ERASMUS+ TRAINING COURSE 2024, an activity included in the ENPP ERASMUS+ Accreditation, will be held in the city of Zadar (Croatia), with the Municipality of Zadar, a member of ENPP since 2011, as its host partner.

This is the third activity to be carried out outside Portugal, where ENPP’s headquarters are located, within the scope of ERASMUS Accreditation, in pursuit of the decentralization policy adopted by ENPP, with the aim of making participants aware of the Network’s locations and of its partners spread across Europe. The two previous activities were carried out in Kaynardzha (Bulgaria) and Alcañices (Spain) with the respective local municipalities, both effective members of ENPP, as host entities.

The city of Zadar, where this TRAINING COURSE takes place, was the stage for the Peace Treaty between the Hungarian/Croatian Kingdom and the Republic of Venice, signed in 1358 at the Monastery of St. Francis, which ended with the Venetian presence in Dalmatia and opened a period of peace and prosperity in the city, whose Municipality has been a member of ENPP since 2011.

The international mobility event for this activity will take place between the 4th and 8th of November 2024 with the participation of 18 technicians who work with young people from Municipalities, Non-profit Associations and Youth Organizations from 6 European countries: Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia , Germany, Netherlands and Portugal.

The main activities of this TRAINING COURSE will take place at the Rector’s Palace in Zadar, and a guided tour of the city is also scheduled to end at the place where the Treaty of Zadar was signed – the Monastery of Saint Francis – as well as a visit to the Primary School “Islands of Zadar” and the “Peace and Heritage” Museum of this school.

The selection of participants, in charge of ENPP members and partners from their countries of origin, took place during the months of July and August, followed by online preparatory meetings with all participants by country group (2 for each country group) in the months of September and October, which also included the participation of 2 ENPP Facilitators, who will direct and monitor the activities to be carried out during the 5 days of the international mobility event in Zadar.

During this event, participants will debate the most important themes which constitute the principles of ENPP’s activity, such as Culture of Peace, Human Rights, Participation of Young People in the Democratic Life of their countries and Europe.

Participants will also have the opportunity to make presentations about the Peace Treaties signed in their places of origin and learn more about ENPP and the ERASMUS+ program.