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From 11 to 15 March 2026, Association Petite Graine hosted the Erasmus+ Greencademy to the Next Level co-creation meeting in Bagnères-de-Luchon, in the heart of the Pyrenees.
The meeting brought together project partners from France, Germany, Croatia and Romania around a shared goal: strengthening the capacity of youth workers and supporting young people to create local, participatory and territory-based agroecological actions.
During the meeting, partners worked on several key elements of the project. They validated the Summary Report of Needs, discussed the structure of the pedagogical toolkit and further developed the competence framework for youth workers. This framework helps identify the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to support youth-led agroecological programmes.
An important part of the work also focused on the Greencademy mapping tool, which will showcase youth and agroecology initiatives from Europe and beyond. Partners defined the essential information to include, with a focus on clear descriptions, practical usefulness and respect for data protection rules.
The meeting also helped prepare the next stages of the project: international training courses for youth workers, local co-creation programmes in each partner country, online exchange moments between initiatives and future structured dialogues with local stakeholders.
For Petite Graine, hosting the meeting in Luchon was a way to connect the European dimension of the project with its local territory. The mountain setting, rural context and local dynamics around ecology and education offered an inspiring environment to reflect on the role of young people in the ecological transition.
Greencademy will continue in 2026 with the development of the toolkit, the publication of the mapping tool, the first local activities and the international training courses. Through this project, Petite Graine and its partners aim to contribute to an ecological transition that is more participatory, more inclusive and more rooted in local realities.
Co-funded by the European Union.
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