Starting locally
Starting an investigation with an olive grove, an old building or a personal story. Helping young people share their connection to their home towns with peers from other countries.
AYEV / ERASMUS+ YOUTH WORK
From Ayvalık
to Europe,
with young people’s voices.
We bring local memory, cultural heritage and the environment into young people’s learning experiences. We are preparing new youth exchanges with international partners.
01 / WHY ERASMUS+?
Turning curiosity
into experience.
We aim to turn AYEV’s experience in local research into a learning space where young people ask their own questions, make decisions together and create things.
Questioning information
Examining the source of a claim about climate. Comparing online information with field observations. Helping young people distinguish what they hear, what they see and what they can support with evidence.
Making participation possible
Reaching young people with limited access to international experiences. Addressing language, travel, accessibility and peer support needs during preparation.
Making young people’s voices heard
Turning research into short videos, proposals from young people and local sharing activities. Giving young people room to take responsibility as participants, researchers and content creators.
02 / AYEV’S FIRST KA152-YOU APPLICATION
Understanding Climate
Through Olives.
Zeytinlerle İklimi Anlamak
APPLICATION SUBMITTED2026 · Round 2
30 September 2026
30 September 2026
What can an olive tree tell us about climate? We wanted to connect soil, water, growers’ work and a product that reaches our tables in one story.
We submitted “Understanding Climate Through Olives” to the Turkish National Agency in the second application round of 2026. If the project is approved, we plan to hold a youth exchange in Ayvalık where young people from five countries take their research into the field.
Young people will prepare their own questions, put them to growers and compare climate information with their observations. They will turn what they learn into short videos and proposals for the olive groves of 2035.
A grant decision is pending. The information below describes the programme proposed in the application. Delivery depends on grant approval.
30YOUNG PARTICIPANTS
5COUNTRIES
6CORE LEARNING DAYS
36PEOPLE IN TOTAL
TÜRKİYE·POLAND·ROMANIA·SPAIN·GREECE
What are we planning in Ayvalık?
YOUNG PEOPLE ASK THE QUESTIONS.From a claim
to your own question.
Checking the source, date and geographical scope of climate information. Discovering local traces through a town game. Putting your own questions to an agricultural engineer.
Follow the olive’s journey
together.
Examining soil, trees and growing conditions in a cooperative’s olive grove. Trying a short harvesting activity if conditions allow. Exploring production stages at Nova Vera and traditional tools at the museum.
Imagine the olive groves
of 2035, today.
Developing proposals for climate-resilient olive systems in six international teams. Sharing young people’s questions and ideas for solutions at a meeting with the municipality.
Make your learning
visible.
Making six short, subtitled videos. Reflecting on your learning through examples in the Youthpass process. Contributing to a local sharing activity after returning home.
Our partners in this application
APPLICANT / HOST: AYEV · TÜRKİYE
OpenEurope
Education, youth mobility and social inclusion.
Meet the organisation
CreArt Lab
Youth participation through art, sport and creativity.
EcoYouth team
The environment, volunteering and local community work.
Fundacja Kultura Całościowa
Learning spaces connecting culture, art and science.
Meet the organisation03 / OUR PARTNER NETWORK
Local questions,
international encounters.
We are developing partnerships for youth exchange projects in France, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Spain, Romania and Poland. We are preparing new learning experiences with organisations working in different fields.
We are preparing for new opportunities.
If the applications are approved, we will publish participant calls for young people from Türkiye. Each call will clearly state the conditions, available places and selection criteria.
Our international partners
OpenEurope
Education, youth mobility and social inclusion.
Meet the organisationCreArt Lab
Youth participation through art, sport and creativity.
EcoYouth team
The environment, volunteering and local community work.
Fundacja Kultura Całościowa
Learning spaces connecting culture, art and science.
Meet the organisation
Conexão Jovem
Youth participation, mobility and non-formal learning.
Meet the organisation
Flow APS
Youth work centred on nature, well-being and sustainability.
Meet the organisation
Europalmente Erasmus
Intercultural learning and youth mobility.
Meet the organisation
Fundacja Ius et Civis
Active citizenship, the environment, cultural heritage and digital skills.
Meet the organisation
Kedaro International
Language learning, intercultural communication and learning mobility.
Meet the organisationWe can do it
Youth participation, inclusion and non-formal learning.
Veselá dudácká muzika, z.s.
Learning through music, dance and traditional culture.
Meet the organisation04 / MEET THE TEAM
Local knowledge,
shared effort.
We bring together our experience in local research, education, cultural heritage, the environment and youth work.
Fevzi Elçi
Youth exchanges, international communication and non-formal learning.
Taylan Köken
Local history, town memory and cultural heritage routes.
Dr. Berrin Akın Akbüber
Art history, Ayvalık architecture and learning design.
Dr. Cihangir Akbüber
The environment, natural heritage and educational activities.
Ufuk Kırca
Field-based learning, cultural heritage and youth workshops.
Fatih Kurunaz
Urban fabric, architecture and on-site discovery workshops.
05 / OUR LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS
Side by side
in Ayvalık.
ERASMUS+
The programme and its institutions
Our application is under evaluation. This section provides information links about the Erasmus+ programme and the relevant institutions.
EXPLORE THE PROGRAMME
Official resources
YOUR QUESTIONS
Before
you take part.
Can I apply to take part now?
There are no open participant calls yet. If grant applications are approved, we will announce the conditions, dates and application steps for each project. You can follow updates on our Instagram account.
Who are we planning this for?
The “Understanding Climate Through Olives” application is for young people aged 18–25. We aim to support participation by young people with limited access to international experiences. The conditions for each project will be explained in its participant call.
What is the role of Youthpass?
If the project goes ahead, we plan to use the Youthpass process to help young people reflect on their learning and record it through concrete examples. Setting their own learning goals and recognising what has changed by the end will be part of this work.
ERASMUS+ CONTACT