contribute to their communities.

We offer them:

  • Youth exchanges across Europe to experience intercultural learning

  • Empowerment and leadership programmes

  • Safe spaces for self-expression and community engagement

  • Coaching and mentoring by peers and professionals

  • Opportunities to initiate their own projects (e.g. ESC Solidarity)

  • Competence development

We aim to strengthen their confidence, competences, sense of belonging, and capacity to shape their own future.

 

Are you interested in joining our exchanges or activities? Reach out to explore your opportunities!

PROFESSIONALS (18+)

We also work with professionals in the field of youth and community work, including:

  • Youth workers

  • Social workers

  • Socio-sportive coaches

  • Educators and facilitators

We strengthen professional competences through training courses, workshops, study visits, coaching, and cooperation projects. Professionals can participate not only as learners, but also as contributors by facilitating sessions, sharing expertise, leading research, piloting new methodologies, and co-developing innovative tools.

Key themes include non-formal education, sport-based pedagogy, mental wellbeing, trauma sensitivity, inclusion, leadership, digital competences, emerging technologies, and capacity building within youth work ecosystems. Participants become part of a growing network committed to inclusive, forward-looking youth work and continuous professional exchange.

Are you interested in contributing, learning, or co-developing new projects?

Contact us to explore upcoming opportunities!

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

We collaborate with a diverse network of local, national, and international organizations that share our mission for youth empowerment, inclusion, innovation, and capacity building. Our partnerships foster synergies across disciplines, enable cross-sector innovation, and contribute to systemic improvements in youth work practice and policy.

 

Together with our partners, we create:

  • Training courses, workshops, and exchange programmes

  • Development of new methodologies, toolkits, and learning resources

  • Collaborative research and evidence-based innovation

  • Capacity-building trajectories for organizations and youth workers

  • Advocacy and policy dialogue addressing youth issues on local, national, and European levels

  • Multi-actor cooperation projects tackling complex social challenges

  • Project management and coordination structures

  • Design and submission of Erasmus+ KA1 and KA2 applications

  • Recruitment and exchange of participants, trainers, and volunteers

  • Brainstorming, co-creation sessions, and innovation labs to explore new fields

Our partners represent a broad spectrum, including:

  • Youth organizations and grassroots associations

  • (Socio-) Sportclubs and federations

  • Educational institutions and universities

  • NGOs addressing vulnerable youth, migration, minorities, and social justice

  • Mental health and wellbeing organizations

  • Research institutes and training academies

  • Policy platforms, advocacy networks, and institutional stakeholders

By working closely together, we strengthen the resilience and professionalism of the youth sector, facilitate the transfer of good practices across borders, and contribute to long-term, sustainable impact for young people and their communities. Our network creates opportunities for continuous learning, co-creation, peer support, joint funding applications, and multi-level collaboration.

 

Currently, EdUcAntwerp works with partners across more than 30 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (including Canary Islands), Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, and Ukraine.

 

Are you an organization interested in strategic partnership, capacity building, project development, or transnational cooperation? We welcome new collaborations and invite you to become part of our growing international ecosystem!