YOUTH360 Training Course
This badge certificate recognises participation and learning in the 7-day training course programme is designed to equip people who work with young people with hands-on experience in designing and implementing online learning pathways and Open Badges that develop 21st-century skills.
It is implemented within the YOUTH360 European and African cooperation project which aims to strengthen youth employability and the recognition of non-formal learning through digital tools, Open Badges, and the Cities of Learning ecosystem across Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Training overview
- Dates: 14–22 August 2026. 14th August - arrival day; 22nd August - departure
- Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Hosted by: Youth First (Madagascar) with the support of CODEC vzw (Belgium)
- Participants: 36 participants who work with young people (3 participants from each partner organisation)
The programme offered learning in the following areas:
- Exchange of young people’s realities and inspiring 21st-century skills programmes from participating countries.
- Skills-based education and linking non-formal learning to youth employability.
- Exploring how to build content for Cities of Learning platforms and how to integrate Open Badges as a tool for recognition of youth work and non-formal learning.
- Designing learning pathways and a recognition system with digital Open Badges.
- Meeting with youth work organisations and stakeholders in Antananarivo.
Course organisers
- Youth First - hosting organisation and project partner in Madagascar
- Association for European Cooperation, Development and Communication (CODEC) - project lead organisation and partner in Belgium
- Awero - training team and partner in Lithuania
- Youth Empowerment and Leadership Initiative (YELI) - project partner in Burundi
- SIRA Cyprus - project partner in Cyprus
- InCo - Molfetta - project partner in Italy
- VACK
- ARSMM
- JumpIN Hub - project partner in Portugal
- DigitSA - project partner in South Africa
- TEDI
- Breakthrough Foundation - project partner in the Netherlands
Tasks
Task no.1
Issued by organiser or scanning QR code
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