Erasmus+ Project - Harmony in Diversity

Building Skills Together—for Youth Work, Creative Methods, and the Mental Health of Young People in Europe.

Harmony in Diversity: Bridging Cultures through Creative Arts in Youth Work (project acronym HARMONIZE-YOUTH) is an Erasmus+ Small-Scale Partnership in the youth sector (KA210-YOU), in which Tredu Club, together with partner organizations from Cyprus and Lithuania, is developing new, arts-based methods for youth work. The project focuses on how movement, theater, music, photography, and visual arts can help young people better cope with the stresses of the digital world—from the pressure to compare themselves to others to social exclusion.

As a young NGO, Tredu Club is still in the process of building its organizational structure. Under the expert mentorship of our experienced partner organization ACPELIA from Cyprus, we are gaining practical, field-tested knowledge on transnational project management, arts-based youth work, and the implementation of low-threshold programs for young people with fewer opportunities—and applying it directly to our work in Vienna.

📍 Key data on the project

🌍 Project Type: Erasmus+ Small-Scale Partnership in the Youth Sector (KA210-YOU)

📅 Project duration: September 2026 – August 2028 (24 months)

📌 Coordination: Tredu Club, Vienna, Austria

🤝 Partner organizations: ACPELIA (Pissouri, Cyprus) & Asociacija MERAKI LT (Kelmė, Lithuania)

👥 Target groups: – 15 youth workers (5 per organization) – 300 young people with fewer opportunities in Vienna, Cyprus, and Lithuania – 30 external organizations (NGOs, schools, youth centers)

🌿 Contents & focal points

🏗️ Transnational Management & Mentorship – Establishment of a joint project steering group with one representative from each partner organization – Technical support provided by ACPELIA, an experienced mentor organization with over 70 completed projects – Clear division of responsibilities, risk management, and transparent communication throughout the entire project duration

🔬 Research as a Professional Foundation – Development of a Multilingual “Manual of Creative Tools” (English, German, Greek, Lithuanian) based on expert interviews and current research – 12 accompanying video tutorials on the developed methods – Scientific grounding provided by the clinical psychology expertise of our Lithuanian partner organization

🤸 Training Week in Vienna – 7-day training program for 15 youth workers from all three partner countries – methods from movement, theater (including forum theater), music, photography (Photovoice), and visual arts – Goal: to create nonverbal approaches that bridge language barriers and reach young people where traditional dialogue methods fall short

🎨 Local pilot workshops for 300 young people – 30 workshops in Austria, Cyprus, and Lithuania for young people facing various challenges: Migration and language barriers in Vienna, digital stress and isolation in rural regions of Cyprus, bullying and risk factors in Lithuania – Accompanying stakeholder events with external organizations to disseminate the methods

💚 What have we learned from this project?

✨ Field-tested knowledge for arts-based youth work and transnational project management

✨ Specific methods and materials for use in our work with young people in Vienna

✨ a strong partnership with experienced European organizations

✨ Greater visibility for Erasmus+ youth projects within our network ✨ New impetus for inclusion, mental health, and digitalization in our organization’s work