Programme: Erasmus+, Key Action KA220-YOU (Cooperation Partnerships in Youth)
Role: Partner
Coordinator: Kūrybinių iniciatyvų centras (Lithuania)
Funded by: Agency of Youth Affairs — the Lithuanian National Agency for the Erasmus+ programme
Duration: 01/10/2026 – 31/03/2028 (18 months)
Partners: Kūrybinių iniciatyvų centras (Lithuania, coordinator), Center for Projects Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Cooperativa Sociale Immaginaria (Italy), Embaixada da Juventude (Portugal)
Center for Projects Plovdiv is a partner in Creative Labs, an 18-month project under the Erasmus+ programme. Creative Labs trains 20 youth workers and engages 80 young people (18–29) across four national Labs — community project (Lithuania), food and culture (Italy), rural development (Portugal) and urban culture (Bulgaria).
Objectives
The project builds creative, digital and entrepreneurial skills, documents results as four case studies, produces a Creative Toolbox, and promotes a replicable model that strengthens youth employability, inclusion and cultural innovation across Europe.
Implementation
Implementation spans five work packages: coordination across 18 months; four national Creative Labs engaging 80 young people; a six-day international training activity in Plovdiv for 20 youth workers; four case studies and one Creative Toolbox published on SALTO and EPALE; and dissemination through four national multiplier events reaching 200 stakeholders.
Co-funded by the European Union.