9 October, 2015
Hasselt, Belgium

The Association EPEKA, Soc. Ent., is a partner in the KA2 Erasmus+ project “Artistic Youth Quarter” with partners from Belgium, Bulgaria and Slovenia.

There is a great demand in youth work for opportunities where youth workers can work with organisations and youth arts communities to carry out activities in public space. We also asked this question in all the participating organisations. To answer this question, we will create a European map in the form of a poster during the project, with a special focus on locations in the local community. The poster will also reveal the progress of the project. It will be implemented locally as well as transnationally, as it will connect the international artistic community.

Project objectives:

  • to implement high quality youth work through the product of a map of public spaces where young people can create.
  • to promote and empower youth participation or participation and active citizenship within the project
  • to increase training and teaching methods among educators and youth workers.

Potential longer-term benefits:

The Arts Youth Quarter should benefit the wider youth work in Europe, as there is no way to engage young people and their artistic creative potential in an established public setting.

The project is funded by the EU Erasmus+ programme.