Projects
Since 2019, EdUcAntwerp has actively developed and participated in a wide range of projects under Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps. Over the years, we have coordinated, hosted, and partnered in numerous Youth Exchanges, Training Courses, Study Visits, Strategic Partnerships (KA2), and smaller local and international initiatives. The diversity of topics and collaborations reflects our continuous commitment to youth empowerment, inclusion, innovation, and cross-border cooperation. It is impossible to list all projects here, but below you will find a selection of some projects and ongoing projects that represent our work.
The Power of Sportsmanship
A training course that focuses on recognising and preventing radicalisation among young people in the sports environment. Coaches, youth workers and volunteers learn how sport can be a powerful tool to build positive values, strengthen resilience and create an inclusive atmosphere where every young person feels safe and respected.
The programme explores how early warning signs of radicalisation can appear in youth groups and how professionals in sport can respond in a constructive and supportive way. Through practical workshops, case studies and discussions, participants develop skills to address sensitive topics, encourage dialogue and guide young people towards healthy role models and positive behaviours.
Sportsmanship becomes more than fair play. It becomes a method to protect young people from harmful influences, promote teamwork, and foster trust and belonging on and off the field. The training empowers frontline actors in sport to make a real difference and contribute to stronger, more connected communities.
Keeping Up With Your Roots: Morocco Edition
An intercultural youth exchange that connects young people of Moroccan heritage growing up in different European countries. Although they share the same cultural roots, their daily lives and experiences can be very different. During the exchange, they explore their identity together: what it means to have Moroccan roots, how culture is carried across generations, and how they balance their background with life in Europe.
Through group activities, creative workshops, storytelling, and encounters with the local community, participants discover similarities and differences in their personal journeys. They learn more about where they come from, build confidence in who they are today, and develop a deeper understanding of each other.
The programme encourages open dialogue, self-expression and respect, helping young people break stereotypes and form strong connections. By celebrating heritage and embracing diversity, the exchange empowers youth to become proud of their identity and to act as bridge builders between cultures in their own communities.
Sports and Resilience (Belgium)
A youth exchange focusing on how resilience-based sport practices can foster wellbeing among young people facing adversity. Participants learn how physical activity, teamwork and supportive coaching can strengthen confidence, reduce stress and help them deal with challenges in daily life. Through practical sessions, reflection and shared experiences, they explore how sport can become a safe space where youth feel seen, connected and motivated to grow.
The exchange brings together young people from different backgrounds who may struggle with exclusion, discrimination or limited opportunities. By learning from each other and trying new sport methods, they discover positive ways to build resilience, set personal goals and support their peers. The programme encourages openness, mutual understanding and active participation.
A follow-up activity will take place in Albania, where participants continue developing the methods they experienced and share them with local youth. This second phase strengthens the long-term impact of the exchange and empowers young people to put resilience skills into practice within their own communities.
SPRKL
SPRKL project is an innovative learning ecosystem in Antwerp, Belgium, where young people can land, grow and take off. We offer new chances to develop yourself, starting from your own living environment. The large green city park Park Spoor Noord is our connecting and green space that gives energy to you and the neighbourhood. In the Parkloods (the big indoor hall) managed by Sporting A, there are many opportunities to strengthen young people. SPRKL is part of this: a social-sports space where sport helps you face challenges and take steps forward. Here you can rediscover who you are, what you enjoy and which direction you want to take. You get the space to experiment, learn from experience and grow at your own pace. You build skills that are useful at school, at home, in the neighbourhood and later in work. This helps you stand stronger against temptations, see positive alternatives and dare to make future plans again.
ATIS TIRMA
A youth exchange empowering young participants to take full ownership of project design and implementation. For an entire year, Belgian and Spanish youth worked together, taking the lead in every step of the process. Starting from scratch, they were challenged to plan, organise, budget and deliver all activities themselves, learning what it takes to turn an idea into a real project.
Throughout the journey, they developed strong leadership, teamwork and communication skills, while learning how to manage responsibilities, make decisions and solve problems as a group. The programme encouraged entrepreneurial thinking and active citizenship, showing young people that they are capable of shaping their own initiatives and creating positive change in their communities.
The final stage of the project brought everyone together in Málaga, where the youth executed the exchange they had designed. This hands-on experience in youth-led project management boosted their confidence and proved that, with the right support, young people can take the lead and see their ambitions take flight.
Youth Empowerment through Role Models – A Social Sports Development Program (YERM)
This project created a comprehensive model for using role models within social sports practices to empower vulnerable youth, promote leadership, and strengthen positive identity development.
Harmony in chaos
A training programme supporting youth workers in managing conflict situations, both within themselves and in their work with young people. Through practical exercises, self-reflection, and conflict resolution strategies, participants developed skills to navigate tensions, build resilience, and foster constructive dialogue in challenging youth work contexts.
SpOrting for WEllness of YOUTH: The Synergy of Social Sports and Well-being Initiatives (SOWELL4YOUTH)
An international cooperation project focused on the synergy between social sports and wellbeing initiatives. It developed new tools to address physical, mental, and social wellbeing through sport-based youth work methodologies.
And Period - menstrual health education
And PERIOD. promotes inclusion and diversity through menstrual education for youth and youth workers. It implements local/international workshops and youth exchanges to empower menstruating youth, challenge taboos, and encourage self-acceptance. It also includes a documentary and a crowdfunding campaign to support Ukrainian/Palestinian people who menstruate with essential products. Through education and activism, the initiative fosters critical thinking and social engagement among young people.
Hero Vs Villian - The Power of Role models
A youth exchange that brought together young people to explore the power of positive role models in shaping personal growth, leadership, and identity. Through interactive activities, dialogue, and peer learning, participants reflected on role models' influence in overcoming challenges and building confidence.
PBA Basket as a tool
An international networking activity where organizations explored the power of basketball as a tool for inclusion, social integration, and community development.
Liseaux
A training programme designed to strengthen the competences of youth workers, trainers, and facilitators in their professional roles. Through practical skill-building sessions, participants explored new methodologies, facilitation techniques, and personal leadership development, enabling them to better support and empower young people in their local communities.
CuReHa
(Culture, Religion, Harmony)
An intercultural youth exchange bringing together young people from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds. Through intercultural and interreligious dialogue, participants explored how shared understanding and mutual respect can foster peaceful coexistence, strengthen identity, and promote inclusive communities.
Study visit: Hostel - Portugal
A professional exchange programme designed for professionals and managers to explore how locally-driven social entrepreneurship can operate through hostel models. Participants visited local hostel in Portugal that combine hospitality with community-building, youth engagement, and inclusive employment opportunities, offering insights into sustainable and socially impactful business models within the youth and social sector.
Healthy mindset For Social Inclusion
Aims to tackle issues like stress, anxiety, and low self-esteem among young people. Using peer-to-peer coaching, physical movement, journaling, and expressive arts, participants explore their mental health in a safe and guided context.
Incluniverse
A unique youth exchange designed as an inclusive learning experience for both young people with disabilities and youth workers. Through mixed group activities, participants explored how youth work can create accessible environments, promote understanding, and build inclusive practices that empower young people with diverse abilities.
Social sport PRAXIS and well-being work
This training explored how social sports methodologies can contribute to wellbeing, resilience, and community building, using physical activity as a bridge for personal and social empowerment.
Mental Balance
A training course focusing on mental health awareness, emotional resilience, and wellbeing among young people and youth professionals, combining non-formal education with therapeutic practices.
Shoot 4 Dreams I & II
EdUcAntwerp is organizing Shoot for Dreams I & II. Young girls who play football get to know each other and themselves during an intercultural exchange that will take place in Tenerife with Belgian, Spanish and Dutch football players.
Game For Change I and II
A dynamic training focused on using game-based learning as a tool for social inclusion, empowerment, and non-formal education. Youth workers explored how playful methodologies can engage vulnerable youth and promote personal development.
Value of Youth
Youth employment based on personal values and creativity. With 24 young people in the basics of personal branding as a concept of personal development. Methodology emerged as a technique for job search and consistent in the improvement of personal characteristics, through the perception that others have of him/herself. Personal branding is essentially the ongoing process of establishing a personal image of an individual, group, or organization based on one’s own values and competence.
TOMes
An innovative training focused on language acquisition for non-native speakers and newly arrived migrants. Using creative and interactive non-formal learning methods, participants explored how alternative approaches can support language learning, build communication skills, and foster social inclusion for young newcomers.
Upcoming projects...
From Uncertainty to Action
This international Training of Trainers responds to the growing uncertainty experienced by young people across Europe in the context of global and regional crises. The project equips youth workers and trainers with practical tools to help young people move from uncertainty to action through collective initiatives, teamwork and community engagement. By focusing on participation, resilience and initiative, the training strengthens the capacity of youth and communities to deal with uncertainty in a tangible and empowering way, while adding a participatory youth perspective to existing European preparedness frameworks.
My City, My Voice
My City, My Voice is a youth-led project that strengthens meaningful youth participation by placing young people in the role of organisers rather than passive participants. During international youth exchanges, local youth groups take responsibility for designing the programme, managing tasks and guiding peers through their city and lived realities. Supported by youth workers, participants develop skills in planning, decision-making and teamwork, while fostering inclusion, peer learning and creative expression through shared reflection and storytelling.
No offside on inclusion
No Offside on Inclusion is an international Training of Trainers that uses football as a socio-pedagogical tool within youth and sport work. During an intensive 5-day training in Antwerp, trainers, youth workers and socio-sportive professionals strengthen their pedagogical skills with a focus on inclusion, communication and group dynamics. By combining on-field practice with reflection and method development, the project builds organisational capacity and creates impact beyond the direct participants through local implementation.
Controlled Combat
Controlled Impact is an international Training of Trainers that uses combat sports as a pedagogical and social tool within youth and community work. The project targets trainers, youth workers and socio-sportive professionals working with young people facing challenges such as aggression regulation, frustration, stress and emotional overload. Through a practice-based and reflective approach, participants strengthen their pedagogical skills and learn how to use combat sports safely and responsibly to support personal development and positive behaviour.
Keeping Up With Your Roots 2.0 Morocco
Keeping Up with Your Roots 2.0 is a youth exchange open to young people from diverse backgrounds who are interested in exploring identity, belonging and cultural roots. The exchange takes place in Essaouira and offers a safe space for reflection, dialogue and self-expression. Through group activities, creative workshops and local encounters, participants explore how culture, values and personal histories shape who they are today. The project strengthens self-awareness, mutual understanding and respect, and encourages young people to become active bridge builders within their own communities.
Outreach sports
A cooperation project developing accessible outdoor sports programmes for socially vulnerable youth, integrating inclusion, competence-building and low-threshold community engagement.
It's (Not That) Complicated
A cooperation project supporting organisations and professionals in consciously addressing cultural, value-based and identity-related diversity within socio-sportive practices. The project approaches sport not as an end in itself, but as a learning environment where differences become visible and require professional reflection and guidance. Through research, training, exchange and methodology development, partners work together to create a practical and sustainable framework for inclusive and culturally responsive socio-sportive practice.
BounceBack
A multi-country collaboration focused on sport as a tool for resilience, personal development, and re-engagement of NEET youth. This project also contributes to building capacity within youth organizations through the development of training modules and certification schemes.