Team

Team on the Spot

As always, JOETZ and our partner organizations made sure to pick out the best possible trainers for this experience, making sure that you as a participant will receive the most fitted education possible and be immersed into the training topics fully.

Barbara Binnebeek

Trainer

Barbara is the founder of Muzaïek, a youth organization in Ghent, Belgium, that has been bringing art and culture to children and young people since 2004 through camps, workshops, play days, and training courses.

With more than 25 years of experience in youth work, Barbara began as an animator and later became a trainer and instructor. She also holds a degree in secondary education with a specialization in music education and mathematics.

At Muzaïek, Barbara develops and leads creative projects, training courses, camps, and workshops for children, young people, and adults. What started as a passion project has grown into her full-time profession, with Muzaïek now reaching more than 3,500 participants each year.

In 2022, Barbara participated in the Erasmus+ training course “Lifelong Playing” through JOETZ. This experience inspired her to share Muzaïek’s expertise through a new Erasmus+ training course developed in partnership with JOETZ.

In this project, Barbara is responsible for the quality of the training content and creating a safe and engaging learning.

Robin Maes

Trainer

Over more than nine years at Muzaïek, Robin grew from an enthusiastic youth animator into an experienced head animator and trainer. His roots in youth work run deep, starting as a scouts kid and later becoming a scouts leader and coordinator at his local group - roles that also fostered his passion for outdoor adventures.

After co-facilitating the first version of this 'Creative Toolbox' training course in 2024, Robin went on to discover the world of non-formal education. He is driven by how non-formal learning uses experiential, hands-on methods to inspire participants and give them agency to learn in their own way.

His fascination with learning methodologies led him to his daily job as a science teacher at a secondary school in Belgium.

For this course, Robin will bring together his educational experience and youth work energy to deliver the content and build an open, powerful learning environment for every participant.

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Liselotte Bekaert

Liselotte is the main contact person for building and maintaining international partnerships within the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes.

At JOETZ, she coordinates projects with trainers, facilitators, volunteers, and youth workers while ensuring strong collaboration with partners. As the president of JINT, the Flemish National Agency, she stays informed about developments in international youth work and contributes to shaping youth policy.

Her academic background includes degrees in pedagogical sciences, social work, and teacher training, and she previously taught behavioural and cultural sciences in secondary school. Alongside teaching, she organized European youth exchanges and volunteered in organizations supporting young people with fewer opportunities and organizing youth camps in Belgium and abroad.

Drawing on her broad experience—including her own EVS project in Spain—she now supports and coaches young people and youth workers in developing and participating in impactful health related international youth projects.

Thomas Gits

Thomas is the main contact person for young people and youth workers who want to engage in international activities through the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes.

At JOETZ, he promotes, supports, and organizes international youth work opportunities while guiding participants throughout their learning journey.

Thomas discovered European youth work in 2013 and has since taken on many roles, including participant, volunteer, facilitator, organizer, and ambassador. After graduating in Social Work and Social Policies, he worked with several youth organizations and later became President of the International Young Naturefriends movement, gaining experience in leading international gatherings centered on non-formal and outdoor education.

He later worked with the Flemish National Agency, organizing trainings for ESC volunteers and promoting youth programmes before eventually pursuing freelance work—an experience that reaffirmed his passion for facilitating and organizing international youth work, which ultimately brought him to JOETZ.

Nette Godts

Nette is a contact person for young people and youth workers interested in taking part in international opportunities within the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes.

At JOETZ, she works on promoting and organizing international youth activities, while supporting participants throughout the different stages of their learning and participation process.

She holds academic degrees in pedagogical sciences and social work. Professionally, Nette has experience working with young people in the civil society sector, focusing on community building and facilitating workshops on a range of global themes.

An important aspect of her work is connecting young people from different countries to encourage peer-to-peer learning, both through in-person encounters and online exchanges.

In addition to virtual collaborations, she has also been involved in organizing European youth exchanges, where she acted as a group leader, coordinated the selection of participants, supported them through preparatory sessions and follow-up reflection, and contributed to the reporting of the projects afterwards.

To reach out to one of us always contact Internationaal@joetz.be

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