What’s in it for you?

• Gain tools and confidence to design impactful learning journeys.

• Build and test real prototypes during the training.

• Collaborate with passionate peers across Europe and join a vibrant community of practice.

• Return home with a plan to implement all this magic in your work—and beyond.

• Grow as a confident, forward-thinking youth worker, ready to improve your programs.

After the training, the journey continues:

• Continue sharing insights and success stories with peers through online platforms.

• Learning circles: Apply what you’ve learned by leading workshops within your organization.

• Youthpass certification: Gain formal recognition for your new competencies, boosting both your credibility and your organization’s impact.

• Follow-up mentoring with trainers and cohort: Participate in check-ins and workshops to refine your skills and scale your successful initiatives.

✈️ You should fly into Henri Coandă Airport (OTP), as it is the only airport in Bucharest and the closest to Călărași City.

💸 The maximal international transportation costs that can be reimbursed is up to:

IMPORTANT: Please take great care of your travel documents! In order for us to be able to reimburse you the whole amount that you are going to spend during your travel, we will need all your tickets, Boarding passes and invoices (the documents that show how much you have paid for your flights/train/bus - in PDF form) and fuel receipts in original if you come by car! We will collect all the physical documents you have in the first morning in Călărași and fill in together a Reimbursement Form.

📍Address: Albatros Complex, Șoseaua Chiciului 7, Călărași

🌐 Website: https://www.albatrospodul4.ro/

🏨 Accommodation conditions:

Participants will stay in double rooms, in a hotel on the bank of the Danube river, with generous outdoor space and access to the beach. Each room has its own bathroom, a small fridge, a TV and air conditioner.❗️Please note that room layouts will vary, and there is a high chance you might need to share a large double bed with another participant of the same gender. Each double bed will have two single-person size blankets for individual comfort. 

Smoking is forbidden 🚭 in the rooms and in the common spaces inside the buildings. Smokers can use the balconies, the terraces, and the spaces outside the buildings. Free Wi-Fi will be available in all individual rooms, as well as in the activity room and on the beach. The hotel also has a free gym. 

🍽️ Food: We will have breakfast, lunch and dinner in the restaurant of the hotel. The menu will be based on each individual's dietary needs, as stated in the application form. 

🧳 What to bring: Reusable water bottle so we can cut down as much as possible the plastic waste, cosmetics (shampoo, shower gel etc.), flip flops, beach towels, sunscreen, and anything else you might want to bring to the beach, mosquito repellent spray or lotion given the close proximity to the Danube river.

❗️If you need anything beyond what is provided for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, we will organize occasional trips to the nearest big supermarket, which is a 9-minute drive away. These shopping trips will occur every 2 days, and each national group will select a member to join the project team on these trips. Please note that the shop is not within walking distance. 

📍Pick-up point: A private bus rented for the whole group will pick us up from Piața Constituției, Bucharest (Parking lot in front of Palace of Parliament) on the 6th of June at 18:00. This bus will take us directly to Albatros Complex. 

🚌 Day Bus: To reach the pick-up point, from Henri Coandă Airport you need to take bus 100 to Piața Unirii (the last station which is less than 10 minutes walking distance from our pick up point in Piața Constituției). You can follow the signs in the airport which will take you to the bus station. The bus station is right as you exist the airport - you don’t have to walk to get to it.

• Best option! You can buy your ticket from the machine located in the bus station using both cash and card. The cost of one trip is 3 RON (0.60 EUR). This price is the same regardless of how many stations you travel. This way, you will receive a receipt that will allow us to reimburse you the cost of your trip (as long as you do not throw the receipt away).

• You can pay for the trip directly in the bus contactless by using Mastercard or Visa. Although this is the easiest option, the issue is that you will not receive a receipt, therefore we can not reimburse you the 0.60 EUR spent for the trip.

IMPORTANT: However you choose to pay for your trip, please make sure to buy your ticket because there are high chances for a control❗️

IMPORTANT: We do not cover taxi or private car (such as Uber or Bolt). Also, please keep in mind that we strongly recommend you to avoid cabs from airport.

IMPORTANT: For those who want to explore Bucharest or any other parts of Romania, please consider coming 2 days before the mobility or staying 2 days longer after, on your own expenses.

The project NorthStar: A learning design framework for youth work in a changing world is coordinated by Dear Future Self Association, Romania, and co-funded through Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission.

So what is ERASMUS+?

Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe.

The 2021-2027 programme places a strong focus on social inclusion, the green and digital transitions, and promoting young people’s participation in democratic life. It supports priorities and activities set out in the European Education Area, Digital Education Action Plan and the European Skills Agenda. The programme also:

• supports the European Pillar of Social Rights

• implements the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027

• develops the European dimension in sport

The outcomes of Erasmus+ are available in reports and compendia of statistics, as well as through the Erasmus+ Projects Platform. This includes most of the initiatives funded by the programme and a selection of good practices and success stories. If you would like to know more about the Erasmus+ Programme, check out the following site.

All the youth workers attending the NorthStar: A learning design framework for youth work in a changing world training course are entitled to receive an international certificate that validates the collection of key-competencies, knowledge and attitudes acquired or improved during the mobility. The Youthpass certificate can be used during the learning process as a self-reflection tool where you explore the following 8 Key competencies: 

1. Multilingual competence; 

2. Personal, social and learning to learn competence; 

3. Citizenship competence; 

4. Entrepreneurship competence; 

5. Competence in cultural awareness and expression; 

6. Digital competence; 

7. Mathematical competence and competence in science, technology, engineering (STEM); 

8. Literacy competence. 

Discover and read more about the Youthpass competences here!