🇪🇺 16–22 December 2025 | Athens, Greece 🌍 Microgreens • Youth Work • Innovation • Christmas Magic
Spend five days in the center of Athens, learn how to grow and teach microgreens, create real educational tools, and design a new Erasmus+ green skills project, all while enjoying the city’s Christmas atmosphere.
⭐ At a Glance
📅 Dates:
Arrival: 16 December 2025
Training: 17–21 December 2025
Departure: 22 December 2025
📍 Location: Athens, Greece (City Centre)👥 Participants: Youth workers, educators, young leaders🌐 Countries: Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Italy, Bulgaria
🎯 Key Results:
📝 Digital Guide for Growing Microgreens at Home
🎒 Toolkit for School & University Workshops
🚀 Toolkit for Young Microgreens Entrepreneurs
📘 KA220 Project Concept (Green Skills)
🌿 What This Project Is About
This training builds on our successful youth exchange and supports the long-term goals of EVEC’s Erasmus+ Youth Accreditation.
Over five days, you will actively work with youth workers and young people from five European countries to:
🌱 learn how to grow microgreens through real hands-on sessions
✍️ turn practical knowledge into high-quality educational tools
🤝 collaborate internationally to design a KA220 project
🎄 explore Athens during the Christmas season
👤 Who This Training Is For
This project is ideal for:
👩🏫 Youth workers
🧑🎓 University students involved in youth initiatives
🎒 NGO staff & volunteers
🌍 Young community leaders
💡 Young people interested in green entrepreneurship
No previous experience in microgreens is required — just motivation and curiosity.
🌱 What You Will Actually Do
🔧 1. Grow Microgreens from A to Z
You will:
🔩 assemble a growing rack
💡 install LED lights & ventilators
🌿 prepare trays and compare soils
🌾 seed various microgreens
✂️ harvest microgreens grown at EVEC
📦 wash, pack, and label them
You’ll document every step with photos and notes, forming the content for the Digital Grow Guide .
📘 2. Create a Digital Guide for Growing Microgreens at Home
Together with the group, you’ll create a complete guide covering:
🌱 equipment needed
💧 watering and lighting basics
🐛 how to avoid common problems
🥗 nutritional benefits & simple recipes
🌍 sustainability tips
🧼 food safety
This guide will later be graphically designed and published.
🛠️ 3. Create Two Youth Worker Toolkits
🎒 Toolkit A: Microgreens in Schools & Universities
For short workshops during school visits.
🔬 mini science activities
🥗 tasting and sensory sessions
🎨 youth-friendly creative tasks
🌍 health & sustainability messages
🤲 inclusion adaptations
🚀 Toolkit B: Microgreens for Young Entrepreneurs
For free workshops in EVEC’s office.
💼 basic business planning
💸 simple cost calculation
🏷️ branding & packaging ideas
📱 digital marketing basics
🤝 cooperative & group models
Both toolkits will be easy to use, practical, and ready for immediate implementation.
📘 4. Design a KA220 Erasmus+ Project
On the final day, you will collaborate internationally to design a KA220 project on:
🌿 green skills
🌱 microgreens & urban farming
💡 youth entrepreneurship
👥 inclusion
🔗 digital education
You will outline objectives, activities, partner roles, and the structure of the project that EVEC will submit in Greece.
🎓 What You Will Learn
🌱 Urban farming skills
🧪 Practical teaching methods for youth
🧭 Workshop facilitation
💼 Green entrepreneurship basics
🤝 International cooperation
📘 Erasmus+ project design
🧠 Youthpass competences
All participants will receive a Youthpass certificate .
🏨 Practical Information
📍 Location & Atmosphere
The training takes place in Mouseio Peiramaton
🎄 Christmas markets
🌆 Syntagma Square lights
🏛️ Monastiraki & Ermou
🍲 street food & cozy cafés
Agios Dimitrios Metro Station
Perfect for evening walks and intercultural bonding.
🛏️ Accommodation & Meals
Shared rooms
Lunch, and dinner included
🥗 Vegetarian & vegan options available
Accommodation will be in Liberal Gazi Hotel in double rooms.
✈️ Travel
Travel dates:
Arrive: 16 December
Training: 17–21 December
Depart: 22 December
Travel Budget (round trip):
🇧🇬 Bulgaria – 285 EUR
🇲🇰 North Macedonia – 285 EUR
🇷🇸 Serbia – 309 EUR
🇮🇹 Italy – 309 EUR
Travel is reimbursed after the activity according to Erasmus+ rules.
🎒 What to Bring
👟 Comfortable clothes
🥿 Indoor shoes for workshops
💻 Laptop or tablet
🪪 Passport/ID
🧼 Personal items
🍫 Snacks or small national gifts
🔋 Good energy
Microgreens equipment is provided by EVEC.
⭐ Short Daily Agenda
📅 16 December – Arrival Day & Orientation Walk Participants arrive in Athens and settle into the accommodation. In the evening, we meet for an informal orientation walk around the neighbourhood:
🗺️ Getting to know the area
🌆 First look at Athens Christmas lights
🍩 Street-food tasting (optional)
🤝 Light social activities to get to know each other
A soft and friendly start before the working days begin.
🌱 17 December – Day 1: Practical Microgreens Lab + Drafting the Guide A fully hands-on day.
🔧 Assemble rack, install LED lights & ventilators
🌿 Prepare trays, compare soils, seed microgreens
✂️ Harvest microgreens grown earlier in EVEC
📸 Document each step with photos
✍️ Afternoon: Create Draft 1 of the Digital Growing Guide
💡 18 December – Day 2: Finalising the Digital Growing Guide Deepening your knowledge with practical solutions.
🐛 Troubleshooting (mold, weak growth, watering errors)
🌍 Zero-waste & sustainability methods
🥗 Nutrition basics & simple recipes
🖼️ Add visuals, diagrams, and structure
📘 Finish the final version of the Growing Guide
🎒 19 December – Day 3: What Are Toolkits? + Drafting Two Toolkits Understanding youth worker methodologies.
📚 Introduction to non-formal education toolkits
🧑🏫 How youth workers use toolkits with different age groups
✍️ Team drafting:
Toolkit for Schools & Universities Toolkit for Young Entrepreneurs
🛠️ 20 December – Day 4: Finalising Both Toolkits Bringing the toolkits to life.
📝 Complete workshop plans & activity formats
🎨 Create worksheets, visuals, facilitator notes
🧠 Add Youthpass competence links
🎒 Final versions of both toolkits are completed
📘 21 December – Day 5: KA220 Project Design Day Full collaboration day.
🎯 Define project objectives
🧩 Develop work packages & partner roles
🔗 Integration of green skills, inclusion & digital components
✈️ Outline international activities and timeline
📑 Create the KA220 Project Concept for next Erasmus+ deadline
🎉 22 December – Departure Day & Youthpass Certification Before departure, participants receive their Youthpass certificates :
🧠 Reflection on learning outcomes
🏅 Recognition of competences
📸 Final group photo
👋 Farewell and departures
A warm closing to an inspiring week in festive Athens.
📬 Contact
For more information:erasmus.evec@gmail.com www.evec.org.gr
To APPLY fill out online application form
